I suspect mileage varies a lot here. But I’m a little confused. You’re comparing porn, which depicts people without clothes, in explicitly sexual positions and acts, with people in general? With clothes on? Do you mean just someone walking down the street? Obviously someone without clothes, or in a sexual position or activity, is generally going to be more arousing than a person in a non-sexual situation: this seems like it would be fairly robust across all genders and orientations.
Do you mean arousal from women in non-sexual situations? Or do you mean arousal from women in sexual situations but not from photos or videos or textual depictions of women in sexual situations? Or is this just about “mainstream” vs. alternative depictions? I’m curious what you mean.
I’ve noticed that people critical of porn (I don’t mean you) have a very narrow view of what “mainstream” porn is that doesn’t match my experience; it’s very common for someone to complain about porn in general because they object to a few specific things that are only in some porn.
Yes, I was saying that I often find actual women, even those in non-sexual situations, even those wearing clothes on, more arousing than women in porn, depicted without clothes, in explicitly sexual positions and acts.
I hope that clears things up.
I can easily see where this might be an artifact of a relatively narrow porn sample; I’m not especially a connoisseur of porn.
I suspect mileage varies a lot here. But I’m a little confused. You’re comparing porn, which depicts people without clothes, in explicitly sexual positions and acts, with people in general? With clothes on? Do you mean just someone walking down the street? Obviously someone without clothes, or in a sexual position or activity, is generally going to be more arousing than a person in a non-sexual situation: this seems like it would be fairly robust across all genders and orientations.
Do you mean arousal from women in non-sexual situations? Or do you mean arousal from women in sexual situations but not from photos or videos or textual depictions of women in sexual situations? Or is this just about “mainstream” vs. alternative depictions? I’m curious what you mean.
I’ve noticed that people critical of porn (I don’t mean you) have a very narrow view of what “mainstream” porn is that doesn’t match my experience; it’s very common for someone to complain about porn in general because they object to a few specific things that are only in some porn.
Yes, I was saying that I often find actual women, even those in non-sexual situations, even those wearing clothes on, more arousing than women in porn, depicted without clothes, in explicitly sexual positions and acts.
I hope that clears things up.
I can easily see where this might be an artifact of a relatively narrow porn sample; I’m not especially a connoisseur of porn.