Porn penis, malformed penis

Bibliographic Data

ID13086346
AuthorsJoseph Brennan (0000-0001-7388-954X, The University of Sydney, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume6
Issue3
Pages316-331
Publication date2017-11-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePorn Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23268743.2017.1388191
OpenAlexW2769086448
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited36

This article reads viewer commentary on scene updates on the gay porn review site Way Big so as to consider audience reaction to a performer (Rick McCoy) with a congenital penis abnormality. More than 500 comments over a 19-month period help canvas attitudes towards penis appearance, attending particularly to audience expectations of the ‘porn penis’ and how McCoy measures up. The article explores audience perspectives on what place, if any, there is in gay porn for a malformed penis. Textual analysis is performed, through which two dominant positions emerge from the discourse. The first emphasizes McCoy as a ‘well known bottom’, which is argued to distract from the failings of his penis; the second rejects him outright for failing to conform to community expectations of how penises within the porn context should appear, namely as big and well formed

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Penis · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Anatomy

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