I’ve stumbled across another dodgy example Christian anti-porn extremism.
This page asserts that the domain just4ladies.com was originally a “pioneering porn site for women” and was in operation as far back as 1995. It then gushingly praises the owner, Michele Washam, for converting it into a Christian site.
Naturally I was curious to discover this when I found it on Google News. As far as I was aware, the first adult site for women was Purve and it debuted in 1998. So I thought I should see what this “original” women’s site looked like.
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The Wayback Machine (archive.org) is a great tool which can show you the text from sites as far back as 1996. It reveals the truth about just4ladies.com. Turns out the site was never online prior to 2000 and it’s always been a Christian site.
And the interesting thing is this: the first archive dated 23 May 2000 makes no mention whatsoever of porn. Indeed, the site doesn’t even acknowledge the P word until 2007 when Washam released her book on the subject.
The Whois entry for that domain says it was first registered in January 1999.
This page says Washam worked as an adult web designer from 1995 to 1999 and again repeats the claim that she operated “one of the first ladies only erotica web sites.”
This article also makes the claim that just4ladies was a membership site in 1995, with 7000+ members paying $29.99 a month.
Just4Ladies.com itself says it used to be a porn site:
The Just4Ladies Heartbreak Community has an interesting past and a promising future. Originally created as one of the Internet’s first ladies only erotica web sites but after a life changing heartbreak the creator, Michele “Shell” Washam, then a 30-year old single mom of three, changed her course in life after surrendering her broken heart and broken will to God.
On Valentines Day 1999 Just4Ladies took on a new mission…
Fact is, that’s just not true.
There WAS a women’s porn site called Just For Ladies (justforladies.com) which has recently closed down, but it was operated by Maxcash and one of the women behind it was Ladylynx. That particular Just for Ladies started in 1999 but it had nothing to do with Michele Washam.
As far as I’m aware, Just4Ladies.com was NEVER a porn site.
It is possible that Washam was an adult web designer prior to her religious conversion but if she can’t tell the truth about her website, what else is she lying about?
Ms. Naughty, although I respect your right to broadcast your message, at least check out the facts before you make untrue statements. Just4Ladies was INDEED a ladies only erotica site and was disbanded in August of 1999 – not becuase I turned ANTI porn, but becuase I felt, after going through a horrific heartbreak related to porn, that I was only contributing to the problems of others LIKE myself. Also, I am not a fanatical, preach fire and brinstone “Christian”. I live my life the best I know how, using faith as a foundation, should others choose to do the same great, if not, that’s OK too… I don’t judge, I don’t try to shut porn sites down, I simply help the people who feel porn is effecting their relationship, etc. by sharing what worked for me. Get your facts straight before you make statements that are untrue. If you want to promote porn, all the power to you. I choose not to anymore. I have chosen to protect my family and marrige from what I learned FIRST HAND is destructive. I’ve also chosen to help others do the same. I’d appreciate it if you’d do your research a little bit better and post the facts. Should you need documentation to support my statements, all you need to do is ask.
Best regards,
Michele Washam
OK then, I will ask. Screenshots?
As almost every anti-porn crusader or advocate of the bogus concept of “porn addiction” is religiously motivated, I am extremely skeptical of your message. You may feel that it is tolerant of porn but I think it only serves to further the cause of those who would censor erotic material and deny adults the right to make decisions about what they can and can’t see.
Of course, I do not deny your right to promote your beliefs or work. My interest in this issue arose because simply because of my interest in women’s erotica and my existing knowledge of its history. I had never heard of just4ladies as a porn site and could not find any evidence online to back the claim.
So by all means, send me the info and I will edit this post as necessary afterwards.