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Polls pertaining to porn use aren’t often aimed at female viewers, so we know very little about how women feel about it. What we do know, nobody believes.We are a bit stereotypical when it comes to porn. We don’t even realize the gender-biasness when we consistently relate porn performers with women and porn consumers with men. It is a quite normal and almost founded rationalization. Many researchers believe that men only report watching more porn than women. Women do not report the truth of how much porn they view because of current outdated social standards. A recent study from the Journal of Sex Research showed the most revealing information about women and porn watching we have to date. Here are some of the biggest surprises we’ve discovered.

Women Think Deep When It Comes To Porn

Believe it or not, women look at a whole lot more than the sex act when they view porn. Women focus more on feelings, emotions, and potential emotional state of the actors. They scrutinize whether the participants are actually achieving pleasure, or just putting on for the camera. They notice facial expressions and their authenticity. If they perceived the porn acting to be disingenuous, it had a direct correlation to their own level of excitement. The more authentic the scene, the more passionate women felt. Women are far more empathetic viewers of porn than men.

Turning it In

Another thing women do that men do not when it comes to porn is internalize it. – See The Stats – They look at all the nudity and compare it to their own bodies. That’s where the similarities end, however. Some women look at naked porn stars and feel bad about themselves and their own bodies, while others feel better about themselves after viewing porn. Men do not even consider this aspect, unless they are comparing penis sizes, but they tend to exaggerate even to themselves and not negatively internalize.

Women Think About Relationship Rules When Watching Porn

Women all deal with porn differently in their relationship. For many, it is used as a stimulant. It helps to excite, arouse, and instill creativity into their sex life. For others, it feels threatening and there is some jealousy of their partners arousal over another woman. Others still do not allow porn in their home or insist it is viewed in complete privacy and secrecy. This is clearly one area of porn viewing that women fiercely vary in opinion.

Women Have Confliction When Thinking About Porn

A phenomenon many women experience is a confusing guilt. They report enjoying the porn in terms of arousal but also feel bad for watching it. This is due to the social stigma that women should not and do not watch porn. While nowhere near as prevalent as it used to be, this stigma still effects women’s porn viewing and the amount of enjoyment the can derive from it.

Sexual Ambiguity

No matter their true sexual preference or orientation, women enjoy porn featuring both sexes. It doesn’t affect their arousal level if the star is a male or female. It doesn’t matter if its gay porn or all females. What turns women on about porn is the passion and the authenticity behind it. Real, hot steamy, passion between two people is what the girls are after. Men tend to be more stimulated by the opposite sex, or gay men if that’s the situation.

Women Have Longer View Times When Watching Porn

Another fun fact is that women visit porn sites as often as men, but they stay almost twice as long. Researchers think it is because women spend longer choosing which videos to watch and check out other aspects of the site more often than men do.

Women watch a lot more porn than men think they do. This is mostly because they perpetuate their own stigmatism. A lot of women will lie to their men about porn viewing even if it would improve the relationship. They feel ashamed or embarrassed and most aren’t even sure why. As years progress, this stereotype will fall, and women will take a larger role in the industry as both consumers and producers. Trend forecasters say by 2025 more than half of the porn industry will be female owned. It seems the future of porn is female and that is something we can all benefit from.