One nation under bareback
June 25, 2024 12:18 PM Subscribe
To mark Pride month, Pornhub collaborated with the LGBTQ+ culture site pride.com to round up data on what kinds of gay porn have amassed popularity with viewers, although they didn’t release exact information about their data collection or sample sizes. As we’ve noted before, yassified masturbation surveillance isn’t exactly the most ideal scenario, but it’s here and it’s certainly queer.
from Vintage Cowboys and Cruising: What Gay Porn Viewers Are Searching For by State [Them] [CW: PornHub, Big Data]
That's what it looks like.
posted by pracowity at 12:55 PM on June 25 [1 favorite]
posted by pracowity at 12:55 PM on June 25 [1 favorite]
It's just gay male porn, yes. I guess lesbian porn doesn't qualify as gay, but as straight porn, since it is mostly watched by and made for straight men?
The actual chart on the Pornhub page is interesting -- top search term for gay male porn in Japan was "Japanese" -- seems a little narcissistic. Australia loves "straight guys," but Russia, most of Europe, and most of South America are all about the "twinks." North America is "bareback" all the way.
But once you get into the state by state breakdown, things start to get spicy: Louisiana supports our troops with "real military," Idaho needs "bromance," and the Iowans like the simple pleasures of "old man solo."
posted by Saxon Kane at 1:19 PM on June 25 [2 favorites]
The actual chart on the Pornhub page is interesting -- top search term for gay male porn in Japan was "Japanese" -- seems a little narcissistic. Australia loves "straight guys," but Russia, most of Europe, and most of South America are all about the "twinks." North America is "bareback" all the way.
But once you get into the state by state breakdown, things start to get spicy: Louisiana supports our troops with "real military," Idaho needs "bromance," and the Iowans like the simple pleasures of "old man solo."
posted by Saxon Kane at 1:19 PM on June 25 [2 favorites]
and the Iowans like the simple pleasures of "old man solo."
My new retirement plan: Herky Jerky.
posted by pracowity at 1:54 PM on June 25 [2 favorites]
My new retirement plan: Herky Jerky.
posted by pracowity at 1:54 PM on June 25 [2 favorites]
Is this the most popular by state, or the most distinctively popular by state? Many of these "most popular food by state" or "favorite TV shows by state" maps are the latter, because "most popular" is usually the same, and they don't want to show 50 states of "pizza" or "NFL football." Whereas the "most popular food" map might, hypothetically, show crabs in Maryland only because 0.7 percent of Marylanders love crabs, and the national average is 0.1 percent.
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 2:05 PM on June 25 [9 favorites]
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 2:05 PM on June 25 [9 favorites]
show crabs in Maryland
yer using PornHub wrong
posted by chavenet at 2:18 PM on June 25 [9 favorites]
yer using PornHub wrong
posted by chavenet at 2:18 PM on June 25 [9 favorites]
As a Marylander, I assure you it's far more than 0.7 percent.
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:05 PM on June 25 [6 favorites]
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:05 PM on June 25 [6 favorites]
Geez, Iowa, let Harrison Ford have his privacy.
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model at 3:39 PM on June 25 [8 favorites]
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model at 3:39 PM on June 25 [8 favorites]
Han shot first.
posted by Reverend John at 5:24 PM on June 25 [9 favorites]
posted by Reverend John at 5:24 PM on June 25 [9 favorites]
It's just gay male porn, yes. I guess lesbian porn doesn't qualify as gay, but as straight porn, since it is mostly watched by and made for straight men?
Honestly, I think it's this plus the delightful intersection of homophobia and misogyny, where gay men are a punchline and lesbians don't exist.
posted by hoyland at 6:29 PM on June 25 [11 favorites]
Honestly, I think it's this plus the delightful intersection of homophobia and misogyny, where gay men are a punchline and lesbians don't exist.
posted by hoyland at 6:29 PM on June 25 [11 favorites]
I had always understood gay to refer to men? LGBTQ treats gay and lesbian as different words. Maybe the distinction has gotten fuzzy in the last thirty years.
posted by constraint at 8:47 PM on June 25 [2 favorites]
posted by constraint at 8:47 PM on June 25 [2 favorites]
It's called frotting, North Dakota.
Looking at the world map, reports of Twink death are overrated.
posted by fluttering hellfire at 7:22 AM on June 26 [1 favorite]
Looking at the world map, reports of Twink death are overrated.
posted by fluttering hellfire at 7:22 AM on June 26 [1 favorite]
>I had always understood gay to refer to men? LGBTQ treats gay and lesbian as different words. Maybe the distinction has gotten fuzzy in the last thirty years.
I think it's more like many words where the male version can optionally include women. Like the way "hey guys" could be said to all men, all women, or a mix, whereas "hey ladies" generally only applies to a group of women. But if you said "let's play team trivia, guys vs ladies" the context would tell us you meant men vs women.
Merriam Webster says:
1a: of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to people of one's same sex
—often used to refer to men only
posted by mrgoldenbrown at 1:10 PM on June 26 [1 favorite]
I think it's more like many words where the male version can optionally include women. Like the way "hey guys" could be said to all men, all women, or a mix, whereas "hey ladies" generally only applies to a group of women. But if you said "let's play team trivia, guys vs ladies" the context would tell us you meant men vs women.
Merriam Webster says:
1a: of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to people of one's same sex
—often used to refer to men only
posted by mrgoldenbrown at 1:10 PM on June 26 [1 favorite]
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