87percent Of Queer Ladies Are Towards Porn or Erotica, But Not Everything Is Actually Lesbionic | Autostraddle

In March 2015, Autostraddle launched
The Best Lesbian Sex Study
, ready to accept all “lady-types which sleep with lady-types.” We garnered over 8,566 total responses (89per cent which had been from folks amongst the centuries of 18 and 36) now we are sharing the results along with you, bit-by-bit. Formerly:

Just How Much Smut Would Queer Girls Digest?

In 2013,
a Pew Research Center report on porn-viewing routines from the US men and women
announced that the United states people don’t appear to want to talk to the Pew Research Center regarding their porn-viewing routines: merely 25% of men and 8% of females which watch online video fessed around enjoying pornographic videos. This looks significantly unlikely, but various other quotes are not greater —

Psychology Now

claims that their “best imagine”
would be that “somewhere within 8per cent and 20% of women web see porn websites with any regularity.” An
Australian Study of health insurance and Relationships in 2014
discovered 20% of women had viewed pornography within the past year. This doesn’t actually match up with data collected by the net it self,
like that
12percent of sites on the web are adult and 40 million People in the us regularly check out porno websites. Or that certain next of porn audience are females and 35percent of most internet packages tend to be associated with pornography.

Dazed Digital, on the other hand, performed a much larger and more revelatory review of 10,500 both women and men in 114 nations. They
created larger figures
:

… while a-quarter of participants never ever watch pornography, 59per cent watch it anyone to 5 times per week, and 16per cent six or higher times. Both women and men think its great – around three out of five see it one or more times each week, despite gender. Sections happen from the extremes of consumption: 90% of people that never observe porno are ladies, while 90per cent of individuals who see grot significantly more than 11 occasions each week tend to be men. Put one other way, while most women engage at least once per week, only 4percent achieve this six or more occasions per week, compared to 60percent of men who watch it virtually every day or higher.

Once we asked the survey-takers “do you eat porn/erotica/smut in any kind?”, 87% of these exactly who answered issue responded when you look at the affirmative. Therefore already we’re showing numbers which are extremely higher than earlier research has shown. Of those which take in porn/smut/erotica, 39percent did thus once a week or maybe more. Not all of that is actually standard porn.

What kind of smut perform queer women take in?

Dazed Digital unearthed that
“the common straight-identifying woman is actually much more likely to watch girl-on-girl than the typical straight guy is view boy-on-boy.” They found “direct ladies’ consumption of lesbian porn outstrips men’s: only homosexual or bisexual ladies see even more girl-on-girl.” Cosmo
discovered similar numbers
. Those two some of a lot of surveys that have lit up the less-than-direct commitment women of all orientations have actually because of the pornography they observe for the method of gender they really have (or want to have).

A study in the porn-viewing behaviors of lesbians
by Irish and Canadian researchers discovered almost all of the females “didn’t take care of girl-on-girl pornography, saying they found the flicks impractical and plainly produced by and for straight guys. As an alternative, many lesbians are attracted to erotic films portraying two guys getting it on.” The scientists, consistent with other analysis about topic, affirmed that “women tend to have a lot more sensual plasticity than guys — that is, they’re turned-on by a wider many situations.”

In our survey, we made an essential difference between two different varieties of girl-on-girl pornography — the type made by queer women for queer females (age.g.,
Crash Pad Series
,
Queer Porn TV
,
Juicy Pink Box
) and sort made by directly folks for direct men and women (age.g., just about everything else). We discovered the former was actually far more common versus second — and, additionally, many queer women favor watching direct porn or homosexual male porn over lesbian porno made by/for directly folks.

