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more about #amandamarcotte more comments → LittleDogLaughed: ...i.e. I don't get off on paunchy, hairy older men fucking silicone babes that look like anime characters and sound like rusty screen doors. more » Mally: See, that's why I gravitate more to amateur and homemade porn than the commercial stuff: the commercial ones always seem to target men to the Nth degr... more » TurtleSpeak: This is exactly right. I couldn't have put it better myself. It definitely accounts for gender differences in porn viewing. But I think a lot of wom... more » Ultraprison!: I don't know if this is the whole story - i think women and porn has a lot to do wtih access. When I was reading the other article this weekend abou... more » save jinger: Porn: Erotic enough for a woman, but made for a man. more » LuvEwan: I watch porn. Guy-on-guy porn. AND I read romance novels. Guy-on-guy romance novels. Hmmm. I'm noticing a trend here. more » curiousgeorgiana: "You can usually tell when you're in the intended audience" This really blew my mind. Not hard to do these days as I'm sleep deprived, but woah Ms M... more » NefariousNewt: Bingo. Could not have put it more succinctly. more » HarpMadness: I think that's at the heart of it: women aren't the target audience and can figure that out. I think it's very much the same with click flick vs. man... more » EdnasEdibles: Once as a job benefit for working at a cable company, I got free porn on my cable. I think I watched it non-stop for the first month and the novelty ... more » nyc-caribbean-ragazza: Rom coms is the most difficult genre to pull off. Everyone knows the couple is going to end up together so how do you make it interesting? Back in th... more » VincentioCresphontes: I love the classic screwball stuff but I'm amazed no one's mentioned Clueless as a great rom-com. In some ways it does play into some stereotypes but... more » sweetchilisauce: I find Marcotte's post an unappealing serving of polemic. While romantic comedies are increasingly marketed as a series of vignettes involving high-en... more » jianna: Am I the only person who thought The Holiday was a good non-stereotypical romantic comedy? Both the guys were sincere and, well, not-douchey, and the... more » anne_boleyn: I like rom-coms sometimes. When Harry Met Sally. Pride and Perjudice (which i refuse to watch in anyone elses presence as the ending makes me get all... more » -
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Porn Identity
Amanda Marcotte: "On one hand, [asking why women don't watch more porn]'s like asking why men don't read more romance novels. You can usually tell when you're in the intended audience, you know. Women aren't stupid." [Pandagon] -
#romcomvom
Is There Any Way To Save The Romantic Comedy?
Amanda Marcotte at Pandagon brings our attention to this poster for The Ugly Truth, noting that the poster is further proof of her theory that "romantic comedies are backsliding into record lows of reactionary bullshit." More »
