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

In March 2015, Autostraddle launched
The Greatest Lesbian Intercourse Study
, available to all “lady-types exactly who sleep with lady-types.” We gained over 8,566 complete responses (89percent of which happened to be from individuals amongst the many years of 18 and 36) and now we are discussing the outcomes to you, piece by piece. Formerly:

Simply How Much Smut Carry Out Queer Females Digest?

In 2013,
a Pew Research Center report on porn-viewing habits of the US folks
disclosed that American men and women don’t seem to need to talk to the Pew Research Center about their porn-viewing behaviors: only 25percent of males and 8percent of women which view video fessed up to enjoying pornographic videos. This seems very unlikely, but additional quotes aren’t higher —

Psychology Today

claims that their unique “best guess”
is the fact that “somewhere between 8percent and 20percent of females online go to pornography web sites with any regularity.” An
Australian Study of health insurance and affairs in 2014
discovered 20% of women had considered pornography in the last 12 months. This won’t actually match up with data harvested because of the net alone,
such as that
12percent of internet sites on the internet tend to be adult and 40 million Us americans regularly go to porno sites. Or any particular one third of porn watchers are ladies and 35percent of all internet packages tend to be linked to pornography.

Dazed Digital, conversely, performed a much bigger and more revelatory review of 10,500 people in 114 countries. They
created greater figures
:

… while one fourth of participants never ever see pornography, 59percent view it a person to five times per week, and 16percent six or higher occasions. Men and women like it – around three out of five view it one or more times a week, regardless of gender. Sections occur on extremes of usage: 90% of people who never ever see porno are females, while 90per cent of people that observe grot more than 11 instances a week are guys. Put one other way, although many women indulge one or more times a week, just 4percent do so six or even more occasions per week, compared to 60% of men exactly who watch it just about any day or even more.

Once we questioned the survey-takers “do you consume porn/erotica/smut in every kind?”, 87per cent of the whom responded practical question replied during the affirmative. So currently we’re showing figures which are extraordinarily greater than previous studies show. Of those who consume porn/smut/erotica, 39percent did therefore once weekly or more. Yet not all that is standard porno.

What type of smut would queer ladies consume?

Dazed Online unearthed that
“an average straight-identifying lady is actually far more expected to see girl-on-girl than the average direct guy should see boy-on-boy.” They discovered “straight ladies consumption of lesbian pornography outstrips men’s room: just gay or bisexual women view even more girl-on-girl.” Cosmo
found similar figures
. These a number of a lot of surveys which have lit up the less-than-direct relationship ladies of all orientations have because of the porn they observe into type of intercourse they actually have actually (or wish to have).

A study regarding the porn-viewing routines of lesbians
by Irish and Canadian experts found a good many females “didn’t care for girl-on-girl porno, claiming they found the flicks unrealistic and plainly produced by as well as direct guys. Rather, lots of lesbians tend to be interested in sensual flicks portraying two guys getting hired on.” The scientists, in line with some other investigation about topic, affirmed that “women are apt to have a lot more erotic plasticity than guys — definitely, they’re turned-on by a wider many circumstances.”

Inside our survey, we made a significant distinction between two different types of girl-on-girl porn — the sort made by queer females for queer ladies (age.g.,
Crash Pad Series
,
Queer Porn television
,
Hot Pink Package
) in addition to kind made by direct folks for direct men and women (age.g., just about everything otherwise). We found the previous ended up being more common versus second — and, plus, numerous queer ladies favor enjoying straight pornography or gay male pornography over lesbian porno made by/for right individuals.

The info we are gonna discuss now’s garnered through the 87.05percent of respondents just who replied “yes” to “do you customer porn/erotica/smut in almost any type?” The 12.95percent whom replied “no” weren’t asked questions relating to certain porn routines. The 2,471 human beings who skipped practical question and for that reason found on their own regarding the “what method of porno do you realy like” page simply because they failed to say “no,” which will’ve caused the study to automatically miss that web page, are not provided, since they’re mysterious unicorns with fears, hopes and needs beyond my personal forces to detect. Judging by their unique solutions on porn-liking web page, many of them carry out really digest smut but just did not feel just like responding to the prior concern, so it is perhaps not secure to state that missing practical question = responding to “no.” I am talking about, for real:

they did not respond to no. Nevertheless they did not respond to yes!

