Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
Researchers at the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota have found that the brain responds to erotic images, even when the mind is not conscious of the image. Using a technique called interocular suppression, a selection of men and women – both gay and straight – were shown the subliminal images and their responses measured. Straight women’s attention increased after an image of a naked man was flashed Read More …
This month’s Women’s Health magazine features an article about “Igniting sleepy sex drives.” An engaged couple of thirty-somethings are given an assignment to check out some porn and see if they can put some zing into late night sex. Following the recommendations of a female friend who enjoys porn, Stacey brought home three movies. At 10 P.M. she popped Playgirl’s Burning Lust into the DVD player, and before long she Read More …
While doing research for an article I came across Salon’s piece on guys who own Real Dolls (you’ll have to watch an ad to read it, or you can check out the extended version here). Now, while I can understand that many of these guys may just be using them as a handy-dandy masturbation tool, I have to say that on the whole, I’m feeling a bit creeped out. Some Read More …
Jocelyn Wentland, a researcher at the University of Guelph in Canada, has conducted research into women’s sexual pleasure. Over 1500 women with an average age of 27 completed a questionaire about their sex lives. Results are here. It seems that today’s young women are quite relaxed about their own sexuality and are not afraid to take their pleasure when it suits them. A few results: * 88% are easily sexually Read More …
This morning I read a board post promoting Clitoraid, a charity aiming to help African women overcome female genital mutilation. The idea is you can “adopt a clitoris” and donate money to help establish a “pleasure hospital” where surgeons will operate on FGM women “uncovering the root of the original clitoris left after the excision. This root and tissues will become the new clitoris. The procedure takes 6 weeks for Read More …
Australian patron of anti-feminist backlash sentiments, Bettina Arndt, has written an opinion piece berating all those nasty 70s feminists, particularly Shere Hite, for “oppressing” women who have orgasms via intercourse. She’s claiming that new research into the nerve endings of the vagina has made the old vag “fashionable” again after decades of “clitoromania.” Thankfully, Emma Tom has her own spin on this rather over-the-top piece: A better response to Whipple Read More …
Spammers have been studying the classics, it seems. Today, amid the usual Viagra and penis enlargement deluge I received an email consisting entirely of sentences from Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice. P&P is a favourite book of mine, so I found it all rather amusing. Especially because several of the phrases were juxtaposed so as to make it all rather naughty: “yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. but pride-where there Read More …
Writer India Knight has edited a book called Dirty Bits For Girls. The book is an anthology of those well-thumbed naughty bits cherished by an older generation of women, back when information about sex was a lot harder to find. India’s article on her book appears in the Times Online. Seems that 80s power novels and bodice-ripping romances were highly prized for stirring the erotic imagination. It’s one of those Read More …
Sigh. The myth rears it’s ugly head again. This time it’s in the Sun newspaper, quoting sex tips from alleged expert Val Sampson, author of How To Have Great Sex For The Rest Of Your Life. Here’s the offending paragraph: 2) DON’T RELY ON VISUALS Women are much more turned on by what they think and hear than men, who like visual stimulation. Try reading erotic fiction. Porn movies rarely Read More …
This hunky man has just had an orgasm. Don’t you wish you’d been there? He features in video number 0406 at Beautiful Agony. If you haven’t heard of it before, Beautiful Agony is a very different kind of porn site, one that offers videos of men and women in the throes of orgasm – but you can only see their face. It’s such a unique concept, but it’s surprisingly sexy. Read More …
A story on Ananova cites a UK survey which claims men think breast implants are a turn-off. A poll of 1600 men by More Magazine found that 85% of men aged 18 to 34 said that they hated plastic surgery. A further 15% said they never noticed fake boobs. More is a magazine for women aged over 40. Now I’m wondering who it is that actually LIKES fake tits. Maybe Read More …
An Australian study of 9000 women has concluded that women who have been to university are more likely to have orgasms. At least, that’s if you believe the news reports. CTV reports that having higher levels of education or income result in a higher frequency of orgasm. It’s not the framed certificate or the money that makes the difference, of course. It all comes down to knowing more about one’s Read More …
This Sugasm was painfully delayed, but it’s finally here. This time the top three are all erotic writings… very sexy. The best of the sex blogs this week by the bloggers who blog them. Spotlighting the top 3 posts voted by Sugasmer participants. Want in Sugasm #50? Submit a link to your best post of the week using this form. Participants, repost the linklist within a week and you’re all Read More …
“While women and couples have finally been acknowledged as a viable segment of porn consumers, the majority of videos marketed to them are plot-driven features. Through my workshops and other travels, I’ve had the opportunity to talk to hundreds of different people. Plenty of men and women tell me that they love all-sex and gonzo videos, but could do without some of the elements of the most popular titles in Read More …
Here’s some more of my mid-viewing written comments about this movie: “Tristan assists with lube like some perverted midwife.” “Now she’s humping a crimson double dildo that has the look of an alien about it. As if someone’s taken a chest burster and stuffed it in both orifices. Ew, what a horrible thought. Chandler gets extremely high pitched when she comes.” “I hate that noise, that ftthffftthsss breathing through your Read More …