- looks at options: straight, gay, trans
- sets it to gay porn
- looks inside
- only men
- cries in lesbian
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“Straight” refers to the target audience, not the actors.
But straight women exist....
There's no women on the internet, silly, only men, and they're all doing just fine
Sure, they represent about one tenth of one percent of the people on a porn site.
Statistics disagree with this. Some are listing 'porn seeking' where they include erotica and non-video content as high as 44%, others that are looking at video only are showing 11-15% or so. I'd have to go looking again, but that's still not a small number of users, much more than 1%.
Perhaps they should indicate that.
Why?
From the perspective of pornography distributors and consumers, all womens' bodies exist for their sexual gratification. This includes lesbians ofc.
It's simply manifestation of misogyny.
Or, if we turn down the tune of “All Men Are Evil” a little bit, heterosexual men find naked women attractive. And two naked women are more attractive than one.
We can leave it at the same volume. Its not "all men are bad" even, no need to make things up, its embedded misogyny, even perpetuated by women at times.
The question why is "lesbian" porn, in the "straight" section?
Why would a straight woman on a porn site expect to see lesbian porn when they select to see straight porn? It's a double standard.
If men (or anyone else) wanted to watch lesbian porn, there's nothing wrong with that, it just seems out of place in the straight section, cause that's not what it is.
Interestingly enough I once read an article about how many straight women enjoyed lesbian porn because
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A. It shows women getting head and
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B. Female pleasure is centered, even if for the male gaze.
I think with that knowledge, anyone who's being honest with themselves can see the embedded misogyny laid bare, so to speak.
The question why is “lesbian” porn, in the “straight” section?
That’s just a matter of catering to your audience. Some 80% of porn is consumed by men. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563225001785 (section 3.2). Any store will display the right-handed scissors more prominently than the left-handed scissors, just because they’re more likely to be looked for.
The study referenced only refers to pornographic videos, which is interesting, but doesn't consider a wider spectrum, such as pornographic literature, comics, games, and audiobooks. Women historically read or listen to more pornography than watch.
My earlier comment referenced why some straight women watch lesbian porn, but there's some who enjoy gay male porn as well, partially because the men are more vocal and reactive compared to men in typical straight porn, who are essentially nearly silent vessels for the male viewer to project themselves onto. Given this, it's not difficult to see why little of "straight" pornography appeals to straight women.
OK and they don't have to cater in a misogynistic way, but they do, and I'm criticizing that decision.
Comparing the innate misogyny of most porn to being right handed isn’t appropriate. That sort of analogy, comparing something harmful to something benign, is the core of the problem - it serves to normalize misogyny.
We don’t need to go beyond the topic to illustrate misogyny and harm. For example, a porn store or site displaying simulated violence or underage scenarios to sell it products would be more appropriate. Prioritizing those categories is similar to prioritizing misogynistic lesbian porn over ethical lesbian porn, for example.
You don’t need to be dramatic and label an appropriate assessment of the misogyny of lesbian porn as “all men are evil”.
You must intentionally ignore how and why so-called “lesbian” porn is misogynistic. The baseline of the vast majority of lesbian porn doesn’t engage with how lesbians actually behave, for example, but rather it projects what male viewers want to see - typically with one or both actors behaving as a stereotypical man would.
You're assuming men will be the only ones searching for straight porn.
It's a fairly safe bet
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