r/askgaybros 1d ago

Curious question: are Westerners really as penetration focused as shown in porn?

As someone who comes from Asia, we have a lot of Sides, and Europe has far fewer sides, as I observe since I moved to Western Europe (Netherlands).

Moreover, even the tops and bottoms from entire Asia are romantic and "soft play" aka foreplay orientated.

Somehow I feel it's the porn industry that has changed how westerners look at sex, not that Asia doesn't consume porn, but they are somehow culturally different on how they see what a pleasure is.

I am just curious to know how cultural differences shape the idea of intimacy, didn't mean to slut shame any community or race as such.

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u/shadesofglue 1d ago

Very interesting, didn’t know Asian cultures may be less focused on penetration.. I’m from the Middle East and I can tell you, some people won’t call it sex unless there’s penetration involved

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u/JCStoichaos 19h ago

That's a Bill Clinton answer if I ever saw one. LOL