Quote Originally Posted by basschick
i don't work with twink much but the last twinkish site i marketed briefly, joshtucker, sold extremely well.

i'm afraid twink is still alive and well
Just as there is something disconcerting about the fawning over pre-pubescent looking girls in a series like, say, Barely Legal, there is also something a little disturbing about our industry's penchant for promoting twink content as something erotic. We all know that young-looking guys can be hot, but some of the models that I'm seeing out there look dangerously young, and regardless of whether they are 18 or not, I can't help but think that this is somehow damaging to our community--most especially to young gay guys who see getting into adult as a viable option.

I'm a major advocate of bumping the age for porn modeling up to at least 25. I know this will never happen, but I just think that a lot of these guys don't understand what they are getting themselves into, and the fact that they are being objectified and marketed solely on the basis of their sexuality has got to be damaging to their overall understanding of said sexuality. If you're having sex for money as early as 18 or 19, and it becomes a "career" for you, how "special" is sex going to be in your private life? And how are you going to view sex as you get older? As a commodity?

As much as I love porn, there are lots of areas of the industry that I am very uncomfortable with. This is one of them. No offense to those who work in this niche. I know it's "business," but well, I guess that's my problem with it. It's just "business." Should we be teaching young gay guys that sex is just business?

Just something to ponder.