87percent Of Queer Women Can Be Towards Porn or Erotica, However Everything Is Lesbionic | Autostraddle

In February 2015, Autostraddle launched
The Best Lesbian Sex Survey
, available to all “lady-types whom sleep with lady-types.” We gained over 8,566 complete reactions (89percent which had been from individuals between your years of 18 and 36) nowadays we’re revealing the results along with you, bit by bit. Previously:

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How Much Cash Smut Would Queer Women Digest?

In 2013,
a Pew Research Center document on porn-viewing routines from the United states men and women
shared that American men and women are not appearing to need to speak with the Pew analysis Center regarding their porn-viewing behaviors: only 25per cent of males and 8percent of women just who watch video fessed doing enjoying adult online videos. This seems wildly unlikely, but different quotes are not much higher —

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claims that their “best estimate”
would be that “somewhere between 8% and 20percent of women on the web check out porno websites with any regularity.” An
Australian learn of health insurance and relations in 2014
discovered 20per cent of females had checked pornography in the last 12 months. It doesn’t really match up with information collected by the net alone,
like that
12per cent of web sites on the web tend to be pornographic and 40 million Americans regularly check out pornography internet sites. Or that certain 3rd of porn watchers are ladies and 35percent of all net packages are about pornography.

Dazed online, conversely, performed a much bigger plus revelatory review of 10,500 women and men in 114 countries. They
developed greater figures
:

… while a-quarter of respondents never ever see pornography, 59% see it anyone to five times per week, and 16percent six or higher instances. Both women and men enjoy it – around three-out of 5 view it at least one time a week, no matter gender. Divisions happen during the extremes of intake: 90% of people who never ever watch porno are ladies, while 90% of individuals who see grot a lot more than 11 instances each week are guys. Put another way, while most females enjoy one or more times a week, only 4% do so six or maybe more occasions per week, in contrast to 60per cent of males who view it almost every day or maybe more.

As soon as we asked all of our survey-takers “do you take in porn/erotica/smut in just about any kind?”, 87% of these just who responded issue answered inside affirmative. So already we’re showing numbers which can be extremely greater than earlier studies show. Of the which eat porn/smut/erotica, 39percent performed so once per week or even more. Not all of that is actually traditional pornography.

What kind of smut perform queer females take in?

Dazed Digital unearthed that
“the average straight-identifying woman is much more more likely to watch girl-on-girl versus average right man is to see boy-on-boy.” They discovered “right women’s consumption of lesbian porno outstrips men’s: only gay or bisexual ladies observe a lot more girl-on-girl.” Cosmo
discovered comparable numbers
. These two a number of many surveys with lit up the less-than-direct connection females of most orientations have actually making use of the pornography they view into kind of intercourse they really have actually (or wish to have).

A study in the porn-viewing routines of lesbians
by Irish and Canadian experts discovered all the women “didn’t take care of girl-on-girl porno, saying they discovered the flicks unrealistic and obviously created by and right males. Alternatively, a lot of lesbians are interested in sexual movies depicting two men setting it up on.” The experts, in accordance with some other analysis with this topic, affirmed that “women are apt to have more sensual plasticity than guys — definitely, they truly are fired up by a wider assortment of circumstances.”

Inside our study, we made a significant distinction between two different kinds of girl-on-girl porn — the sort created by queer ladies for queer females (age.g.,
Crash Pad Series
,
Queer Porn TV
,
Juicy Pink Box
) as well as the sort created by straight folks for right folks (e.g., pretty much everything otherwise). We found the previous ended up being much more preferred as compared to latter — and, additionally, a lot of queer women favor enjoying straight porno or homosexual male porno over lesbian pornography made by/for straight folks.

