Hurray For the New Generation of Straight Men Making Porn for Gay Audience

In a lot of mainstream porn, which is predominantly made for the straight male gaze, the female body is sexualized, and men are reduced to hard rock penises. In gay porn, on the other hand, it is the male body that is the currency of arousal. The industry is rapidly changing as viewers are increasingly turning to their mobile devices to access porn content. Thanks to 4G and Wi-Fi, every porn user watches an annual average of 346 videos. According to recent statistics published by SexualAlpha, every second, 28, 258 people are watching porn online, and $3,075.64 are being spent on internet porn. Another interesting fact revealed by the site is that the most searched term on Pornhub in 2021 was… “bromance”. No wonder that with such large viewership showing interest in “male friendship”, more and more heterosexual men who've never before considered working in porn, are now hoping to cash in.

Bucks for ducks…sorry, dicks!

Every day, a growing number of young, heterosexual, well-hung “entrepreneurs,” are joining OnlyFans - a platform that allows them to charge the subscribers from $5 to $50 a month to access pornographic videos and pictures of themselves. The brilliant idea behind this type of business undertaking is: I jerk off on a regular basis anyway, so why not do it in front of the camera and get paid for that? As simple as that, folks.

Redefining toxic masculinity

The new generation of explicit content creators attract the gay audience by wearing their exaggerated, yet vulnerable masculinity on their sleeve. We’re talking swollen biceps covered with tattoos of pin-up girls, heavy bling-bling chains and large watches, posing on the bonnets of sports cars… By deliberately keeping their distance from anything that’s even slightly gay, they are actually achieving the opposite effect - becoming an irresistable magnet for gay users. Some of them share that up to 87% of their paid followers are male. It’s my guess that the female users instinctively sense that this type of alpha-male aesthetics is aiming at an alternative audience, and that's why the ladies look for viewing pleasures elsewhere.

Marketing one’s body

For many of the 20-something-year-old straight guys who have zero experience in pornography, OnlyFans and alternative platforms offer an excellent opportunity to market their sexy bodies, and show all the naughty things they can do with them. Because social media is not shy in exhibiting different forms of heterosexuality, these boys feel empowered. Unlike the men their age twenty or even ten years ago, they are now free to do whatever they want, with no pressure to prove anything to anyone. They may have girlfriends and wives, but that doesn’t make them less eager or less happy to appeal to an audience that is paying them money to see them masturbate or play with toys.

It’s just a job

Leaving the realm of subscription social platforms and entering the universe of clean-cut gay porn, some interesting questions arise. What is the motivation for doing gay porn, given that one is straight? And how do you manage it… physiologically wise? In the mainstream porn industry, men are paid little until, of course, they make name for themselves. Whereas in gay porn, guys are paid much more. As for the technical side of it, one may wonder how straight guys achieve an erection when they are not sexually attracted to their partner. What usually works well in this case is developing a fantasy mindset that allows them to imagine they are in some other place with someone else. Some straight guys use another trick: they insist on always being on the receiving end during a gay sex scene. Thus, they do not need to worry about getting hard, staying hard, and coming on camera. Being gay for pay has become commonplace in porn industry and such a choice shouldn’t be judged or frowned upon. After all, it’s just a job like any other.