List of pornographic subgenres: Difference between revisions

Softcore pornography generally contains nudity or partial nudity in sexually suggestive situations, but not explicit sexual activity, sexual penetration or "extreme fetishism".

The majority of the genres in this list relate to hardcore pornography.

= Overview =

'''Big breast''' pornography, also called ginormous tits, big-boob or big-bust pornography, features women with large breasts. Some viewers prefer performers with breast implants, others prefer women who have naturally large breasts.

'''Big dick/cock''' pornography features men with large penises.

'''Cameltoe''' pornography involves women with a large and/or prominent labia and/or clitoris.

'''Small breast''' pornography, also called tiny tits, small tits, or titless pornography, features women with small breasts.

'''European''' pornography involving performers who are (or appear to be) European with features from Western Europe or more commonly Eastern Europe.

'''Latina/Latin''' pornography features performers who are (or appear to be) from Latin America or Latin Europe which includes South America, notably Mexico, Cuba. Most are of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Native American or Mestiza descent.

'''Middle Eastern''' pornography features performers who are (or appear to be) from the Middle East. There is certainly an overlap with Arab pornography involving performers who are (or appear to be) Arabs from the Middle East or North Africa, and with Indian pornography.

== Age ==

'''Child pornography''' is commonly considered pornography involving children or teenagers who are under the age of consent for sexual relations (although in some countries such as the United Kingdom and United States the definition of child pornography includes subjects at or over the age of consent pretending to be younger). The United States considers any erotic entertainment with people under the age of 18 to be child pornography, even in states where the age of consent is considerably lower than 18 years old. Production, possession, and distribution of child pornography are illegal in many countries. In the countries where child pornography is illegal, simulated photographs ("pseudo-photographs") or lifelike edited images representing child sex are often illegal as well.

Pornography features an increasing variety of combinations of actors by their sexual orientation or rather, by the orientation of acts performed, such as lesbian, gay, and bisexual, in addition to more traditional heterosexual roles.  Heterosexual porn accounts for the majority of produced film and video content in the industry.

'''Bisexual''': A woman or man who has sex with both men and women.  Bisexual does not  necessarily mean that a person is willing to be part of a threesome with both hetero- and homosexual contact or have two partners of opposite genders concurrently; these are forms of polyamory, though the former is what the term typically refers to in porn.  The terms Bisexual and Pansexual are often used interchangeably; Pansexual refers to someone who is attracted to all genders, such as genderqueer, genderfluid and so on.  The term is useful in porn when referring to people who are attracted to/have sex with women, men, and transsexual people.

'''Threesome''' or 3some pornography features one man and two women (MFF). It is geared towards heterosexual men, who most typically define a threesome as such. A threesome is also depicted with one woman and two men (MFM) who all perform sex acts on each other (but not male on male). (MMF) is depicted with two men and one woman who all perform sex acts on each other (including male on male) considered a bisexual threesome (see Bisexual).

== Reality ==

'''Revenge''' porn and hacked or leaked porn features sexually explicit images or video that is distributed without the consent of the subject. If the subject willingly gave the person distributing the material permission to possess, but not distribute the material, it is referred to as revenge porn. Hacked or leaked porn refers to material that the subject knows exists (i.e. for private use or for a significant other), but was obtained through hacking into a person's cloud storage or other such account and distributed without their permission.

== Anal ==

'''Rimjob''' pornography centering around analingus.

'''Deep-throating''' features the recipient taking the penis through the mouth into the throat, either as fellatio or irrumatio.

'''Oral sex''' pornography frequently features a person performing fellatio, and less frequently cunnilingus.  '''Lingo''' pornography involving licking ears, lips, girl's vulva, or any other use of tongue.

'''Stocks''' features performers restrained in stocks. It is commonly used in foot fetish pornography, where a performer has their feet cast in stocks as their feet are being licked or tickled by another performer.

'''Japanese rope bondage''' is distinguished by its use of specific katas (forms) and aesthetic rules. Sometimes, asymmetric and often intentionally uncomfortable positions are employed to heighten the psychological impact of the bondage.

'''Facesitting''' when one partner sits on the other's face.  This usually involves oral sex but can simply be an act of dominance, or a part of breathplay.

