87% Of Queer Women Can Be Towards Porn or Erotica, But Not All Of It Is Lesbionic | Autostraddle

In February 2015, Autostraddle launched
The Ultimate Lesbian Intercourse Review
, prepared for all “lady-types whom sleep with lady-types.” We earned over 8,566 complete reactions (89per cent which were from folks involving the centuries of 18 and 36) now we are discussing the results to you, little by little. Previously:

How Much Smut Perform Queer Ladies Consume?

In 2013,
a Pew analysis Center report on porn-viewing behaviors in the American individuals
disclosed that the US people are not appearing to need to speak with the Pew Research Center regarding their porn-viewing habits: merely 25percent of men and 8percent of females whom observe video fessed as much as seeing pornographic videos. This looks significantly improbable, but other estimates are not a lot higher —

Psychology Nowadays

says that their particular “best imagine”
is the fact that “somewhere between 8per cent and 20per cent of females internet based check out pornography web sites with any consistency.” An
Australian Study of Health and affairs in 2014
discovered 20percent of females had looked at pornography in the last 12 months. This doesn’t truly match up with information collected because of the internet by itself,
that way
12per cent of internet sites on the web are pornographic and 40 million Americans regularly check out porn internet sites. Or this one 3rd of porn visitors tend to be ladies and 35per cent of internet downloads are regarding pornography.

Dazed online, however, performed a much larger and much more revelatory study of 10,500 gents and ladies in 114 countries. They
came up with larger numbers
:

… while a-quarter of respondents never ever see pornography, 59percent view it one to five times each week, and 16percent six or maybe more instances. Both women and men adore it – around three out of five watch it at least once each week, irrespective of sex. Divisions happen on extremes of intake: 90percent of individuals who never ever observe porno tend to be women, while 90percent of people that observe grot over 11 times weekly tend to be men. Put another way, some females engage at least one time each week, only 4per cent achieve this six or higher times per week, compared to 60% of males whom observe it almost every time or maybe more.

Once we requested the survey-takers “do you eat porn/erotica/smut in every form?”, 87percent of the who answered the question replied when you look at the affirmative. Therefore currently we’re showing numbers being extremely more than past research has shown. Of the whom consume porn/smut/erotica, 39per cent did thus once per week or even more. Not all that is actually conventional porn.

What type of smut do queer females take in?

Dazed Digital discovered that
“an average straight-identifying girl is much more prone to see girl-on-girl compared to the typical directly man is always to enjoy boy-on-boy.” They found “straight women’s usage of lesbian porn outstrips men’s room: only homosexual or local bisexual women watch more girl-on-girl.” Cosmo
discovered similar numbers
. Both of these a few of numerous studies having lit up the less-than-direct commitment females of orientations have utilizing the pornography they view towards the sort of sex they actually have actually (or wish to have).

Research on porn-viewing behaviors of lesbians
by Irish and Canadian experts found a lot of the females “didn’t look after girl-on-girl porno, saying they found the films unrealistic and obviously made by and for directly males. Rather, lots of lesbians are drawn to erotic movies portraying two men setting it up on.” The scientists, in line with some other investigation with this subject, affirmed that “women are apt to have a lot more sensual plasticity than males — that’s, they may be fired up by a wider assortment of things.”

Inside our survey, we made a significant distinction between two different varieties of girl-on-girl porn — the kind created by queer women for queer women (age.g.,
Crash Pad Series
,
Queer Porn television
,
Juicy Pink Container
) and type produced by directly folks for direct folks (e.g., pretty much everything else). We discovered the previous was a lot more preferred compared to latter — and, in addition, many queer females like seeing straight porn or homosexual male porno over lesbian porn made by/for straight men and women.

