87% Of Queer Women Are Into Porn or Erotica, Not Everything Is Lesbionic | Autostraddle

In March 2015, Autostraddle launched
The Greatest Lesbian Intercourse Survey
, prepared for all “lady-types exactly who sleep with lady-types.” We gained over 8,566 full responses (89percent which happened to be from individuals within centuries of 18 and 36) and from now on we’re revealing the outcome along with you, bit by bit. Formerly:

Simply How Much Smut Perform Queer Ladies Eat?

In 2013,
a Pew analysis Center report on porn-viewing practices of this American men and women
unveiled that American men and women don’t appear to need to talk to the Pew Research Center about their porn-viewing routines: just 25per cent of males and 8% of women who watch online video fessed as much as watching pornographic videos. This appears extremely unlikely, but some other quotes aren’t a lot higher —

Psychology These Days

states that their “best estimate”
is “somewhere within 8percent and 20percent of females on the web visit pornography sites with any consistency.” An
Australian research of Health and Relationships in 2014
discovered 20per cent of females had looked at pornography within the last 12 months. This does not actually match with data harvested from the net itself,
that way
12percent of websites on the web tend to be pornographic and 40 million Americans regularly visit porno internet sites. Or this 1 third of porn visitors tend to be women and 35per cent of all of the internet downloads tend to be connected with pornography.

Dazed online, in contrast, did a much bigger plus revelatory survey of 10,500 both women and men in 114 countries. They
developed higher figures
:

… while a quarter of participants never see pornography, 59% watch it one to five times a week, and 16percent six or more instances. Men and women enjoy it – around three-out of five watch it at least one time each week, regardless of sex. Divisions happen at the extremes of intake: 90per cent of people who never ever watch pornography are ladies, while 90% of individuals who view grot over 11 times weekly tend to be guys. Put another way, although many ladies indulge at least one time weekly, only 4percent do so six or higher times a week, weighed against 60% of males which view it nearly every time or even more.

When we questioned all of our survey-takers “do you take in porn/erotica/smut in any kind?”, 87percent of these whom replied the question answered into the affirmative. Thus already we’re revealing numbers which happen to be extraordinarily higher than past research has shown. Of these just who take in porn/smut/erotica, 39per cent did so once weekly or more. Not all of that is old-fashioned porn.

What type of smut do queer ladies take in?

Dazed Digital learned that
“the typical straight-identifying girl is much more prone to view girl-on-girl compared to the normal directly guy would be to view boy-on-boy.” They found “direct ladies’ use of lesbian porn outstrips men’s: only gay or bisexual women watch even more girl-on-girl.” Cosmo
discovered similar numbers
. These some of numerous surveys that have illuminated the less-than-direct relationship ladies of most orientations have together with the porno they view towards sorts of intercourse they really have (or wish to have).

A research regarding the porn-viewing routines of lesbians
by Irish and Canadian researchers discovered all the ladies “didn’t maintain girl-on-girl porno, claiming they discovered the movies unrealistic and demonstrably from and for straight males. As an alternative, numerous lesbians tend to be interested in erotic flicks portraying two dudes getting hired on.” The experts, consistent with additional research with this subject, affirmed that “women generally have much more erotic plasticity than males — which, they are turned-on by a wider different circumstances.”

In our survey, we made an essential difference between two different types of girl-on-girl pornography — the type made by queer women for queer ladies (e.g.,
Crash Pad Series
,
Queer Porn TV
,
Juicy Pink Package
) in addition to type produced by right folks for right people (age.g., just about all else). We found the former was far more preferred versus second — and, in addition, a lot of queer ladies favor watching straight porn or gay male porno over lesbian pornography made by/for straight individuals.

