Feminist Cindy Gallop says:

I don’t know about you, but when I’m watching porn to get myself off, I can’t avoid processing it through the lens of female experience.

My brain keeps up a running commentary along the lines of: ‘I know that hurts,' or 'If she keeps her leg up there one more minute she’s going to get cramp,’ and ‘I know she’s not coming because nothing in that position could conceivably cause her to come…’ Result: end of turn-on.

As with every other entertainment industry – Hollywood, television, publishing – porn is dominated by men at the top, misguidedly focused only on men as the audience. As a result, most mainstream porn reflects a male-centric worldview in all sorts of ways.

Mainstream porn’s entire purpose is to get the man off – which, with porn acting as default sex education in the absence of discussion of real world sex - results in men and women growing up believing the entire purpose of sex is to get the man off.

Be aware when the male lens is in operation, and look for the porn that focuses on you and your pleasure.

What women want: why the porn industry needs to wake up to female desire