Table 1.

In-depth interview sample questions

Domain	Questions
SEM overall
Experience with using SEM	Tell me about the first time you watched pornography (or other sexually explicit material, like magazines, internet, etc.)
	How old were you? Where were you when you first watched porn? Who did you watch it with?
	Tell me about how you got introduced to porn?
Type of SEM	What type of porn did you look at first (gay or straight or both)? Why?
	After watching (insert the type they watched first) porn did you watch another type? If so, why?
	Was there a particular ethnicity of the sex actors you preferred watching?
Arousal/attraction	Tell me about what turned you on or off about watching pornography?
	Do you think that ethnicity influenced whom you were attracted to? Why or Why not?
	Were there features of the sex actors that turned you on when watching porn or looking at SEM?
Function of SEM
Overall purpose of SEM	What did you get or hope to get out of looking at porn?
SEM usage around first same-sex sexual experience	Tell me about whether you used porn or other SEM before the first time you had sex
	What did you want to get out of it?
	Why did you look (or not look) at pornography or other sexually explicit material?
Learning about sex	Tell me about whether or not you felt that watching porn or SEM helped (or did not help) you learn about sex?
Sexual role	For some people when watching porn/SEM they identify or don’t identify with a certain sexual position or role
	Was there a person in a particular role or sexual position that you enjoyed watching?
	Did you identify with one of the sex actors in a particular role or position?
	You described earlier that you are a (insert preferred sexual position/role identified by participant), how did watching porn or other SEM influence that?