On Monday, the theme of the Oprah Winfrey show was “237 Reasons To Have Sex”. One segment on it was a relatively lengthy discussion of the usefulness of porn in spicing up a sex life. They also discussed the fact that women like porn and that – apparently – “in the $12 billion adult entertainment industry, $1 out of every $4 is spent by a woman.”
And Dr. Schwartz agrees with Janee that erotica has changed. “A lot of [filmmakers] have gotten really smart about putting together pornographic, explicit films that are not denigrating to women. None of us are going to get excited about seeing something where we feel bad for the woman.”
Dr. Saltz says that she will sometimes prescribe erotic films to her sex therapy patients to help enhance arousal and help couples feel more comfortable with their bodies.
I must admit, I watch Oprah. It’s on at lunchtime and I like to sit down and see if there’s a trainwreck happening. But in the last year or so, it’s like Oprah has just got… I don’t know… sensible. She gives sensible diet and health advice, she seems really comfortable with herself, her weight, her age. And now she’s encouraging porn. YAY! (Actually, she encouraged porn with last year’s article by Violet Blue in her magazine).
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ANYWAY, aside from the general fabulousness of Oprah giving the thumbs up to female-friendly porn on her show, it’s made online adult retailer Gamelink sit up and take notice. The good news is they’re finally creating a proper women’s section on their site and are compiling a list of the best films for straight and lesbian women. Not sure when it will launch but hopefully it will be soon. I’ve actually been hassling Gamelink to do this for a long time, but I’m just a lowly affiliate so they weren’t so keen to listen.
Anything that pushes forward the profile of porn for women is to be welcomed!
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