After years of reading comments on this site, I know for a fact that there are a lot of guys out there with some pretty strong opinions on what should and what shouldn’t be present in porn. The Sword’s comment section isn’t the only place you can find proof of that though. You can also look at a recent thread on the popular r/askgaybros Reddit page.
In the post made by /jalabar, Reddit users were prompted to reveal “things that automatically turn you off when looking at porn no matter how hot the guys are”. The inquiry received hundreds of comments as Redditors wrote out, upvoted, downvoted, and spewed out their biggest and most perverted pet peeves.
We sifted through the nearly 500 comments on the post and are listing some of the most notable and frequently mentioned turns offs below. So take a look at what these horny Reddit users had to say and be sure to let us know if you agree with them down in the comments!
Turn Off: Background Music
“Weird background music, blaring tvs, smoke alarm beeps.”
“If its like some indistinct ambient background music or something, fine. But if its some rock song, a rap track, or a pop song, anything lyrical essentially and it completely pulls me out of the mood.”
Turn Off: Spitting
“The top spitting in the bottom’s mouth. I don’t care how hot that scene is, once I see that, it’s a total boner killer. I don’t care who’s in it.”
“I should’ve added this one on my post, too! It’s so gross for me. Years ago I was hooking up with a guy and he spit in my mouth without warning. I almost threw up on him.”
Turn Off: Women
“No joke, I’ve recently noticed a trend where more and more girls appear when I’m looking through the gay section. Someone should tell these websites that I’m browsing through gay porn videos, the last thing I want to see is a girl. Even if it’s in a threesome with two other guys, it’s just a total turnoff, especially when the girl is the focus of the thumbnail.”
“Those really weird ‘OMG 😱 you walked in on me with my wife and now she’s going to watch us have sex and she shakes her head in disbelief or nods in excitement’… Those are really corny.”
“Men.com is like that nowadays. There’s even old ladies assuming that’s the main cast’s mother/in law.”
Turn Off: No Kissing
“Some porn is so mechanical, like you can see the directors orders and their faces are just like.”
“I wish more gay pornography focused on the more hot and passionate side of sex between men, I love seeing my boys kiss and feel eachother while having sex that is the best part about porn. I wish more mainstream gay porn had more kissing.”
Turn Off: Condoms
“To be honest, condoms. Obviously actor safety comes first, but that doesn’t change what turns me off.”
Turn Off: Bad Acting
“Ugh I scroll past the acting because it’s so forced and feels like high schoolers doing a play.”
“Talking or trying to act a part with a story line. I used to film porn. The porn actors have zero acting training and it always comes across as fake, breaking the sexual illusion. If they say nothing it can be believable to the viewer but as soon as they open their mouth it’s gone. They’re hired solely on their looks.”
Turn Off: Gay-For-Pay
“Could’ve been the hottest guy but the second it’s hinted that he’s actually straight I get turned off because you know damn well that viagra and dick shots are what’s actually powering that dick, not any real attraction.”
“Gay 4 pay is great when it’s a solo dude or a mutual masturbation scene. I watched one the other day that was these two guys who said they were friends for a long time, and I honestly think they were cause their chemistry was so straight boys goofing around. Idk, something about that turns me on, they were really playful and casual the whole time. What I don’t like is the obviously-queer dude who’s “never been fucked” taking dick like a champ after almost no prep. Like if you’re gonna do gay4pay, get into that fantasy.”
“When you can tell he’s straight by the way he’s sucking cock.”
Turn Off: Rosebuds
“Nothing makes me soft like seeing that bright pink.”
“And sometimes that isn’t listed in the description so it just happens without warning and then I attempt to light myself on fire.”
I really dislike porn involving priests. Given the damage the Catholic Church done to so many young men, both gay and straight, turning them into a fetish not only turns me off, but is disrespecting of those who have suffered at their hands.
First, I completely respect your words and your turn off. That particular type of porn does nothing for me personally.
Second, I get very nervous when someone starts talking about disliking art because it’s not “respectful.” It immediately makes me this “… and here comes the plea for censorship!” It feels more political than personal, in which case they have made their fetish my business.
I’m NOT saying that’s what you did or were trying to do. It just inspired this thought in me. Disrespect is part of art. It is there to make us feel something, and because it has created a safe environment to do that, it creates a catharsis for many people.
UniPote – thank you so much for acknowledging what FF bottoms have to go through to prepare for a scene. And I’ll have turned BLUE, grown Dolly Parton tits and be dead for a year before it is ever shown on a video! But thanks for agreeing with me. Validation is a good thing, and I’m sure none of the MOP (Men of Porn) would ever speak out about it, so I’ll speak for them!
Dirk Beach-Barrow
Let’s review:
Background music – yeah, bad music/ambient noise can ruin a scene.
Spitting – neutral. Don’t care.
Women – neutral. More of a bad acting thing. If it’s 3-some WTF are you complaining about? That’s the scene.
No kissing – Yes! Intimacy makes or breaks it.
Condoms – Yes. They are disgusting.
Bad acting – Yes! Why bother scripting something if you don’t care about the execution?
