When it comes to serving women’s interests, Pornhub might be one of the last companies you’d expect to prioritize the matter. But, as it turns out, the pornography streaming website is being proactive about its feminist initiatives in a huge way! Pornhub has released a feature for women that warns you beforehand if the guy in the video you’re about to watch looks like an old-ass weirdo.
Amazing! Chalk this one up as a win for the ladies!
Here’s how it works. Any Pornhub user that identifies as female on their account settings will be offered the chance to opt into the site’s new “old-ass weirdo” filter, which prefaces every video containing some freaky-looking old dude with a pop-up warning. This small tweak to its platform will surely mean a world of difference to women perusing its video catalogue while trying to avoid seeing the asshole of a man who looks like he remembers where he was when JFK was assassinated.
“Women are often just as interested in pornography as men are, and too many websites forget that when they decide to host videos containing male performers that look like John Locke from Lost without any sort of warning,” explained Corey Price, the vice president of operations at Pornhub, in a press release announcing the feature. “By flagging videos featuring men who are age 50 and up that appear to be strong yet have no discernible muscle definition on their bodies, our hope is to create a better experience for women who have no interest in seeing some avuncular guy with a goatee try to catch his breath while heaving on top of a 20-year-old woman.”
Wow. You’d be hard-pressed to find another adult video site that goes this far out of its way to shield women from veiny, male baby boomers. The porn industry is long overdue for more feminist input, and this is certainly a great step in the right direction. Kudos to you, Pornhub, for leading the way!
