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[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I've heard that women prefer to read porn far more than watch.

[-] clark@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago

If I had to guess, I would say it’s because most porn does not cater to women and the female gaze. When it comes to books and any kind of media that isn’t visual, you have to make up the visuals yourself, which opens up the door to creative thinking and taking control of your fantasies instead of merely being told “this is what’s happening objectively, like it or not.”

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

This is purely my personal observation, but the women I've talked to seem to have far kinkier fantasies generally than men, but are also far more shy talking about it. So maybe women lean into more "customizable" types of porn?

There is something wonderful about looking for a specific kink and then finding a woman happy to do that particular thing on camera, if it seems like she's actually enjoying it. Like, "hey, I'm a deviant, but so is this specific woman! I'm not alone!" That might just be me though. I find that if I'm reading porn, it doesn't have as much of an impact unless I know the author is female, or I know other women are enjoying that story a lot.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I used to live in a house with quite a few other people, we had a porn-addled friend back in the days of print magazines, he worked at a sex shop and would bring us boxes of porn, he always would pull out the one with stories and say "and forums, for the LADIES!". It cracked me up but he wasn't wrong.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

How does one get into that type of living situation? Had to be crazy cheap

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah well back then we were struggling to make rent but 5 adults paying each $100 for a $500 house rent made it possible. There were a couple of babies too, we were just so poor back then. Nowadays I imagine you'd have to multiply that cost by 5 or 10, depending on the house but a 3 bedroom can hold 3 couples no problem.

I've never lived alone - these were people I'd lived with or near before, just friends. You need a tolerant private landlord, ours lived next door. I still see houses full of working people here in my neighborhood, sure it's still possible.

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