Hey Glenn, let me take you up on your offer and ask a question: as a femdom porn producer that has been in the game for a long time, do you feel that femdom porn has shifted from a more niche genre to being more mainstream over time or has it gotten even more niche? I, personally, have perceived a shift of it becoming more mainstream, but I wanted the evaluation of a seasoned veteran.

I think its a great question. When I first started in 2002 there was a huge divide between femdom and mainstream porn. Mainstream porn producers didn't even know fetish producers. The biggest difference at the time was that mainstream porn companies made scenes for DVDs and then put the DVD's or scenes on a website, while fetish companies made scenes for websites and didn't have DVD deals (or did deals with very small distribution companies). When I first started approaching DVD Distribution companies a lot of them didn't even return my call. My first DVD deal was with a very shady company named OP Distribution who completely ripped off everyone they worked with. I got lucky, because my second distributor Gentlemen's Video (good people!) had enough clout to get my DVDs and money from OP Distribution. There were a couple of breakthroughs that I think lifted our genre: The first was when I became an Evil Angel Director. I'll try to condense this story, but I actually wasn't the first femdom director with Evil Angel. John Stagliano (owner of Evil Angel) was a fan of femdom and wanted to see how his customers reacted, so he made a deal with a femdom company. TO BE CLEAR - WHEN I TALK ABOUT THAT OTHER COMPANY I'M JUST STATING MY OPINIONS. I think that deal actually hurt our genre because the company's content and production values were below the standards of what EA customers were used to seeing, and I think they got negative feedback from EA fans. I believe John Stagliano ended up telling the company something like "don't send me DVD's. Send me a bunch of scenes. I'll pick the ones I think are the best ones". I think EA did not want to bring on another femdom company. But, we all lucked out: I used to get an email whenever a customer signed up for the site with the customer's name and info. Back then I only got 5 new customers a day, so I read them all... one day I saw the name John Stagliano listed as the customer name. I was a HUMONGOUS fan of John as a director. He's always been my top influence, and his original "Buttman" movie was life changing. I sent an email telling him I was honored to have him as a site member, and told him his membership was complimentary for life. He invited me to come to his office... I thought I was going there just to meet him and hear some stories about the industry. I was shocked when he offered me a DVD deal. This changed things for EA... they had femdom content they could be proud of, so they started promoting MeanBitches, doing press releases and advertising. This pulled in a lot of mainstream fans who had never considered the idea before. And suddenly the industry perceived me in a different way. I was "an Evil Angel Director" and doors were opening. Here's something most people don't realize: Performers get paid less to do softcore scenes, so a lot of performers (especially at the time when they were working 5 scenes a week) did not want to work for fetish companies. But... everyone wanted to work for Evil Angel, so I then got access to a lot of big name performers who wouldn't have considered us. The second big breakthrough was when I became Playboy Spice Radio's first male host. That gave me an opportunity to talk about femdom to a mainstream audience with thousands of listeners. ... I ramble, but the answer to your question is yes. Femdom is something that appeals to a much larger audience now than in the past. A big reason for that is that companies are making videos that draw in softer viewers and don't scare off them off. I'll use fart videos as an example. If you make fart videos, you are appealing to a niche audience. Nothing wrong with that. There are customers who enjoy fart videos and are willing to pay for it, so someone should be making them. But, if a mainstream customer comes to your site and sees a bunch of fart videos, there's a decent chance he might not ever come back to your site (some people find it gross!). When a mainstream customer comes to MeanBitches.com, he sees things that don't scare him off: facesitting, ass worship, foot worship. He also sees office scenes and gym scenes and doesn't get pigeonholed into dungeon. There's a much better chance he sees something that triggers him in a good way. So there's your answer. Femdom has shifted over time into being much more mainstream. :)

Hi Glenn, Thanks for the insight. It’s actually very true regarding the niche part that can creep a more “regular” who has a minor interest in femdom off. If I take myself as an example — I’d tongue fuck an asshole without giving 2 thoughts but when I see farting i just lose my interest and move on. I feel like it recently became more popular when guys just plainly ask do you eat ass and you can say yes without getting weird looks. This is different for feet still. Anyway I have a question too: the Facesitting genre seems to have gotten less. Atleast a couple years ago you had way more studios making this content for example romanvideo and femdomempire. They don’t seem to be active anymore and were also working with the big names at the time. What do you think is the reason those studios are not here anymore and what do you think made you more successful in the long term?

