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    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 »
  • #quoteunquote

    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]
  • #pornultimatum