MisterBones wrote:Because the target demographic of mainstream bondage media is straight males. Why is this so hard to understand?
The target demographic of porn/stimulation in any genre is 99% males. However I do no think this is why the internet seems to contain a disproportionately large amount of women in peril. I believe this has more to do with gender roles, and the hypermasculine society we live in.
spandexm wrote:A little background. Back in the old movie serials women were bound and gagged damsels for the heroes to save. And in comics and even mysteries a damsel was always captured. Then we ran into TV, and the 70s where movies, TV, books and even comics became more violent and people seemed to be killed more often. A lot of us grew up on the old comics like Brenda Starr and TV shows like the Avengers so appreciate a goodlooking lady bound and gagged. As a youth remember thinking differently while watching Batman where Robin was bound and gagged to a horse statue by teh Mad Hatter's henchmen and really got excited. Generally bondage looks better on women, because of poses, and extra effort. Harmony Concepts tried to do a few videos and magazines with males in bondage, but had little success.
I don't know if I can agree that bondage looks better on women, or that it really started with women getting tied to the tracks. Some have suggested that it really began with men getting the treatment;
http://moviessilently.com/2013/03/12/silent-movie-myth-4-tied-to-the-railroad-tracks/ If our leading societies seriously tone-down the "virile and viking nature" of the male we may see a resurgence of gents in peril. Right now, however, faux-machismo insecurity seems to be "in" in the U.S. This is my hypothesized factor for there being more women in bondage; women are supposed to be powerless, men powerful and the media/entertainment industry complies.