Are We Finally Ready To Admit That These 23 Porn-Induced Sex Acts Are More Hype Than Satisfaction?
Reddit user sweetestbell asked the community, "What illusions did you have about sex due to watching porn?"
The over-the-top sex acts people saw in porn may look fun, but in reality, can be one giant fail.
So, here are some kinky things people learned from porn that unfortunately didn't spice up their love lives:
Note: Some submissions were pulled from this Reddit thread by user ladyonchain.
Note: These submissions don't reflect a universal experience of sex acts people dislike. Everyone's story is different.
1."The instant a woman is touched, she’s moaning and panting like she’s in the middle of an earth-shattering orgasm. Teenage me got to third base with my girlfriend at the time and was baffled why she wasn’t on the verge of passing out from sheer ecstasy by having my finger inside her."
2."I thought my penis would stay hard for way longer than it actually does. These guys are rock hard — they can poke through dry wall."
3."All women love to give blowjobs, and they love it when you cum on their face. I had a girlfriend who thought that lube was not required for anal. She never tried it before and tried to tell me she did not need any, as the ones on the net didn't. Thank god I convinced her otherwise."
4."How tiring it can be. It’s a proper workout, which is totally different from masturbating. You don’t realize how fit a lot of porn stars are."
5."Stopping and changing positions every three minutes is a good experience."
6."Women only want massive penises stretching them out. It turns out most of the women I’ve been with have thoroughly enjoyed the mostly 'average penis-ing' I’ve given them."
7."That I'm a failure if I can't receive fast penetration with minimal foreplay. They all do it so often, and not even lube can help me if I get close to no foreplay."
8."As a closeted LGBTQ+ kid who looked like they were 12 years old at 18, I developed a significant amount of body hair relatively young. I mean jungle in my pants hairy. In all of the LGBTQ+ porn I saw, everyone was almost, if not completely, smooth. I felt like I had a bad body back then due to being so small, and this did not help. I thought something was seriously wrong with me, and no one would want to have sex with me. I'm over it now, but it really messed with my head for a while there."
9."I've discovered that men raised with easy access to video porn seem to think only your genitals are supposed to touch and nothing else. They do not seem to understand these positions are required for the camera to get a look at what is going on, NOT because that’s how a lot of people have sex."
10."I started watching when I was a super young girl, and I truly thought squirting was the norm. I spent most of my teens trying to make it happen and was very insecure about it until I realized not everyone does, or at least not every time, lol. I felt so embarrassed."
11."That women really want a guy to screw them for 30 minutes non-stop."
12."Sex is just about fucking in various positions. Porn never mentions or shows people getting to know each other, connecting, having experiences together, building trust, discussing needs, establishing boundaries, sharing feelings, having doubts and insecurities, overcoming challenges, or caring for each other. One-night stands, cheating, and sex work has mental, emotional, and social aspects that are ignored in porn."
13."People will initiate sex quickly without being awkward. Even my most experienced partner was just kinda staring at me for 15 minutes, lol. Also, in real life, dirty talk almost always just sounds really funny."
14."That asking for permission to do certain positions and communicating during sex wasn't sexy. I realized intimacy and communication go hand in hand and THAT is always sexy."
15."The 'zipless fuck.' In porn, there is never any sort of awkwardness getting undressed, flouncing around with your foot stuck in your pants, or remembering you forgot the lube when you're wearing one complete outfit between the two of you. But no, no, no — your clothes just sensually fall off into oblivion as you approach the bed, and by the time you fall onto the sheets, you're completely naked."
16."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."
17."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."
18."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."
19."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)."
20."Women don’t use vibrators during sex."
21."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."
22."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."
23.And finally, "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."
Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
