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Don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing… There is a flawed premise in this writer’s argument. He believes there is some form of adult entertainment with no story —- simply “two sets of genitals slapping together” as he puts it. Such is never the case. Always, always there is story! Humans are pattern seeking beings. We have no choice but to seek a sense of meaning in everything we experience — and adult entertainment is no exception. A storyline may be imposed, perhaps suggested, by the creator or it may not. If not, the viewer will impose one of his own. Some of the very best adult video imposes no story — so the best story comes out of the viewer's mind, his fantasy. And in adult video, fantasy is the coin of the realm. One of my favorite videos (and most viewed) is 12 minutes of a beautiful woman sucking a dick. There’s no more to it than that. I see her as a pure crotch mama indulging her fantasy of having a dick all her own to play with as she likes. Sometimes I fantasy her as a wife owned by this guy who calls her to come suck his dick any time he feels like it. But oftentimes, a story can nurture the fantasy. The reason JAV is so superior is because it is far more likely to impose a story on the scenario. Some are bizarre, like a silly game show or picking up women on the street to participate in “a survey.” Some of the best, for me, are the elaborate stories, such as a recent widow being compelled to repay her husband’s debts using her body — and her coming to need the man who is using her. Anyway it goes, it’s all fantasy, and that is always in story. As Julio Cortázar said, “There’s no boundary between reality and fantasy, because fantasy is simply what reality hasn’t yet dared to confess.”

Dominant? JAV doesn’t know what dominant is. Genuine female dominance is as far removed from Japanese culture as gefilte fish and lutefisk. What this blog is talking about is, at best, uncharacteristically aggressive behavior by Japanese females. I haven’t seen every JAV in existence, but I’ve seen a lot. When was the last time you saw two Japanese females gleefully ballbusting a man chained to a wall, or saw a caged dick? A woman being confident enough to pull a man’s pants down and suck his dick is hardly being dominant. And in Japanese culture, doing such a thing without asking is a terrible breach. True dominance has two fundamental characteristics. First is a willful submission. Both the sub and the dominant must accept the relationship’s structure — all power resides in the dominant party, and the sub is fully enjoined in this. Second, there must be an element of pain/suffering. This may be physical or it may be purely psychological, sometimes both. And both parties must embrace and find joy in their roles. Without those two elements, there is no dominance. JAV has never shown me a single example of a truly dominant woman. The closest I’ve seen is in the workplace, a female boss using males for her satisfaction. This has the appearance of true dominance, but it fails in the area of willful submission. The subs are employees simply accepting the constraints of the workplace, most especially the Japanese workplace where the Superior has almost Godlike status. The “Orgasm Hell” videos would claim to be female dominant — several women masturbate a man endlessly and make him keep coming, ostensibly against his will. Trouble is, this is male centric — it is focused on the male pleasure, although in a somewhat twisted way. The dominant female exhibits only one need —- her pleasure, satisfaction, entertainment. The male is present only to serve the female’s needs. You will see exactly this in the world’s preeminent dominant woman, Mistress T. She has produced nearly 2000 videos, worked worldwide (even as a hostess in an Asian country or two, perhaps Japan although I don’t recall specifically), written a book about her life and practiced true female dominance for nearly 20 years now. I have NEVER seen an instance where a male was anything but a tool to serve her needs. She likes sucking dick, she likes fucking, but the male is only there to provide a hard dick — and in her words, to “service her.” After servicing her, he can get the hell out, and his satisfaction is of no matter. And yet, knowing her as I do she is a wonderful, deeply caring woman. I see one encouraging thing now happening in Western society — the emergence of the female led relationship (FLR). While it is rarely a true dominant/submissive relationship, it does recognize the primacy of the female in the relationship. This turns the Western concept of marriage on its head, but it is now becoming a “thing.” I have such an agreement with a lifelong paramour. She has told me that if/when her husband dies, I must marry her. And in the relationship, she will have the final say on all things that matter to the relationship. This only comes to play when serious disagreement arises. I will still have input, but I also recognize that we will together follow her final decision. My perspective comes from long experience (starting nearly 50 years ago) serving as a sub to dominant women. I’ve had my balls beaten by a dominant woman, and my only response was to spread my legs wider to enhance the gift I was offering to her beauty and power. I’ve served one dominant woman for the last 20 years, and she has trained me to be a far better man than I could ever have been on my own. If this world ever turns to genuine matriarchy, we humans may stand a chance of actually surviving. Given all this, you can imagine why I find the concept of a dominant Japanese woman almost laughable. -edited by admin (relax, just removed one word)

As a U.S. citizen (embarrassing as that now is) with a Masters degree in Journalism and a speciality in First Amendment law, I favor absolutely no legal forms of censorship. On the other hand, there are obviously societal forms of self-censorship that sometimes may be beneficial. Some folks may be traumatized by the raw brutality of some news footage. Showing a terrorist beheading someone for effect would seem to benefit no one but the terrorist. Japan seems to have struck a bargain that has codified its societal conventions in adult sexual entertainment video. While this blog has not convinced me that legal censorship is good, at least I can understand how it strongly relates to Japanese culture. Thanks for that, at least.

