It doesn't exist in nature." So instead, people are leveraging their imaginations and technology to push to the limits of the erotic frontier. "These days, seeing a video of a couple getting it on might not be as exciting," Snyder says, "so you've got further exaggerations and further amplifications of things.
"It's simply upping the ante on novelty," agrees New York City sex therapist Stephen Snyder, M.D., pointing out that Millennials are getting jaded to plain, man-penetrating-woman porn and are seeking out kinkier options. "Many will say since the subjects are not 'real people,' there are no boundaries to what goes on and your only limitation is your own imagination." "More often than not, the people who are into cartoon erotica are into it because real porn is 'boring' or it does not pander to their specific tastes," explains an artist who goes by DOXOlove and actively takes commissions within the hentai community. (T he PROTECT act, which centers on preventing child abuse, doesn't consider illustrations of fictional characters child pornography.) That's not to lump all those descriptors into a single category, but what they do have in common is the fact that illustrations allow them to experience these desires in a way they couldn't otherwise. Certain types of hentai can involve things like women abruptly sprouting penises, animals (or anthropomorphic animals), rape, incest, and sex acts conducted by or with underage participants. " can heighten the illusion that our libido has now landed in the most idyllic place possible." Fringe-fetishes that would be impossible or dangerous in the real world suddenly have an outlet.
Seltzer a psychologist who has studied the trend. So why is it that we're apparently way more chill with masturbating to cartoons than any other generation? "The erotic illusions possible are freed from all the normal constraints of reality," says Dr.