An Ethical Porn Advent for a Very Sexy Holiday Time

Written By: The Exquisite Eroticist

Date: December 12, 2025

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Ethical porn is consent-driven, pleasure-focused, boundary-filled, realistic sex work highlighting sex workers of all body types, relationships, and abilities. In ethical porn, everyone is consenting to being in the video, is of age, is legally allowed to participate, is being paid for their work, and is enjoying the work itself. They also consent for others to see said video, so it is not revenge porn, trafficking, or exploitation. A site like PornHub doesn’t have the rigorous vetting systems, and some of the videos are made without those previously stated values in mind.

As we get into the holiday season, where everyone is stressed about making sure everyone else gets their gifts, maybe focus on giving the gift of pleasure to yourself with one of these sites. Happy watching.

(Links will be NSFW, so click responsibly)

Video:

Lust Cinema - A premium adult studio that makes long-form, feature-length films and series with plot with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, relatable storylines, and realistic sex.
Make Love Not Porn - Curated submitted videos, revenue sharing, and a human-generated social sex platform that has inspirational self-help for your sex life.
Bellesa - A by-women, marketed at women, company that focuses on 100% enthusiastic consensual sex between performers.
FrolicMe - Shown in a bold, exciting, creative, yet elegant and feminine style, written word and visual images flow seamlessly together to create porn for men, women, and couples, focusing on female pleasure and the joys of healthy sex.
JoyBear - A company that sees sex as positive and not as taboo, they are creating erotic films with a more natural approach to sex, with a lot of funny and imperfect moments kept in their art.
A Four Chambered Heart - An aesthetic project to explore the conceptual potential of pornography as a creative medium for ideas, remaining deliberately ambiguous but also exploring themes of symbolism, mythology, and alchemy, and how that intersects with sex.
PinkLabel - A smorgasbord of indie adult films with something for everyone, focusing on the creativity and originality of the erotic art.
Bright Desire - Feminist, artistic, positive, all that’s good about sex and intimacy, which includes pleasure, laughter, connection, fantasy, and fun, focusing on heterosexual sex.
xoAfterglow - An exploration of bodies, portraying sex accurately and with dignity, made by women for women and their partners.
Ifeelmyself - Real, natural, ethical representations of female self-pleasure focused intensely on the female orgasm and how that looks different for every woman.
Kink.com - Independent porn company that is devoted to bondage, BDSM, and related fetishes.
Sssh - Self-described as uninhibited, unapologetic, and unabashed, sssh.com is a collection of crowd-sourced films inspired by the fantasies and desires of their members in an ethically produced, sex-positive way.
Ersties - Starting as friends making porn in a messy bedroom turned into a team of filmmakers, producers, and pleasure activists focused on demystifying female anatomy and pleasure, encouraging everyone to explore their sexuality more freely.
CHEEX - A community about sexual stimulation, education, and striving to depict sexuality in a way that is close to reality, responsibly.
Lustery - Real-life couples making videos that are unscripted, unfiltered, and unforgettable.
Blue Artichoke Films - Seeing sex as a beautifully strange and messy, fun and thrilling force of nature, BAF makes artistically creative erotic films.
Hardwerk - Steamy cinematic group sex prioritizing agency, consent, care, communication, and caution while they explore kink.
Crash Pad Series - The hotbed of queer porn.

Audio:

Dipsea - Spicy audiobooks and episodes focusing on storylines written by professional writers and performed by great narrators.
Quinn - Audio erotica anywhere that includes things from full-on stories to moans, dirty talk, and more.
Sounds of Pleasure - A Tumblr account containing audios of people giving themselves pleasure.

Reading/Images:

Literotica - A website dedicated to community-posted written and spoken porn and smut with storylines and plot.
Erotic novels/romance novels with spicy scenes - If none of these sites are quite up your alley, settling down with an erotic book or a romance book with spicy scenes in it may be. You can Google them, look them up on your library app and read them from your phone, or buy the book online, at your local bookstore, or on Kindle Unlimited. There are so many different types out there with every trope imaginable.
Smut art on X/BlueSky/rule 34 - Want art of original characters or characters from your favorite TV series or movies, but have it be spicy? These are the places to look. Just do a search for spicy art and [insert parameters here] and you’re good to go.

