Why not?

Just because you aren't attracted to men doesn't mean that the act of penetration isn't pleasurable to you. Some lesbians use strap ons so that the receiving partner can experience the pleasure of being penetrated. Some lesbians enjoy the role play aspect of using a strap on. The strap ons they make now are often designed to pleasure the person wearing it as well as the person being penetrated by it.

The short answer is: they don't, apart from porn films or otherwise appealing to a male audience...

Yeah....I don't understand that either. *scratching my head* Ummm....pun not intended there! Have fun!

I have wondered this too and was going to ask the same question. I have been with a lot of Bi women but do not know a lesbian. To me it doesn't make much sense and I would think a true full all out lesbian would be repelled by anything phallic or penetration by something phallic. Like I said I do not know or understand the workings of women who are lesbians. Bi women have a completely different mind set.

I think some women like the idea of being in control and taking on that man role. I have often been curious about strapons and I think it would be kinda neat to have the control to please someone in that way.

I do not understand it either. For those that have a vaginal orgazm, it makes sence. For those that like the feeling of having something in the vagian, fingerind or fisting have more effect.

Just because a woman prefers women sexual partners does not necessarily mean she doesn't enjoy penetration during sex. Most lesbians don't necessarily dislike cocks, they just have no need for the men with which the cocks tends to come.

Well that's utterly silly really. I know a woman who is a declared and definite lesbian. The question reflects on the differentiation of what is gender conform or not. I tend to not view sexuality as being a situation of bipolarity except for having genetalia. Curiously enough, this lady friend discovered her preference for women after her service with the military. She produced two children somewhere along the line. I am perhaps one of the few male friends she still has (left). She stated to me that she would only engage in sex using a strap-on if a male were involved. Her view of strap-ons was far removed from wanting to use such a device in female-female relations, because she sees it as being somewhat problematic for genuine intimacy in sexual relations. The problem is that the vaginal aspects depend entirely on the women and it does contain a great deal of intrusive control paradigma and less erotic gratification. Those who profess to find it most interesting tend towards a heterosexuality of expression that is far from gender indeterminant and likewise a little more disturbing. One gets to hear a lot of things on the fly and there is nothing "male" about using a strap-on. If the woman wants to explore her powers of actionism, all the better. All things in good measure and with consideration. I can imagine that particularly older lesbian women can have great fun using them and a woman can get pretty ripely worked up libido-wise (often on ly attributed to men). Something not for less dispassionate women and musingly i've also heard that it can reduce the tendency towards monogamy and breed haremic sentiments in particularly dominant women, of course I will exclude the common BDSM tripe one gets to hear from the leather and lace bunch. They don't respect female autonomy much, which is why the strap-on is so nicely subversive when women use it. Thanks for allowing this rant.

First of all, to those who do not understand, you don't need a penis for penetration. Second of all, there is no general answer. I guess it all depends on personal preference. (Coming from a lesbian.)