The info we’re gonna discuss now’s garnered from 87.05% of respondents just who answered “yes” to “do you customer porn/erotica/smut in every form?” The 12.95% who answered “no” are not expected questions relating to particular porn behaviors. The 2,471 people whom skipped issue and so found on their own throughout the “what type of pornography can you like” web page since they didn’t say “no,” which could’ve triggered the survey to instantly skip that web page, commonly included, because they are mystical unicorns with anxieties, dreams and needs beyond my personal forces to detect. Just by their particular answers regarding porn-liking page, many of them would really digest smut but simply failed to feel responding to the last question, so it is perhaps not safe to say that skipping issue = answering “no.” I mean, for real:

they did not answer no. Even so they didn’t answer yes!

. It is not safe to express something about all of them at all, so we’re simply going to pluck them outside of the class entirely for any reason for this analysis. Thus, go on it with a whole grain of sodium, but, despite, these numbers perform fit pretty much completely with solutions to earlier necessary questions relating to pornography, so perhaps a little grain of sodium.

The information below comes from the

5,277 participants exactly who helpfully responded “yes” for the question “do you eat porn/erotica/smut in just about any type?”

So let us talk about these numbers!

Erotica / Fan-Fic

It’s unsurprising that erotica reading is indeed preferred amongst queer women for a couple factors. Firstly: since it is presently popular than ever amongst feamales in general. In reality,
a 2012 Brit survey by Dottybingo.com
unveiled 91 per cent of women having study one or more sensual publication, and 43% stated they desired reading about intercourse to presenting it. That review had been empowered by

50 Tones of Grey

, obviously, a g-dawful publication that started as Twilight fanfic and became one of many popular guides in history.

This gives us to the 2nd explanation these numbers tend to be unsurprising: y’all
love some fan-fic
. Fanfic in the beginning became popular as a way for fans (mostly females) to explore male/male

Superstar Trek

pairings the reveal could not help, and queer females have flocked in droves do the style. As well as checking out male/male pairings, queer ladies make use of fanfic to
tell stories regarding female/female pairings
just who connect intimately onscreen at a rate of
rarely
to
never ever
.

For the 200 reviews kept inside the unrestricted box for this concern, about 50 % happened to be making sure We realized that by “erotica” they suggested “fan fiction.” Here is a sampling of several of those responses:

• By “erotica” I mean fanfiction, almost specifically
• Sensual comics are now my favorite, but I happened to ben’t positive where they fit. They are usually queer not usually.
• Erotic Superhero fanfiction
• Does gay fanfiction about imaginary wizards count
• Let’s be genuine, it’s Faberry or Quintana fanfic
• If reading, its gay woman fanfiction smut. If observing, it’s homosexual dudes becoming awesome enthusiastic with each other.
• Its all fucking fanfiction I am also addicted, actually there’s been instances inside my life in which I would personally read explicit homosexual fanfic for more than four hours every single day.

Video

The format of straight and homosexual male porno most widely used amongst queer females is online movie. Particularly if you have a look at lesbians as a remote class, it is the sole style of erotica/smut/porn that encourages numerous enthusiasts amongst ladies-who-only-like-ladies. As an example, around 70percent of lesbians, queers and bisexuals read lesbian erotica on line, but merely 25per cent of lesbians, 32% of queers and 42% of bisexuals browse right erotica using the internet. Although 38percent of lesbians look at queer sexual imagery web, just 9% at straight sensual imagery using the internet, versus 22percent of bisexuals and 16% of queers.

From this point onward we’ll refer to “lesbian/queer pornography made by/for queer people” as “Q4Q” pornography” and “lesbian porn made by/for direct people”  as “Q4S” porn.

Include amounts of straight pornography watchers excessive because very a lot of study participants never fundamentally identify as being exclusively attracted to females? Sort of, but that is perhaps not the complete tale. They’re those numbers:

• Bisexuals, queers and lesbians whom view video watch Q4Q porn at almost identical rates, including 66per cent – 67%.
• Bisexuals would be the most likely to watch straight porno — 54per cent of them do, when compared with 32percent of queers and 41percent of lesbians. They truly are also the most likely to look at Q4S pornography — 38per cent of these perform, compared to 33% of queers and 29% of lesbians.
• Queers which watch video will be the more than likely to look at gay male porno — 36per cent of these perform, when compared to about 32percent for bisexuals and lesbians.

