Incredibly nosy TMI poll

[sholio]

So ... I made a comment elsewhere that got me thinking about sex in fanfic, and then I started having one of those "... am I the only one?" sort of ponderings, and so I made an extremely nosy TMI poll about it. If you don't read explicit fanfic, this will probably not be at all interesting to you.

The thing is, written sex doesn't turn me on. At all, really -- there are extremely rare instances where that's not the case, but as a general rule, no. But I know from reading comments elsewhere that this is definitely not true of everybody. So I'm curious ... am I a total fandom outlier, or not?

I've got "detailed results" turned off, so the only person who can see who answered what is me (though the graphs are visible to everyone). If you'd like to answer anonymously in the comments instead, so that even *I* can't see who you are, that's perfectly fine! I swear I'm not asking out of prurient curiosity; it's not like I'm sitting around wondering "Hey, does so & so on my f'list wank off to internet porn?" Like I said above, I'm just kinda curious how the numbers would stack up. Are there just a couple people who are, like me, unmoved by porn? Or the majority? Inquiring minds are very curious! (I thought about doing this f'locked, but total anonymity wouldn't be an option that way, and I wanted to leave that option available to people who wanted it.) And obviously, if you are not comfortable answering this poll, please don't!

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Comments

[inamac.livejournal.com]

If I didn't know better I'd think I'd written this. Maybe it's an age thing? Though I've had the black file of really hot stories beside the bed since pre-internet days so can't entirely blame the menopause (maybe NC17 should be available in lieu of HRT?)

[(Anonymous)]

*grins* Glad to know I'm not alone. I also kept stories with 'explicit' sex scenes in pre-internet days, pre-menopausal days. (Usually some of the racier romances and, now that my horizons have expanded, not so explicit after all.) But none of it was as arousing as when I already have an emotional connection to my favorite fanfic pairs. And, truly, good fanfic is much better at delving into the emotional component between a pairing, even if the sex is non-explicit or fade-to-black. Add emotional component to NC-17, and - wow! Also, yummy!

maybe NC17 should be available in lieu of HRT?

*ponders* Well, the varying responses to this question - Thank you for posting it, Friendshipper! - make it clear that a very large part of response to sex-in-fanfic is mental. So it certainly wouldn't work for everyone; maybe not even a majority. But, yes, the right style of NC-17 for a particular person might well take its place along HRT. ;)