Point of information! Has Sean Cody officially become a “bareback site”? I’m asking out of curiosity, not out of judgment, arousal or anything else. While we knew the site had been pushing their condomless scenes—despite the fact that they don’t necessarily endorse “unprotected sex”—the ratio of bareback to non-bareback clips seems to have increased over the past few months. Here’s a breakdown of the fifteen most recent updates:
• 7 solo masturbation videos
• 7 hardcore bareback videos
• 1 hardcore video with condoms
This is merely an observation on my part. The bareback scenes are clearly working for the site, and they’ve stressed over and over again that their models are tested extensively before filming. However, when a mainstream porn site like Sean Cody goes practically all-bareback, does that send out the message that sex without a condom is the “norm”? Discuss!
– Dewitt
Photo credit: Sean Cody
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Marshall & Liev:
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And in conclusion, a few GIFs of Myles and Curtis (via Arch Noble):
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He’s simply producing what consumers are consuming. This stuff goes in cycles … as soon as there’s another HIV scare, you’ll see condom use ramp up again, until the memory fades and they start re-introducing bareback scenes. Not saying it’s right or it’s wrong … I’m just saying it.
HIV isn’t the only thing out there that we should all be worried about.
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/06/who-sexually-transmitted-superbug-could-be-major-crisis/
Old School: Inculcate safe sex techniques.
New School: Everyone fantasizes about having that one special partner (whether a fuck bud or more) whose medical history you are familiar with and is up-t0-date, with whom you can have condomless sex (and hope he doesn’t stray or play outside the park). What’s wrong with catering to or marketing to these fantasies? So much else of marketing is catering to our fantasies or dreams. So, why not? We are all relatively well-educated now about the dangers of unprotected sex. In our own home grown fantasies, how many of us, I ask, visualize or dream of having protected sex?
I think it is nuts to be barebacking this day in age, it is not just HIV, but many other STD’s
just my opinion
I’m 47. I was there in the beginning. I watched dozens of friends and hundreds of acquaintances die quick and agonizing deaths. I stayed negative because I was diligent and made a conscious, consistent effort to do so. If I’d been just a year or two younger, I’d probably be dead long ago. Although HIV and AIDS have certainly changed a lot since the beginning, they are not abstract to me. And although I’m negative, I still carry a huge hangup with bareback play, even if we’re both tested twice and monogamous. I suspect many of my contemporaries–neg or poz–feel the same.
I think the young ones who engage in it don’t have the same experience that my generation does. They don’t see their contemporaries get sick and die within months of a diagnosis, and I think to them it’s an inconvenient and undesirable–but ultimately manageable–disease. They put a lot of trust in those tests. And maybe they’re reliable. But nothing is 100% certain in this life or this world, and certainly not when it comes to medical anything.
Do I watch SC and others who engage in bareback? I do. Is it hot to me? It is. Would I do what they’re doing? I would not. Even though HIV/AIDS is not the automatic death sentence it once was, for me HIV/AIDS will always carry with it the memories of my lost friends and acquaintances.
Thank you for sharing your story; hopefully it will be a sort of wake-up call to some people. While I can agree that the idea fantasy would be having a monogamous relationship with someone who you got tested with regularly and having bareback sex would be ideal, it’s still scary that HIV can be out there. You just never know.
Two years ago, I was called in about one of my former partners testing positive for HIV, and I’ve never been more scared in my life. My father already has an immunodeficiency disease of sorts (Crohn’s disease), and he’s carried that his entire life. He has to be careful about staying healthy almost as much as I imagine an HIV positive person does. When I got tested, I was thankfully negative, but it reinforced my view that you should always wrap it up.
Thank you again, for sharing your story.
I think allot of guys talk a good game about safety but when it comes down to it… they will do whatever it takes to get laid. I’m not putting anyone down, rather just expressing an observation.
