Aural sex is rampant these days, and no, you don’t have to look up its meaning on Urban dictionary! I have indulged for several years. At first, I was an elitist when a friend told me that they listened to books while traveling. I thought, “It’s not a book in your hand or on a device it is not reading! It is cheating!” But eventually I tried it for myself.

I started out with the Kiss Me Quick podcast narrated by Rose Caraway. From there, I discovered Audible, and I’m such a devotee now that I look for audiobooks on Audible before I look for the e-book or hard copy.

As an erotic author and editor, I am prone to listen to erotica obviously! One of my absolute favorite audiobooks is Sweet Danger by Violet Blue. And much like that book’s title, my love of aural sex has been sweet and dangerous. I have an arsenal of sexy books and podcasts at my disposal. I am a listener and a creator. The danger is that I cannot get enough, and I am not alone.

With so many of us listening, what do we get out of it? What are the benefits to aural sex?

Letting Off Steam

Instead of slipping a cover over your steamy book on the subway, with a controlled volume you can listen to your heart’s content of the steamiest words and not have to worry about anything.

Hands Free

Listening means that you can listen whenever you want because you don’t have to hold the book. “Even though porn videos are hands-free, I have to keep my eyes open and crane my neck to look at them when my body just wants to lay back and let go,” Sammy Rei Schwarz, aural sex listener and performer, says.

Everyone Likes to be Told a Story

Much the same way children like bedtime stories, adult listeners are lulled, giving their attention over to the narrator. With erotica, you can use your imagination in much more adult ways. “My imagination can paint a better picture than any visual. It also helps me bring to life more extreme or unrealistic fantasies that can‘t be portrayed in porn,” Schwarz says.

Access for All

Superblogger Girl on the Net created audio content on her blog for readers with visual impairments. “The main reason I started creating audio porn was for accessibility – I had a couple of readers with visual impairments who pointed out that no matter how sexy my words might be, they lost a bit of that hotness when read aloud by the robot voice on their screenreaders.”

Let’s Get Intimate

Audio content creates a different kind of connection between listeners and creators. “I think audio is more intimate and personal than the pure writing that I was doing before, so it allows for a much more intense experience (for me and for the people who like it, hopefully!)” GOTN states.

Tell Me A Story

Performing or writing aural sex is a unique experience. Schwarz describes an immersive fantasy feeling in performing audio. She details how hearing her own voice is empowering and even a bit arousing! “I mean, you know how your voice sounds different to yourself? Well my voice sounds like a totally different lady who happens to enjoy the exact filthy things I love… and I totally get off on that.”

GOTN says that having an audio component on her blog steers her writing in a new direction. “I write more fiction now, because there are lots of fictional scenarios that I feel would work brilliantly for audio porn, and I enjoy exploring those and nudging my boundaries in terms of what I write and how.”

Psst, we are all listening, and there are great benefits to it. Whether you want to be told or tell a story, aural sex shows that we all want to be connected to on a deeper level—even in terms of a story. We want the experience to be richer, deeper and that is why we keep listening to and telling erotic stories.