All adult video is fantasy, and reality can never match fantasy for sheer power. My own sexual entertainment fantasy is usually centered around seeing the woman as my wife and enjoying her sexual desire with another man. (And I’ve lived in such a marriage so I also know the reality!) I only have one dick, and I can really only do sex once a day, but women can have a bottomless capacity for sexual pleasure. The writer of this piece obviously loves his fantasy, but he does not like it to be spoiled with reality. He was put off by actually seeing the pussy of one of his fantasy objects. This is base human nature. It may also explain the financial success of JAV. The most telling example of imagination triumphing over reality is told in the 2006 book, “Crashing Through” by Robert Kurson. It’s the true story of a man who overcomes blindness that happened to him before adulthood, a very rare thing. There is only one recorded case of a human who was born blind and became sighted; this was 19th Century England. After only a few months, he done himself in because the real world was “so ugly” he could not tolerate it — this world was no match for the beauty of the world he had imagined through touch, sound, smell and hearing. Japanese culture, perhaps more than any in the world, values beauty. For them, perhaps, the beauty of human lovemaking is in the story and pacing rather than the biological details. So they pretend that part doesn’t exist. While I hate pixelation of genitalia, I may have to accept that it is a preferred characteristic of Japanese culture. The arguments, including economics, would seem to prevail. Yet, I also have to be in awe of cultural contradictions. Seeing a pussy is too much, but gallons of cum on a woman’s face, just great. Looking at a dick dead on, no thanks, but committing seppuku, sure! Cultures reflect humanity and we are nothing if not a bundle of contradictions. -edited by admin

Culture, Not Gender I think the premise that Japanese women are the source of JAV success, at least as argued in this blog, is flawed. It is the culture, not the women, per se, that make it unique and so superior (in my mind) to Western adult video entertainment. Looking at it point by point… Beauty The physical presentation of Japanese women is exotic, but it is not the classic idea of Western beauty. That begins with Greco-Roman sculpture and their definition of facial structures. Today, the Nordic ideal reigns — high cheekbones, highly arched brow structure, retroussé nose, chiseled jawlines, light hair, blue eyes, etc. If Japanese actresses had mass appeal they could (and likely would) migrate to Western Adult Video (WAV?), but that seems now quite rare. Personally, I prefer Japanese beauty — and my lifelong friend, Kumiko, born and raised in Japan, will confirm that! Sweet and Innocent? This really goes to the heart of the matter, and it’s pure culture. The West has always openly celebrated the female form and its power to elicit a sexual response. That’s evident in sculpture, painting, literature, etc. As far as I can tell Japanese culture has always hidden the female form and done everything possible to neutralize it. The Kimono may be beautiful, but it ain’t sexy! Western women embrace their sexual appeal; given an option they will dress the slut. Frederick’s of Hollywood and Victoria’s Secret are staples of the West. When a western woman wants a man’s attention, there is no end the apparel that will augment, decorate and enhance her bodily appeal and boldly transmit her message. I’ve rarely seen an adult Japanese woman who is comfortable putting her body out there as “bait.” Sexy lingerie is rare in JAV. From all I’ve seen, even in JAV, the women wear pantyhose and full panties like armor. I have never, ever seen a JAV where a Japanese woman wore pantyhose without a panty underneath. It’s just not in their nature. In WAV, the norm is some sort of slutty dress, tear it off and get down to hardcore fucking ASAP. This is not how it happens in JAV. That’s the Japanese culture speaking, not the actresses!! For me, I much prefer JAV for this reason. Japanese actresses also exhibit what I call a resistant sexual wantonness. They nearly always resist a sexual advance, sometimes fairly strongly. Yet once they relent, a virtual bonfire of lust erupts. For me, that’s always the most powerful moment (the climax?) of any JAV. It can be as subtle as a tongue reaching for another tongue or as blatant as a hand reaching for a dick, but it’s always as if a switch was thrown. Performance The JAV actress outperforms any WAV actress, no contest. First, Japanese women are the best dick suckers in the world. If I liked having my dick sucked (I don’t), I’d want a Japanese woman to do it. I fantasize that Japanese women must go through some sort of finishing school to learn this. They are a joy to watch — and I wish men would stop shoving women’s heads onto their dicks. It’s so much better if you simply let the woman do what she wants with the dick. (But that’s just me, I know some people like seeing rough face fucking.) The hallmark of Japanese performance for me is a subtle sensuality. I never see such a thing in WAV. There is little pussy movement in western actresses unless they are on top and then it’s just up and down. Japanese women seem to reach out with their pussies, yearning for the dick inside them. When a hand is manipulating her pussy, a JAV actress will give as much movement as she gets while the WAV actress will simply lie there and take it in. The Japanese actress is far superior in communicating lust, but she does it with a subtlety never seen in the West and usually unnoticed by the Western viewer. My only complaint with the Japanese actress is their propensity for chewing the scenery. I have never seen a real woman of any culture go into the ecstasy a JAV actress displays when having her nipple touched. And the tortured faces almost suggest pain rather than pleasure. And the ones who do the ceaseless chirping send me for the mute button! Different Yes, JAV is different from WAV. And yes, the actresses are different. And yes, the whole approach to video presentation is vastly different. But it’s a cultural thing, not attributable to the differences in actors. I almost exclusively watch JAV, and it’s because I love Japanese culture. Now if we can simply convince the rulers that pussies and dicks are beautiful, they can relent on the ridiculous pixelation I so hate.