. It isn’t secure to express any such thing about all of them after all, so we’re simply going to pluck them out from the team altogether your reason for this evaluation. Very, take it with a whole grain of salt, but, no matter, these numbers would fit almost perfectly with solutions to earlier required questions regarding pornography, very maybe a tiny grain of salt.

The info below arises from the

5,277 participants who helpfully reacted “yes” towards question “do you consume porn/erotica/smut in every type?”

Therefore why don’t we mention these figures!

Erotica / Fan-Fic

It is unsurprising that erotica reading is so prominent amongst queer females for a couple explanations. Firstly: because it’s currently a lot more popular than ever amongst feamales in general. Actually,
a 2012 Brit survey by Dottybingo.com
shared 91 percent of females having read a minumum of one sexual publication, and 43% stated they preferred reading about sex to using it. That study was actually stirred by

50 Shades of Grey

, definitely, a g-dawful book that started as Twilight fanfic and became among the many popular guides at this moment.

This delivers me to the second reason these figures are unsurprising: y’all
love some fan-fic
. Fanfic in the beginning became popular as a way for fans (mainly females) to understand more about male/male

Superstar Trek

pairings the show itself would not allow, and queer women have actually flocked in droves do the category. Along with reading male/male pairings, queer females make use of fanfic to
inform tales towards female/female pairings
who connect sexually onscreen at a rate of
seldom
to
never
.

When you look at the 200 remarks left in unrestricted box because of this concern, about half happened to be ensuring We knew that by “erotica” they suggested “fan fiction.” Here is a sampling of some of those answers:

• By “erotica” i am talking about fanfiction, practically specifically
• Sensual comics are in reality my favorite, but I happened to ben’t yes in which they can fit. They’re usually queer although not usually.
• Erotic Superhero fanfiction
• Does gay fanfiction about fictional wizards number
• Let us be real, its Faberry or Quintana fanfic
• If reading, it is gay lady fanfiction smut. If observing, it really is gay dudes being very passionate with each other.
• It is all drilling fanfiction I am also hooked, virtually there were occasions inside my life in which i’d review specific homosexual fanfic for more than four hours a-day.

Video

The structure of straight and gay male porno most widely used amongst queer women is on the net movie. Specifically if you see lesbians as an isolated team, it’s really the actual only real style of erotica/smut/porn that motivates many fans amongst ladies-who-only-like-ladies. Like, around 70percent of lesbians, queers and bisexuals read lesbian pornography online, but only 25per cent of lesbians, 32per cent of queers and 42% of bisexuals browse straight erotica online. Although 38per cent of lesbians consider queer erotic imagery on the web, only 9percent at direct sensual images online, versus 22per cent of bisexuals and 16% of queers.

From here forward we’ll relate to “lesbian/queer porno made by/for queer people” as “Q4Q” pornography” and “lesbian pornography made by/for direct people”  as “Q4S” pornography.

Are the variety of direct porno watchers so high because so numerous survey respondents cannot necessarily identify to be entirely drawn to ladies? Type of, but that’s maybe not the complete story. These are typically those numbers:

• Bisexuals, queers and lesbians exactly who observe video view Q4Q porn at almost identical costs, starting from 66per cent – 67percent.
• Bisexuals include most likely to watch directly pornography — 54percent of them would, in comparison to 32per cent of queers and 41per cent of lesbians. They’re also more apt to view Q4S porno — 38per cent ones perform, in comparison to 33% of queers and 29percent of lesbians.
• Queers exactly who view online video will be the most likely to look at gay male porn — 36per cent ones perform, in comparison to about 32per cent for bisexuals and lesbians.

