Why We're Creating a Fund for Women

Over the past few years, we’ve seen the number of women coming to our site skyrocket. Women make up more than a quarter of our fans but 95% of production is intended for a male audience.


Let’s face it: most adult companies treat women consumers as a niche audience and even fewer create sexual content that feels authentic, or reflect their desires.We want to launch a revolution in content made by and for women, and we want to see it on xHamster.

The writing is on the wall. Porn’s future is female:

- In the US, the percentage of women visiting the site has grown by an astonishing 4% over the past year.

- College and post-college women are visiting us in much greater numbers than women over 35. We see this as a generational shift that more accurately predicts the future.

- Among major nations, Brazil (34.9%), South Africa (33.7%), Mexico (32.2%) and Argentina (32.1%) are closest to reaching parity in terms of male and female viewers.

- Women aren’t shy, and don’t need ‘softer’ content. They tend to enjoy extreme or hardcore content, as well as stories. In fact, women are more likely to search for “gangbang” than men.

- Top searches for women include “daddy,” “pregnant” and “ladyboy” are the top three search terms for women in the US.

Unfortunately, very few companies or directors are creating content with a focus on women. Those who do are often hampered by lack of access to distribution, or by business partners who treat them as a niche market.

We don’t think that 51% of the world is a ‘niche’ market. In fact, we see it as an opportunity.

Women don’t always feel entitled to pleasure the same way that men do. Women face more stigma about masturbation, and more shame in visiting adult sites. Women generally have less access to the internet, and less disposable income. And, in some cases, women face sites that are actively hostile to their presence.

And yet, they persist! Despite the structural bias, women make up nearly 30% of all adult visitors. We think if we can make production more equitable, we can help close the other orgasm gap.

That’s why, this fall we’re launching the first major initiative to curate and develop xHamster for Women. We’re committing $25K to help finance, reward and foster the development of porn by women, for women. We’re looking for filmmakers who are new and established, young and old, cis and trans, gay and straight, of all sizes, abilities, colors and sexualities.

This isn’t as much about gender, as it is authenticity. Our first priority is to see what turns you on! Whether you shoot it with an iPhone or a RED camera, we want you to send us short clips showing us what you’d like to see. Every month, we’ll award select submissions $500 for exceptional content.

In coming months, we’ll be announcing grants to help small women filmmakers supplement their budgets, and create content that’s not only hot, it’s fair trade. We know that women filmmakers face additional hurdles, and believe that by working with small partners to help close those budgets, we can help foster an ethical porn revolution.

Meanwhile, we’ll be looking for partners with whom we can create larger co-productions.

xHamster’s strength has always been our own users. Unlike other porn sites, we depend on amateur uploads, not big studio content. We have the opportunity to help give not only money, but exposure and an audience to a new generation of women filmmakers.

To all the women reading this, pick up your phones, and start thinking of yourselves as pornographers! (Feels good, doesn’t it? To find out how to submit, click here)


Alex Hawkins
Vice President, xHamster
alex.hawkins@xhamster.com
Veröffentlicht von xHamster
vor 5 Jahren
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I love your vision and  undertaking! I support you to the end! Love and success, women have voice and body and you can achieve any goal you self propose
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gothdickforyou
Yes,we need more female porn movie
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-Snap-Crotch-Beaver-
really?
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vistendal
Very good content
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anicooby71
Mature women likes to Watch young nice men.Black or white.
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Women should rule porn if you ask me :smile:)
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Zealot75
an bigbeaverbill : Something like 30% spam, 30% fake, 30% real, 10% non binary people
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an lynxxHamster : Thanks for the response, Lynx. Looking forward to it!
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an Cadi_Cakes : Thank you for the feedback - please check your PMs.
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an kristyg65 : So, you want respect from men, yet you call us pigs.I am so tired of so-called Feminists and their bullshit way of looking at things.And NO, you don't scare us in the least. What we are afraid of is the law, since it is completely on the side of the female.Do you really think men would take any of your crap if you didn't have the law to back you up ? Just take a look at Muslim countries.
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tiny1910
an bassman30069 : Amen mister, I got Trolled again today and had to make the tough decision to cull 75% of my friends list, only allowing those I have had actual contact with to remain. Why target us in this way, it makes no sense to attack female users who go to all the effort of finding content and uploading it for others to enjoy, only to be attacked in such a manner. Pathetic !!!
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bassman30069
The ladies of this site are truly diamonds in the rough. Just because they are on here as a user, it doesn’t mean they are “open for business” or to get guys off. What happens is quite the opposite. They are advanced upon unwillingly and have no recourse but to leave to end it. Women enjoy porn too but it’s a fact of the matter that they do not enjoy being bothered, belittled, and downright bullied into leaving. We’ve had great female friends on here. We’ve shared laughs pics and life. Why is it so hard for the general population to understand that it’s supposed to be fun. Fun doesn’t include being a stage 5 clinger guys!

