Other lesbians who came of age in the feminist and post-feminist era told me that the role assigned to women in straight pornography was frequently in opposition with the ideal they strived for in their daily lives, making the movies hard to watch. “It never seemed like they were having fun.” “There’s too much plastic surgery,” she said, adding that the women look “like cyborgs.” And the movies she watched were depressing. For one thing, she doesn’t find female porn stars attractive, no matter whether they’re starring in movies featuring men and women or girl-on-girl action. This Week’s Culture Feast: Film, Music, Art, and TV PicksLevy directed me to her friend Alex (not her real name), who told me why she prefers watching gay male porn rather than straight pornography, or women with women.“I don’t do it, I don’t understand it, but I know so many dykes that watch gay porn,” said Ariel Levy, a writer for The New Yorker who has written on gender and sexuality for the magazine.
“Why would a couple of lesbians want to watch us having sex?”Īs it happens, lesbians liking male gay pornography is not an unknown phenomenon.
“I was totally confused,” said a gay man after seeing the film.