The information we are gonna explore now is garnered from the 87.05% of respondents just who replied “yes” to “do you consumer porn/erotica/smut in just about any type?” The 12.95per cent which replied “no” weren’t expected questions relating to certain porno habits. The 2,471 individuals which skipped the question and for that reason discovered on their own regarding the “what method of pornography do you like” page simply because they failed to state “no,” which could’ve induced the review to instantly skip that page, commonly incorporated, because they’re mystical unicorns with concerns, dreams and desires beyond my forces to discern. By their answers from the porn-liking web page, several do actually eat smut but just didn’t feel answering the last concern, therefore it is maybe not secure to state that bypassing practical question = answering “no.” After all, the real deal:

they did not answer no. Nevertheless they failed to answer yes!

. It isn’t really secure to say everything about them anyway, therefore we’re just going to pluck all of them out of the party entirely for any reason for this analysis. Very, go with a grain of sodium, but, whatever, these figures would fit almost completely with solutions to previous needed questions about porno, therefore maybe a little grain of salt.

The info below is inspired by the

5,277 respondents which helpfully responded “yes” to the question “do you take in porn/erotica/smut in almost any kind?”

Therefore let us speak about these figures!

Erotica / Fan-Fic

Its unsurprising that erotica reading can be so common amongst queer ladies for a couple explanations. Firstly: because it’s at this time popular than in the past amongst women in common. Indeed,
a 2012 Brit review by Dottybingo.com
announced 91 per cent of women having study at least one erotic guide, and 43 percent stated they preferred reading about gender to having it. That review was empowered by

50 Shades of Gray

, without a doubt, a g-dawful book that started as Twilight fanfic and became one of many popular publications of them all.

This gives me to the next cause these numbers are unsurprising: y’all
love some fan-fic
. Fanfic initially became popular for fans (mainly ladies) to explore male/male

Superstar Trek

pairings the show itself would never help, and queer ladies have actually flocked in droves perform the category. In addition to checking out male/male pairings, queer women use fanfic to
inform tales concerning the female/female pairings
exactly who connect intimately onscreen at a consistent level of
seldom
to
never ever
.

Within the 200 feedback left inside open-ended box with this concern, approximately half had been making sure I knew that by “erotica” they intended “fan fiction.” Here’s a sampling of some of those responses:

• By “erotica” i am talking about fanfiction, nearly solely
• Erotic comics are in fact my personal favorite, but I happened to ben’t certain in which they fit. They’re usually queer not always.
• Erotic Superhero fanfiction
• Really does gay fanfiction about imaginary wizards number
• Why don’t we end up being real, its Faberry or Quintana fanfic
• If reading, it really is homosexual girl fanfiction smut. If observing, its homosexual guys being super enthusiastic with each other.
• Its all drilling fanfiction and I am hooked, practically there has been times inside my life in which i might review specific gay fanfic for more than four-hours each day.

Video

The format of directly and gay male porno hottest amongst queer women is on the net video. Particularly if you take a look at lesbians as an isolated class, it is the sole format of erotica/smut/porn that encourages lots of enthusiasts amongst ladies-who-only-like-ladies. As an example, around 70percent of lesbians, queers and bisexuals study lesbian pornography on line, but just 25percent of lesbians, 32% of queers and 42% of bisexuals look over directly erotica on the web. Although 38per cent of lesbians view queer sexual imagery online, merely 9% at directly sexual images online, when compared to 22percent of bisexuals and 16percent of queers.

From here forward we’ll make reference to “lesbian/queer pornography made by/for queer men and women” as “Q4Q” porno” and “lesbian pornography made by/for straight individuals”  as “Q4S” porno.

Include quantities of direct porn watchers excessive because thus lots of survey participants don’t necessarily determine as being entirely attracted to females? Kind of, but that’s maybe not the entire story. These are generally those numbers:

• Bisexuals, queers and lesbians who watch online video see Q4Q porn at nearly similar prices, including 66per cent – 67per cent.
• Bisexuals will be the most likely to watch direct porno — 54% ones perform, compared to 32percent of queers and 41% of lesbians. They may be also the most likely to watch Q4S porn — 38per cent ones do, when compared to 33per cent of queers and 29percent of lesbians.
• Queers just who see video would be the probably to watch gay male pornography — 36per cent of them do, when compared to about 32percent for bisexuals and lesbians.