Thus, although bisexual women are far more inclined to look at direct porn than lesbians are, they’re not the sole ones watching it. Controversial sex guidance columnist Dan Savage acknowledges that their understanding of who watches what sort of porn expands just yet,
lamenting that
“lesbians screw up my personal cool and organized pornography world.” Sorry maybe not sorry, Dan!

In my opinion it is relatively well known why queer women dislike phony lesbian pornography, but, shortly: while not a lot of the women that got all of our gender study volunteered these details themselves, there’s really no lack of lesbian online discussing their unique choice for right or homosexual male pornography (
or article writers finding answers about this
) providing details want:

• “I’ve found lesbian porn is generally focused for direct men and they’re maybe not stimulating. I somehow choose direct porn.”
• “Lesbian pornography is merely therefore phony and how long many have traditionally nails UGH! overall i generally observe directly porno. Now if their direct porno I recently focus on the female. It may get myself going in great amounts.”
• “Lesbian pornography is way too tacky for my situation and thus definately not the fact that I’ve found it tough to view. Maybe not saying straight porno is any further genuine but usually not rather as desperate.”
• “Despite the reality I like (straight porno) to lesbian porn, I’m usually studying the woman heading “she is a celebrity. Allowing him imagine she actually is enjoying it.  And lesbian porn has actually males written throughout it; it seems like the performers don’t want to be doing what they’re carrying out.”

Some estimates from our very own survey-takers:

• I mostly like fat pornography. If that had been better to discover and made for and by queers, i might watch that, nevertheless hardly is available.
• I don’t enjoy lesbian porn since I could only discover misogynist movies made for direct guys, that I discover unpleasant.
• I enjoy see a lady acquiring facefucked… We swear I’m a lesbian

So, that aside, i am keen on talking about why 53% of women that are aware of and see real queer porno

in addition

see directly pornography and exactly why 41% of lesbian-identified ladies watch directly porno. See, absolutely nothing pushes me personally crazy faster than someone saying that a “real lesbian” wouldn’t get fired up by straight porn — that is TOTAL BANANAS. Although some queer ladies who see right porno tend to be keen on men and would like to rest together with them, most of them are not, and a lady’s choice for straight porn must not cast any doubt on the woman mentioned homosexuality.

We cross-checked multiple elements, such as for example age, work condition, attraction for kink, sexual experience and gender demonstration, to find out if any of those had an effect about field of preference and nothing stood . Thus, my personal ideas are as follows:

• 
  Genuine girl-on-girl porn expenses money and free of charge girl-on-girl porno sucks:
  
  Good pornography by queer ladies for queer women usually needs repayment (whilst should!). No person are able it, wants to purchase it, or seems comfortable performing this, as well as the option — the sort of “lesbian” porn discovered free-of-charge on web sites like PornHub and RedTube — is actually missing, to put it mildly. Just what’s remaining? Straight porn! Gay male porno!
• 
  Women Are Erotically Versatile:
  
  As discussed earlier in the day on this page, women react sexually to any or all sorts of issues that tend to be unrelated their intimate orientation. Many of us who prefer women nevertheless have fired up by right porn. Who knows the reason why. It simply is exactly what truly!
• 
  Normative charm expectations:
  
  Queer-for-queer pornography will function queers with different human body types, gender presentations, piercings, tattoos, renewable lifestyle haircuts and so on. Which is part of what’s therefore incredible regarding it — but not for everyone. Some queers favor porn stars exactly who appear like pornography stars as opposed to porn movie stars who appear like their favorite bartender or ex-girlfriend.
• 
  Porn as get away:
  
  Lots of sex sites people enjoy porn that provides an escape off their genuine intercourse physical lives, or utilize porn to understand more about dreams they’ve got no need to explore in actual life. Often witnessing actual queers play down much more explicit or taboo fantasies (for example non-consent) merely strikes also close to house.
• 
  Variety:
  
  There is a wider variety of directly porno and gay male porno out there for assorted fetishes or kinks someone may be into. Additionally more explicit right pornography available to you, when queers carry out view straight porno, it is often hardcore — 33% of lesbians and 48% of bisexuals watch hardcore direct porn, but merely 12% of lesbians and 24per cent of bisexuals watch softcore.
• 
  Imagining themselves once the man:
  
  It is anecdotal, but i have heard numerous queer ladies say that they imagine on their own because guy while you’re watching straight porno. Or they like watching porno in which females humiliate men.
• 
  Masturbation movies:
  
  Many might have classified films of women masturbating (which emerged from time to time from inside the statements) as “right porno.”
• 
  Absolutely a lot more of it out here and it’s really more straightforward to get a hold of.
  

