Web-site porn attracts women by the millions - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

rogue49 · 11-02-2003, 09:23 AM

Nice to see they are just as sick & disgusting as we are.
Why should we raise our standards?

Seriously...it's nice to know the web is allowing ladies to express their desires in new ways,
and surpass society's boundaries.

Lust & desire shouldn't be repressed
as long as you are responsible about it like anything else.

I disagree with the negative viewpoints in this article,
but I felt it worthy of a post, and a discussion.

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaind...9846321181.xml

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Web-site porn attracts women by the millions

10/31/03

Mark O'Keefe
Newhouse News Service

After putting her daughter to bed, Maggie, 42, routinely sat at her computer for hours, mesmerized by an online world of erotic stories and real- time sexual discussions.

Beth, 33, usually clicked on the most visually graphic sites, disproving the theory that only men are enticed by pornography.

"A lot of people don't realize this happens with women, too," says Beth, who, along with Maggie, asked that their last names not be revealed.

The myth began long ago, perhaps because women were rarely seen walking into seedy adult bookstores.

But in recent years, the accessibility, affordability and anonymity of the Internet have made pornography undeniably attractive to millions of women. While some women simply find it exciting, others have battled addictions and other problems.

Nearly one in three visitors to adult Web sites is a woman, according to Nielsen%%cat%%NetRa%%endcat%%%%county%%e%%endcounty%%%%town%%tRa%%endtown%%tings, the industry standard for measuring online audiences. Studying the Internet use of 40,000 panelists at home and work, Nielsen%%cat%%NetRa%%endcat%%%%county%%e%%endcounty%%%%town%%tRa%%endtown%%tings estimates that 9.4 million women in the United States accessed such sites in September.

Julie Neff, 29, of Mukwonago, Wis., sees nothing but benefits. Internet pornography "is pretty much an adjunct to my regular sex life," she said. She estimates she views it less than an hour a week, and is open about it with her boyfriend.

"We e-mail each other saying, 'Ha- ha, look at this,' or, 'Hee-hee, look at that,' or, 'Ooh, that's good.' It's healthy. If you want to know the mechanics or the logistics of certain things, you can get education and inspiration to do stuff. Plus, I just find it prurient. I like it."

Others think it can lead to problems. There is some evidence that Internet pornography is luring even women whose values oppose it.

Some speculate a forbidden- fruit factor can make it tantalizing for religious women in particular.

The editors of Today's Christian Woman, an evangelical magazine, had heard anecdotes of churchgoing women getting hooked on pornography, so they conducted a survey asking readers of their online newsletter if they had intentionally visited porn sites. Thirty-four percent said they had.

While the frequency of female pornography "addiction" is difficult to measure, psychologists agree that some women, as well as men, do engage in destructively compulsive behavior fueled by the Internet.

Maggie said she began exploring pornography to try to understand what it was that captivated her ex-husband. Soon, she was spending up to 30 hours a week surfing the Web for arousal.

She realized she had a serious problem when "I couldn't wait for my daughter to go to sleep so I could get on the computer. The light went on that I preferred porn to spending time with my child."

The interactivity of the Internet makes it especially appealing to some women, said Al Cooper, a staff psychologist at Stanford University and the author of "Sex and the Internet: A Guidebook for Clinicians."

"We see women all the time who may not feel that attractive, but they get 20 guys going after them at a time in a chat room, e-mailing them instantly. That's affirming to a woman, and it's hard to match when your husband is in the next room drinking a beer, maybe asking you if you're going to exercise next week" because he thinks you're overweight, Cooper said.

When a woman prefers cybersex to real sex or becomes secretive about her online pornography use, those are red flags, said Cooper, director of the San Jose Marital Services and Sexuality Centre in California. But he contends that online erotica can be helpful "if you share this with your partner because you need some variety, need a way to spice things up."

While pornography may rouse a couple's interest for a while, "real women with real varicose veins and real body fat" lose in the end because they can't compete with the image of air-brushed porn queens, said Donna Rice Hughes, president of Enough is Enough, an organization trying to make the Internet safer for families.

"Pornography sells sex without relationships, sex without commitment, sex without consequences, sex without love, sex without children and sex for one's own gratification as opposed to the gratification of the other," said Rice Hughes, whose 1987 relationship with former Sen. Gary Hart, Democrat of Colorado, ended his presidential campaign.

Jimbob666 · 11-02-2003, 10:02 AM

I find that 1 in 3 figure fascinating, especially since the fraction of porn that is directed toward women seems pretty tiny.

ubertuber · 11-02-2003, 11:20 AM

If the editors of Today's Christian Woman got a figure of 34%, I bet that reality is way higher! Not everyone in that demographic is going to respond at all, let alone truthfully. A survey of young women (college and just after) would probably have drastically higher numbers for female porn consumption, based on people I know at school...

anti fishstick · 11-02-2003, 12:35 PM

i'm sure christian/religious women are actually a pretty high demographic to the porn internet consumption. when religion puts these rules over something natural like sexuality (no masturbation, no pornography) it only has a reverse effect... while making them feel guilty for what they've done.

