Compare and Contrast

On Friday I was talking with some friends and it occurred to me that there's an interesting parallel between the differences in what men and women find engaging in porn and video games.

For women, the most popular forms of porn (romance novels, fanfic, rom-coms, etc.) involve story, character, conversation, etc. with the sex embedded in that. Whereas when it comes to video games, the most popular ones are short, quick, simple games like Tetris or Zuma or Bejeweled--that kind of thing.

Whereas for men, the popular forms of porn are still photos and cut-to-the-chase sex films. But when it comes to video games there's all this backstory, cut scenes, elaborate graphics, complex gameplay, online interaction, etc.

Obviously, there's a wide range of tastes in genres and genders. But I wonder what's up with that.

Compare and Contrast

On Friday I was talking with some friends and it occurred to me that there's an interesting parallel between the differences in what men and women find engaging in porn and video games.

For women, the most popular forms of porn (romance novels, fanfic, rom-coms, etc.) involve story, character, conversation, etc. with the sex embedded in that. Whereas when it comes to video games, the most popular ones are short, quick, simple games like Tetris or Zuma or Bejeweled--that kind of thing.

Whereas for men, the popular forms of porn are still photos and cut-to-the-chase sex films. But when it comes to video games there's all this backstory, cut scenes, elaborate graphics, complex gameplay, online interaction, etc.

Obviously, there's a wide range of tastes in genres and genders. But I wonder what's up with that.