The info we are gonna explore now could be garnered from the 87.05percent of respondents who replied “yes” to “do you consumer porn/erotica/smut in virtually any form?” The 12.95percent which replied “no” were not expected questions regarding certain porno routines. The 2,471 human beings just who skipped issue and as a consequence discovered by themselves regarding the “what form of pornography do you really like” web page because they didn’t state “no,” that will’ve caused the survey to immediately skip that web page, aren’t incorporated, since they’re strange unicorns with fears, expectations and desires beyond my capabilities to discern. By their particular responses on the porn-liking web page, most of them do actually digest smut but simply failed to feel just like responding to the last concern, so it’s maybe not secure to declare that missing issue = answering “no.” I mean, for real:

they don’t respond to no. Nevertheless they don’t answer yes!

. It’s not secure to express any such thing about them at all, so we’re merely going to pluck all of them outside of the party altogether when it comes down to reason for this analysis. Thus, go on it with a grain of salt, but, irrespective, these figures perform fit more or less perfectly with solutions to previous required questions relating to porno, so perhaps a little grain of sodium.

The information below arises from the

5,277 participants who helpfully reacted “yes” with the concern “do you eat porn/erotica/smut in just about any kind?”

Very let us talk about these figures!

Erotica / Fan-Fic

It really is unsurprising that erotica reading is really so preferred amongst queer females for a couple explanations. First of all: since it is presently popular than ever before amongst feamales in general. In reality,
a 2012 British survey by Dottybingo.com
announced 91 percent of females having browse at least one erotic guide, and 43 percent stated they recommended reading about gender to using it. That study ended up being impressed by

50 Shades of Gray

, needless to say, a g-dawful guide that started as Twilight fanfic and turned into one of the best-selling guides in history.

This gives me to the 2nd cause these numbers are unsurprising: y’all
love some fan-fic
. Fanfic in the beginning took off for followers (typically ladies) to explore male/male

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pairings the reveal would not enable, and queer ladies have flocked in droves perform some genre. Besides checking out male/male pairings, queer women make use of fanfic to
tell tales in regards to the female/female pairings
just who connect sexually onscreen at a rate of
seldom
to
never ever
.

Into the 200 comments remaining from inside the unrestricted box for this question, about half were making sure I knew that by “erotica” they intended “fan fiction.” Here’s a sampling of several of those responses:

• By “erotica” after all fanfiction, almost specifically
• Erotic comics are now actually my personal favorite, but I found myselfn’t sure where they can fit. They are usually queer however usually.
• Erotic Superhero fanfiction
• Does gay fanfiction about imaginary wizards count
• Let’s be genuine, its Faberry or Quintana fanfic
• If reading, it’s gay woman fanfiction smut. If watching, it really is homosexual guys being very enthusiastic with one another.
• It’s all drilling fanfiction I am also hooked, literally there’ve been times inside my existence where i might study direct homosexual fanfic for over four-hours each day.

Online Video

The style of direct and gay male porn hottest amongst queer ladies is online video. Especially if you consider lesbians as a remote team, it’s really the only format of erotica/smut/porn that inspires numerous fans amongst ladies-who-only-like-ladies. For example, around 70per cent of lesbians, queers and bisexuals study lesbian pornography online, but merely 25percent of lesbians, 32per cent of queers and 42percent of bisexuals study right erotica using the internet. Although 38% of lesbians look at queer sensual imagery on line, merely 9percent at directly sensual images online, when compared with 22% of bisexuals and 16% of queers.

From this point ahead I’ll reference “lesbian/queer pornography made by/for queer men and women” as “Q4Q” porno” and “lesbian porno made by/for straight folks”  as “Q4S” pornography.

Are the quantities of direct porn watchers too high because very a lot of review participants don’t always determine as actually specifically drawn to women? Kind of, but that is maybe not the complete story. They are those numbers:

• Bisexuals, queers and lesbians which observe video watch Q4Q pornography at almost the same prices, which range from 66per cent – 67percent.
• Bisexuals include likely to view direct pornography — 54percent ones perform, versus 32per cent of queers and 41per cent of lesbians. They are in addition more apt to view Q4S pornography — 38% of them do, in comparison to 33% of queers and 29per cent of lesbians.
• Queers whom observe online video are the more than likely to watch homosexual male porno — 36percent of these perform, versus about 32percent both for bisexuals and lesbians.