Lastly, ladies are fantastic animals capable of being turned-on by different video porno just in case females went the world here’d be much more investigation about any of it.

Finally, I’d just like to generally share some of the commentary regarding the “what kind of porno do you ever see” section to give you the complete summary of what folks wished you to know they certainly were into:

• Where’s the choice for tentacle porno? Or even for gender equipments heading peanuts and offering their own girl inventors endless sexual climaxes? I’m perplexed (about several things).
• I observe the *trailers* on queerporntv & crashpad but never ever the exact videos. because i’m getting over my societally & familialy induced hangup about ingesting porn.
• Frankly my personal fave is intercourse scenes from lesbian programs, maybe not actual Porn porn. Uncertain just how to classify that above. I never ever view real pornography.
• Machines/dildo equipments
• Residence movies
• Lesbian gifs, thanks a lot tumblr
• Tumblr “romantic pornography” page is actually great
• E-book in car to have bdsm circumstance a few ideas, to not get off
• Erotic comics are in fact my favorite, but I happened to ben’t sure where they can fit. They’re usually queer yet not always. I study on the internet and occasionally print (smutpeddler)
• I mainly check solamente photos and sketches of women. We have no clue who makes them.

How Much Cash Smut/Erotica/Porn Would You Digest?

1.9per cent of whole smut-consuming group uses their own smut several times every single day. 3.6percent indulge one each day, 24.6percent several times weekly, 11.7per cent weekly, 27.5per cent several times 30 days, 12.3% once per month, 16.3percent many times annually, and somewhat over two percent take in it less than that.

So as that’s 5.5percent watching porn each day, which’s more than the 3.8percent of females Cosmopolitan
located once they surveyed 4,000 ladies
(93percent of which had been heterosexual) regarding their porn-watching routines. Additionally they discovered 32.5% of men viewing pornography in the everyday, so there’s that. But Cosmo was only inquiring about online porn video clips, all of our reach was actually bigger — we incorporated erotica and erotic images.

Just what facets influence how often you consume smut/porn/erotica? Why don’t we see numerous union and sexual conditions.

Demonstrably there is a pretty strong correlation between how many times you consume smut and just how typically you are making love. These figures would suggest that co-habitation reduces regularity of erotic-material-engagement, which implies these particular lovers commonly eating porno together.

There is a direct commitment between eating smut/erotica/porn and volume of masturbation — over 90 per cent of the which masturbate multiple times a week or maybe more eat smut, compared to a little over 50 % of those just who masturbate less than once a year.

On the entire group — all 8,566 of you — 55.3per cent mentioned porno belongs to how you frequently masturbate. 39.4per cent said the same of pornography.

To Summarize

Lots of expected from inside the remarks for information on where they are able to find queer porno designed for queers. I’d like to create that occur obtainable, because every person thinking about queer pornography deserves feeling in this way commenter on
You Need Help: The Quest For Awesome Queer Feminist Porn
, exactly who typed:

“we went to queerporn mark tv and I am just sitting here weeping because I not witnessed porn with people who look like me personally, just who seem like men and women I would personally actually screw, who screw like I would personally fuck. It seems therefore real. I never realized that I thought so marginalized and objectified by main-stream pornography, and now I feel authenticated. Like, it really is ok that We have sex the way in which i actually do because see, you will find folks like me.”

You need to study that post! In addition these:

Get forth and enjoy whatever variety of smut you wanna!