Pornography based on the ethnicity of performers is often objected to on the grounds that it is racist, frequently representing its subjects as ethnic stereotypes, and also on the grounds that it objectifies its subjects, presenting ethnicity as a "flavour" of sexual encounter. Nevertheless, it remains extremely popular, both on its own, and in conjunction with other genres of pornography. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity of performers in pornography be merged into this article or section. ... 1. ... An ethnic stereotype is a generalized representation of an ethnic group, composed of what are thought to be typical characteristics of members of the group. ... Objectification refers to the way in which one person treats another person as an object and not as a human being. ...

Types of ethnic stereotypes in pornography

Where the general audience is appealed to, ethnic pornography typically features ethnic groups that are familiar in a particular country, such as members of significant minority groups, particularly those seen as most exotic. They may be seen as sexually unattainable, and therefore mysterious and exciting, or as promiscuous or sexually biddable. In the wake of the current conflict between the West and the Muslim world, pornography catering for Westerners' curiosity about Muslim men and women has also appeared. A new genre of Iraq war-themed pornography, depicting Western men and Arab women, has arisen in the mid-2000s, perhaps inspired by the Abu Ghraib scandal. ^[1] Exoticism (from exotic) is a trend in art and design, influenced by some ethnic groups or civilizations since the late 19th-century. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Nature of Abu Ghraib abuse be merged into this article or section. ...

Ethnic pornography may also serve the audience of that subset of a particular ethnic group who are only interested in looking at people of their own group. For example, there are a number of Jewish pornography websites whose material seems primarily directed at Jews or Asian themed sites that target East Asian men. There are also pornography websites aimed at the Arab, Indian and Pakistani markets, countries where traditional morals and attitudes toward women make dating difficult or impossible for many young men. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination...

Ethnic pornography also frequently depicts sex acts between people of different ethnicities, commonly known as interracial pornography, perhaps for visual contrast, or (particularly in the U.S.) for extra titillation by breaking taboos regarding the depiction of ethnic stereotypes and even the highly sensitive taboo subjects of ethnic tensions and old anti-miscegenation laws. It has been suggested that Ethnicity of performers in pornography be merged into this article or section. ... For the Taboo party game, see Taboo (game). ... An ethnic stereotype is a generalized representation of an ethnic group, composed of what are thought to be typical characteristics of members of the group. ... Frederick Douglass with his second wife Helen Pitts, who was white, and their daughter Eva, a 19th century American example of miscegenation. ...

Ethnic pornography preferences in different regions

Each different market has its own preferences, usually based on its own ethnic tensions and historical links with other ethnic groups. Some of these are:

In the United States

• Asian (see Asian fetish): Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Filipino, Indian ^[2]
• European (normally only for a few specific fetishes): French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, Turkish (archaic fetish originating from Orientalism) and more recently, Eastern European women, particularly from the countries of Hungary, Czech Republic and Romania
  • In American pornography, Germans are often associated with sadomasochistic themes. Nazi regalia and black leather frequently occur in these depictions; a German or German-accented dominatrix is a frequently recurring figure. Films such as Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS play on these stereotypes.
  • In the 1960s and early 1970s, Scandinavia was frequently depicted as a sort of sexual paradise, a utopia of free love. Successful films from Sweden and Denmark, featuring sexual sub-themes, such as I Am Curious (Yellow) and Swedish Fly Girls furthered this stereotype.
• North American: Black/African-American, Native American
• Latin American: Mexican, Brazilian, Argentine ,Native American (Mestiza),

• Latin European: Spanish, Italian, French
• Polynesian: Hawaiian

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In Europe

• Gypsy women are often treated in European literatures as femmes fatales, demanding lovers who inspire men to acts of violence. Carmen, especially the opera by Georges Bizet, and Esmerelda from Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame are well known examples of this fetish.
• Indian, Pakistani, Chinese and Thai women (for example Asian Babes magazine in the UK)
• Jews are frequently depicted as large-breasted and sexually insatiable. The brothel scene from Joris-Karl Huysmans' À rebours ("against the grain") and Aleister Crowley's poem La juive exemplify this fetish.
• Thai
• Japanese
• African/Black
• In modern visual pornography: Black males and the female members of the most prominent non-European immigrant group in each country; Asian girls (women of Subcontinental origin) in the United Kingdom, beurettes (women of Maghrebi origin) and métisses (women of black-white heritage, particularly of Antillean origin) in France. It should also be noted that Black women frequently appeared in pornography in 1970s, as central objects of sexual curiosity.

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In Japan

• European/White
  • Russian/Slavic
  • American pornstars with Asian men
• Asian
  • Thai, Filipina
  • Korean
  • Indian
  • Chinese

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References

1. ^ 'San Francisco Chronicle [1]
2. ^ "On Asian American Sexual Politics" by Darrell Y. Hamamoto, 2006.American Sexuality [2]

See also

• Pornography
• Pornography by region
• Asian fetish
• Exogamy
• Exoticism
• Miscegenation
• Orientalism