'''Rough sex pornography''' is similar to pornography featuring sadomasochism, and typically features a Top who humiliates and/or degrades a Bottom while being physically violent towards them. Typically featured are hitting, choking, name-calling and hair-pulling. Many of these activities might be based on rape.

'''Guro''' or '''Gore''' is a genre of Japanese pornography involving blood, gore, disfiguration, violence, mutilation, urine, enemas, or feces.

'''Bukkake''' pornography involves a performer, usually female, onto whom several men or women (see Squirting) ejaculate, usually on the face.

'''Cum-shot''' pornography features a collection of male ejaculation scenes.

'''Facial''' pornography involving male ejaculation onto a performer’s face.

'''Felching''' involves sucking semen from the vagina or anus and drinking it.

'''Menstrual or "red rhapsody"''' pornography features sexual activities involving women who are menstruating, with a focus on the menstrual blood.

'''Crying''' pornography that features participating actors crying.

'''Rubber/Latex''' pornography where the performers are wearing costumes made of latex, which usually covers the whole body often with openings for the vagina, anus, mouth and eyes.

'''Transvestite''' pornography features performers who cross-dress for sexual gratification, either for themselves or for their partners. Many men who like trans partners of any variety, known as tranny chasers, don't necessarily identify as gay themselves. This is why video stores might consider stocking transvestite subject matter in the straight section, as some straight men will have passive or active sex with another man as long as their partner appears to look like a woman to them, to some minor or major degree.

'''Arcane or occult''' pornography involves sexualized situations with an occult or magical tone or performers who costume themselves in keeping with the theme (for example, a male performer dressed as a wizard).

'''Lolita''' pornography (also known as lollipop) features women who are 18 years old or slightly older, who pretend to be underage teen girls. The fetish centers around this fantasy portrayal. Lolita pornography that features actual teenage girls under the age of 18 is illegal in most countries and treated as child or youth pornography. Lolita pornography caters to ephebophiles. The name was coined from the title of the controversial book. The viewing of this porn is illegal in many countries whether or not the actors involved are 18 years or older; if they are pretending to be under 18 years old it is illegal to view this porn.  

'''Medical''' pornography (often called Doctor or Nurse and Patient pornography) involves sexualized medical, often fake, including gynecological pelvic examinations, rectal examinations, and pelvic or gynecological ultrasounds. Real medical shots or videos may violate privacy laws in some countries.

'''Secretary''' pornography depicting sex between an employer and their secretary.  These are typically staged, with actors playing the roles.

'''Teacher and Student''' pornography involves sexualized situations which take place between a teacher and a student, often fake. Real school shots or videos which are sexualized may violate privacy laws in some countries.

'''Bareback''' pornography features performers who are not wearing condoms.

'''Cuckold''' fetish pornography that involves a cuckolded husband.

'''Fisting''' involves the insertion of one partner's entire hand (or, less often, both hands or even a foot) into a vagina or the anal cavity.

'''Jerk off instruction''' (also known as Jerk off Encouragement (JOI / JOE)) features a performer encouraging or instructing the viewer to masturbate, often culminating in a countdown at the end of which the viewer is invited to induce orgasm.

'''Smoking fetish''' involves performers smoking cigarettes, cigars, joints, and/or blunts.

'''Tentacle erotica''' features tentacled creatures (usually fictional monsters) raping or otherwise penetrating women or men.

'''Tickling''' involves performers being tickled.

'''Classics''' (sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age of Porn") are pornographic films from the 1970s and sometimes 1980s.

'''Compilations''' are a collection of pornographic scenes, usually themed to a particular fetish, taken from otherwise unrelated films. (For copyright reasons, compilations are often limited to clips from films published by a single company.)

'''Full-feature pornographic films''' are typically longer in running time and usually have a plot.

'''Vintage''' erotica is generally pre-1970s pornography, especially early-20th-century black-and-white photographs and stag films.

'''Women's Pornography''' sometimes referred to as Pro-Sex, Sex Positive Pornography, or Feminist Pornography - refers to a category of porn that is expressly produced for female customers, taking into account that male and female receptive and aesthetic needs may differ widely. Sometimes that involves, that the director and/or producer are women. Frequently, there is a focus on certain dos and don'ts for the production process (behind the scenes and on-screen) and the actions portrayed.

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