Very, although bisexual ladies tend to be more inclined to view straight porn than lesbians are, they may be not at all the only real ones viewing it. Controversial gender guidance columnist Dan Savage acknowledges that their understanding of whom watches what sort of porn offers merely so far,
lamenting that
“lesbians screw up my cool and organized pornography universe.” Sorry not sorry, Dan!

I believe it really is pretty well known the reason why queer women dislike fake lesbian porn, but, quickly: while not a lot of the women who got the sex review volunteered these details independently, there is lack of lesbians online talking about their particular inclination for right or gay male porno (
or authors selecting responses about this
) offering details love:

• “I have found lesbian porno is generally focused for straight men and they are perhaps not arousing. We somehow prefer right porn.”
• “Lesbian porno is thus fake as well as how long some of them have long nails UGH! total i mainly observe direct porn. Today if their direct pornography I recently concentrate on the feminine. It would possibly get me going in great amounts.”
• “Lesbian porno is actually much too desperate for my situation and so not the truth that I’ve found it tough to watch. Not saying directly porn is any longer actual but usually not rather as tacky.”
• “while I like (straight porno) to lesbian pornography, I’m constantly studying the girl going “she actually is an excellent actress. Permitting him consider the woman is taking pleasure in it.  And lesbian porno provides men authored all over it; it really appears like the performers don’t want to be doing what they’re performing.”

Some estimates from your own survey-takers:

• We generally like excess fat pornography. If it was simpler to discover making for and by queers, I would personally view that, but it hardly exists.
• Really don’t view lesbian porn since I could only discover the misogynist video clips made for straight guys, which I select offending.
• I like to watch a woman getting facefucked… I swear I’m a lesbian

So, that apart, i am interested in speaking about why 53percent of all ladies who understand and see real queer pornography

also

see right pornography and why 41percent of lesbian-identified women watch directly pornography. See, nothing pushes myself nuts quicker than someone saying that a “real lesbian” won’t get fired up by right porno — that will be COMPLETE BANANAS. Although a lot of queer women that watch direct porno are keen on men and would like to rest together with them, a lot of them aren’t, and a woman’s inclination for directly porn should not cast any doubt on the woman stated homosexuality.

We cross-checked numerous factors, like get older, employment status, attraction for kink, intimate knowledge and gender presentation, to find out if those had an impact about field of choice and absolutely nothing stood away. For that reason, my theories are as follows:

• 
  Real girl-on-girl pornography expenses money and complimentary girl-on-girl porn sucks:
  
  Good porno by queer females for queer females typically needs repayment (since it should!). Not everybody are able it, would like to buy it, or seems comfortable doing this, as well as the choice — the sort of “lesbian” pornography found for free on web sites like PornHub and RedTube — is actually inadequate, to put it mildly. Just what exactly’s remaining? Straight pornography! Gay male porno!
• 
  Women Can Be Erotically Versatile:
  
  As mentioned earlier in this article, ladies respond sexually to all forms of issues that tend to be unrelated on their intimate positioning. Many who like women nonetheless get fired up by straight pornography. That knows the reason why. It simply is really what it really is!
• 
  Normative beauty expectations:
  
  Queer-for-queer pornography does function queers with a variety of human anatomy kinds, gender presentations, piercings, tattoos, alternative lifestyle haircuts and so on. That is element of what’s thus amazing about it — however for all of us. Some queers choose porn stars whom resemble porno stars versus sex sites movie stars who resemble their favorite bartender or ex-girlfriend.
• 
  Porn as escape:
  
  A lot of porn consumers enjoy porno that provides an escape off their real intercourse life, or use porn to understand more about dreams obtained no want to check out in real life. Occasionally seeing real queers perform down much more explicit or taboo dreams (such as for example non-consent) merely strikes too near home.
• 
  Selection:
  
