87percent Of Queer Women Are Into Porn or Erotica, Yet Not All Of It Is Lesbionic | Autostraddle

In February 2015, Autostraddle launched
The Greatest Lesbian Intercourse Study
, open to all “lady-types just who sleep with lady-types.” We earned over 8,566 total replies (89% that happened to be from individuals amongst the many years of 18 and 36) nowadays we are sharing the outcome with you, piece by piece. Formerly:

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How Much Cash Smut Carry Out Queer Girls Eat?

In 2013,
a Pew analysis Center report on porn-viewing practices in the US folks
disclosed that the United states individuals don’t seem to want to speak with the Pew analysis Center about their porn-viewing routines: merely 25% of males and 8% of females exactly who observe video fessed around seeing adult videos. This seems significantly improbable, but different quotes aren’t greater —

Therapy Now

states that their unique “best guess”
usually “somewhere between 8per cent and 20per cent of women on the web go to pornography sites with any consistency.” An
Australian research of health insurance and Relationships in 2014
found 20per cent of females had checked pornography within the last season. This won’t really match with data gathered by internet itself,
such as that
12% of sites on the net are pornographic and 40 million People in america regularly see porn web sites. Or this 1 next of sex sites audience tend to be women and 35per cent of net packages tend to be regarding pornography.

Dazed online, however, performed a much larger and revelatory survey of 10,500 women and men in 114 countries. They
created greater figures
:

… while one fourth of participants never ever see pornography, 59per cent view it a person to 5 times per week, and 16percent six or maybe more times. Both males and females enjoy it – around three out of five watch it one or more times per week, despite sex. Divisions occur at extremes of intake: 90per cent of individuals who never view porno are ladies, while 90per cent of people who observe grot more than 11 times each week tend to be guys. Place one other way, although many women engage one or more times weekly, only 4per cent achieve this six or even more times weekly, weighed against 60per cent of men who view it virtually every day or maybe more.

Once we asked our survey-takers “do you eat porn/erotica/smut in virtually any type?”, 87% of the just who responded the question replied during the affirmative. Thus currently we’re showing numbers which happen to be extremely higher than past studies show. Of these who take in porn/smut/erotica, 39per cent did so weekly or maybe more. Yet not all that is actually standard pornography.

What kind of smut perform queer women eat?

Dazed Digital learned that
“the common straight-identifying lady is a lot more very likely to view girl-on-girl versus average directly guy is watch boy-on-boy.” They found “direct ladies’ use of lesbian porno outstrips men’s room: merely homosexual or bisexual women observe a lot more girl-on-girl.” Cosmo
discovered comparable numbers
. These several of lots of surveys which have illuminated the less-than-direct relationship females of orientations have using the pornography they observe towards the method of gender they really have (or want to have).

A research about porn-viewing routines of lesbians
by Irish and Canadian scientists found a good many ladies “didn’t care for girl-on-girl porn, stating they discovered the films impractical and clearly created by as well as right men. As an alternative, lots of lesbians tend to be drawn to erotic films depicting two dudes getting it on.” The experts, in line with different research with this topic, affirmed that “women tend to have much more sensual plasticity than guys — definitely, they may be fired up by a wider selection of things.”

Inside our survey, we made an important difference between two different kinds of girl-on-girl porn — the kind produced by queer ladies for queer females (age.g.,
Crash Pad Series
,
Queer Porn TV
,
Juicy Pink Container
) together with kind from direct individuals for right individuals (age.g., just about all else). We found the previous was more well-known versus second — and, additionally, numerous queer females like viewing direct porn or gay male pornography over lesbian porn made by/for directly people.