The data we’re gonna explore now is garnered from 87.05% of participants which responded “yes” to “do you customer porn/erotica/smut in every form?” The 12.95percent who replied “no” were not expected questions regarding specific porn routines. The 2,471 individuals just who skipped the question and for that reason found by themselves regarding “what variety of porno do you actually like” page simply because they didn’t say “no,” which may’ve induced the survey to instantly miss that web page, commonly provided, as they are mysterious unicorns with worries, expectations and desires beyond my personal powers to detect. Just by their solutions regarding the porn-liking page, a lot of them perform really digest smut but simply did not feel like responding to the prior concern, so it is not safe to state that bypassing the question = responding to “no.” After all, the real deal:

they failed to answer no. But they failed to respond to yes!

. It is not secure to express everything about them whatsoever, so we’re only gonna pluck them out from the team entirely your purposes of this evaluation. So, take it with a whole grain of salt, but, regardless, these figures do fit pretty much completely with solutions to previous necessary questions about porn, therefore perhaps a small whole grain of sodium.

The data below is inspired by the

5,277 participants whom helpfully reacted “yes” into the question “do you take in porn/erotica/smut in any kind?”

Very why don’t we discuss these figures!

Erotica / Fan-Fic

Its unsurprising that erotica reading is so popular amongst queer women for some factors. First of all: since it is presently a lot more popular than before amongst feamales in general. Indeed,
a 2012 British survey by Dottybingo.com
revealed 91 percent of females having read at least one erotic guide, and 43% mentioned they recommended reading about intercourse to presenting it. That study was actually empowered by

50 Tones of Gray

, naturally, a g-dawful book that started as Twilight fanfic and turned into the popular guides ever.

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

Celebrity Trek

pairings the reveal would not allow, and queer females have actually flocked in droves perform the genre. Along with reading male/male pairings, queer women utilize fanfic to
inform tales about the female/female pairings
just who link sexually onscreen at a consistent level of
hardly ever
to
never
.

In the 200 comments remaining within the unrestricted field because of this concern, about half happened to be making certain We knew that by “erotica” they implied “fan fiction.” Listed here is a sampling of some of those solutions:

• By “erotica” after all fanfiction, practically solely
• Sexual comics are in fact my personal favorite, but I wasn’t certain where they fit. They normally are queer yet not constantly.
• Erotic Superhero fanfiction
• Does homosexual fanfiction about fictional wizards number
• Let’s be real, it’s Faberry or Quintana fanfic
• If reading, its gay girl fanfiction smut. If watching, it really is gay guys getting super enthusiastic together.
• It is all fucking fanfiction and I am hooked, literally we have witnessed times inside my existence where i’d study explicit gay fanfic for over four-hours each and every day.

Video

The style of right and homosexual male porno most popular amongst queer women is online movie. Particularly if you have a look at lesbians as an isolated party, this really is the only format of erotica/smut/porn that inspires a lot of enthusiasts amongst ladies-who-only-like-ladies. Eg, around 70per cent of lesbians, queers and bisexuals browse lesbian erotica on the web, but just 25% of lesbians, 32per cent of queers and 42per cent of bisexuals read directly erotica online. Although 38per cent of lesbians have a look at queer sensual images on-line, just 9percent at directly sexual imagery using the internet, in comparison to 22percent of bisexuals and 16percent of queers.

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

Include quantities of direct porn watchers so high because very a lot of study participants don’t fundamentally recognize to be solely drawn to ladies? Sort of, but that’s maybe not the whole story. Normally those figures:

• Bisexuals, queers and lesbians whom observe video watch Q4Q pornography at almost similar prices, ranging from 66percent – 67percent.
• Bisexuals will be the likely to view straight porn — 54percent of them perform, when compared to 32per cent of queers and 41% of lesbians. They truly are in addition the most likely to look at Q4S porno — 38% of those do, versus 33percent of queers and 29% of lesbians.
• Queers whom observe online video would be the more than likely to look at gay male pornography — 36percent of those do, when compared to around 32per cent both for bisexuals and lesbians.

So, although bisexual ladies tend to be more inclined to watch right porno than lesbians are, they may be not at all really the only ones viewing it. Controversial intercourse advice columnist Dan Savage admits that his knowledge of exactly who watches what sort of pornography stretches just yet,
lamenting that
“lesbians screw up my nice and organized pornography world.” Sorry not sorry, Dan!

