So why are so many gay and straight men today watching porn that doesn’t match up with their sexual identity labels? To understand this, it’s important to recognize that people’s sexual identities have never been perfectly consistent with their sexual attractions and behaviors. Likewise, among the 134 heterosexual men who took part in the study, almost all (99%) had watched straight porn however, 21% said they had watched man-on-man porn.įor reference, 153 bisexual men took part in the study and most of them reported having watched both gay male porn (96%) and heterosexual porn (88%). Of the 534 gay men who participated, almost all (98%) had watched gay porn however, 55% said they had watched at least some heterosexual porn. However, research suggests that this isn’t actually the case and that there’s a lot of “identity-discrepant” porn viewing going on among men.Īs some evidence of this, consider a recent study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior in which researchers surveyed 821 adult American men who reported having watched porn in the last month. A lot of people assume that men only watch porn that is consistent with their sexual identity-in other words, that straight guys only watch straight porn, while gay guys only watch gay porn.