The info we’re gonna explore now is garnered from the 87.05% of participants which answered “yes” to “do you customer porn/erotica/smut in any kind?” The 12.95percent whom replied “no” are not expected questions relating to specific pornography habits. The 2,471 humans which skipped issue and therefore found on their own in the “what sorts of porn do you ever like” page because they did not say “no,” which will’ve induced the review to immediately miss that page, are not included, since they’re strange unicorns with anxieties, expectations and desires beyond my personal powers to discern. By their solutions regarding porn-liking web page, many do actually eat smut but just didn’t feel just like responding to the prior concern, so it’s not secure to say that skipping issue = answering “no.” After all, the real deal:

they failed to respond to no. Nonetheless didn’t respond to yes!

. It isn’t safe to state everything about all of them after all, therefore we’re merely gonna pluck them out of the class altogether when it comes down to purposes of this evaluation. So, go with a whole grain of salt, but, regardless, these figures carry out fit pretty much completely with answers to early in the day needed questions about porno, very possibly a small grain of salt.

The information below originates from the

5,277 respondents whom helpfully responded “yes” into question “do you take in porn/erotica/smut in any type?”

Thus why don’t we talk about these numbers!

Erotica / Fan-Fic

It really is unsurprising that erotica reading is really popular amongst queer women for some reasons. First of all: since it is at this time more popular than in the past amongst women in common. Indeed,
a 2012 Brit review by Dottybingo.com
shared 91 % of females having read one erotic guide, and 43% mentioned they preferred reading about gender to having it. That study ended up being stimulated by

50 Shades of Grey

, however, a g-dawful guide that started as Twilight fanfic and turned into one of many best-selling publications at this moment.

This gives me to the 2nd explanation these numbers are unsurprising: y’all
love some fan-fic
. Fanfic in the beginning became popular for followers (primarily females) to understand more about male/male

Star Trek

pairings the express would never enable, and queer women have flocked in droves perform some genre. In addition to reading male/male pairings, queer females use fanfic to
inform tales in regards to the female/female pairings
which connect intimately onscreen for a price of
hardly ever
to
never ever
.

During the 200 comments kept into the open-ended field for this concern, about 50 % happened to be making certain We knew that by “erotica” they required “fan fiction.” Here is a sampling of some of those solutions:

• By “erotica” after all fanfiction, nearly entirely
• Sexual comics are actually the best, but I wasn’t sure in which they can fit. They are usually queer however usually.
• Erotic Superhero fanfiction
• Does gay fanfiction about imaginary wizards number
• Let’s be actual, its Faberry or Quintana fanfic
• If reading, it is gay girl fanfiction smut. If viewing, its homosexual guys becoming super enthusiastic with one another.
• Its all screwing fanfiction and I am addicted, virtually there have been instances in my own life in which i might read specific homosexual fanfic for longer than four hours a-day.

Online Video

The structure of directly and gay male pornography preferred amongst queer women is online movie. Particularly if you consider lesbians as a remote team, it’s really really the only structure of erotica/smut/porn that inspires numerous fans amongst ladies-who-only-like-ladies. For instance, around 70% of lesbians, queers and bisexuals read lesbian pornography on line, but just 25% of lesbians, 32% of queers and 42percent of bisexuals study directly erotica on line. Although 38percent of lesbians have a look at queer erotic imagery on the web, merely 9percent at straight erotic imagery on the web, in comparison to 22% of bisexuals and 16% of queers.

From this point forward I’ll make reference to “lesbian/queer porn made by/for queer individuals” as “Q4Q” porno” and “lesbian porno made by/for direct individuals”  as “Q4S” pornography.

Are the numbers of right pornography watchers so high because so numerous study respondents never necessarily recognize as actually specifically interested in ladies? Type of, but that is not the tale. Normally those numbers:

• Bisexuals, queers and lesbians exactly who observe video view Q4Q porno at almost similar prices, starting from 66% – 67%.
• Bisexuals will be the likely to watch straight porno — 54percent of these do, compared to 32per cent of queers and 41% of lesbians. They can be in addition the most likely to look at Q4S porn — 38percent ones perform, when compared to 33per cent of queers and 29percent of lesbians.
• Queers who observe video will be the almost certainly to look at gay male porn — 36per cent ones carry out, when compared with around 32per cent both for bisexuals and lesbians.

