Reality Porn And Its Appeal - Why This Niche Has Taken Over The Adult Media

Think about the latest porn scene you’ve watched. Did it have any amount of stepfamily fauxcest in it? Was it set in an office with a boss lady who likes to pressure the protagonist? Or did you watch a van guy calling over “random” street girls and offering them money to have sex? As long as what you watched feels like an everyday occurrence that could happen to you in real life, you’ve watched reality porn. While pickup, office, and of course taboo stepfamily relationships are what made the niche what it is today, there are still so many variations on the setting that quite slip under the radar. So how do you recognise them, and what makes reality porn so appealing in the first place? 

Living Out The Fantasy And “Realistic” Situations

It goes without saying that the key factor of reality porn is its closeness to reality itself. It all looks like it could happen, and the relationship between reality and fiction in our brains becomes tightly knit. A stepfamily shouldn’t be having those kinds of relationships, but here we are, treading a taboo line like it's nothing special. In this way, a viewer’s fantasy can be vicariously lived through the character on the screen, who often feels like a stand-in for the audience. Porn has always been about inserting yourself into the fantasy, but the case of reality porn steps it up a notch and begins to tread on a setting that feels engaging. In a way, living out a colorful fantasy has never been easier!

The original premise of reality porn was, of course, realism. Meeting a girl at “random” and then convincing her to have sex with you is not only a power move but the ultimate realisation of desires. Because, well, who doesn’t want to feel desirable? Who doesn’t want to meet their long-distance friends and connect physically? Of course, as it became obvious that the porn is still just a setting, there has been a move from the casual and low-strings porn to the bombastic and over-the-top smut we know today. But that doesn’t mean the desire has gone away. The desire for real experiences and dreams instead shifted to sex tourists and backpackers exploring countries known for their explicit services. But even so, this is still a type of reality porn.

The Most Iconic Tropes Of Porn Came From The Absurdity

As reality porn migrated its focus on being entertaining, in many ways, it started being absurd. A silly blonde stepsister getting stuck in the washing machine, or a horny housewife calling in the pizza delivery guy to serve her a special sausage. The convincing part of reality porn slipped into pure and easy fun, and the nature of the niche (porn situations that look about right to reality) allowed it to explore all kinds of settings without regard. It was easy to make, and it worked 9/10 times. Bratty step daughter getting scolded by her stepdad, an experienced, bossy stepmother, sharing her experience with the stepdaughter. The absurdity became lighter with the years, and now these tropes are the most liked in the entire entertainment industry. Or, at the very least, they attract enough attention to be used all the time.

Exploring New Avenues And Settings Through Reality Porn

Our reality is a place that has all types of absurd and strange situations, but there are also simple and wholesome factors that we might encounter. These are all potential settings for reality porn to use. It not only broadens the niche’s reach to be almost all-encompassing, but it also helps keep it fresh and interesting even after so many years. Let’s have a look at a few.

• Military Settings: Be it in a desert, a swamp, frigid wilderness, or in the barracks, these uniforms can be incredibly sexy. Add on top of the typical army hierarchy, and you got yourself a fine setting.
• Weddings: What can happen during or after a wedding? The bride is in her stunning dress, and the groom wears a suit. It can be sweet, or it can be the most taboo setting you’ve ever seen!
• Debt And Loans: What can beat having another human being at your disposal who also happens to be desperate for your mercy? Well, only one of the most intricate power plays out there.
• Religion And Churches: The forbidden relationships between a priest and his flock are an underrated taboo subject, but the journey and perversion of the devout is equally as exquisite. This setting is rich with potential.
• Softcore Outdoor Activities: Be it urinating outside or walking naked in public, there are all the most real reality porn settings that don’t involve hardcore action. 

All Good Movies Are Reality Porn In Some Way

With the exception of maybe parody and cosplay porn, every well-filmed porn movie with a rich story and plot is just another way of doing reality porn. The focus might be on the movie-like quality and feel, but as movies are often about reality, it goes without saying that the most intimate and passionate content will make use of reality porn. In this way, the niche has easily taken over gonzo, softcore, and even erotica. Good, average, great, and so-so porn films can be made using reality porn as a basis.

When the adult industry is given such an incredible multi-purpose tool that can be slotted into anything and work, why wouldn’t it take reality porn as its natural default? It’s clearly beloved by almost every viewer, and it can be simply tweaked to fit other tastes. And, in a way, maybe this was the natural conclusion of porn all along. Simulating reality and sex through the screen would naturally evolve into being closely linked to our world, like how so many organisms evolved into crabs. So, if you ever feel like reality porn is boring, you just haven’t looked closely enough!