Of course, the mainstreaming of POVD content is not without its critics. Conservative commentators argue that the aestheticization of "horny entertainment" leads to the infantilization of romance, replacing real intimacy with directed fantasy. Feminist critics, conversely, argue that while POVD gives performers like Hazel Moore unprecedented agency (she selects her co-stars, controls her image rights), the format itself—the dominant male POV—still reinforces a straight male spectator paradigm.