Coming of age: Problematizing gay porn and the eroticized older man

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This essay discusses the author's experience of researching gay pornography over a 20-year period between 1992 and 2012 alongside an analysis of the contemporary re-emergence of the mature male as figure of sexual interest in gay pornography.One of the functions that gay pornography performs has been to articulate ideals of sexual desire, and alternative bodies and modes of representation have often been relegated from view or situated as abject.The advent of the Internet has created conditions in which a diversity of types and modes of representation can proliferate alongside an exponential expansion (and bifurcation) of the market. Recent years have seen the increased popularity of so-called ‘Daddy porn’ catering for (and creating) an interest in the older man and the mature body as a site of erotic fascination.The essay discusses the implications of this development by focusing on the narrative, discursive, and representational strategies of texts that present the older male as a sexual figure. The essay assesses the extent to which Daddy porn might be regarded as a progressive turn or whether this mode of representation is a reassertion of patriarchal masculinity and a problematic eroticization of abusive power dynamics.View full textDownload full textKeywordspornography, homosexuality, generation, sexuality, aging, masculinityRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2012.681187