Bukkake
Bukkake (ぶっかけ, /buːˈkɑːkeɪ/ or /bʊˈkækeɪ/) is a type of scene in pornography in which a woman or man is ejaculated on by several men.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The practice is a relatively prevalent niche in contemporary pornographic films. Some authors have argued that bukkake involves the implied or overt humiliation of the person ejaculated upon; women participating in the practice are not generally brought to orgasm.[7]
Etymology
Bukkake is the noun form of the Japanese verb bukkakeru (ぶっ掛ける, to dash or splash water),[8] and means "to dash", "splash" or "heavy splash".[3][5] The compound verb can be decomposed into a prefix and a verb: butsu (ぶつ) and kakeru (掛ける). Buttsu is a prefix derived from the verb "buchi" which literally means to hit but the usage of the prefix is a verb-intensifier.[9]
Kakeru in this context means to shower or pour. The word bukkake is often used in Japanese to describe pouring out water with sufficient momentum to cause splashing or spilling. Indeed, bukkake is used in Japan to describe a type of dish where the broth is poured on top of noodles, as in bukkake-udon and bukkake-soba.
History
Bukkake was first represented in pornographic films in the mid to late 1980s in Japan.[5] According to one commentator, a significant factor in the development of bukkake as a pornographic form was the mandatory censorship in Japan where genitals must be pixelated by a "mosaic".[10] One consequence of this is that Japanese pornography tends to focus more on the face and body of actresses rather than on their genitals.[10] Since film producers could not show penetration, they sought other ways to depict sex acts without violating Japanese law and since semen did not need to be censored, a loophole existed for harder sex scenes.[10] However, popularization of the act and the term for it has been credited to director Kazuhiko Matsumoto in 1998.[10] The Japanese adult video studio Shuttle Japan registered the term "ぶっかけ/ＢＵＫＫＡＫＥ" as a trademark (No. 4545137) in January 2001.[11]
The practice then spread from Japan to American and then European pornography after US porn producers discovered Japanese bukkake videos in the late 1990s.[12][13] There was an economic advantage for Western pornographers to produce bukkake films since they only require one actress, and often amateur male performers whose pay-rates are low.[13] However, bukkake is less popular than some other porn niches, possibly because the subordination of the woman does not appeal to many consumers, or because in pornography cum-shots are normally the climax of a scene, rather than the "main event".[13]
The practice then spread to gay pornography, in which several men ejaculate on another man.[5][6] Pornographic use of the word has been expanded by the lesbian bukkake genre in which several women ejaculate on another woman.[14] This practice in film is listed as one of the many that are an example of "contemporary hardcore pornography."[15] The 17th World Congress of Sexology in Montreal in July 2005 included a presentation on bukkake.[16] Another variant of bukkake is gokkun, in which several men ejaculate into a container for the receiver to drink.[3][17]
Viewers' motivation
Russ Kick, quoting a sexologist, states that men enjoy a "sense of closure and finality about sex", something that watching other men ejaculate provides.[6] The viewer identifies with the ejaculating men, experiencing a sense of vicarious pleasure.[6] According to Gail Dines, the ejaculate on the female performer's body "also marks the woman as used goods", conveying a sense of ownership; she quotes veteran porn actor and producer Bill Margold stating, "I'd like to really show what I believe the men want to see: violence against women. I firmly believe that we serve a purpose by showing that. The most violent we can get is the cum shot in the face. Men get off behind that because they get even with the women they can't have."[18]
Criticism
Some people have described bukkake as a fetish culture "beyond sex". Others describe bukkake as symbolic group rape, with its primary purpose as the humiliation, degradation and objectification of women,[19] and that the use of ejaculation is part of a humiliation ritual and generally does not involve any of the female participants experiencing orgasm.[7] Gail Dines, writing in Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality, describes the money shot of a man ejaculating on the face or body of a woman as "one of the most degrading acts in porn".[18]
See also
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References
- ^ Paul, Pamela (2006-08-08). Pornified: How Pornography Is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families. Owl Books. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-8050-8132-9 0-8050-8132-1.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: length (help) - ^ Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor (2006). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I. Taylor & Francis. p. 288. ISBN 0415259371.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Tom Dalzell (2008). The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English. Taylor & Francis. p. 138. ISBN 0415371821.
- ^ Alba H. Gonzalez Reyes (January/March 2003). "La pornografia: ficcion y violencia sim sobre los cuerpos" (PDF). La Palabra y el Hombre (The Word and the Man) (in Spanish) (125). Veracruz: University of Veracruz: 81. ISSN 0185-5727. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
Bukkake, a practice in which a women receives jets of semen in the face from dozens of men
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While the original bukkake films featured Japanese women, the term has crossed over into gay pornography.
- ^ a b c d Russ Kick (1 October 2005). Everything you know about sex is wrong: the Disinformation guide to the extremes of human sexuality (and everything in between) / edited by Russ Kick. The Disinformation Company. p. 98. ISBN 9781932857177. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
... bukkake porn, in which many men come on camera, masturbating onto the face or body of a woman or another man.
- ^ a b Moore, Lisa (2007-07-01). Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid. NY: NYU Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0814757185.
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- ^ "ぶち【打ち】". Shogakukan. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
- ^ a b c d Xeni Jardin (2004-12-04). "Fix for Japan Pop-Culture Addicts". wired.com. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "Registered Trademark" (in Japanese). www.shuttle-japan.com. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ pp.31-37 My, My American Bukkake by Susannah Breslin in Greta Christina, Daniel Clowes, Best Erotic Comics 2008, illustrated edition, Last Gasp, 2007. ISBN 0867196866
- ^ a b c Lisa Z. Sigel (2005). International exposure: perspectives on modern European pornography, 1800-2000. Rutgers University Press. p. 189. ISBN 0813535190.
- ^ Ashley Blue (Director) (2004). Lesbian Bukkake (VHS and DVD). JM Productions. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
- ^ Sargeant, Jack (2006). "Filth and Sexual Excess: Some Brief Reflections on Popular Scatology". Media and Culture Journal. 9 (5). Retrieved 2007-04-19.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Bake a Cake? Exposing the Sexual Practice of Bukkake. Hudson, Jeff; Doong, Nicholas. XVII World Congress of Sexology, Montreal, Canada.
- ^ Gail Dines (1 July 2010). Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality. Beacon Press. p. xix. ISBN 9780807044520. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ a b Gail Dines (1 July 2010). Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality. Beacon Press. p. xxiv. ISBN 9780807044520. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ Franklin, Karen (2004). "Enacting Masculinity: Antigay Violence and Group Rape as Participatory Theater". Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 1 (2). California State Press: 25–40. doi:10.1525/srsp.2004.1.2.25. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
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