Bi for pay? On notions of authenticity and women’s ‘compulsory bisexuality’ in US adult video

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13086112
AutoresJennifer Moorman (Fordham University, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume11
Fascículo3
Páginas208-226
Data de publicação2024-02-16
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPorn Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23268743.2023.2297677
OpenAlexW4391881572
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas23

This article explores the vexed relationship between female bisexuality and adult video. Ubiquitous in mainstream 'straight' porn production (even as guy on guy content remains taboo), girl on girl scenes are often perceived as inauthentic by lesbian, bisexual, feminist, and queer scholars, critics, and spectators alike. The article asserts, however, that the phenomenon of women's bisexuality in moving image pornography is more diverse and complex than it may appear. Comparing the omnipresence of actresses' bisexual behaviour in mainstream adult media to alternative articulations of female bisexuality in lesbian/dyke and queer porn, the article recuperates a form of queer creative labour that tends to be dismissed due to its industrial context, and argues that girl on girl porn constitutes a viable 'bisexual space

Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology