Friday, May 27, 2011

Turns out men and women are different. Who knew?

Fascinating article about how men and women surf the web differently in the area of erotica. I know this will come as a surprise but ... men and women are different!!!

From the Wall Street Journal, of all places:
"The Online World of Female Desire"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704463804576291181510459902.html?mod=WSJ_article_onespot

The subtitle sums it up well:
"For women indulging their curiosity, Internet erotica is less about flesh than about finding Mr. Right"

"One of our most interesting findings was that women are very different from men in how they use these online services. All across the planet, what most women seek out, in growing numbers, are not explicit scenes of sexual activity but character-driven stories of romantic relationships."

"Women account for only one out of 50 purchases of porn-site subscriptions, but they make nine out of 10 purchases of romance novels."

"Men who are attracted to a particular actress may go online looking for racy photos of her. Women who are attracted to an actor are more likely to seek out personal details about his life or erotic stories featuring one of the characters he portrays."

"Some female readers might be thinking, 'This doesn't describe me at all!' And, in fact, somewhere between a quarter and a third of the visitors to the major pornography sites are women. Our data suggest that these women probably have a higher sex drive than other women and that they are more socially aggressive and more comfortable taking risks."

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