Thus, although bisexual females are more inclined to view direct porn than lesbians tend to be, they’re not at all the only people enjoying it. Controversial gender guidance columnist Dan Savage admits that his understanding of which watches what sort of porno offers merely at this point,
lamenting that
“lesbians screw up my cool and orderly porn world.” Sorry not sorry, Dan!

I do believe its pretty public knowledge why queer women dislike phony lesbian porno, but, shortly: while not a lot of the women who got our sex study volunteered these records themselves, there is no lack of lesbians online discussing their unique inclination for direct or gay male porno (
or people seeking responses about this
) providing explanations want:

• “I’ve found lesbian porn is usually targeted for direct dudes and they are not stimulating. We somehow choose direct pornography.”
• “Lesbian porno simply therefore phony and just how very long many have traditionally fingernails UGH! as a whole i generally watch directly pornography. Now if the directly porn i just pay attention to the female. Could get me personally heading like hell.”
• “Lesbian porn is way too desperate in my situation and therefore definately not the fact that I find it hard to look at. Maybe not stating right pornography is any longer genuine but not often quite as desperate.”
• “although I like (direct porno) to lesbian porn, i am usually looking at the woman going “she’s a beneficial celebrity. Permitting him think this woman is enjoying it.  And lesbian pornography features guys composed all-around it; it just seems like the actresses should not do what they’re performing.”

Some quotes from our very own survey-takers:

• We mainly like excess fat porno. If it had been much easier to get a hold of making for and by queers, I would watch that, however it hardly exists.
• I really don’t enjoy lesbian porn since I have can simply find the misogynist video clips created for direct guys, which I select unpleasant.
• I love to watch a girl getting facefucked… We swear i am a lesbian

So, that apart, I’m more interested in chatting about the reason why 53% of women who know about and view actual queer pornography

in addition

view direct porn and why 41percent of lesbian-identified ladies see direct porn. See, nothing pushes me nuts faster than a person declaring that a “real lesbian” would not get turned on by directly pornography — that’s TOTAL BANANAS. Although some queer women who see right porn tend to be keen on guys and want to sleep with these people, a lot of them are not, and a woman’s inclination for direct pornography must not cast any doubt on the woman mentioned homosexuality.

I cross-checked multiple factors, such as age, employment position, affinity for kink, sexual experience and sex speech, to see if any of those had a bearing with this area of choice and absolutely nothing stood . For that reason, my personal theories are as follows:

• 
  Real girl-on-girl pornography prices money and no-cost girl-on-girl porn sucks:
  
  Good porno by queer ladies for queer ladies normally needs repayment (because should!). No person can afford it, would like to put money into it, or feels comfortable this, additionally the option — the kind of “lesbian” porno found free-of-charge on internet sites like PornHub and RedTube — is actually missing, as you would expect. So what’s kept? Straight porn! Gay male porno!
• 
  Ladies Are Erotically Versatile:
  
  As mentioned previously on this page, ladies react intimately to all forms of items that tend to be not related with their intimate direction. Many folks whom choose ladies still get turned-on by directly porno. Who knows precisely why. It just is what it’s!
• 
  Normative beauty requirements:
  
  Queer-for-queer pornography can feature queers with several human anatomy kinds, gender presentations, piercings, tattoos, renewable lifestyle haircuts and so on. Which is section of what exactly is so incredible regarding it — not for all of us. Some queers like porno performers exactly who look like pornography movie stars instead of sex sites movie stars whom appear like their favorite bartender or ex-girlfriend.
• 
  Porn as getaway:
  
  Lots of porn customers enjoy porno that offers a getaway off their actual gender life, or use porno to explore fantasies they’ve no desire to check out in real world. Sometimes watching real queers play away a lot more explicit or taboo fantasies (such non-consent) just strikes also close to house.
• 
  Selection:
  
