JERKY BOYS

Susannah Breslin

Nerve, 2000

A woman in a schoolgirl outfit lies in the middle of a room, encircled by two dozen men. A verbal command is called out—the men drop their pants, scream “bonzai!” in unison, and one by one, take their turn masturbating onto her face. It’s called bukkake, and it’s one of the hottest new trends in porn, according to Adult Video News’ bestselling-videos lists.

The origins of bukkake itself date back to ancient Japan where, if a female villager committed adultery, she was taken to a cave and the town’s male population punished her by masturbating on her face.

Today’s casting for contemporary bukkake is just as public. Porn company Legend, whose ten-part American Bukkake series is a top adult video rental, places ads in Los Angeles weeklies and runs a “bukkake hotline.” Twenty-five to one-hundred men bearing negative HIV-test results take part weekly in a single bukkake scene.

Porn queen Houston, star of Buried Alive Bukkake, wore goggles during her shoot and admits it was “pretty rough.” Asked why men get off to it, she offers, “It’s degrading to women. But hey, everyone’s got their fetishes.” How comforting.