Lunchbox7 · 11-03-2003, 04:14 AM

Go Girls!!!!

SiN · 11-03-2003, 09:48 AM

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Originally posted by Jimbob666
I find that 1 in 3 figure fascinating, especially since the fraction of porn that is directed toward women seems pretty tiny.

hrm...care to elaborate on what defines porn 'directed towards women'?

i'm female, and i find lots and lots of porn i like, all that would probably be considered 'directed towards men'.

:shrug:

Jimbob666 · 11-03-2003, 10:43 AM

I didn't say women wouldn't enjoy it, just that they rarely seem to be the target audience. The vast majority of porn I've seen on the net is either women alone, lesbian couples, or male/female couples where most of the man is usually off camera. Often the woman is also posed in uncomfortable, unrealistic positions so that the camera can catch everything. I've had women tell me this is a major turnoff.

I'm sure many women still enjoy it, and I'm sure that I would probably enjoy some porn that is directed toward women, but I bet they'd enjoy it even more if pornographers realized that there's a huge chunk of their customers that they aren't really catering to.

Gun · 11-03-2003, 11:10 AM

Women are biological creatures too, just like us. This article doesn't suprise me in the least bit. Societal expectations are the only reason you don't hear women mentioning porn as frequently as men. But when they're home alone, I'd expect them to satisfy their most basic desires.

cowudders14 · 11-03-2003, 11:52 AM

Wow! I must get my wife to read this thread...

legolas · 11-03-2003, 01:03 PM

I have heard more and more of women getting into porno. America is really changing and getting much more comfortable with sexuality, especially the women.

omega2K4 · 11-03-2003, 01:09 PM

Or middle-aged men posing as women.

copymachineboy · 11-03-2003, 04:05 PM

I know a lot of chicks that dig the porn. One of them being my mom.

Thats pretty much how I got introduced to the stuff. (and as fucked as that sounds, its not like that.)

Snakebyt · 11-03-2003, 07:36 PM

i knew they were all freaky, whether they admit it or not

Jimbob666 · 11-04-2003, 01:21 AM

I hope nobody thinks I'm saying that it's surprising that women would find porn exciting. The point I'm trying to make is that I think that the average straight male is going to be most excited by different pics and videos than the average straight female, and that most of what's out there is intended more to be exciting to men. There's probably a fortune to be made on porn catered to women.

skysooner · 11-04-2003, 06:18 AM

Everyone has the same basic urges, but of course different things stimulate different people. My wife gets just as turned on by porno as I do, but she responds better to different images than I do.

monty121052 · 11-04-2003, 10:16 AM

And why shoud'nt they.Go for it girls.

Devilchild · 11-04-2003, 12:05 PM

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Originally posted by omega2K4
Or middle-aged men posing as women.

hahahaha

you know there are so many as well...

wannabenakid247 · 11-05-2003, 06:50 AM

I thought that all women were into porn lol

mb99usa · 11-05-2003, 07:10 AM

I'm not too surprised by it. Women seem to be able to appreciate another beautiful woman better than a guy can appreciate another handsome guy. So why shouldn't porn be attractive for them as well.

Eldaire · 11-06-2003, 08:45 PM

I'm not sooooo suprised. I mean, I could understand how that would work I guess.

Omar12 · 11-08-2003, 12:50 AM

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Originally posted by anti fishstick
i'm sure christian/religious women are actually a pretty high demographic to the porn internet consumption. when religion puts these rules over something natural like sexuality (no masturbation, no pornography) it only has a reverse effect... while making them feel guilty for what they've done.

99.9% true.

all religious female friends that I know are like that. They like to be rebel and after they do it, they feel guilty.

I know females that have bigger porn collections on their hd's than I do.

Women are more reserved when it comes to that.

Baldrick · 11-08-2003, 06:59 AM

Doesn't surprise me at all. My wife and her friends always comment on how they find the female form far more attractive than the male. Can't say I disagree!

But I would suspect that the type of porn viewed by women might be different than men - in general. More erotic/pornographic stories, less money shot's on the face...

Sensei · 11-09-2003, 02:42 PM

Totally surprised me, I guess I need to open my mind.

