October 3, 2009

Lesbian Porn vs. Straight Porn

I love porn. Love it. Shall I say it again? I've always loved porn and have been an avid fan since, oh, about 10 years old? Little pervy, I know. Deal with it. But as I grew older and became more keenly aware of my specific likes and dislikes in bed, I became more and more disillusioned with most of the porn out there. You know what I'm talking about, surely: Plastic tits, totally manscaped guy with too-perfect a body and very, very predictable sex. More on that in a few moments.

When I realized my specific kinks were true fetishes, I realized that the average vanilla couple doesn't partake in these things and I started to look for D/s oriented porn that would highlight my fetishes. It was interesting to see all the bondage, blah, blah, but that's just as predictable as ordinary straight sex and never got these knickers wet. Eventually I gave up looking for porn with my type of sex because it's just not out there, and that's really an odd thing when you consider how standard my fetishes really ought to be! I mean, you can find vids of people dressed like ponies shagging people dressed like giant toddlers -- why the fuck can't you find porn in manner of my own kinks?

So I diversified. I started to explore other types of porn. I looked at everything, although I have to admit I found a few genres a bit unusual. At the time, most of the lesbian porn you could find online was strap-on sex, and it was pretty much exactly the same wham-bam shite you'd find in straight porn, except both fucker and fuckee had big plastic tits. This was not appealing either. And then one day I found a site with REAL lesbians who clearly knew what to do with tits and clits. From that moment forward I was hooked. I don't really care if the girls are real lesbians or not as long as they look like they want to be doing what they're doing and as long as they do it well. Which brings me back to that point I was getting to in the first paragraph:

Straight porn almost never looks good. Or sexy. Or satisfying. You get this guy with a nice body who sucks one tit for about 30 seconds; pinches the other nipple a few times; licks clit for about 60 seconds; shoves his fingers in there before the girl even has time to get wet and then starts shagging her. Granted, the men have good rhythm and lovely cocks but that is really where the impressiveness ends. They just look like their only mission is busting a nut and helping male viewers do the same.

I don't want to get into that whole "who's better at muffdiving" thing because straight men get so insecure when people suggest that lesbians would have more of a clue (although I don't see how anything else is possible -- and I certainly don't have a problem with the idea that gay men are probably better at blowjobs) but if I had to guess just from viewing porn, I'd have to say women are light years better than men at getting a woman off. And I don't just mean cunnilingus -- most men just don't know what to do with a pair of tits. Which is odd, when you consider how much time they spend staring at them. Don't get me wrong. I'd rather have sex with a man than a woman. But I think men could probably improve their sex skills by leaps and bounds by watching real lesbian porn because there is nothing to learn from straight porn other than how to shag a woman the wrong way. I mean that sincerely and it goes both ways, as I also recommend women watch some gay porn to improve their blowjob techniques.

xx Isabella

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Transylvanian Miss said...

Yup I couldn't agree more with you there, and I have watched some gay porn albeit not strictly with the idea at the time at improving blowjob skills but I will say one gets some fabulous tips! I don't understand though why they have to make porn so plastic looking? It's just not sexy in any way! It shouldn't always be made with the intention of getting men off, most women like it just as much! Great post as always!
B

Isabella Snow said...

TM -- There were some "for her" type of porn movies made but they seemed too romantic and not raunchy enough for my tastes. I think all women watch porn, we need better filmmakers!

SA -- Some gay porn is pretty hot. Some of it, not so much. I don't like reading M/M erotica, but watching men suck cock can be very sexy. ;-)

Scott said...

To me, porn sucks unless it's real people enjoying themselves. The plastic tits are just a turn off to most men I know. My favorite porn is just women masturbating. The kind where they film themselves. There is nothing sexier than watching a woman make herself cum. Not the fake orgasms you get in the movies, but the real thing. Damn that's hot!!!

Scott

The Panserbjørne said...

Candida Royalle has made some very good films aimed at women or couples which are a nice mix of romantic and raunchy. I don't have titles handy right now, annoyingly enough.

I don't see how anyone could possibly argue that men know better how to please a woman than another woman does. Like Henry Rollins said, you're a man, you don't own one -- you just kinda visit one once in a while. :)

Hi, by the way. Your recent comment in my own journal prompted me to come here and check your stuff out; I liked what I saw so much that I've added you to my watchlist. Keep it up!

-- PB

Isabella Snow said...

Scott -- I'm surprised to hear that some men feel that way about fake tits. I would have thought from all the porn sales that most men love them!

Panser -- Welcome and hello! That's a good philosophy. ;-) Candida Royalle's porn is not at all my style though (and her name annoys the piss out of me -- who wants to be named after a vaginal yeast overgrowth?) Believe me, I know all the porn that's out there and I've yet to see any porn that's hardcore enough, with the right sexual elements and believable actors. Maybe I should start making my own? ;-)

The Panserbjørne said...

Hell, I guess it couldn't hurt. :) I understand that's why Royalle started directing her own, anyway, so you could take THAT much from her at least. Your mileage may, of course, vary. :)

(incidentally, how the hell is it possible that I've been watching porn since Royalle was on the other side of the camera, and never found out where the name comes from? Bleargh.)

-- PB

Isabella Snow said...

But Royalle's are too feminine for my taste. She's making porn for people who read romance novels, not people who want to get off. I'd rather see hardcore sex, lots of BDSM elements -- without getting corny and overdoing it -- and people who don't look like they've been paid to fuck!

And if Candida isn't bad enough, every time I hear Royalle it makes me think of a quarter pounder with cheese. ;-)

The Panserbjørne said...

Oh, I got that. Just meant that at least she had the right idea in that she said "I don't see any porn I like, so I'll make my own." :)

-- PB

Anonymous said...

Isa,

Fake tits are great when you're 15 and jerking off to your dad's Penthouse mag., But by the time I reached 30 I had no use for them anymore. Several of my friends and I have discussed this plenty of times and most of them feel the same. A woman who is comfortable with her sexuality and doesn't care what she looks like when she's getting off is a MUCH bigger turn on!

Scott

Isabella Snow said...

PB -- Oh :) Well ok then. :)

Scott -- Well that still makes for millions of young men who like plastic tits! ;-)

Julia Smith said...

This post had me in stitches:

'You can find vids of people dressed like ponies shagging people dressed like giant toddlers - why the fuck can't you find porn in the manner of my own kinks?'

Amen, sistah. I have the same problem, but I'll never really encounter what I truly crave all in one package. The closest I can get is gay D/s porn, but I can't tell you how studded leather, etc. leaves me cold. I need some gritty historical costume, the menace of real dungeons and not modern basement versions.

lifechick said...

I would like porn a lot more if most of it wasn't so bad!

Isabella Snow said...

Julia -- Ooh, I'd love porn with people dressed up in those types of clothing! Real bodice rippers! Sexy!!!

Lifechick -- Me, too!

Southern Sage said...

I agree with straight porn not being as good. I kinda hope that most folks aren't getting sex pointers from any porn, because it is so bad!

Any guy who thinks he can out eat a lesbian is fooling himself! Sheeesh Even my confidence and cockiness has some boundaries!