Pornhub Puts A Mirror In Front Of Us
Pornhub has tracked what we search.
Pornhub, the adult film website, released the map of the most searched terms by state. “Lesbian” was the most popular search term in 30 U.S. states, according to the report published in partnership with media outlet Vocativ.
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Welcome to the United States of Hypocrites, where the former Jim Crow south loves watching ebony porn, homophobes love watching lesbians eat each other out, and families secretly fantasize about intimately loving each other. This kind of analysis makes us feel good, but does not tell the whole story.
Yes, it certainly seems hypocritical that so many people want to watch two women in private yet in public act like the thought of them actually wanting to share a life together disgusts them. The conflicted often hide their true desires in the closet. We have seen this countless times with politicians and religious leaders spouting anti-gay sentiments only to end up in a scandal with a male intern, or those fighting against prostitution and adultery in the name of “family” only to be found having a mistress or frequenting hookers.
However, sex and marriage are two different things, and there’s nothing in the study to indicate that people watching lesbian porn are anti-gay marriage hypocrites. We actually don’t even know how many of the searches are by actual women or lesbians.
The search for “lesbian” itself does not indicate homosexual activity but more of a primary tool for practicing patriarchal fetishes. Porn consumers inject themselves into the videos and show a preference for the absence of men, helping them edge toward the fantasy of being with more than one woman at a time. If we were in a matriarchal system, “gay” would replace lesbian as the most popular searches of the states.
So what did we learn from this study.? Not much actually. Releasing this ultimately useless information was a great way to let people know what categories Pornhub has to offer. Cynically, one could look at this as a brilliant marketing move disguised as information dissemination in an effort to attract new, paying visitors.
