“It can also feel a bit awkward at times because he can’t talk, so it’s like I’m talking dirty to myself,” she said. “The male performer can’t say anything back to me or say anything at all. I’d say it just feels a little unnatural.”

It’s early days, but there’s a more general lack of variety to these videos so far, beyond being all male POV. I’m not even talking about covering the gamut of categories, niche interests and fetishes. The vast majority of these videos run toward the exploitative, misogynistic, “hardcore” porn mainstream. Personally,…

I’ve also been trying a little VR porn here and there, and what I’m finding is that both the turn-ons and the turn-offs are exaggerated by the format. Flaws that would maybe be tolerable from a voyeur perspective—BFTs, glam makeup/hair, endless insincere dirty talk, overacting in general—become super awkward when…

One thing to keep in mind here is that race has different connotations in European nations that didn’t get in on the colonial bandwagon. Aside from the greater likelihood of internet access, there’s no reason to assume an eastern European will have any more sophisticated views on race than an African or South American…