No doubt … but how many stories have popped up about “Porn star tests positive for herpes” or something else versus “Porn star tests positive for HIV”? As I said, I’m looking at what drives the industry, not reality. Reality is there’s a lot of creepy shit out there; it’s also that everyone’s ears perk up when you say HIV or AIDS, something that doesn’t happen as much with the other all-too-real STDs.
I have seen many young guys snap their fingers in the air proclaiming AIDS is over… I usually ask them if they would like me to add their name to the AIDS quilt now so they can see their name on there before they die…THese guys have no idea what the AIDS quilt is. so so sad.. I truely think it is very irresponcible on SC part to become the “bareback site” I for one have stopped supporting the site. I am old enough to remember the first AIDS victim in Boston when I was growing up. I just can not believe how desensitized people have become. Maybe it is because they never lost anyone to AIDS.
more an more guys are partaking in bareback sex… just take a look at the profiles on manhunt requesting this… i have found its also very much the younger generation thats into this ‘sport’
i personally would like to be in the same position as i was 25 years ago with my then boyfriend where a ‘swapping relationship’ was the norm…. where there werent any worries but sadly thats not going to happen anytime soon…. its just too easy to hookup these days and you never know with WHOM you are hooking up…
i recently heard of an incident of someone who only wants bb sex and after his encounter with a hookup the guy blurted out “I’m positive” and then proceeded to laugh uncontrollably… he has now been positive for a year and it seems he is actually proud of the fact….
very strange….
If I’m going to watch a bunch of guys I’ll never have, I’d just as soon watch them do what I’ll never do.
Unfortunately I have to agree with WestAtlBear. Sean Cody is simply giving its cutomers what they want. Sean Cody is not alone for over a year Corbing Fisher has been playing condom-less. Corbin started with not having condoms in the Bi-Sex scenes, moved to not using condomin the first have of a guy guy scene, then finishing with a condom (never got the logic of that) then to full on barebacking. They tested the waters to guage the audience response and it was overwhelming for barebacking.
Sean Cody’s Christmas present to its members was their 1st bareback scene in ages and they damn near blew their servers up.
I hate that this is happening. It sends a terrible messsage and unfortunately that message is better heard than the SAFER SEX message your average educator can put out into the community.
This will not end well 🙁
The actors are taking risks with their health that you have to assume they are aware of. There are presently no 100% reliable tests to immediately detect the presence of HIV, for example.
It is not the responsibility of the porn industry to educate people…but the real concern is where do young guys get their information from regarding STI’s?
Totally disagree with posters who assume that condom-free fucking is the universal romantic ideal. Smoking used to be considered sexy as well…until they all started dying….
Clearly it’s what people want to see
Very true … and yet still very unfortunate.
I like the scenes because of the passion and intensity the guys have, not because they are bareback. I honestly don’t notice if there is a condom or not because in porn it is the last thing I’m looking at. I would prefer that the guys on camera would keep the energy, passion, and intensity and do it protected, not because condoms or the lack there of get me off, but for their safety. Of course it could be that all of these straight guys are a bad influence on gay porn. In straight porn condoms are not the norm and maybe that attitude as carried over.
The real bullshit is producing bb porn and then claiming that they’re somehow not endorsing barebacking. If you film and market it, then you’re clearly endorsing and promoting it.
“SILENCE=DEATH” used to be the mantra
…does that slogan need to be resurrected?
Back when Sharon Mitchell and Adult Industry Medicine were doing most of the pre-scene testing there was an outbreak of HIV and they named four people as HIV-positive and blacklisted hundreds of first- and second-generation partners until they tested negative twice. The industry lost a lot of money because people weren’t working and the infected people were pretty vocal about being paraded in public and also about not being fully informed about how unreliable the testing system was.
So AIM went out of business, and now if you turn up positive the studio sends you home and no one ever hears about it.
It’s pretty much a given that everyone who works bareback in straight porn has herpes and the only reason everyone doesn’t have syphilis and gonorrhea is that the 25% or so that came up positive in one public health screen will eventually get symptoms and get treated.
