More on the Invisible Condoms....

Boy! Did my blog post about invisible condoms really cause an uproar! I have to say that although I should have expected it, the reaction was something that surprised even a jaded guy like me. I was being accused of turning Raging Stallion into a bareback studio overnight!

Well, this is a tempest in a teapot. Raging Stallion's innovative new approach to making SAFE SEX MOVIES is not about barebacking, despite the shrill cries of one of our main competitors. One thing I want to make sure that everyone understands is that these are not bareback films and they do not glorify bareback sex. All we are doing is making condoms less intrusive for the viewer.

The emails I received were eye openers, but the most starling came from Jason Sechrest who wrote, "I don't mind at all....I love bareback movies!" One important person in the industry was worried that we would change our filming methods to better take advantage of our new "Cloaking Device." Others strongly urged that RSS go fully bareback so as to raise the quality of the genre. But in the end, industry leaders from all sides decided that this whole story was no big deal.

I wrote GayVN editor Doug Lawrence an email of clarification to head off the exaggerated stories that our competitor across town was promulgating. Here is the text of that email:

Dear Doug--

I guess you have heard by now about the fire storm raging around our new flesh toned condoms. One of our rival companies is fanning this fire--you will probably hear directly from them in Las Vegas.

As you know, we have found a combination of lighting, lubes, and condom type that take away the bright shine associated with the use of condoms in film. The condoms are almost always still visible and they are always visible on any insertion and pull out. In short, all we are doing is removing brightly colored condoms from our model kits. Clearly this is an attempt to recapture some of the bareback market over to the safe sex side of the tracks. Our site, GayDVD.com has shown us that bareback sales are five to ten times that of the safe sex companies. We. as a company, would rather go out of business than make unsafe sex films, so this is an attempt to make sex films that will also appeal, to some degree, to the exploding bareback group of customers.

I wanted to reassure you in writing (you can quote me on everything in this email) as to the following:

1. Raging Stallion does not produce nor endorse any barebacking whatsoever.We have long been leaders in the Safe Sex debate.

2. Raging Stallion requires absolutely that all performers on its sets always use condoms both during filming and during any warm ups.

3. Raging Stallion encourages and endorses safe sex under all circumstances.

4. Raging Stallion will never release any movie that might be misunderstood as being a bareback movie.

The wording of my own blog entry was poor and probably fanned this controversy. This is a statement of clarification to make sure that there are no misunderstandings.

Feel free to drop me a line if you have anymore questions. And please do not believe rumors and such that you hear from my competitors. We are 100 percent committed to safe sex and will not, under any circumstances, break ranks with the major studios in abandoning the use of condoms in videos.

Anyway, I hope this blog entry and the letter above reduces everyone's fears about the future of safe sex. The only thing that is changing is that Raging Stallion is now at the forefront of making Safe Sex Sexier!

Chris Ward

chris@ragingstallion.com