Libertine

I just saw a video of Gauge getting assfucked by a group of guys, after which some some other girl licked up the cum that was dripping from her asshole. That got me thinking.

Over the past few years extreme porn has pretty much become mainstream. Anal, gangbangs, bukkake, extremely rough sex, pissing, fisting, gaping assholes, etc have almost become the rule instead of the exception.
Obviously there's a market for it. Extreme sells, most of us know that. But where did that market come from?

It could be that the market for it was always there - people always liked extreme sex, they just couldn't get it before (at least, not without looking like a pervert at the local video store).
It could also be caused by changes in society as a whole. Sex has become mainstream entertainment, and that could have desensitized the masses. What you whack off to is in general more hardcore than the stuff you see all day long, after all. So, more explicit stuff on tv and in movies could be the reason.

What's also a possibility, however, is that the trend towards more extreme porn is caused by porn being so widely available through the internet. People can easily find standard couple hardcore for free anywhere on the net.
If you want to sell, harder stuff gives you an edge above the competition, if nothing else because it draws more attention. This, in turn, could very well cause people to become more tolerant to extreme stuff and desensitized to "normal" porn.

So what do you think about this subject? Do you think porn on the internet is the cause of the trend towards the extreme?
Also, will this trend continue, or will it eventually level out?
Opinions please.

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