Gender Identification and Porn Image Preference

[zathras52003]

Tried to use the search function and was getting some weird site errors. Something about stacks of overflowing buffers. Or something.

Conventional wisdom, generalization, etc. is that women prefer erotic stories while men prefer pictures/video. Is that really true? I have found that the lady in my life prefers "artful" BDSM pictures, usually BDSM, and usually well-composed pictures.

So, what does everyone else say? Conventional wisdom wrong? Regardless of gender identification, what is it in a picture or story that gets you revved up?

For me- amature women, who don't have perfect bodies, but are very confident in their submission. I find play parties especially erotic. I also like women edging men.

 

[twister947]

Porn is never as vivid as my imagination. I have almost never masturbated to images from porn.

I know, that didn't answer the question directly, but it is about preferences. If forced to choose, I would go with words over images, because words convey nuance that images only rarely capture.

 

[desertslave]

Porn is never as vivid as my imagination. I have almost never masturbated to images from porn.

I know, that didn't answer the question directly, but it is about preferences. If forced to choose, I would go with words over images, because words convey nuance that images only rarely capture.

Yup, same here. I think part of it is that I engage more with words than a static picture or even a video. Some very good videos (probably 1 in 100) might get me hot & bothered. I've read books that got me going multiple times in one read-through.

I do have a very small collection of photos that I like, erotically. Many of them were sent to me by Master at one time or another. Some I found on my own. I like them, especially, because of facial expressions. That one frozen moment, to me, tells a very interesting story. I've used some of them for writing inspiration.

 

[Netzach]

Still pictures here. I don't care for vid clips but give me one really striking still that has a story leaking in around the edges, one that invites me to fill in the blanks? That's what I like.

I don't find a lot of fiction I like. Well written always goes for dark and depressing levels of conflict to show what good writing it is and that's a turnoff. I'm not interested in sex as an agenda when I am interested in sex. I don't enjoy reading what I'd be proud of writing as an erotic experience.

Lightly written is almost always crap to the point where it's distracting. I'd rather read "anonymous people have sex in an elevator" than "billionaire" ANYthing ever ever ever.

Leatherdaddy and the Femme is the only book I ever really went to read for erotic factors over and over, it's the right enough balance, the sex is hot, the characters are likeable, no major angst - it's an affectionate tone without being stupid.

Because of my gig, I can also say that there is a minority of men that is still large enough to be statistically significant, who prefer story and audio and/or captioned still pics to standard porn video. The adult market doesn't understand that this market segment exists, and continues to market almost all non-video porn as "porn for women." Missed opportunity. Though I suspect, as with "Playgirl" a lot of the material finds its way into repurposing.

 

[KoPilot]

Writing all the way for me. Though that's more by necessity than anything else. If I could actually -find- what really got me going in the real world, I'd be a different person I'm sure. Let's just say that meatspace stopped being a source of inspiration once I was no longer shorter than 5' even.

Neither man nor woman btw.

 

[zathras52003]

Great responses everyone. Given the nature of this site, I guess it should be expected that writing will keep an edge over photos.

That said, I have pulled a few from my tumblr blog that I really like. These are all re-posts from other blogs. If you track the original photo down (April 2013 page on my archive) you can see where it was re-posted from.


Amazing.
http://zathras52003.tumblr.com/image/49093901203

http://zathras52003.tumblr.com/image/49091285349

http://zathras52003.tumblr.com/image/49092039995


Very Hot.
http://zathras52003.tumblr.com/image/49093722160

http://zathras52003.tumblr.com/post/49091787458/yes-indeed (This one clicks through to Adult Empire)

 

[Arlan]

Writing most of the time. Special effects are free for writers, and "camera" angles are limitless.
Still pictures - It can be nice to get the visuals, but if I had to choose, I'd rather have something that tells a whole story. Isn't that the point of porn - giving you some sexy material for your brain when you don't want to bother making it up yourself?
Video porn - meh. If it had the kind of production a hollywood movie gets, it might be cool, but it never does.

I suspect that graphic novel style porn could be good: Something to look at that tells the whole story so I don't have to make it up, and isn't limited by reality or camera angles. (You do need some kind of visual reference point, but it can be anywhere - not just places you could reasonably stick a camera.) However, I haven't gone looking for it yet.

I'm not female. I haven't decided yet whether to be male or just opt out.

 

[Rawwse28]

When I was younger - teenager - early 20's - reading was what turned me on most.
I think I disliked video porn as it didnt represent me, or feel realistic.

I watch porn a bit more now - but very specifically what I have fetishes for.

I enjoy most chatting as a form to get turned out - when I'm connected with someone and we are building off each other and creating an idea of what could be and we desire from one another. This is what will soak me.

I've almost completely stopped reading sexual stories - I think its a bit of a shame. But I'm so picky for what I want and like. I'd probably like to write my own stories.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I was always a reader, mostly because nobody was representing the things that got me off, visually. I had to write it myself, and once the Internet happened I discovered a lot of people who had similar taste, and we shared.
Eventually, the artists caught up, and Western hentai was born
That availability, plus (I am sure) my new testosterone levels, has really skewed my preferences towards images-- and diminished my fiction-writing abilities like whoah, which is a shame.

 

[Ropebunny]

I think I may be I the minority as I am female and prefer video.

It's because I'm lazy I think - when I'm getting off on my own I want it to be quick, satisfying and effective. I don't want to faff around trying to find a story that will do the trick, or spend time trawling the depths of the internet for the specific image that will take me over the edge. With video I know what I like, where to find it and can be done in 10 mins if I need to be. Also, a huge part of my arousal tends to be sound (especially those lovely muffled moans that one makes while gagged) and the best ways for me to get that is through video.