11-02-2003, 11:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
ubertuber spudly Location: Ellay	If the editors of Today's Christian Woman got a figure of 34%, I bet that reality is way higher! Not everyone in that demographic is going to respond at all, let alone truthfully. A survey of young women (college and just after) would probably have drastically higher numbers for female porn consumption, based on people I know at school... __________________ Cogito ergo spud -- I think, therefore I yam

11-02-2003, 12:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
anti fishstick Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash Location: oregon	i'm sure christian/religious women are actually a pretty high demographic to the porn internet consumption. when religion puts these rules over something natural like sexuality (no masturbation, no pornography) it only has a reverse effect... while making them feel guilty for what they've done. __________________ And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

11-03-2003, 11:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
cowudders14 Bringer of good Moos... Location: Midlands, UK	Wow! I must get my wife to read this thread... __________________ Moo! I'm mooey!

11-03-2003, 01:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
legolas shit faced cockmaster Location: CT	I have heard more and more of women getting into porno. America is really changing and getting much more comfortable with sexuality, especially the women. __________________ "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."

11-03-2003, 01:09 PM	#11 (permalink)
omega2K4 Natalie Portman is sexy. Location: The Outer Rim	Or middle-aged men posing as women. __________________ "While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

11-02-2003, 10:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jimbob666 Tilted	I find that 1 in 3 figure fascinating, especially since the fraction of porn that is directed toward women seems pretty tiny.

11-03-2003, 04:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lunchbox7 Addict	Go Girls!!!!

11-03-2003, 10:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
Jimbob666 Tilted	I didn't say women wouldn't enjoy it, just that they rarely seem to be the target audience. The vast majority of porn I've seen on the net is either women alone, lesbian couples, or male/female couples where most of the man is usually off camera. Often the woman is also posed in uncomfortable, unrealistic positions so that the camera can catch everything. I've had women tell me this is a major turnoff. I'm sure many women still enjoy it, and I'm sure that I would probably enjoy some porn that is directed toward women, but I bet they'd enjoy it even more if pornographers realized that there's a huge chunk of their customers that they aren't really catering to.

11-03-2003, 11:10 AM	#8 (permalink)
Gun Banned Location: Long Island	Women are biological creatures too, just like us. This article doesn't suprise me in the least bit. Societal expectations are the only reason you don't hear women mentioning porn as frequently as men. But when they're home alone, I'd expect them to satisfy their most basic desires.

11-03-2003, 04:05 PM	#12 (permalink)
copymachineboy Tilted Location: Sea. \| Wa.	I know a lot of chicks that dig the porn. One of them being my mom. Thats pretty much how I got introduced to the stuff. (and as fucked as that sounds, its not like that.) __________________ Kenny: "He rode that pole all the way to the end!!" Vic: "Thats the only way to ride pole, Ken. All the way to the end." -MXC Announcers

11-03-2003, 07:36 PM	#13 (permalink)
Snakebyt Psycho Location: Lubbock Texas	i knew they were all freaky, whether they admit it or not

11-04-2003, 01:21 AM	#14 (permalink)
Jimbob666 Tilted	I hope nobody thinks I'm saying that it's surprising that women would find porn exciting. The point I'm trying to make is that I think that the average straight male is going to be most excited by different pics and videos than the average straight female, and that most of what's out there is intended more to be exciting to men. There's probably a fortune to be made on porn catered to women.

11-04-2003, 06:18 AM	#15 (permalink)
skysooner Registered User Location: Oklahoma	Everyone has the same basic urges, but of course different things stimulate different people. My wife gets just as turned on by porno as I do, but she responds better to different images than I do.

11-04-2003, 10:16 AM	#16 (permalink)
monty121052 Insane Location: Newcastle-Australia	And why shoud'nt they.Go for it girls.

11-05-2003, 06:50 AM	#18 (permalink)
wannabenakid247 Registered User Location: Wales, UK	I thought that all women were into porn lol

11-09-2003, 02:42 PM	#23 (permalink)
Sensei Black Belt in Slacking Off Location: Portland Or-ah-gun	Totally surprised me, I guess I need to open my mind. __________________ Slacking off with style since 1981.

11-05-2003, 07:10 AM	#19 (permalink)
mb99usa Keep on rolling. It only hurts for a little while. Location: wherever I am	I'm not too surprised by it. Women seem to be able to appreciate another beautiful woman better than a guy can appreciate another handsome guy. So why shouldn't porn be attractive for them as well. __________________ So, what's your point? It's not an attitude, it's a way of life.

11-06-2003, 08:45 PM	#20 (permalink)
Eldaire Loser Location: Davidson College, NC	I'm not sooooo suprised. I mean, I could understand how that would work I guess.

11-08-2003, 06:59 AM	#22 (permalink)
Baldrick We are everywhere... Location: Barrie, Ontario	Doesn't surprise me at all. My wife and her friends always comment on how they find the female form far more attractive than the male. Can't say I disagree! But I would suspect that the type of porn viewed by women might be different than men - in general. More erotic/pornographic stories, less money shot's on the face... __________________ You can be young only once, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...