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Une salle de cinéma pour adultes (ou un cinéma pour adultes) est une salle de cinéma où des films pornographiques sont montrés à un publique adulte (l'âge requis dans la plupart des pays est de 18 ans minimum). Il s'agit habituellement de diffusions en continu (les gens peuvent entrer et sortir quand ils veulent). Les affiches des films à l'entrée des salles ne présenteront normalement pas de nudité.
Clients modifier
Les salles de cinéma pour adultes montrent des films pornographiques destinés principalement soit à un public hétérosexuel, soit à un public gay. La grande majorité des clients sont mâles. Certains hommes sont là pour avoir des relations sexuelles occasionnelles et anonymes avec d'autre hommes[1].
Les règles pour le client sont généralement moins strictes que dans les salles de cinéma normales en ce qui concerne la nudité partielle ou complète et la masturbation ou le sexe en publique, de tels comportements peuvent même être tolérés explicitement ou non par la direction[1]. De tels comportements peuvent être ou ne pas être légales, et si ce n'est pas le cas, peuvent être ou ne pas être tolérés par une application de la loi locale[1],[2]. Certaines salles peuvent aussi inclure un strip-tease ou un sex-show entre les films.
Avant l'arrivée du magnétoscope et, plus tard, de Internet, un cinéma était souvent le seul lieu où les gens pouvaient voir des films adultes hardcore. La diffusion des vidéos fait maison a conduit à une baisse drastique du nombre de cinémas pour adultes[slade 1].
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United States modifier
The earliest adult theaters in the U.S. were in California, and showed 35mm sexploitations. In 1960 there existed about 20 theaters in the USA that showed adult movies exclusively. In the late 1960s and early 1970s they spread to the rest of the country. Small "storefront" theaters with only a few dozen seats sprang up. By 1970, 750 porn theaters existed in the U.S.[3] In the 1970s, theaters shifted from showing 35mm sexploitation films to more explicit 16mm "beaver" films.[4] In the 1980s some theater owners began forming chains to cut their costs[slade 2], and by 1989 the number of U.S porn theaters had fallen below 250[slade 3].
Restrictions on adult theaters vary by region, and may be restricted by local and state regulations. Local governments commonly prohibit adult theaters from operating within a certain distance of residential areas, parks, churches and/or schools. Often adult theaters have been forced to move to the outskirts of cities in order to protect real estate prices in city centers[slade 4]. Renton (Washington) was involved in a 1986 Supreme Court case regarding this issue. In its decision on City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., the Court upheld Renton's statute that no adult theater be located within 1,000 feet of a school, park, church, or residential zone; the Court rejected the theater owners' argument that the statute violated the First Amendment, because the statute did not seek to ban the existence of adult theaters outright.[5]
Hollywood's Sunset Strip was home to many of Los Angeles' over 400 "adult" establishments and the largest such district in its state.[réf. nécessaire]
The O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco, one of America's oldest and best known adult-entertainment establishments, opened as an adult movie theater in 1969.[réf. nécessaire]
Before Rudolph Giuliani became mayor, Times Square was New York's largest district of its "adult" businesses.[réf. nécessaire]
The Bijou Theater in Chicago is the longest running gay adult theater and sex club in the United States.[6]
The Pussycat Theater chain operated 47 porn theaters at its height.[réf. nécessaire]
Something Weird videos sells DVDs of many of the movies that were previously played at porn theaters in the 1970s in the U.S.
Netherlands modifier
There are approximately 60 adult movie theaters in the Netherlands.[7]
In 2010 a law on sex companies was under consideration. In addition to municipal rules a national rule is introduced requiring adult movie theaters to have a pornography display license. An advertisement of the company should contain its license number. The theater must have a sign outside showing that the company is licensed, while inside a copy of the license has to be displayed.
Non-commercial sexual activities by and among clients do not require an additional license, but prostitution on the premises requires an additional prostitution company license.
United Kingdom modifier
There is an adult cinema in the Soho (Londres) district of Londres, located on the street Walkers Court. As of August 2010 the cinema charges a £14 entrance fee for all-day access. It has two screens, one for heterosexual and one for homosexual hardcore movies. There is also a large male-only toilet, and access to individual booths showing hardcore pornography. These booths are also accessible for free from an adjacent sex shop.
See also modifier
Références modifier
- (en) Phillip Brian Harper, Private affairs: critical ventures in the culture of social relations, NYU Press, , 77–82 p. (ISBN 0-8147-3594-0, lire en ligne)
- Lap Victory. How a DA's decision to drop prostitution charges against lap dancers will change the sexual culture of S.F. -- and, perhaps, the country. SF Weekly, 8 September 2004
- xyclopedia.net
- (en) Linda Williams, Porn studies, Duke University Press, , 370–400 p. (ISBN 0-8223-3312-0, lire en ligne)
- (en) Thomas C. Mackey, Pornography on trial: a handbook with cases, laws, and documents, ABC-CLIO, , 95 p. (ISBN 1-57607-275-4, lire en ligne)
- U.S. v. Toushin, 714 F.Supp. 1452 at 1454 (M.D.Tenn. April 21, 1989).
- See Seksbioscoop in Tabel 1 in [1]. This number includes adult movie theaters with a TV-sized screen, see e.g. [2].
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- (en) Slade, Joseph W., Pornography and sexual representation: a reference guide, Greenwood Publishing Group, (ISBN 0-313-31521-3, lire en ligne)
- p.1067
- p.1097
- p.1098
- p.752