Thus, although bisexual women tend to be more inclined to watch straight pornography than lesbians tend to be, they can be not really the sole people viewing it. Controversial gender information columnist Dan Savage admits that their knowledge of just who watches what type of porno offers only up to now,
lamenting that
“lesbians screw-up my neat and orderly porno world.” Sorry perhaps not sorry, Dan!

I think it is fairly common knowledge the reason why queer females dislike phony lesbian porn, but, briefly: but not most of the women that took all of our intercourse survey volunteered these records themselves, there is no shortage of lesbians online discussing their choice for right or gay male pornography (
or authors wanting answers about any of it
) offering explanations love:

• “I find lesbian porno is generally targeted for directly men and they’re perhaps not arousing. I in some way choose direct pornography.”
• “Lesbian porn simply very fake and exactly how very long several have long fingernails UGH! overall i mainly watch directly porn. Today if its right pornography I recently concentrate on the female. It can get me personally heading constantly.”
• “Lesbian porno is far too desperate in my situation so not even close to the truth that I’ve found it tough to view. Maybe not stating directly porn is actually any longer genuine but not often quite as tacky.”
• “Even though I prefer (straight pornography) to lesbian porno, i am always taking a look at the lady heading “she’s good celebrity. Enabling him imagine this woman is enjoying it.  And lesbian porn has males composed throughout it; it simply may seem like the actresses should not be doing what they are performing.”

Some prices from your own survey-takers:

• I generally like fat porn. If it ended up being simpler to find and made for and by queers, i might view that, it hardly is out there.
• I really don’t watch lesbian porn since I have can just only find the misogynist videos designed for direct guys, that we look for offensive.
• I enjoy see a woman obtaining facefucked… I swear i am a lesbian

Therefore, that aside, I’m interested in talking about precisely why 53% of all of the ladies who know about watching actual queer porno

in addition

watch directly pornography and exactly why 41percent of lesbian-identified women see directly porno. See, nothing pushes me nuts faster than somebody declaring that a “real lesbian” would not get activated by right pornography — which COMPLETE BANANAS. Although some queer ladies who see right porn are keen on men and wish to rest with them, many of them aren’t, and a woman’s preference for right porn shouldn’t cast any doubt on the woman reported homosexuality.

I cross-checked numerous aspects, such as age, work status, attraction for kink, sexual knowledge and gender speech, to find out if any of those had a bearing about this area of inclination and nothing endured on. Consequently, my concepts are as follows:

• 
  Actual girl-on-girl pornography prices money and cost-free girl-on-girl porn sucks:
  
  Good pornography by queer women for queer women typically calls for cost (whilst should!). Not everyone are able it, desires to buy it, or seems comfy doing this, in addition to option — the kind of “lesbian” porno found free-of-charge on web sites like PornHub and RedTube — is actually lacking, as you would expect. What exactly’s left? Straight porn! Gay male porn!
• 
  Ladies Are Erotically Flexible:
  
  As discussed early in the day on this page, women react sexually to all or any sorts of items that are unrelated for their intimate orientation. A lot of us which like ladies nonetheless have turned-on by straight pornography. You never know precisely why. It simply is what it is!
• 
  Normative beauty expectations:
  
  Queer-for-queer porn tends to function queers with some body kinds, gender presentations, piercings, tattoos, alternate lifestyle haircuts and so forth. That is section of what’s thus incredible about it — although not for all. Some queers prefer porn movie stars which resemble pornography movie stars versus porn stars exactly who look like a common bartender or ex-girlfriend.
• 
  Porn as escape:
  
  Numerous sex sites buyers enjoy pornography that offers an escape from their real intercourse schedules, or utilize porn to understand more about fantasies they’ve no desire to explore in actual life. Sometimes seeing genuine queers play completely more explicit or taboo fantasies (such non-consent) simply hits as well near to house.
• 
  Type:
  
