Porn to the Rescue!

I was watching a program the other day about panda preserves in China and all the steps that are being taken to keep this species from becoming extinct.  The humans are trying all kinds of things to help the pandas, from protecting their habitat, to working on improving their sex lives.

Apparently pandas are notoriously lazy, which isn’t too good for their sex lives.  So the human preservationists are doing things like encouraging the pandas to exercise more (getting them to climb and strengthen their hind legs, which is important for good sex thrusting) and having them watch porn.  Panda Porn.

The idea is that they will be able to pick up some tips from watching other, more experienced pandas go at it (similar to the principle of teaching chimps tasks by having them watch humans do it first or teaching gorillas how to be good mothers by having them watch videos of other mother gorillas with their babies).  I LOVE that the survival of the Pandas depends (at least partially) on Panda Porn!!

When guys told me that they used to watch porn to try to get tips for when they (finally) would get to have sex, it always made me giggle.   I’ve said before that porn may not be the best format for picking up sex tips: the sex is usually highly stylised, meant to be more aesthetically pleasing rather than feel sexy, and is preformed by exceptional members of the population (i.e. they are certainly not the average person and thus may have developed skills – like launching their spunk – that most people can’t do).

Don’t get me wrong, I AM all for watching porn, but mainly just for getting off – not so much for trying to learn about technique or how sex will happen for you (e.g. you probably won’t usually end with a money shot).

However, that’s not to say that you can’t learn anything from watching porn.  Generations of young men have learned from watching porn that sex usually starts with foreplay; couples have been able to pick up interesting new sex positions, and anal sex has seen a huge increase in popularity (either a good or a bad thing, depending on how much you enjoy it ^_~).   From watching porn, you can garner a better understanding of the basic mechanics of sex; which many inexperienced young people are desperate to understand.  So I guess watching porn can help Pandas and people learn a little bit more about having sex for the first time.