We are dedicated to providing accurate, reliable, and helpful information to our readers. If you have had a poor experience with any of these sites, please reach out to us at hello@necessarybehavior.com so we can reconsider their spot on this list. Thank you.

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An Ethical Porn Advent for a Very Sexy Holiday Time

Written By: The Exquisite Eroticist

Date: December 12, 2025

As we get into the holiday season, where everyone is stressed about making sure everyone else gets their gifts, maybe focus on giving the gift of pleasure to yourself with one of these sites. Happy watching.

(Links will be NSFW, so click responsibly)

Video:

Lust Cinema - A premium adult studio that makes long-form, feature-length films and series with plot with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, relatable storylines, and realistic sex.

Make Love Not Porn - Curated submitted videos, revenue sharing, and a human-generated social sex platform that has inspirational self-help for your sex life.

Bellesa - A by-women, marketed at women, company that focuses on 100% enthusiastic consensual sex between performers.

FrolicMe - Shown in a bold, exciting, creative, yet elegant and feminine style, written word and visual images flow seamlessly together to create porn for men, women, and couples, focusing on female pleasure and the joys of healthy sex.

JoyBear - A company that sees sex as positive and not as taboo, they are creating erotic films with a more natural approach to sex, with a lot of funny and imperfect moments kept in their art.

A Four Chambered Heart - An aesthetic project to explore the conceptual potential of pornography as a creative medium for ideas, remaining deliberately ambiguous but also exploring themes of symbolism, mythology, and alchemy, and how that intersects with sex.

PinkLabel - A smorgasbord of indie adult films with something for everyone, focusing on the creativity and originality of the erotic art.

Bright Desire - Feminist, artistic, positive, all that’s good about sex and intimacy, which includes pleasure, laughter, connection, fantasy, and fun, focusing on heterosexual sex.

xoAfterglow - An exploration of bodies, portraying sex accurately and with dignity, made by women for women and their partners.

Ifeelmyself - Real, natural, ethical representations of female self-pleasure focused intensely on the female orgasm and how that looks different for every woman.

Kink.com - Independent porn company that is devoted to bondage, BDSM, and related fetishes.

Sssh - Self-described as uninhibited, unapologetic, and unabashed, sssh.com is a collection of crowd-sourced films inspired by the fantasies and desires of their members in an ethically produced, sex-positive way.

Ersties - Starting as friends making porn in a messy bedroom turned into a team of filmmakers, producers, and pleasure activists focused on demystifying female anatomy and pleasure, encouraging everyone to explore their sexuality more freely.

CHEEX - A community about sexual stimulation, education, and striving to depict sexuality in a way that is close to reality, responsibly.

Lustery - Real-life couples making videos that are unscripted, unfiltered, and unforgettable.

Blue Artichoke Films - Seeing sex as a beautifully strange and messy, fun and thrilling force of nature, BAF makes artistically creative erotic films.

Hardwerk - Steamy cinematic group sex prioritizing agency, consent, care, communication, and caution while they explore kink.

Crash Pad Series - The hotbed of queer porn.

Audio:

Dipsea - Spicy audiobooks and episodes focusing on storylines written by professional writers and performed by great narrators.

Quinn - Audio erotica anywhere that includes things from full-on stories to moans, dirty talk, and more.

Sounds of Pleasure - A Tumblr account containing audios of people giving themselves pleasure.

Reading/Images:

Literotica - A website dedicated to community-posted written and spoken porn and smut with storylines and plot.

Smut art on X/BlueSky/rule 34 - Want art of original characters or characters from your favorite TV series or movies, but have it be spicy? These are the places to look. Just do a search for spicy art and [insert parameters here] and you’re good to go.

We are dedicated to providing accurate, reliable, and helpful information to our readers. If you have had a poor experience with any of these sites, please reach out to us at hello@necessarybehavior.com so we can reconsider their spot on this list. Thank you.

Written by: The Exquisite Eroticist

Tags: Consent, Media, Sexuality

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