When it comes to porn, it can be overwhelming to choose just one video or story among SOOOOO many options. What gets you off doesn't have to be the same as what gets your BFF off, or your partner, or anyone for that matter. You do you. However, if you're looking to expand into new categories or hear arguments for genres you normally might not browse, here are 12 women and femme-identifying people on their go-to porn genre.
- "My go-to choice is soft, black and white, artsy porn gifs. I find most of my porn on Tumblr and rely solely on gifs to get off. Videos get me off too quickly, and there's always something that throws me off since they're so unpredictable. I like that with a gif, I can watch it for five seconds, know what to expect, and can trust that it won't become offensive or gross in a later scene. I mostly watch lesbian porn, but I'll watch straight porn if the guy plays a minimal role and if his face isn't showing. I'm bisexual, but I just find most men in porn to be so aggressive that it turns me off." —Rachel, 26
- "It's a tie between FFM (female, female, male) threesomes and squirting. I like FFM threesome porn because there's generally a lot of different sexy things going on to tune into, and it’s a fantasy of mine that I'm not sure I’m ready to live out yet. As for the squirting porn—I like when the scene involves a couple. I think it's hot to see a woman having an orgasm that intense with a partner." —Celeste, 23
- "There are two major categories I go to for porn: lesbian couple's sex, or multiple guys with one girl gang-bangs. I find that if I haven't watched porn in a little, while I prefer longer, more soft or romantic lesbian porn; but when I'm hornier or masturbating multiple times a day, I prefer more male perspective porn, specifically gang-bangs. I love imagining myself in those situations, and tend to find the hornier I am to begin with, the less realistic my fantasies I want my porn to fulfill." —Hannah, 23
- "I always find myself getting off on any type of hardcore porn that involves a woman being handled roughly and/or taken control of. spanking, nipple play, and all types of fingering just put me in a mental place where i can't help but feel good. tbh anything that doesn't include nipple or ass play is boring to me because it feels like wasted potential." —Stephanie, 27
- "My top choice is soft-romantic lesbian porn. It's sensual, filled with foreplay and erotic. It's easy to place myself in their position and imagine as I'm receiving oral. Any mainstream heterosexual porn minimizes foreplay on the woman and emphasizes positions that place the man as an aggressive superior. I also like two woman rimming/giving oral to a man. It's a turn-on to see a man in a vulnerable act where he's expressing the pleasure he's receiving. I find that having the two women vs. the man balances the feminine/masculine energy, as men are the main character of mainstream porn by default." —Courtney, 27
- "My top categories are usually lesbian, gang bangs, interracial, or female masturbation. I'm a bisexual woman currently in a long term straight relationship, and when I watch porn, I usually like to visualize a situation that I'm not typically experiencing. I think these categories reflect my dating/sexual history prior to entering into my current relationship. These genres remind me of my sexual autonomy outside of my relationship. When I'm masturbating, it's all about me and what I like, so I cover all bases." —Leann, 25
- "I almost exclusively watch girl-on-girl scenes. I love having sex with men, but guy/girl porn has always seemed so mechanical to me. Girl on girl has more kissing, more touching, it's just sexier and is more of a turn on. While this isn't the case for everyone, watching this kind of porn reconfirmed and allowed me to explore what I'd suspected for a while: I'm bisexual." —Simone, 35
- "If I'm looking on Pornhub, I tend to go for the 'babe' category, as it's where I feel like the women tend to look like me, especially in terms of body type. Finding acceptable porn to watch feels like applying a harm reduction model. Within that category, I prefer amateur stuff, because it reproduces the kind of sex I enjoy having. However, recently, I’ve been trying to not go to Pornhub as much and buying more directly from sex workers for porn for political reasons. This is in contrast to the 'for women' category which I have never liked. That feels like a caricature of feminine desire, which apparently means candles and soft music instead of hot people having sex in ways that would reasonably make any of the women participants orgasm." —Fiona, 28
- "Amateur blowjob porn. I like the authentic enthusiasm of it—you have to be excited about BJs to film yourself getting or giving one. I also really like the sounds (if the receiver moans, talks dirty, etc.) because I find they seem more real than what you'll typically hear in mainstream, produced porn. In my IRL sex life, I love both giving and receiving oral sex, so it turns me on a lot to see that represented in a way that feels real and even sometimes romantic." —Kate, 27
- "As a teenager, I definitely read a lot of smut online or found decent porn blogs on Tumblr. There was lots of non-aggressive content created by women, which was amazing. Since Tumblr banned porn, I don’t really watch it as much. If I do, it’s usually a video of someone using a vibrator/another toy on someone else because it's just slightly less fake than a man jackhammering some poor woman while she moans super dramatically." —Kennedy, 20
- "In terms of reading porn, I like all types, and read a lot of the BDSM type. Some/most of it may be fanfic/self-insert because I have to have some sort of personal connection to the character to get into it. However, for watching I'm only comfortable with romantic or affectionate-looking porn. I don't want to see anything that even looks violent, even if there was consent." —Lauren, 24
- "My go-to genre changes often. I'm currently into girls making out, but nothing more than a lil' groping. I enjoy the simplicity of being with a woman because of how low pressure and easy going it can feel. Kissing can just get you there sometimes. But then some periods, I prefer big, burly, hairy men pleasuring and/or submitting themselves because it makes me feel like I'm seeing it from their perspective and am them." —Lindsay, 22
Quotes have been edited for clarity.
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This article originally appeared on Cosmopolitan.com. Minor edits have been made by the Cosmo.ph editors.