  Absolutely a wider assortment of right porn and gay male porn available for many different fetishes or kinks a person can be into. Additionally, there is more explicit directly porn out there, so when queers do view straight porn, it tends to be hardcore — 33percent of lesbians and 48percent of bisexuals see hardcore directly porn, but merely 12% of lesbians and 24per cent of bisexuals view softcore.
• 
  Imagining themselves once the man:
  
  This is anecdotal, but i have heard countless queer women declare that they imagine by themselves because the guy while you’re watching straight porno. Or they prefer seeing porno in which women humiliate males.
• 
  Masturbation movies:
  
  Lots of could have classified films of females masturbating (which emerged from time to time from inside the commentary) as “direct porno.”
• 
  There is a lot more of it out indeed there and it’s really better to get a hold of.
  

Finally, ladies are great creatures able to being turned-on by a variety of video pornography assuming women ran society truth be told there’d become more study regarding it.

Finally, I would the same as to express a number of the reviews on “what particular porno do you actually watch” part to provide you with the full overview of what folks desired you to understand these people were into:

• Where’s the option for tentacle pornography? And for sex machines going nuts and offering their unique girl inventors countless sexual climaxes? I am puzzled (about several things).
• I see the *trailers* on queerporntv & crashpad but never the specific videos. because i’m getting over my personal societally & familialy induced hangup about consuming pornography.
• Seriously my fave is sex scenes from lesbian shows, maybe not actual Porn porn. Not sure tips classify that overhead. I never ever watch actual pornography.
• Machines/dildo devices
• Residence films
• Lesbian gifs, cheers tumblr
• Tumblr “romantic pornography” page is truly great
• E-book in car attain bdsm scenario tips, to not get-off
• Erotic comics are in fact the best, but I found myselfn’t yes in which they can fit. They normally are queer yet not constantly. We browse online and sometimes print (smutpeddler)
• We largely examine solo pics and illustrations of females. I’ve not a clue just who means they are.

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

1.9per cent of the entire smut-consuming class eats their unique smut several times just about every day. 3.6% indulge one daily, 24.6per cent multiple times weekly, 11.7per cent weekly, 27.5percent several times four weeks, 12.3percent once per month, 16.3per cent several times annually, and somewhat over two per cent take in it around that.

So that’s 5.5% observing pornography daily, which’s over the 3.8per cent of females Cosmopolitan
located once they surveyed 4,000 ladies
(93percent that happened to be heterosexual) regarding their porn-watching habits. They even discovered 32.5% of men enjoying pornography on everyday, so there’s that. But Cosmo was just inquiring about on line pornography video clips, the reach had been larger — we included erotica and erotic imagery.

Just what elements manipulate how frequently you eat smut/porn/erotica? Why don’t we evaluate numerous union and sexual scenarios.

Obviously there’s a pretty strong relationship between how often you eat smut and how usually you’re sex. These figures would declare that co-habitation lowers regularity of erotic-material-engagement, which implies that these lovers aren’t ingesting pornography with each other.

Absolutely an immediate connection between consuming smut/erotica/porn and regularity of genital stimulation — over 90 per cent of those which masturbate several times per week or more digest smut, in comparison to quite over 50 per cent of these who masturbate under annually.

Associated with the entire party — all 8,566 of you — 55.3% mentioned pornography falls under the method that you often masturbate. 39.4% mentioned alike of erotica.

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In Closing

Many expected within the opinions for information on where they are able to discover queer pornography designed for queers. I’d like to create that happen for your needs, because everybody interested in queer porno deserves feeling in this way commenter on
You Need Help: The Pursuit Of Awesome Queer Feminist Porn
, who composed:

“I visited queerporn mark tv I am also just seated here sobbing because i have not witnessed pornography with others just who appear to be me, exactly who seem like people i’d really fuck, whom shag like i might screw. It feels very genuine. I never discovered that We thought therefore marginalized and objectified by conventional pornography, and today personally i think validated. Like, it is ok that You will find sex just how i actually do because see, there are folks just like myself.”

You will want to read that post! Also these:

Go forward and luxuriate in whatever kind of smut you wanna!