No matter what these boys tell you about all the testing and how safe it makes them feel they really don’t know what the hell they are talking about because NO ONE is keeping track and NO ONE knows what the real risk is and if they do get infected, NO ONE will hear about it unless they decide to go public and make themselves a pariah in the industry.
“What’s wrong with catering to or marketing to these fantasies?”
1. We are putting the health of these models at risk for the sake of your fantasties. There is NO test that can 100% guarantee that someone doesn’t have HIV…. so I don’t care how much they are tested, it’s still a risk. And as people have said above, HIV is not the only risk. If you can live with that, and obviously you can, then that’s part of what’s wrong.
2. Young people are getting infected at much higher rates because they think they are invincible AIDS is not a concern any more. Okay, maybe it’s possible to live somewhat comfortably with the disease now, but you still have to take meds, you still have to deal with “coming out” as poz, you still have to deal with stigma and discrimination, and you still have to worry about criminal non-disclosure. I am neg, but I have some friends who are poz, and trust me, you don’t want to get HIV… it sucks.
3. And let’s not forget that these models ARE YOUNG and impressionable and some of the viewers of this porn are going to be youth. What we do in our personal lives is directed in part by what we see in porn. We tend to act out the fantasies we first see demonstrated in porn. Porn helps to “normalize” what we might have been afraid to try at first. So if we see porn that’s bareback, more people think it’s okay to try it. I think it’s completely irresponsible and I won’t watch or support studios that produce it. What a shame that Sean Cody is going this route. BOO!
ACT UP = AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power
That’s where it came from. It was a response to the LACK of response from our government and, initially at least, our community. It was a call to action, a statement that if we do not say something–if we do not come out and tell people this scourge is happening to real people who matter, if we do not at least TRY to do something, educate ourselves, take action–then we are condemning ourselves to death. Links to the Holocaust were not unwarranted. AIDS was coming for us, and nobody was doing anything about it.
Today, it’s a very different world, politically, sexually, and in terms of our access to information. The slogan doesn’t work anymore, no matter how urgent some of us feel about the issue. AIDS is not the quick killer it once was, but it still is ravaging our community, if a bit slower.
none of us
i wish i could find the words to describe how i feel and my situation but i can’t.. maybe it’s because i’m too ashamed, i don’t know. all i can say is, it’s like my generation (i’m 21) is taking two steps back instead of steps forward. of course, my older partners haven’t been very quick to offer the use of condoms either. oh and straight guys in gay porn definitely are not helping. they’re making a mockery of our lifestyle and community!
Well, Sean Cody started with a taboo idea – straight men having gay sex. Since that isn’t exciting enough anymore with the sea of generic porn like it available, they need to do something else to make them taboo.
I’d never pay for that site now and don’t support or watch bareback porn.
As great as bb feels, I don’t get anymore satisfaction from them doing it bare in a video. Btw, where’s there little whimper that comes with the stimulation of sticking it in?
I agree 100% with WestAtlBear.
Have him arrested.
What really gets my blood boiling on this issue are all the STUPID disclaimers basically saying practice safe sex except when there MONEY INVOLVED !!! It is almost as if HIV/aids is becoming acceptable simply because people have learned how to live with the disease and a disease that is no longer the OUTCAST that it once was does not make the disease any less contagious or deadly ! Sean Cody disclaimer is the worst form of HYPOCRACY !!!
Porn has no responsibility to promote safe sex. It’s plain stupid to think/expect otherwise. It’s harder to find safe sex videos on amateur sites like xtube than bareback videos. It’s what the people want, so give it to them. People should just be happy the disclaimer is up, because it doesn’t have to be.
Kids are gonna be kids. They think their invincible. That’s a part of being a kid. Drinking, smoking, drugs, eating junk food, driving without seat-belts, and even unsafe sex are dumb things young people do now and even 40 years ago. That’s never going to change.
