A new survey is shedding light on womens porn preferences and you might find some of the results surprising.

Bloom , an erotic audio platform, surveyed 300 adult users about the fantasies theyd want to see more of in porn and erotica. They found these were the top five most popular themes among women (the percentage indicates the number of female respondents who said theyd like to see more of it).

1. Threesomes (77%)

2. Women receiving oral (54%)

3. Romantic sex (52%)

4. Rough sex (52%)

5. Domination (50%)

Though we were surprised to see threesomes at the top of the list for women, the sex experts we interviewed didnt necessarily feel the same way. They offered some interesting insights into why some of these tropes are so popular.

Our sexual fantasies empower us to combat feelings of inadequacy or self-doubt, Los Angeles clinical psychologist Nazanin Moali , host of the Sexology podcast , told HuffPost. So they serve a crucial function, especially for women who may have been conditioned to feel shame around their sexuality, she explained.

For instance, in a scenario involving a threesome, one might visualize themselves as not only desirable but also proficient in satisfying multiple partners, Moali said. This serves as a counterweight to the self-doubt enforced by societal expectations.

Therapist and sexologist Nicoletta Heidegger, host of the Sluts and Scholars podcast , told HuffPost she was not surprised by anything that made it into the top five, as the findings here are in line with similar surveys and research on the topic. (She also pointed out that people who already use an erotic audio platform are not necessarily a representative sample of the general population an important thing to note when looking at the results.)

For sex researcher Justin Lehmillers 2018 book, Tell Me What You Want, he surveyed more than 4,000 Americans about their fantasies and found that group sex threesomes in particular were indeed one of the most common turn-ons . But there was some variation in how likely people were to voice this fantasy, how likely they were to act on it and how likely there were to enjoy the experience if they did.

Straight women were the least likely to share their group sex fantasy, the least likely to act on it and have the least positive experience when they do. Women with any degree of same-sex attraction (lesbian, bisexual, queer or pansexual) were more likely to talk about these group sex fantasies, more likely to act on them and more likely to have a positive experience when compared with straight women.