I have started to watch porn in early 00's, before that I was just watching pictures or magazines. I remember that some 15 years ago, every BG scene without extended plot, romantic stuff and with genitals shown, it was labeled as a "hardcore". Things have slightly changed, a lot of stuff that would be probably considered as a bizarre, niche porn on the very beginning of 21st century, came to hardcore mainstream. I don't want to discuss the advantages of one studio over another, but it looks like right now the term "hardcore" can depict both plain, quite soft BG without anal as well as gangbangs with spanking and licking the floor, everything closer to BDSM but without those specialized toys and utilities.
If I were labelling scenes and movies, I would probably sort out:
- entry level: aesthetic scenes, without domination, spanking, if any anal then without ATM, movie style, somewhat romantic.
- hardcore mainstream: gonzo or some short fetish plot at the beginning, more graphic than entry level. Anal, DP part of DAP and groupsex fit there. Actions like choking, slapping, ATM, dirty talk all fit there.
- edge hardcore: harsher than mainstream, with much domination but no ropes stuff (there is still a BDSM category), containing severe gangbangs, nasty stuff with saliva, bizarre anal. Edge means they lead mainstream hardcore performers to the zone that was previously (in 20th century) beyond interest of most hardcore viewers.
Could be like these, without creating some new, strange names :)

Every time I see some funny maps about most popular porn genres in each country, I realize, that a list like: anal/milf/ebony/lesbian/hentai/bondage misses a point.
And most ADT users tend to use either a name of site or a director, than speak about the genre.
How do you guys think?

Edited by - nutngo on Dec 31 2019

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