And who gives a damn about porn models health? It’s porn for crying out loud. The sleaziest industry in the world. People do porn for quick money. The industry has evolved to the point where half of these guys are straight. And do you think these straight guys are going home and telling their friends and family to give us equal rights…. NO they’re just in the industry cause it pays a ton. I read one model made 80k one year just on Sean Cody and I’m supposed to feel bad for that guy. If a person wants to sell/abuse their body for quick cash then that’s their prerogative. Make that money while you can because there is a new dumb hottie turning 18 everyday.
If we wanna get mad about something how about we blame the industry for humanizing these guys and turning them into gay celebrities. Showing kids porn is an acceptable career and a sure way to get worshiped in the gay community is arguably more detrimental to young people than unsafe sex videos.
I understand both sides of the issue. However if they really are taking the “required steps” to make sure their models health is good, then we have nothing to say about the matter. You’re either going to buy/download it, or you’re not. There really is no more discussion on the matter.
The end all be all is that porn is for fantasy only. It brings an experience into your life that you may not experience otherwise. We’re not having sex with these models. We’re not interacting with these models. EVERYONE knows what a condom is. EVERYONE knows what it’s for.
Now if there’s an industry that needs to teach about condoms, it’s those straight and bisexual studios. I have YET to see any one of them adopt a rubber in their scenes. STD’s aren’t just something that “gays” carry around. Straights have their FARE share of nasty spreadables as well.
And, Dewitt, although you very well might be curious as to what people think, it comes off as judgmental. No tea no shade, but this is one of many posts I’ve seen that has called SeanCody’s actions into question. Before the turn of the new year (which marked the start of their barebacking scenes), the only stories of SeanCody you caught on ManHunt were of random hot models they’ve picked up. Now almost every post about them seems to question their barebacking scenes.
Personally I don’t even think that they need to use disclaimers, however did so to appease the masses. It’s common knowledge, especially in today’s world, that if you slap it skin to skin you run the risk of catching the booty flu…or other nasties (like that super-gonorrhea…GIRL).
If the world is really worried about our “impressionable youngsters” then how about making Sex-Ed MANDATORY, instead of something you have to have a permission slip from your folks to attend?
I’m going to put this out there and be an instant villain, but hopefully a few people will try to see what I’m saying.
I keep reading the same arguments year after year. Let me help with some numbers. I own over 200 websites. Four of them are bareback only. The other 196 are condom/safe-sex. Each of the four bareback sites has over 100 times more traffic than all of the other 196 sites combined. Did you get that? I didn’t say that combined the four bareback sites get over 100 times the traffic of the other sites, I said that *each* of the bareback sites gets over 100 times the traffic of all of the other sites combined.Some of the posts above say they won’t visit Sean Cody’s site any longer. Do you realize that really just opens up a slot for someone else? The people that are paying to watch are paying for bareback content. SC has content for the guys that only want to watch safe, and they certainly will continue to offer that. If I pulled my BB sites down, do you think that I would be protecting a single person from seeing guys having raw sex? How do you think they got to my site in the first place? They went to a search engine and they typed in “Gay bareback sex”. If I didn’t have those sites up, would it make a difference in the grand scheme of things? To promote my sites, I have banner ads on lots of sites. The ones that show graphic condom-less dicks entering a butt are the ones that produce the traffic. The other ones go virtually unnoticed. I’m not trying to force people to have bareback sex. I’m simply putting out multiple products and observing which ones the people flock to. Your local supermarket puts out quite a few different brands of cola, but I can bet you that there are two of them that outsell all of the other ones combined. It’s basic macro economics. People keep bringing up that it isn’t just HIV, it’s all of the other STDs that are out there too. Just about everyone knows smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death. In addition to lung cancer, it can cause lots of other diseases such as stenosis, heart attack, and COPD. Equate lung cancer to HIV and the other things to the rest of the STDs. Isn’t it similar all in all, a big nasty disease and a lot of other things you can also get even if you avoid the big one? We’ve known about these a lot longer than we’ve know about HIV/AIDS. Do people still smoke? If Phillip Morris and Reynolds stopped making cigarettes, do you think everyone would stop smoking? People are still going to smoke and someone is going to rise up to fill the gap. Obesity is another one of those leading causes of preventable death. We know that poor diets can lead to heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, certain cancers, etc. If the fast food industry stopped selling french fries, would the country suddenly slim down? In fact, while most of the fast food industry has addressed health concerns by offering healthy alternatives, what continues to be the big sellers? Most of the big FF players have alternatives like apple slices as an option on their combo meals…how many do you suppose they actually give out versus french fries do you suppose are served world-wide daily? Personally, I hear guys talk about “safe sex only”, I have attended their seminars, I’ve responded to their profiles, but most of the guys I’ve hooked up, when we’re naked and ready to “put it in”, they want me to fuck them raw. I remind them that they have safe only in their profiles, or that I just heard them telling hundreds of people about the importance of safe sex. And it always seems to go back to one thing–they don’t want their friends to see that they really want to bareback. We’ve created the stigma about HIV/AIDS and barebacking, and we’ve vilified the people that try to be open about their wants and desires, so we’re going to have to live with it. Much of the negative reaction is really lip-service. People want what they want. Morality police can feel like they are doing public good, but in reality, behind closed doors, the majority of people have always done, and will always do, what they want.