Very, although bisexual females tend to be more inclined to look at right porn than lesbians tend to be, they truly are not the sole types seeing it. Controversial sex information columnist Dan Savage acknowledges that his knowledge of which watches what kind of pornography stretches merely at this point,
lamenting that
“lesbians screw up my personal cool and organized pornography world.” Sorry perhaps not sorry, Dan!

I think it really is rather well known precisely why queer females dislike artificial lesbian porn, but, quickly: although not a lot of the ladies who took the gender survey volunteered this information themselves, there’s no scarcity of chat with lesbians online speaking about their inclination for directly or gay male porn (
or people trying to find answers about it
) supplying details love:

• “I have found lesbian pornography is usually targeted for directly guys and they are perhaps not arousing. We somehow choose right pornography.”
• “Lesbian porno is thus artificial as well as how very long many have traditionally fingernails UGH! as a whole i mainly observe straight pornography. Now if their directly porn I simply focus on the feminine. It could get myself going constantly.”
• “Lesbian porno is way too tacky for me personally and not the truth that I find it tough to look at. Perhaps not stating directly porn is anymore actual but not often quite as desperate.”
• “although i favor (right porno) to lesbian porn, I’m always looking at the girl heading “she actually is an excellent celebrity. Letting him consider the woman is taking pleasure in it.  And lesbian porn has actually men composed throughout it; it just may seem like the stars don’t want to do what they’re doing.”

Some rates from our very own survey-takers:

• We primarily like excess fat pornography. If that had been more straightforward to get a hold of and made for by queers, I would see that, but it scarcely is present.
• I don’t enjoy lesbian porn since I have can only just discover misogynist video clips made for directly guys, which I come across offensive.
• I enjoy enjoy a woman obtaining facefucked… We swear i am a lesbian

So, that apart, i am keen on speaking about exactly why 53percent of all women who are aware of and watch real queer porno

also

watch right porno and exactly why 41per cent of lesbian-identified females observe directly pornography. See, nothing pushes me peanuts more quickly than someone saying that a “real lesbian” won’t get turned on by right pornography — this is certainly FULL BANANAS. Although many queer women that view direct pornography tend to be interested in males and would like to rest together, many are not, and a lady’s preference for right porno should not cast any question on her stated homosexuality.

We cross-checked multiple elements, such as for example age, employment standing, attraction for kink, sexual experience and gender speech, to find out if those had a direct impact about this industry of choice and absolutely nothing endured completely. Therefore, my concepts are as follows:

• 
  Actual girl-on-girl pornography costs money and complimentary girl-on-girl porn sucks:
  
  Good pornography by queer ladies for queer women frequently requires repayment (because should!). Nobody are able to afford it, really wants to purchase it, or seems comfy performing this, and also the option — the type of “lesbian” porno found free of charge on websites like PornHub and RedTube — is missing, as you would expect. Just what exactly’s left? Straight porno! Gay male porn!
• 
  Women Can Be Erotically Versatile:
  
  As talked about earlier in the day on this page, women respond sexually to any or all types of items that tend to be unrelated on their sexual orientation. Many of us just who like females however get activated by right porno. You never know precisely why. It is what really!
• 
  Normative beauty criteria:
  
  Queer-for-queer porno tends to feature queers with different body kinds, gender presentations, piercings, tattoos, alternate lifestyle haircuts and so forth. That is part of what is very wonderful about this — yet not for everyone. Some queers like porno stars just who appear like pornography movie stars versus porn movie stars whom look like their favorite bartender or ex-girlfriend.
• 
  Porn as get away:
  
  Numerous sex sites buyers enjoy pornography which provides an escape from their genuine sex everyday lives, or use porno to understand more about fantasies they have no aspire to check out in true to life. Often witnessing actual queers perform out a lot more direct or taboo fantasies (such as for instance non-consent) just hits as well close to house.
• 
  Variety:
  
