Bend Over Boyfriend is a 1998 American adult video created by lesbian couple Shar Rednour and Jackie Strano. It covers the practice of women penetrating men's anuses with a strap-on dildo (pegging). It stars Carol Queen and Robert Morgan, and also features two other couples.[1]
Bend Over Boyfriend was created and produced by lesbian couple Shar Rednour and Jackie Strano, owners and founders of SIR Video Productions. It directed by Rednour with Strano as assistant director, which was executive produced by Nan Kinney of Fatale Media.[citation needed] For performers, they recruited real-life couples through Craigslist.[3] Rednour commented that, although Bend Over Boyfriend was meant for heterosexual couples, she cast lesbians in penetrator roles because "dykes are more likely to know how to fuck". It was produced by Nan Kinney.[4]
Reception
Sasha from Eye Weekly wrote: "Its underlying message, that fucking your boyfriend in the ass is fun, is a good one", but the presentation "made anal sex seem more distasteful rather than more attractive".[1] Feminist author Susie Bright praised the film on Salon.com, writing that "it couldn't be more user-friendly: part sex education, part erotic show", the lovers "demonstrate with great flair how anal sex doesn't have to hurt (anymore than toast needs to burn)".[4] In 2008, she said: "I loved when the Bend Over Boyfriend series started. Finally, there was a situation where men could talk about being the recipient of anal sex from women".[3]
Tristan Taormino, writing for the Village Voice, credits the video as an archetype for a substantial cultural shift: "The roles of active initiator and penetrator are no longer solely the domain of men, nor are the qualities of receptivity and passivity for girls only. Nowhere is this more apparent than in what I identify as the Bend Over Boyfriend Archetype."[5]AVN magazine wrote that "it never gets dull, thanks to some well-edited and humorous visual demonstrations".[6] In 2023, Naomi Leroy writing for Fleshbot, called it a classic, adding that "all of the information in this film is actually great anal advice for anyone looking to play with buttholes, no matter the gender of the giver or receiver".[7]
Sequel
A sequel, Bend Over Boyfriend 2, was released in (1999). Porn star Chloe appears in the second video; as she is best known as an anal queen, her use of a strap-on dildo is a "role reversal". Queen said she was told the first video was "like watching a driving-instruction video", and the sequel, named Bend Over Boyfriend 2: Less Talkin', More Rockin', attempts to address this concern.[1]
Legacy
Dan Savage, who popularized the term pegging, originally offered "bob" (short for "Bend over Boyfriend") as one of two alternatives for the term.[8]
Cudmore, Doug. (December 14, 2003) The Toronto StarSeven ways to get on the "naughty" list. Section: Metropolis; Page 4.
Salt Lake City Weekly (March 17, 2005) Porn and Prejudice. Volume 21; Issue 43; Page 20.
Powers, Thom. (September 11, 2005) Los Angeles TimesPorn is bad for society and bad for you. Right? Pornified How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families Pamela Paul Times Books: 306 pp., $25. Section: Book Review; Page 4.
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