  Absolutely a wider variety of right pornography and homosexual male pornography online for a variety of fetishes or kinks individuals may be into. Addititionally there is much more hardcore right pornography on the market, and when queers carry out see right porno, it tends to be hardcore — 33% of lesbians and 48per cent of bisexuals view hardcore direct porn, but merely 12% of lesbians and 24% of bisexuals watch softcore.
• 
  Picturing on their own given that guy:
  
  This will be anecdotal, but I heard numerous queer women say that they imagine by themselves because guy as you’re watching straight porno. Or they prefer viewing pornography where ladies humiliate guys.
• 
  Masturbation videos:
  
  Numerous have categorized movies of women masturbating (which came up several times within the remarks) as “right porno.”
• 
  Absolutely a lot more of it out truth be told there and it’s really much easier to find.
  

In summary, women are great animals able to getting activated by numerous video clip porno whenever females went the planet there’d be more analysis about this.

Finally, I’d like to fairly share a few of the statements about “what type of porno do you really watch” area to offer the entire summary of what individuals wanted one understand these were into:

• In whichis the selection for tentacle porno? And for gender devices going crazy and offering their own lady creators limitless sexual climaxes? I’m baffled (about lots of things).
• I see the *trailers* on queerporntv & crashpad but never ever the exact video clips. because i’m going through my personal societally & familialy induced hangup about ingesting porn.
• In all honesty my personal fave is intercourse scenes from lesbian shows, perhaps not real Porn porn. Uncertain how-to categorize that overhead. We never ever observe real porno.
• Machines/dildo devices
• Home movies
• Lesbian gifs, cheers tumblr
• Tumblr “romantic pornography” page is truly good
• E-book in-car in order to get bdsm situation tactics, never to hop out
• Sexual comics are actually the best, but I happened to ben’t yes where they fit. They are usually queer however constantly. We browse on the internet and sometimes print (smutpeddler)
• We mainly have a look at solo pics and illustrations of women. We have little idea whom makes them.

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

1.9per cent of the entire smut-consuming class uses their particular smut multiple times a-day. 3.6percent indulge one each and every day, 24.6per cent many times each week, 11.7per cent once weekly, 27.5percent several times per month, 12.3per cent monthly, 16.3% several times a year, and somewhat over two per cent take in it significantly less than that.

So that’s 5.5% viewing pornography every day, which’s more than the 3.8% of women Cosmopolitan
found when they surveyed 4,000 ladies
(93per cent which had been heterosexual) regarding their porn-watching practices. Additionally they discovered 32.5percent of males seeing porno from the day-to-day, generally there’s that. But Cosmo was just asking about on line pornography videos, all of our reach had been larger — we incorporated erotica and sexual imagery.

What facets manipulate how often you take in smut/porn/erotica? Let’s evaluate various connection and sexual situations.

Demonstrably there’s a fairly powerful relationship between how many times you take in smut and how usually you are sex. These figures perform suggest that co-habitation lowers volume of erotic-material-engagement, which suggests these partners aren’t taking in porno together.

There is a primary connection between consuming smut/erotica/porn and volume of self pleasure — over 90 % of the who masturbate many times each week or higher consume smut, compared to somewhat over 50 percent of these exactly who masturbate below one per year.

Of the whole party — all 8,566 people — 55.3percent stated porn belongs to the manner in which you typically masturbate. 39.4percent mentioned alike of pornography.

In Closing

Lots of asked inside the remarks for facts about where they can discover queer porno designed for queers. I would like to generate that happen for you, because every person enthusiastic about queer porno deserves feeling in this way commenter on
You May Need Help: The Search For Awesome Queer Feminist Porn
, exactly who had written:

“we went to queerporn dot tv I am also simply sitting here sobbing because I not witnessed porno with folks exactly who appear like me personally, who look like folks I would actually shag, whom screw like i’d bang. It feels therefore actual. We never knew that We thought thus marginalized and objectified by main-stream porn, and now I feel validated. Like, it is fine that i’ve intercourse the way in which i actually do because see, discover individuals like me.”

You ought to review that blog post! Also these:

Go out and take pleasure in whatever sort of smut you want to!