We’ll have a have time knowing what they want while they’re being driven away as fast as they show up. Grow up guys! It’s not about you all the time! Treat the ladies with respect and they’ll reciprocate. Some for porn. I don’t know any women who inspire to be scum dumpster. They want a soft touch and someone to care for them and with them in life. Having a bit of plot and sexual tension goes a long ways. Even if it’s one scene and the plot and love story has been established through an hour of no nudity. To a guy, boring. To a woman...the sexual tension has been established and not only the participants in the movie ready to get in on, your lady friend is as well.

It’s not about being a fuck toy, gangbanged, or BDSM. It’s about establishing a partner that truly has the willingness to put her first and take care of her needs, not the other way around. If you see a female profile. Treat them with all the respect of your mother, or grandmother. Many on here are. They take care of everyone and everything in their real lives and enjoy and escape too. It just doesn’t happen to fall into the same train of thought as men seem to think.

PS. Maybe 1 in 10m on this site are here for a hookup. If you wanna hookup, get a Tinderaccount and be on with it. Leave the ladies of Xhamster alone to their business. If they wanna chat great. Keep in mind, they’re here to enjoy a bit of porn and maybe a good conversation on a rainy day. They don’t wanna see your dick and come over to bang you.
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bb49
I've been saying this for years, woman need content made by and for women, and like this article says, not soft core either, I appreciate strong willed woman, woman that know what they want and aren't afraid to take it, I owe allot to woman, they raised me as a child, taught me how to cook and care for myself, gave me the values I still hold to this day, I say hell yeah, let's roll that wonderful bean footage!!!
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kristyg65
hell ya sister...shout it from the roof tops. Men as pigs when they don't have to play by the rules of decency. I long ago stopped worrying about the opinions of men about my appearance and content. As a successful woman I do not need a man to validate what I already know. Strong willed women scare men. I understand that. We represent the future, and not the past. I like what I like and middle finger to those who cannot comprehend that. Men If you have anything intelligent to say then please treat it like cleaning out a kitty litter box. Scoop it up and deposit it into the trash.
K.
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curiosityalive
an Cadi_Cakes : This is not a "rant". It is a factual account of the Hamster reality. There are a small number of people, mainly male, but not exclusively, who are just "vandals" and just create reactions from people. Users are very vulnerable to this as the offenders are rarely dealt with in a final way and just reappear. There is spam, of course, from those purporting to be women, but these are aimed at porn sites, which are mainly male run. There are elements to the Hamster site which some do not like, however, what remains true is that the site has to be run with a sense of justice, and that claims that are made are overwhelmingly true. 
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Cadi_Cakes
Well well well, finally someone is taking notice of us. Sadly most of the female friends I have had in my time here have retired away from this site. Not only is most of the content aim squarely at straight men but it's so much more than just that. Lets me see, I have been Trolled numerous times, had complaints about my content causing my profile to be retired whilst xH investigates false claims made by those i dont wish to accept as friends. Abused many many times for not bowing down to men who demand i do as thet wish.

I will no doubt be punished again for this rant now but i dont care, someone needs to speak up over the blatant mistreatment of female fans of this site. News flash, you dont have to be a slut or some dumb bimbo to enjoy adult entertainment. Hence why most of us left here lock our pages off if only to protect ourselves from the abuse and stigma aimed our way.

Thank you Miss T:smile:
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Six_gun
Very, very interesting information.
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an Tildabeast : We are getting first applications at women@xhamster.com, and will surely keep the users updated!
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Good shit, XHamster. Will definitely be keeping an eye on this. Is there, like, some kind of central hub for this? Or a tag, or something?
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Wooooow ahhhh
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emmasensual
Who is the President
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weblandy
Women like of any kind of porn.
They are turn off of types ideas... ☺
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Real couples sharing their personal videos is hot.  Pro amatuer porn should be in a separate category.
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an Sirram : True on both counts. I wonder how many of these "females" are spam accounts advertising third-party dating sites...
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deezer6
Yes, you depend on amateur uploads and 3 out of 5 links in your previous post point to content provider uploads.
Hilarious!

https://xhamster.com/blog/posts/844541
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deezer6
"xHamster’s strength has always been our own users"
Hear, hear! And why are you killing the community spirit of your basis with your new "design"???

"Unlike other porn sites, we depend on amateur uploads"
LOL! Therefore sometimes most of the uploads of a day to the German category are from content providers...
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many Germans live in  Minnesota and the german woman loves anal ... i knew a german women once
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bigbeaverbill
I too wonder how many "females" are actually women.  This is fine idea and I am eager to see the results.
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Perhaps at the same time you could do something constructive and clamp down on those who harass, troll, abuse and bully females on here?

I also wonder how many of the 'females' are actually female?
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