In May, researchers found that people who try to suppress sexual thoughts might end up thinking about it even more. The study also revealed that for women who like BDSM (roleplay involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism) two or more of the same gendered participants removed off-putting gender power dynamics from a scene. 'PornHub estimates women make up 37 per cent of its m/m porn viewers – suggesting that women represent viable secondary consumers of m/m porn', said Dr Neville.ĭr Neville looked at how women produce and consume different types of pornography - from slashfic (which involves looking at sexual relationships between characters of the same sex) to erotic texts and visual pornography.Ī University of Leicester criminologist believes that unlike heterosexual pornography, women who watch gay male porn do not have to feel guilty about women performers (stock image) Gay male porn was the second most popular choice for female users of PornHub for the past two years.
'While some meet the existence of women enjoying m/m sexually explicit media with surprise, there is growing acceptance that it is perhaps not quite as uncommon as first thought,' said Dr Neville. Most women who watch gay porn 'imagine themselves' as men during their sexual fantasies, according to a new book (stock image)Īccording to Dr Lucy Neville, a Lecturer in Criminology from the University of Leicester, 55 per cent of women surveyed imagined themselves as the opposite sex.Īll the 500 women who were studied as part of the five-year long project watched male on male erotica.