I do believe it’s relatively common knowledge the reason why queer females dislike phony lesbian pornography, but, fleetingly: although not most of the ladies who got all of our gender survey volunteered these details themselves, there is no scarcity of lesbians on the web talking about their particular choice for right or gay male porn (
or authors looking responses about this
) providing explanations love:

• “I’ve found lesbian pornography is usually focused for right men and they are perhaps not stimulating. I for some reason choose directly porno.”
• “Lesbian porno is simply thus fake and just how very long several have traditionally fingernails UGH! total i generally watch straight porno. Today if its direct porno I simply focus on the feminine. It can get me going constantly.”
• “Lesbian porno is far too tacky personally so not even close to the truth that I find it hard to watch. Not claiming directly pornography is actually any longer real but not often rather as desperate.”
• “though I like (straight pornography) to lesbian porn, i am constantly studying the girl heading “she’s a good actress. Permitting him imagine she actually is taking pleasure in it.  And lesbian porno features men created all-around it; it simply may seem like the performers don’t want to do what they’re performing.”

Some prices from your own survey-takers:

• We largely like fat porn. If that was actually simpler to discover and made for and by queers, i’d view that, nevertheless barely exists.
• I really don’t watch lesbian pornography since I have can only find the misogynist video clips created for direct men, that I discover offensive.
• I love to view a woman getting facefucked… I swear I’m a lesbian

Thus, that aside, I’m interested in speaking about why 53per cent of all of the women that understand and watch actual queer porno

additionally

view directly porn and exactly why 41% of lesbian-identified ladies watch direct porn. See, absolutely nothing pushes me personally crazy quicker than somebody saying that a “real lesbian” wouldn’t get turned-on by direct porn — definitely FULL BANANAS. Although some queer women that observe directly pornography are keen on males and wish to sleep together with them, many are not, and a lady’s choice for straight pornography shouldn’t cast any question on her mentioned homosexuality.

I cross-checked a variety of aspects, such as for instance age, employment condition, affinity for kink, sexual experience and sex speech, to see if those had a positive change on this area of choice and absolutely nothing endured on. For that reason, my ideas are as follows:

• 
  Actual girl-on-girl porn expenses money and complimentary girl-on-girl porn sucks:
  
  Great porno by queer females for queer females often needs cost (because should!). Not everyone are able to afford it, desires to purchase it, or feels comfy doing this, plus the option — the kind of “lesbian” porno discovered at no cost on internet sites like PornHub and RedTube — is inadequate, to put it mildly. Just what’s kept? Straight pornography! Gay male porn!
• 
  Ladies Are Erotically Flexible:
  
  As talked about previously on this page, ladies respond intimately to all or any types issues that tend to be not related for their intimate orientation. Most of us whom choose females nonetheless have turned-on by straight pornography. You never know the reason why. It just is really what really!
• 
  Normative beauty criteria:
  
  Queer-for-queer pornography can feature queers with some human anatomy types, gender presentations, piercings, tattoos, renewable lifestyle haircuts and so forth. Which is part of what exactly is thus wonderful regarding it — however for everybody. Some queers like porno stars whom appear like pornography movie stars versus sex sites movie stars who appear to be a common bartender or ex-girlfriend.
• 
  Porn as get away:
  
  Numerous porn consumers enjoy pornography that gives an escape using their actual gender schedules, or utilize pornography to explore dreams they’ve no want to explore in real life. Sometimes seeing actual queers play out more explicit or taboo fantasies (such as for example non-consent) merely strikes also close to residence.
• 
  Variety:
  
  There’s a wider assortment of right porno and homosexual male pornography out there for various fetishes or kinks one could be into. Addititionally there is a lot more explicit direct porno around, so when queers carry out enjoy direct pornography, it is commonly hardcore — 33per cent of lesbians and 48% of bisexuals see hardcore direct porn, but just 12% of lesbians and 24per cent of bisexuals watch softcore.
• 
  Picturing on their own as guy:
  
  This can be anecdotal, but I heard a lot of queer ladies declare that they imagine by themselves due to the fact man while watching direct pornography. Or they prefer enjoying pornography where women humiliate men.
• 
  Masturbation films:
  
  Lots of have classified video clips of women masturbating (which emerged from time to time in the opinions) as “right pornography.”
• 
  Absolutely a lot more of it indeed there and it’s really much easier to discover.
  

