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Porn for women is often thin on the ground, especially if you don’t want to pay to watch.

That’s why more and more women are forgoing straight porn to find something that does work for them – gay porn featuring men only.

Pornhub stats (link is NSFW) show that women are 69% (nice) more likely to watch gay male porn than men, and it’s the most watched category for women over 45.

It’s more common for the 18-24 age group to watch gay porn, with over 40% of the women who do so falling into that bracket.


In terms of what women are searching for within this category, the terms ‘black’, ‘straight guys’, ‘daddy’, ‘bareback’, and ‘big dick’ are the top five.



After that, you have ‘Japanese’, ‘group’, ‘interracial’, ‘twink’, and ‘creampie’.

The topic was even spoken about on Mumsnet a few years back, with users wondering if they were alone in their preference for guy on guy pornography.

One wrote, ‘Most straight porn is all about getting the man off and so focuses on the naked body of the woman and her face. Give me some abs and a nice bum any day of the week.’

Another said, ‘Het porn is just grim… The twisted power dynamics are a massive turn off and much less present in gay porn.’

Harriet, 26, told Metro.co.uk why she prefers gay porn:

‘I used to exclusively watch gay male porn because I was uncomfortable with the level of violence and sh*t-talking directed at women in hetero porn,’ she says.

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‘I didn’t want to see women being choked or verbally abused or hit on their breasts/vagina, and it was difficult to find hardcore videos that didn’t feature this.

‘Lesbian porn is a turn off because it’s so clearly catering for the straight male gaze and is really unrealistic in terms of actual lesbian sex, so I didn’t want to watch that either. Also, gay male porn is hot.’

Sex therapist Vanessa Marin believes it’s also a matter of the massive availability of porn we have, and the fact we can really be kids in the sexual sweet shop when it comes to porn.

She tells Metro.co.uk: ‘I think people are getting more experimental with their porn usage. People are feeling a greater permissiveness in gender and sexual expression, and that’s being reflected in our porn consumption.’

As well as this, she very rightly makes the connection between this and men watching lesbian pornography:

‘We’re getting curious about and watching different types of porn. At the end of the day, watching people have sex on film is hot! It doesn’t really matter what their genders or sexual orientations are. Plus, men have been watching lesbian porn for ages, so it’s not like straight women watching gay porn is that unusual.’

If you’re watching gay porn and start to wonder whether this means anything about your gender identity or sexual preferences, there are people you can talk to.



You could try calling the LGBT+ Switchboard on 0300 330 0630 to find out more information but otherwise, it’s your business to decide how you express yourself.

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