For a straight male [SM], there’s nothing very
interesting about the male participants in porn
clips. You’ve seen one cock you’ve seen them all.
The SM responds to female triggers, such as
breasts, erect nipples, full lips, thighs.
And arse, legs opened, moans and groans, an engorged
vulva. pelvic movements, and a screaming orgasm.
He knows the girls on screen aren’t really lesbians.
That doesn’t matter. So long as they act the part
with conviction. It gives him two for the price of one.
The idea that straight men like it when two women make
out is so commonplace that it’s a cultural touchstone.
They don’t even have to be real lesbians.
The reason why lesbian erotica is popular with men
can be explained by the fact that men are most
aroused by visual cues that emphasize youth and
downplay drama and emotional complexity.
Lesbian porn works for straight men by “doubling up”
those visual stimuli.The only thing better than
one nubile, personality-free woman is two of them.
Isn’t it an
irrational desire?
Lesbians are the only group of women who will
categorically never be interested in a straight man.
It’s a mistake to assume lesbians will never be interested
in men as a possible reason why men should not be aroused.
Sexual fantasy obeys its own set of rules that have nothing
to do with propriety, common sense, or even the physical
laws of the universe.
Women, for instance, are often aroused by
billionaires and celebrities who are extremely
unlikely to reciprocate the sentiment.
The reverse – women loving gay male porn –
is not quite true. At least, not in the
same way. Unlike most men, most gay
and straight women have an emotional,
narrative component to their erotic fantasies.
Women say they don’t get turned on by sex scenes
featuring two men. Yet, when researchers measure
their levels of genital arousal, women seem
equally to enjoy erotica featuring two women,
two men, or a heterosexual couple.
Their genitals get aroused, but that’s not
necessarily what they feel in their heads.
Most straight men don’t get aroused, genitally or
intellectually, by anything other than women.
The reason is that it wasn’t evolutionary advantageous
for women to be as sensitive to visual stimuli as men are,
since females face pressure to pick the one guy who is
going to invest a lot of resources in their offspring, and
looks alone aren’t the best way to judge that.
All of this doesn’t mean that real straight men are
romantically attracted to real lesbians.
Very few men visit websites containing erotica
featuring actual lesbians targeted at actual lesbians.
Women are more likely to orgasm
when they have sex with other women.
When it comes to pleasuring women, it seems men
would do well to take a few pointers from lesbians.
A survey on thousands of people around the world,
aged 18 to 40, has found that women are more likely
to orgasm during same-sex encounters, with some reporting
they climax as many as 50 or more times times a month.
Straight women, on the other hand, said they experience
just a fraction of that (7 times) over the same period.
Probably because men are too focused on their own satisfaction.
Women Watch Gay Porn
The main reason why women watch gay male porn is
that it feels it was more authentic than other genres.
It’s easier to believe that both actors are enjoying
the experience. The sexual desire and pleasure between
them, therefore, felt more authentic.
Because men on screen had very visual cues which
expressed sexual desire such as erections and
ejaculation, women felt it wasn’t being faked.
The male adult film stars as opposed to female
performers were “enjoying each other more
rather than simply playing to the camera.
Women feel they share a more common gaze with the
target audience as opposed to heterosexual
and lesbian porn, which is predominantly made
for heterosexual men.
They feel gay men’s point of view is more in line
with their personal preferences and desires.
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By watching same-sex male porn, women avoid seeing
female bodies used as powerless sexual objects
under the control of men.
The rough sex in gay porn is more acceptable than
behaviour displayed in heterosexual and lesbian porn.
Despite so much anal penetration gay porn feels consensual.
Some women appreciate they don’t have to watch
a female porn star they would be jealous of
or subconsciously compare themselves to, causing
them to feel uncomfortable about their own bodies.
Many women enjoyed the taboo of gay sex
and the idea they would never experience
what was happening online.