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[–][deleted] 25 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 0 fun26 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I was curious about your claim, so looked it up and found that PornHub compiled some statistics: https://www.pornhub.com/insights/girls-like-boys-who-like-boys

Women are more likely to consume gay porn than men are (not a big surprise given that most men are straight), but only 37% of PornHub's gay porn viewers are women.

These stats are from 2017.

Regardless, I don't think you're wrong--stereotypes about gay men are ubiquitous. Though take one look in any of the usual LGBT communities and you'll find that they're fair game for those stereotypes.

[–]a_blue_bird 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

From your link:

Overall, Gay Male porn is still the second most popular category among women, but for those over the age of 45 it surpasses “Lesbian” to become the #1 most viewed category.

So ''lesbian'' is the first most popular category among women, and "gay men" the second? What? Really? Why are women watching so much of same sex porn?

[–][deleted] 23 insightful - 4 fun23 insightful - 3 fun24 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Probably because even fake lesbianism is hotter than straight porn. Lol. Straight porn is terrible. But women watching gay porn is always a mystery to me, but I guess it’s the same as how straight men watch lesbians. I figure women watching gay men are superstraight, so two men would be appealing?

[–]indeepshadowsBi woman 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm personally not into porn, but I know many women who love gay porn. I've talked about it with some of them, and they've told it's not only because they think it's hot, but also because they don't like how women are represented in porn. Also, many of them don't like seeing an avatar of themselves in degrading situations (which is very common in porn that has female actors). I guess it's just something they find easier to consume than straight or lesbian porn, even if they are attracted to women, too.