People Confessed Sex Acts From Porn They Thought Would Be Spicy, But Were In Fact Pretty Darn Mild
Reddit user ladyonchain asked the community, "What is one myth about sex that porn made you believe?
Welp, people admitted pretty wild sex acts they tried from porn that turned out to be disappointing in the bedroom. Unfortunately, some positions just aren't as spicy as they seem.
So, here are some hotttttt things people learned from porn that didn't spice up their love lives:
Note: Some submissions were pulled from this Reddit thread by user CampaignVivid.
Note: These submissions don't reflect a universal experience of sex acts people dislike. Everyone's story is different.
1."Shower sex looked so fun. Then reality hits, and one person is either cold or getting blasted in the face with water and trying not to slip. Just a heads up for you younger men out there: Shampoo, soap, and conditioner burn if they get in your pee hole."
2."As someone who [tried a sudden switch to anal sex with a woman], it nearly broke my dick in half (to say nothing of her bruised and bloodied corn hole). I have no clue why anyone would try it. An unprepared butthole is no place for a penis."
3."Soft-porn sex scenes in films made me think you could just finish and catch your breath and fall asleep. In reality there is a bit more clean up. If she's on top and you're not using a condom, it might drip on you when she gets off. You don't care about the mess at the time, but once you've finished, it's like doing the dishes after a dinner party."
4."That choking, gagging, and tearing up when giving head is enjoyable. Clearly it’s not — also having your head pulled towards the crotch so the dick is further in your throat. Don’t ever use force and let the girl 'work' unless she’s asked you to and she likes the sudden force."
5."A lot of what we see in porn is VERY kinky. Some people do enjoy it, but the way porn normalizes it, it means people are going into these situations without the right communication skills (e.g., negotiating scenes first, even knowing they should). It also means a lot of men truly devalue women who enjoy it. Play is supposed to be exactly that: A liminal state where you're acting as if something that is not true...is. All of this leads to a messy cocktail of poor consent practices, true (instead of playful) degradation, and quite a mess. It's unfortunate."
6."That fingering a girl is like trying to start a fire with two sticks: the faster and harder you do it, the better the reaction. I played that poor girl's pelvic floor like a drum..."
7."That women don’t use vibrators during sex."
8."I always thought you started out with a 10-minute blowjob before sex. I gave one to my first boyfriend and realized that’s not gonna work if I wanna have sex with him 💀."
"From a man's perspective, I also thought this was how it was supposed to be done. But when my girlfriend (now wife) does a blowjob as foreplay, I have to sometimes stop her after a short while because otherwise there would be no 'traditional' penetration. It's so hot and feels awesome, but yeah — it can be too good to handle :D."
9."When a guy enters the vagina, you can 'really tell.' I’m aware that you’re inside of me, but you aren’t amazing just because you found the hole and entered. You need to really work at finding and attacking that G-spot (or my clit — you could attack that)."
10."Stamina is not as easy as it looks (and flexibility is not as common as I thought). And you don't just tear off the clothing and start bumping immediately. Grabbing her, pawing at her, and kissing her doesn't make her wet right away. Sometimes kissing her back/neck, and rubbing her leg or thighs is more effective..."
11."That ALL gay men want anal, or they have to be a 'top' or 'bottom' in order to enjoy sex and be a 'real gay person.' In my experience as a gay man, I've seen a lot of men enjoy being a 'side' (a 'side' is a gay man who mostly enjoys oral, and other stuff that's not anal)."
12."That smacking her clit with my dick repeatedly gets her wet, and that's the only foreplay needed."
"I tried this with an ex. She started laughing and asked, 'Why do guys do that?' I asked, 'It doesn't feel good?' and she said, 'No — it doesn't do anything.' I haven't done it since."
13."Oh my god, so many. The biggest is that sex and intimacy are always this glamorous thing. Bodies on anyone outside of the industry do NOT look that 'perfect,' nor are the positions realistic. Bodies sweat, bodies get tired, bodies have hair on them, and sometimes dicks get soft for no reason."
14."You can thrust six times a second for a long time and it's still pleasurable."
15."That anything adventurous is just up for grabs without prior conversation and consent (wild positions, pain, anal, oral, what's happening with my load)."
"My best friend got married and on the wedding night she said to him, 'You can fuck my arse,' so he did. She must have been feeling too good after a day of drinking and shat everywhere, diarrhea style (he told me this long after the divorce)."
16."As a woman, I can definitely say one of the biggest lies porn has told men is the best way to go down on a woman is to put your tongue on her labia and shake your head violently back and forth. The end. Boom. Orgasm city."
17."That sex isn't tiring. After 20 minutes it's like I ran a marathon. Take a quick water break, then get back to the race."
18."You absolutely have to make noise to be sexy to your partner. It took me years to get over the fact that it’s not ACTUALLY a bad thing to enjoy yourself and not be super loud while having done so."
19."That I should expect my partner to eagerly want sex frequently without effort. These expectations would just turn me into an asshole."
20."All girls like a big dick. It turns out many like it in theory, but in reality, there are a lot of limitations involved, and not every girl can handle it (let alone enjoy it). Some girls have actually been afraid, while others were in pain and had to stop. It's not all fun and games."
21.And finally, "A man jackhammering a woman's vagina with his penis will have her in the throes of ecstasy within seconds. Turns out that's not the case. I spent way too long wondering what was wrong with me because I didn't really get much out of that. It turns out that he didn't know what he was doing, and I didn't know enough about my own body to recognize that."
Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