Villain? Nope. That was a very honest, insightful comment. You may have even inspired a future post.
Thank you for sharing!
AH I appreciate your honesty and thanks for sharing I know we all have to be mature enough to take responsibility for our actions and like so many have stated that porn after all is nothing more than a fantasy but how many time do the lines get blurred between fantasy and reality and the sad fact of it all is that aids/HIV is alive and well . I could agree with you more on people will do what they want to do but I just hope that someone will at least try to do what is right ,and again THANK YOU for sharing .
The reason we’re seeing fewer deaths from HIV/AIDS is because we’re not being knocked off by AZT and other toxic drugs anymore. Think about it. There has been no instance of death from HIV/AIDS where HIV has been the sole contributing factor. Other contibuting factors include multiple opportunistic infections (STD’s), illicit drug abuse, etc. Be a little skeptical and don’t believe everything the government tells you. A lot of the HIV hype has to do with manipulating behavior. And then there are the bug-chasers who are only after the Roids. Check out Alive and Well and also Rethinking Aids and get the other side of the story.
You are by no means a villain. All you are doing is telling the truth. We all know that the truth is very hard for people to handle.
Does anyone remember prohibition where the government passed a law outlawing the sale and distribution of alcohol. What happened was a whole underground market sprung up involving gangsters and the mafia to get liquor to the people who wanted it. The bottom line if people want it, they will get it.
That is the same with bareback porn. Regardless of how you feel about bareback porn, there is a demand for it and apparently the demand it rather large. Sean Cody would be stupid from a business standpoint to ignore that.
I had a look at the web site and now the fuck scenes are 100% bareback. I am not going to be a hypocrite, I like that. I am turned on just by the idea that NONE now use a condom. I no longer watch fuck scenes with condoms and will to something else or fast forward if I see it. Don’t blame the studio blame those of us that want to watch it, which judging by certain sites is the majority (though most of them then add safer sex only in their own lives, which may be true in some cases or may be an exaggeration in others). The first time they did a condom free clip loads of guys STOLE it. Correct me if I am wrong but as I understand it the guys are consenting adults from the US and it is not like they are going to Eastern Europe or Third World countries to coerce guys into having unsafe sex ala ‘The Body Without Soul.’ To me the important thing is not whether or not videos are condom free but HOW they do it. Testing and sero sorting are not fool proof – there are too many fools out there – but it is one way studios can reduce the risks. There are plenty of guys willing to bareback in the USA and UK nowadays, there is no need to coerce anybody into it. Unlike some of these East European flicks the Sean Cody guys seem visibly to be enjoying themselves. There have been huge improvements in the treatment of HIV in the past 16 years esp with Truvarda and people need to get real that this is going to have an impact on people’s behaviour and attitudes. Of course it does not mean HIV is still not a serious problem esp aggressive and drug resistant strains but it an HIV diagnosis now does not mean the same thing as 20-30 years ago.