  Absolutely a wider assortment of directly porno and gay male pornography available for assorted fetishes or kinks an individual could be into. There is also more hardcore straight porno around, so when queers would enjoy directly porno, it tends to be explicit — 33per cent of lesbians and 48% of bisexuals watch hardcore right porno, but just 12percent of lesbians and 24percent of bisexuals observe softcore.
• 
  Picturing themselves once the guy:
  
  This is exactly anecdotal, but I heard so many queer females claim that they imagine themselves just like the man while you’re watching straight porno. Or they prefer seeing porno where women humiliate men.
• 
  Masturbation video clips:
  
  Numerous have classified movies of females masturbating (which emerged once or twice in the commentary) as “directly pornography.”
• 
  There’s more of it out truth be told there and it’s easier to discover.
  

To conclude, ladies are fantastic animals with the capacity of being fired up by a number of video clip porn assuming females ran society indeed there’d become more study regarding it.

Finally, I would the same as to share some of the responses regarding “what types of porno do you see” part to offer the complete summary of what folks desired one know they certainly were into:

• In which’s the selection for tentacle porn? And intercourse devices heading crazy and providing their own girl creators endless orgasms? I am confused (about many things).
• I see the *trailers* on queerporntv & crashpad but never the videos. because i’m recovering from my societally & familialy induced hangup about eating pornography.
• Truthfully my fave is intercourse moments from lesbian programs, maybe not actual Porn porn. Not sure ideas on how to categorize that overhead. We never ever watch actual porn.
• Machines/dildo equipments
• Home videos
• Lesbian gifs, thanks a lot tumblr
• Tumblr “romantic pornography” page is really good
• E-book in-car getting bdsm circumstance tactics, to not get off
• Sexual comics are now actually my favorite, but I becamen’t certain where they fit. They are usually queer however always. We study online and sometimes printing (smutpeddler)
• I typically examine unicamente pictures and drawings of women. I have no clue which means they are.

Simply How Much Smut/Erotica/Porn Do You Really Digest?

1.9% on the whole smut-consuming class uses their own smut multiple times every single day. 3.6per cent indulge one each day, 24.6% many times a week, 11.7% once a week, 27.5per cent many times monthly, 12.3percent once a month, 16.3per cent many times per year, and a tiny bit over two percent take in it lower than that.

Making sure that’s 5.5per cent observing pornography each day, which’s above the 3.8per cent of females Cosmopolitan
located when they surveyed 4,000 females
(93% of which had been heterosexual) about their porn-watching practices. Additionally they discovered 32.5% of males seeing porn from the daily, generally there’s that. But Cosmo was just asking about on the web pornography videos, our very own get to was actually bigger — we incorporated erotica and erotic images.

What factors shape how many times you consume smut/porn/erotica? Let us have a look at numerous connection and intimate scenarios.

Demonstrably absolutely a fairly powerful relationship between how frequently you eat smut and exactly how usually you are having sex. These figures carry out declare that co-habitation reduces volume of erotic-material-engagement, which implies why these couples commonly eating porno with each other.

There is a direct union between consuming smut/erotica/porn and frequency of genital stimulation — over 90 percent of these whom masturbate many times per week or even more digest smut, compared to slightly over 50 per cent of those exactly who masturbate under one per year.

From the whole party — all 8,566 people — 55.3per cent stated pornography belongs to the manner in which you normally masturbate. 39.4% stated similar of pornography.

In Closing

Lots of expected during the reviews for facts about where they can find queer porno designed for queers. I want to create that occur for you, because every person interested in queer porn warrants feeling in this way commenter on
You May Need Assist: The Quest For Awesome Queer Feminist Porn
, who published:

“I decided to go to queerporn dot television I am also only sitting right here whining because i have never seen pornography with folks who look like me, just who look like people i might actually fuck, exactly who bang like i might fuck. It feels very real. We never ever noticed that I thought so marginalized and objectified by popular pornography, and from now on I feel authenticated. Like, it’s fine that You will find intercourse how i actually do because see, you’ll find individuals exactly like myself.”

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Get forward and revel in whatever form of smut you want to!