I don't know anyone at either of those two companies so I don't know about them specifically, but I can tell you the reason most fetish companies go out of business because they don't treat it like a business. For starters, you have to budget properly and manage expenses. A lot of times a producer gets so excited about shooting a girl he likes that he's willing to pay her whatever she wants. You can't think that way. You have to talk to talent agents about what are industry rates and when someone wants to be paid more, you move on and shoot someone else (unless you believe she can bring in enough extra revenue to justify paying her more). A lot of performers don't want to do lower paying scenes but that doesn't mean you should pay BG sex scene rates for non hardcore scenes. Fetish companies make less money per scene than hardcore sex, so you pay less. Don't put two dommes in a scene unless you have enough revenue to support it (why double your labor costs???). Also, a lot of fetish companies tend to shoot a bunch of content, then disappear for a while, then reappear and shoot new content. You need to build a loyal base and give them content on a consistent schedule, or people will forget about you. Thirdly, a lot of fetish companies don't use makeup artists. Professional makeup artists make your content look professional. Lastly, there have been some fetish producers who don't know how to behave professionally on set. If word gets around that a producer is "creepy", talent won't want to shoot for him. There are probably other reasons, but those ones come to mind first.

Glenn, seeing your insight is awesome, thanks for sharing! And C, thank you for asking the fantastic questions that spurred this conversation. I had similar sentiments about the decline of facesitting as a genre, but this site does an excellent job keeping it alive.

Thanks! I enjoy talking about our industry and things like this... I think it helps us all become a tighter community if you gain some insights into what's going on behind the scenes. I had dinner with John Stagliano a couple of weeks ago and he was blown away when I told him his "Buttman" changed my life. I told him about how when I watched it and said to myself "there are other people like me!! I'm not a complete outcast!"... the main character in the story is obsessed with womens' assholes and feels like a freak, and in the end, he finds a girl (tracey adams) who accepts him. It made me feel a lot better about myself because I realized there were other guys going through the same confusion in their lives. When I write my blog and even when I make my videos, I want you all to feel the same way. While society will tell you that "normal people want normal sex", reality is quite different. I did some research on the subject: According to Justin Lehmiller's 2018 survey of over 4,000 Americans in "Tell Me What You Want," 54% of men have fantasized about being sexually dominated, such as through forced encounters. Other studies estimate 50-60%, making it quite common. Society's lens on things is misleading on a lot of things, and this is one of them. By being submissive and obsessed with worshipping a girl's ass, you are normal and part of the majority of men. I hope when we talk about these things, it makes you smile, and I hope it makes you want to embrace that side of your personality. It's ok to tell a woman you like it when she takes charge! There's probably a right way and wrong way to say it, but letting it out and not repressing it will make you a happier person. I encourage you guys to post your thoughts here and share with others in our community!

Thanks for answering my question. It seems that consistency and well thought of budgetting seems to be key aspects for you in still being here while the other big ones are gone unfortunately. Anyway I noticed an increase in popularity of Facesitting with underwear or jeans still on. Clips for sale has lots of this content while actual Facesitting with emphasis on ass eating is minimal. It’s is so crazy to me as it’s similar to wanting to have sex with a condom on. I mean for a random fling and all I’m all for protection, but with my partner I would never choose for it when there is no need since we are exclusive to each other. How do you see the future of your brand? Do you think the self creation like onlyfans will be a permanent thing or do you think we will transition back to more traditional professional porn in the future? Europe already seems to make more strict laws for companies like OF. On the other hand it feels like they are moving toward a more censoring of porn in the future too. Another question I have is how did you actually get started in this industry? Did you just took your camera and try to cast somebody and built from there? I mean I feel like it’s particularly hard to get into from scratch. Really curious to know! Lastly do you have any crazy big ass on schedule? Talking about Julie cash or Virgo peridot type big:) Lastly I’d die to see a scene with some buttplug ass to mouth action, but you already know that ;) Thank you for being the best! Kind regards, C.

- Clothed facesitting seems like a niche. If someone wants to buy it, someone should be making it, but I think it would be hard to make a lot of revenue. - Self creation is going to continue to become more prevalent. It's easy now to make something at home and start making money off it same day. I think there will always be some companies making professional content, but a lot of other types of labor will be going away and people will find they can make a living off entertaining other people! - Short version: I was friends with a performer named Miss Crystal back in 2002 and she asked me to make a website for her. It made a lot of money, so I expanded to a site with lots of performers.It took off really quickly. - We are shooting the legendary Ava Devine tomorrow. Her ass is very large these days. - Buttplugs get in the way of assholes. I don't like them. I would like to see more fingers go ass to mouth, but some performers don't want to stick a finger in their ass if they havent been booked for an anal scene (much higher rate).