# Men: Do you prefer Porn or your woman? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176 "2010-08-04T18:33:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![scamartistry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/41 "2010-08-05T12:07:51Z")
BOTP (beat off to porn) any day of the week ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/42 "2010-08-05T12:11:31Z")
If I had a woman, my preference would be her. But I have to settle for what I have. ---
**Author:** ![Anon2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Anon2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anon2020)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/43 "2010-08-05T12:52:35Z")
I asked the question, and let me rephrase it so it is more specific. Men- Would you rather watch porn for pleasure or have sex with a real live woman? And if you DO prefer porn- Why and is it an addiction for you? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/44 "2010-08-05T13:23:01Z")
> [@History\_Geek](#): > > > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > > > Maybe you can park the Ferrari in the back of the semi, _Knight Rider_-style. > > From now on, “Knight Rider Style” is my favorite euphemism for certain sex acts. Thank you, sir! Use it with my blessing. 🙂 Wait, what sex acts? ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/45 "2010-08-05T14:04:29Z")
> [@Lorac35](#): > > I asked the question, and let me rephrase it so it is more specific. Men- Would you rather watch porn for pleasure or have sex with a real live woman? And if you DO prefer porn- Why and is it an addiction for you? You seem quite interested in porn yourself. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/46 "2010-08-05T14:50:55Z")
In an ideal situation, my woman of course. But porn is a great imagination-enhancer for times when you wind up taking care of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/47 "2010-08-05T15:24:31Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Why can’t I do both, like the late Earl Warren? OK, I know we’re not in GQ anymore, but I’d love to see a cite for this. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![gallan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee59a6/32.png) [@gallan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/48 "2010-08-05T15:33:18Z")
> [@Lorac35](#): > > Men- Would you rather watch porn for pleasure or have sex with a real live woman? Are there really people who prefer sex with their hand to sex with a “real live woman?” That doesn’t make sense to me. Sure, if you’re single whacking off might be cheaper and easier than trolling a bar or signing up for eHarmony. But given the choice between porn and a real woman, why would anyone pick porn? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/49 "2010-08-05T15:48:21Z")
My partner, by a good long shot. Which is not to say I am not capable of being addicted to porn. I think I could become so, so I try to avoid it except with the wife. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/50 "2010-08-05T16:10:40Z")
It’s apples and oranges. Sometimes, like norinew mentioned, I want to make love to my wife, with conversation, foreplay, toys, etc., and do things to each other than can’t be replicated by masturbation. Other times, I just want to look at naughty pictures and get my rocks off without the involvement of another person. So I can’t say I prefer one over the other- I enjoy both for different reasons. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/51 "2010-08-05T19:04:40Z")
If you give us any sexy choice the answer is always both. Would I rather have sex in a box or with a fox? “Ummm, both please.” Here or there? “Both!” On a train or in the rain? “Oh, yes - both.” I’m not much a porn consumer but it has never occurred to me that I need to choose one or the other. They are two completely different things. One is the woman I love and the other is movies (or books or magazines or whatever.) It also hasn’t occurred to me, until now, to wonder whether my wife prefers me or romance novels. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/52 "2010-08-05T20:28:42Z")
Porn is my woman. I call her Sasha. Or Christy. Or sometimes Zara. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/53 "2010-08-05T22:53:46Z")
So this is the third thread started by Lorac35 today on the topic of men and porn, the others posing as advice requests for a woman whose boyfriend prefers porn to her. And Lorac35 signed up very recently. Does anyone else smell troll? ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/54 "2010-08-06T00:25:13Z")
Wife hands down. My wife gets these Victoria Secret catalogs (why–she never buys from them) and tosses them to me as soft porn. After a while, I found them boring. My wife is never boring. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/55 "2010-08-06T00:32:26Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > So this is the third thread started by Lorac35 today on the topic of men and porn, the others posing as advice requests for a woman whose boyfriend prefers porn to her. And Lorac35 signed up very recently. > > Does anyone else smell troll? Or just someone with Issues about porn. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/56 "2010-08-06T02:57:26Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Does anyone else smell troll? Best. Troll. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![History\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b19c9b/32.png) [@History\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/History_Geek)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/57 "2010-08-06T05:08:45Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > > [@History\_Geek](#): > > > > From now on, “Knight Rider Style” is my favorite euphemism for certain sex acts. Thank you, sir! > > Use it with my blessing. 🙂 > > Wait, what sex acts? As many as I can possibly apply it to! Now I just have to get the girlfriend to put on the headband with the little orange LED bar… ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/58 "2010-08-06T19:25:56Z")
> [@History\_Geek](#): > > > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > > > Use it with my blessing. 🙂 > > > > Wait, what sex acts? > > As many as I can possibly apply it to! > Now I just have to get the girlfriend to put on the headband with the little orange LED bar… A whole new reason to call it her “Kit-ty”! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/59 "2010-08-06T19:42:35Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > > [@Lemur866](#): > > > > Why can’t I do both, like the late Earl Warren? > > OK, I know we’re not in GQ anymore, but I’d love to see a cite for this. 🆒 I don’t know if this is a whoosh, but it’s from _The Simpsons_ **Marge** : Do you want your son to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or a sleazy male stripper? **Homer** : Can’t he be both, like the late Earl Warren? **Marge** : Earl Warren wasn’t a stripper! **Homer** : Now who’s being naïve?! ---
**Author:** ![Anon2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Anon2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anon2020)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176/60 "2010-08-06T19:57:02Z")
gallen, to answer your question- Yes, there are people who would rather masturbate to porn than put forth the effort/involvement of sex with a person. That’s why I asked the question if and how it is an addiction for one who prefers masturbation(to porn) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-porn-or-your-woman/549176.md?page=4)