  There’s a wider assortment of straight porn and homosexual male porn available to you for assorted fetishes or kinks individuals can be into. Additionally, there is much more explicit right pornography around, as soon as queers perform enjoy right porno, it is often hardcore — 33percent of lesbians and 48percent of bisexuals observe hardcore directly porn, but merely 12% of lesbians and 24percent of bisexuals watch softcore.
• 
  Picturing themselves given that man:
  
  This really is anecdotal, but I’ve heard countless queer ladies say that they imagine themselves given that guy as you’re watching direct porn. Or they prefer seeing porn where females humiliate men.
• 
  Masturbation video clips:
  
  A lot of have labeled films of women masturbating (which emerged a few times when you look at the responses) as “direct porn.”
• 
  Absolutely a lot more of it indeed there and it is simpler to find.
  

In closing, women can be great animals effective at getting aroused by numerous video pornography of course females ran the planet there’d be much more investigation about any of it.

Ultimately, I’d the same as to generally share a number of the reviews throughout the “what variety of porno do you really watch” section to give you the summary of what individuals wished you to understand these were into:

• Where’s the choice for tentacle porno? Or for gender devices heading nuts and giving their girl creators unlimited sexual climaxes? I’m confused (about many things).
• We view the *trailers* on queerporntv & crashpad but never the specific movies. because i’m going through my societally & familialy induced hangup about eating porn.
• Frankly my fave is actually sex views from lesbian shows, maybe not real Porn pornography. Not sure ideas on how to categorize that above. We never ever see genuine porno.
• Machines/dildo equipments
• House video clips
• Lesbian gifs, thank you tumblr
• Tumblr “romantic pornography” web page is really great
• E-book in car receive bdsm situation some ideas, not to ever leave
• Sexual comics are in fact my favorite, but I becamen’t sure in which they fit. They normally are queer yet not always. I browse on the internet and often print (smutpeddler)
• We generally take a look at unicamente photos and illustrations of women. I have not a clue just who means they are.

Simply How Much Smut/Erotica/Porn Can You Eat?

1.9per cent regarding the whole smut-consuming party consumes their particular smut several times on a daily basis. 3.6% indulge one on a daily basis, 24.6% several times each week, 11.7per cent weekly, 27.5per cent several times 30 days, 12.3percent monthly, 16.3% several times per year, and somewhat over two percent take in it not as much as that.

Making sure that’s 5.5% watching porno daily, which’s a lot more than the 3.8percent of females Cosmopolitan
located if they surveyed 4,000 women
(93per cent that happened to be heterosexual) regarding their porn-watching routines. Additionally they discovered 32.5percent of men enjoying porn regarding daily, generally there’s that. But Cosmo was just asking about on line pornography films, the reach ended up being bigger — we included erotica and sensual images.

Just what facets shape how frequently you take in smut/porn/erotica? Why don’t we have a look at numerous commitment and intimate circumstances.

Clearly absolutely a pretty strong correlation between how frequently you take in smut and how typically you’re having sex. These numbers perform claim that co-habitation diminishes regularity of erotic-material-engagement, which suggests these couples commonly ingesting porn together.

There’s a direct commitment between eating smut/erotica/porn and frequency of masturbation — over 90 % of these whom masturbate many times each week or higher digest smut, compared to slightly over 50 percent of those exactly who masturbate below one time per year.

Of this whole party — all 8,566 of you — 55.3% said porno is part of the method that you often masturbate. 39.4% stated similar of pornography.

In Closing

Lots of expected from inside the comments for informative data on where they can find queer pornography intended for queers. I’d like to generate that take place for you personally, because every person enthusiastic about queer porno deserves feeling along these lines commenter on
You Will Want Help: The Quest For Awesome Queer Feminist Porn
, exactly who had written:

“we went to queerporn dot television and I am only seated right here whining because I’ve not witnessed pornography with folks who look like me, whom appear to be individuals i might in fact fuck, which shag like i might bang. It feels so genuine. We never ever discovered that I felt so marginalized and objectified by mainstream pornography, now I feel authenticated. Like, it is okay that You will find intercourse just how i actually do because see, discover individuals the same as me personally.”

You will want to study that blog post! Also these:

Get forward and enjoy whatever form of smut you wanna!