Originally Posted by MisterPeabody

With all the talk about condoms, STDs, escorting, dwindling DVDs sales, piracy, free porn and all the rest affecting the Adult Industry I began thinking about "the future".

I know, I know - porn has a future? Well, yes and no - no if the Adult Biz doesn't start looking to the other entertainment industries as examples and act accordingly.
But YES if porn follows the lead of the music, film and television industries.

You cannot show people smoking on television, you cannot show nipples on TV, you cannot say certain words on the radio, movies have ratings, etc. We already have 'censorship" in entertainment. Having a rating system for porn would HELP sales because it would automatically create hard 'n fast 'niches' for companies to promote. Divide and conquer.

Porn needs a rating system. Here's what I suggest:

X - softcore/nudity
XX - hardcore fucking, "vanilla"-type sex
XXX - Extreme porn like Facial Abuse, Max Hardcore and others
XF - fetish, as in smoking, balloons, "non-sexual intercourse" stuff
XP - Pain is inflicted or received, as in BDSM, CBT, rape fantasies and the like
C/NC - condoms/no condoms
(Some content may require multiple ratings)


The future (sadly) is MORE Government intervention into people's lives, MORE scrutiny for industries like adult, MORE mandatory laws governing people's actions, not less. So let's get ahead of this curve and implement a ratings system ourselves, NOW, so we can better control it (and profit) from it. Choose your battles. Don't try to stop the inevitable but rather make it work for you. Be smart, be proactive, be creative, adapt or die....

Sound familiar?