Just wondering what the consensus is here as this is a common bug bear of mine. I really hate that in the last few years it seems pretty much every facial cumshot is accompanied by the male performer holding the back of the girl's head with his (usually left) hand in the lead-up to climax. This isn't something I ever remember seeing prior to the last few years and it really ruins the cumshot for me as it looks a lot more aggressive and "punishment" based than if the guy keeps his hands free and the girl is allowed to move her head as she wishes. For me it's much hotter to see a girl convincing me that she wants to take a facial cumshot rather than because she has to. Her facial expression is so much more likely to be sexy and sultry if she's left untouched too - as soon as the hand grips there's a slight element of tension that (understandably) seems to creep into a girls' face for me.
Main reason I mention this now is because last night I saw what I think may be a benchmark moment in this debate. Aleksa Diamond in Gangland 75 ends a great scene with 3 separate pop shots to her face. On the last (I think) the guy does the thing of grabbing her head but she really skillfully ducks under and back from it in a "fuck you" kind of way but instantly puts her head back in the line of fire. It's not any kind of "cum dodge" attempt but more a way of saying "I want to enjoy this on my terms". The guy is smart and respectful enough not to bother with the hand on the head again and it turns out a great cumshot with Aleksa lapping it up. To whit: she didn't need anyone holding her head in order to take a pop to the face. And if she had had it anyway, it would have been less hot.
I think this gives the lie to the argument I hear peddled a lot that it isn't important or that the girls don't mind. This proves to me that at least a small number (I suspect it's many more) of our top porn ladies don't appreciate being held in this way. But obviously in that situation there's very little they can do (Aleksa's move was pretty ballsy and maybe a bit risky for her too) and if they complain afterwards I guess they may worry about being seen as "high maintenance" and losing other scenes with that director or those male performers. My genuine feeling is that whilst a good many female performers may be indifferent to this or even enjoy it, there are a good many who don't like it but put up with it because they think they have to.
Ultimately it's down to the performers and directors to agree this in advance I would say. I have absolutely no gripe with male and female performers and viewers who favour this to a more "loose" cumshot but I do object to it being so widespread. It's a similar thing to the whole throat grabbing debate and just seems to tie in with a movement towards male porn stars treating female porn stars more disrespectfully on screen these days than in the past.
So it's a "no" from me obviously.
Would love to hear reaction from any female porn stars in particular.