Wouldn't you watch porn if you knew who was in it?

Courtesy of Totally Severe

It turns out that uniporn is not based on the sexual encounters involving single-scrotumed males and/or single-breasted females. Shocking, I know. Traditionally, according to the renowned Oxford Urban Dictionary, it is known as porn that involves the mythical creature’s unicorns.

As someone who has never had intimate thoughts about unicorns, or, as of yet, had a fetish interest of any kind, you can imagine I found this surprising.

Many people are intrigued by the likes of surreal and sickening fetishes such as infantilism (role-playing as a child) and necrophilia (sexual interaction with the dead). Although a somewhat amusing category of porn, uniporn just feels like an uncomfortable thought to think of the fictitious sexual experiences between legendary, make-believe horned horses, that never again will I picture them as the playful, joyous creatures once friends with My Little Pony...

Since the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the wild, woodland creature has

been a symbol of purity and grace and could be captured only by a virgin. Sixteen centuries later you can still find the same situation, only it ends slightly differently.

I held a comforting thought that when I heard the 'word' for the first time the other night, unicorns did not come to mind.

I had never heard of uniporn until a friend suggested his latest business idea. On the late night television we could hear the nervous mutterings of Mark Wahlberg before dropping his trousers for Julianne Moore's inspection when my friend began.

“What if we could set up a website where university students sleep with each other, and we film it?” Maybe a crazy idea at first, but we let him continue.

“We can put some money together and pay students to be filmed having sex. Wouldn't you watch porn if you knew who was in it?”

The idea baffled and intrigued and we could see where he was coming from. Could you imagine how many people, and more specifically students, would want to see porn if they knew who was performing?

Whether it is for the sexual gratification or the sheer curiosity, people in their masses would not be able to keep away. The sub-category 'Uniporn' had another meaning, which we felt worked perfectly.

We could hear students of the future discussing the latest release: “Did you see so-and-so on Uniporn last night? Can't believe they would do that...it was amazing though! I might do it too!”

We discussed the rates at which 'actors' would be paid, how it can be accessed and who by, and whether our income would be through charging per downloads, a subscription, or even advertising. We may have been getting slightly ahead ourselves.

With such a close community at university, names get thrown around all the time. If that gorgeous, busty blonde Cindy becomes our online sensation, we were adamant that people would pay for that viewing pleasure.

Our target became clear. What if we could create a social network in which acting in porn was socially acceptable and a normal thing to do?

A strange concept, yes. However, it seemed feasible.

What about perception? Sure, there would be hundreds of students across the campus that would love to star as the centre of attention, but would they want Auntie Nora to know about it? She may not see it, but when your friends comment on 'how big it was' or 'how much they would like a piece of that', things would undoubtedly unravel and the chances are that Cindy would regret ever agreeing to it.

Facebook had shattered our 30-minute dream and we struggled to find a way around it.

There was still potential for the ones who were unashamed and longing for their bodies to be watched, but it felt less and less likely that the idea would catch on without scarring people's lives.

Looking back, they just sound like the perverted thoughts of a group of horny, hormonal males watching a naked Heather Graham pounce. And perhaps it was. But there's no doubt in my mind that, with some proper management behind it, uniporn will one day have its 'other' meaning.