In summary, ladies are great animals capable of becoming turned-on by different video porno and in case females went the whole world truth be told there’d be more analysis about it.

At long last, I would similar to to talk about a few of the feedback in the “what particular porno do you ever view” part to provide you with the total overview of what people desired you to definitely know these people were into:

• Whereis the selection for tentacle porn? Or even for intercourse devices heading walnuts and offering their own girl creators unlimited sexual climaxes? I am baffled (about many things).
• I view the *trailers* on queerporntv & crashpad but never ever the videos. because i’m going through my personal societally & familialy induced hangup about eating porno.
• Honestly my fave is actually gender moments from lesbian shows, not actual Porn porn. Unsure how to classify that overhead. We never see real porno.
• Machines/dildo machines
• Home videos
• Lesbian gifs, cheers tumblr
• Tumblr “romantic pornography” web page is really good
• Book in car to obtain bdsm scenario a few ideas, to not ever exit
• Erotic comics are in fact my favorite, but I becamen’t certain where they fit. They normally are queer yet not usually. I browse on the internet and often printing (smutpeddler)
• We primarily glance at solo pics and sketches of women. We have no idea who makes them.

Just How Much Smut/Erotica/Porn Do You Ever Consume?

1.9percent of whole smut-consuming party uses their particular smut several times a-day. 3.6% indulge one just about every day, 24.6per cent many times weekly, 11.7% weekly, 27.5% multiple times monthly, 12.3% once per month, 16.3percent several times annually, and slightly over two percent eat it under that.

So that’s 5.5per cent viewing porn every day, which’s over the 3.8percent of females Cosmopolitan
located once they surveyed 4,000 females
(93per cent that had been heterosexual) about their porn-watching habits. In addition they discovered 32.5per cent of males watching porn throughout the day-to-day, generally there’s that. But Cosmo was only asking about online pornography video clips, our reach was actually bigger — we incorporated erotica and sensual imagery.

Exactly what aspects manipulate how many times you take in smut/porn/erotica? Let us look at numerous connection and sexual circumstances.

Clearly there’s a fairly powerful relationship between how frequently you eat smut and exactly how often you are sex. These figures perform declare that co-habitation decreases volume of erotic-material-engagement, which suggests these particular partners commonly consuming pornography with each other.

There is an immediate commitment between consuming smut/erotica/porn and frequency of self pleasure — over 90 per cent of these exactly who masturbate many times per week or even more consume smut, when compared with somewhat over 50 per cent of those exactly who masturbate below one time per year.

From the whole group — all 8,566 people — 55.3percent mentioned porno belongs to the way you generally masturbate. 39.4percent said exactly the same of pornography.

In Conclusion

Numerous asked within the comments for information on in which they may find queer porno designed for queers. I would ike to make that take place for you personally, because everyone interested in queer pornography is deserving of to feel similar to this commenter on
You May Need Help: The Search For Awesome Queer Feminist Porn
, exactly who had written:

“I visited queerporn dot tv and I am just resting here whining because I not witnessed porn with people which look like myself, who appear like people i’d actually bang, which shag like i might screw. It feels so actual. I never ever recognized that I felt thus marginalized and objectified by mainstream porn, now I believe authenticated. Like, it is fine that i’ve sex just how I do because see, you’ll find folks just like myself.”

You really need to read that article! Also these:

Get out and revel in whatever type smut you wanna!