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“It’s not about opening up and getting
the necessary penetration to satisfy
the male gaze—it’s about real sex that
looks and feels good. ”
some growing pains initially—
working with someone who
wasn’t as enmeshed in porn as
I was did have its challenges—
but once we hit our stride and
worked out the kinks, it has been
a true meeting of the minds. My
business model has always been
to ‘bridge the gap between porn
and mainstream,’ and Bellesa
is doing just that. It’s not about
selecting performers who are
this male ideal; it’s about finding
people who can truly capture the
chemistry and passion of real,
authentic sex.”
Shnaidman said she bases
casting on viewer demand.
“We’ve looked at our analytics
and said, ‘Who do people want
to see? Who does our audience
want to see?’ ... We’ll select our
female lead first and then we’ll
bring her a list ... and she’ll
pick. And I think that adds to the
passion and authenticity of the
scene.
“At times Bellesa will get
requests from a female performer
for a specific partner,”
Shnaidman continued. “We’ve
made it happen. If it’s someone
that you really want to work
with and he wants to have sex
with you, then magic’s going to
happen.”
She explained, “Everything
we do at Bellesa is very data
driven. And because we have
such a high amount of female
traffic we’re able to make these
statements knowing what we’re
talking about. We’ve found
certain things that women need
to see in their porn, that they want
to see in their porn. Women want
to see stories that feel realistic,
that they could relate to—they
want to see themselves in porn.
... We call it fantasy fuel. It’s
where reality ends and fantasy
begins.”
Among Bellesa’s observations:
“Women don’t want to see fake
orgasms. And I think that’s
something that can pass by men
easier and they’ll just accept it.
They don’t have an eye out for
it. Eighty-plus percent of women
require clitoral stimulation to
orgasm, and that’s reflected in
our videos.”
St. James said, “A lot of
magic has happened during
our Bellesa productions. It’s not
about opening up and getting
the necessary penetration to
satisfy the male gaze—it’s about
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