Cumshot

A come shot (usually spelled cum shot), pop shot, or money shot is the record (on film or video or, less frequently, in some versions of glamour photography) of a man ejaculating, usually onto a person or object. It is typically the cinematographer's indication, within the narrative framework of a pornographic film, that the sexual act recorded has concluded.

Some feminist critics have argued that the depiction of cum shots are an expression of misogyny, male domination and objectification of women. Feminist writer Susan Faludi argues that pornography scenes depicting women performing oral sex on men objectify the male performer, in that the male performer's entire body, except for the erect penis, is off-camera. In contrast, sexologist Peter Sándor Gardos argues that the men who enjoy viewing these scenes are the men "who have positive attitudes toward women."

Jeremy Robinson argues that "pornography has the problem of representing the unrepresentable" – that is, trying to capture intimate sexual activities on film or video. Over the last several decades, pornography producers have tried to capture this "unrepresentable" element by making more and more "explicit" depictions that include close-ups of genitals, penetration, and ejaculation. A cum shot is the portion of a pornographic film depicting a man ejaculating onto either his partner's (which may be male or female) or his own, body — especially the breast, vulva, stomach, crotch, face, anus, or buttocks. It usually indicates the completion of a sexual act. The term also refers to individuals masturbating solo, often attempting to show a large or far-shooting ejaculation and posting it on the internet.

Pornography film producers fetishize the "come shot", which can be seen in the existence of compilations of ejaculation scenes and in the inclusion of replays of the ejaculation sequence in some pornographic films. In order for viewers of pornography to be able to view the ejaculation, the pornographic actor must not ejaculate within the sexual partner's body. In the slang of the pornography subculture, an internal ejaculation is termed a creampie.

When the "cum shot" was first popularized in pornography in the 1960s, it usually involved the man ejaculating near the woman's vulva or on the small of her back depending on the sexual position. Since the 1990s, a "cum shot" is often received on the face of the recipient. However, ejaculations on or near the breasts, anus, or vulva still occur. If semen is directed at the recipient's face, the camera shot is called a facial. A film's editor may emphasize orgasm by multiple ejaculation scenes or replays of ejaculations.

The "cum shot" adds a sense of realism to a staged sexual act, because unlike other aspects of the pornographic depiction, such as facial expressions or dialogue, it is a physiological response and therefore it is difficult to be faked without prosthetics and special effects. The ejaculation scene also performs a closure role in the simple narrative form of pornography. When the cum shot is from masturbatory pornography, the semen can be directed at several places, some of which may not even be on the body. Bodily destinations can include the abdomen, the chest, the face/shoulders (should the semen shoot far enough), the legs, or even the mouth through autofellatio. Locations beyond the body are usually predetermined sets, including wall mirrors, glass tables (for the camera to shoot under) and black table cloths.