Gay4Pay – neutral. Do NOT care.
Rosebuds – No! Huge turn on! Absolutely love rosebuds. Olympic level bottoming is absolutely what I love. It’s catching on. It’s the future of porn. It will become the norm.
My list:
Bad angles – side views are not jack off worthy
Ass hair – Shave your hole. Scat porn is a fetish. I care about hygiene!
Unclean tongue – Another hygiene issue. Don’t suck someone’s dick if your tongue is covered in old food.
Old, fat, grey dudes – Maybe someone likes grey bears. And God bless if you do. Not for me.
Affirmative Action Porn – I understand this can be a touchy issue, but I prefer seeing a mix of people in the cast … unless it’s the token black dude. I also hate porn labeled “interracial.” Racism & reverse racism are ugly.
Vanilla porn – Anyone using the 2 people blow-fick-cum formula, please stop. My sex life is more interesting. Show me something I’m not already doing and definitely nothing less interesting.
Oh! And piss play. Why? Just … why??
My turn off is guy’s fucking with soft dicks. Also, bottoms getting fuck, and never getting hard. If I were to get fuck or do the fucking. I am going to have a hard on. Otherwise, I can just masturbate. To me soft dick means I am not turned on. Just saying.
for me trun off are daddy/young scenes, over tatoed bodies, “dry or no kissing” scenes, heavy bears, young/daddies scenes, family -step father/son like- scenes.
Age differences are a turn off for me too.
Lacking of making out is a total turn off for me. A long, hot passionate kiss scene leading up to all the other fun stuff is a must for me. Check our Corbin Fisher’s Zeb and Smith for an example of a great make out scene!
trans sex. you say what you want. I know what turns me off. It’s not about having a phobia, so calm the fuck down. It’s what doesn’t turn me on in porn.
You are entitled to your sexual turn offs. Who cares if someone says it is a phobia? I have never been attracted to a transgender person . I just know it is not the same thing as straight sex despite the desperate attempts of some men to say it is so. I had a friend transitioning from male to female and wanted a safe space to have sex with a man so I provided that space for them but it was just sex for a friend and it was not straight sex at all. Just saying.
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Yep. The top spitting in the face or mouth of the bottom is a turn off for me. So are women in gay porn, rosebuds, fisting, heavy beards and excessive amounts of tattoos. G4P is not a turn off for me if the model is hot and gives a great performance. If a total top guy doesn’t kiss his bottom partner, I lose interest in him quickly (Malik Delgaty for example).
Ulta twinks! Performers (whom I’m sure are over 18) that are hired because they purposely look far younger than they are. Tiny, hairless, flat boy-bodies having sex with each other, or a daddy type, is SO GROSS!! It is like watching molestation! Absolutely sickening. Again I’m sure they are of legal age but definitely marketed as not. Yuck.
I agree 100% with no kissing, a big turn off for me…i have no problem with condoms or gayforpayers as long as they can live up to the fantasy (and can kiss with passion), HATE spitting ad muysic too, I need the natural sound
Ditto. The lack of passion in many vids is a big turn off – kissing is a big piece of that. The performers need to either have chemistry or pretend they do ;-)
Having cuckolds is mean spirited. Sex without some semblance of “romance” is a turn off. It is a huge turn off for me to know that one or more of the actors are straight. At the least, they could be truly bisexual ( and not lying about it in order to double their fan base). Ideally, they would be gay actors. Many have sex with transgender people but that is not straight sex at all as much as actors like Wesley Woods would like you to believe.
Turn off. Shoes and socks. Ugh. Really any clothes. Men wearing frilly clothes
I know a LOT of men are into Golden Showers or Piss Play, but it a total turn off/kill the hardon/stop the movie/NEXT!!! I also agree about spitting in someone’s mouth or in their face, anyplace but into your own hand or on a soon to be fucked hole – total turn off. I can’t stand it when one of the participants looks into the camera, and almost winks or smiles!
My biggest Pet Peeve is that I have had to “unteach” someone that was basing all of their knowledge of FFisting ONLY on what they’ve seen in Porn. They have no clue that the FFisting bottom has watched his diet for 48 to 72 hours prior to filming, has spent at least two hours cleaning himself out checking and rechecking that he is TOTALLY clean as a whistle, and at least the same amount of time Stretching and getting his hole ready for filming. Just once, I wish SOMEONE would make a FFisting movie that shows what it takes to get to the studio for filming.
This is SSSOOO true. FF scenes are not normal bottom scenes. The prep is intense and needs to be respected.
UniPote – thank you so much for acknowledging what FF bottoms have to go through to prepare for a scene. And I’ll have turned BLUE, grown Dolly Parton tits and be dead for a year before it is ever shown on a video! But thanks for agreeing with me. Validation is a good thing, and I’m sure none of the MOP (Men of Porn) would ever speak out about it, so I’ll speak for them!
Dirk Beach-Barrow
You’re welcome and I await your sudden increase in prolactin. Lol
BITCH
Yup, total turn-off. Does everybody have cold feet and really need those socks?? Even worse is dirty white socks.