Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
Posts about sex, particularly women’s sexual experiences
Mainstream marketing site Marketing Sherpa has an interesting article about how women’s online sex shop Libida got up and running. They really had to fight to get a foothold in the face of opposition from mainstream sources who didn’t want anything to do with them because they were “adult”. The article is not aimed at consumers but I think it gives an idea of how determined that company was to Read More …
My reaction to porn films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first 20 minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live. – Erica Jong, Playboy Magazine, September 1975 If you use the electric vibrator near water, you will come and go at the same time. – Louise Sammons For women the best aphrodisiacs are words. Read More …
According to German researchers, women with red hair have more sex. “The sex lives of women with red hair were clearly more active than those with other hair colour, with more partners and having sex more often than the average. The research shows that the fiery redhead certainly lives up to her reputation.” So here’s the thing. I’m a redhead. I’ve got freckles and pale skin and I’ve been there Read More …
Praise the Lord! Seems that 20% of all fine, upstanding, moral Christian woman just can’t help but enjoy their porn. At least, that’s what the latest dodgy poll by a Christian website suggests. Of course the term “addicted” is nonsensically defined by the Second Glance Ministries group as “use on an ongoing basis”. The self-selected poll of visitors to the Christanet website also found that “60% of the women who Read More …
A study of 120 women has concluded that women prefer erotic films that include romance, sensuality and foreplay. Freshly minted Doctor of Psychology Jade Sheen published the results of her research in her thesis “Women’s Cognitive and Emotional Processing During Sexual Arousal.” According to The Age, Dr Sheen showed women of various ages 7 minute snippets of American porn. Half of the videos were described as “male oriented” with a Read More …
The Sun is quoting a poll by Club International. I suspect I’ve seen these statistics before, but I thought I might as well post a few quotes: Five million British girls are boosting their love life by watching blue movies with their fellas, research shows. They spend £1billion a year on porn DVDs, videos, websites, phone downloads and magazines. Sixty-four per cent of girls said they view porn with their Read More …
I saw Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest today. And, naturally, I concur with almost every other female blogger on the planet: Johnny Depp is extraordinarily shagable as Captain Jack Sparrow. Is it the dreadlocks? The bandanna? The twin beard? The slightly sozzled air? I suspect it’s the heavy eyeliner, which not only highlights his rather nice eyes, but suggests a certain gothic, romantic sensibility. The Cunting Linguist asks: Read More …
The lovely ladies at CAKE have launched a new survey, aiming to provide a detailed picture of the sex lives of women in 2006. It’s a 7 page survey and some of the questions are quite detailed, in the manner of the Hite Report: for example, they want you to describe your orgasms and sexual fantasies. If you fill out the survey you have a chance to win the CAKE Read More …
According to this report, restaurants, bars and other businesses in Japan are increasingly adopting special “women only” times, during which men are barred from entering. Apparently the blokes are getting a bit tetchy about it, saying it’s reverse discrimination. What got my attention was this paragraph: Even adult businesses are getting in on the act, with Umeda Nikkatsu Gekijo, a theater showing exclusively softcore porn, setting aside its final row Read More …
No one has the right to tell you how to fuck, according to Rachel Kramer Bussell in her latest Lusty Lady column at The Village Voice. Arguing against those feminist “scolds” Ariel Levy and Pamela Paul, Rachel makes the point that enjoying sex – in any form – does not constitute a betrayal of feminist ideals. Here’s a few paragraphs: There’s a world of difference between being branded a sex Read More …
The lovely Violet Blue is about to release a new book, the Smart Girl’s Guide To Porn. It’s a look at porn from a woman’s perspective, complete with facts about porn and tips for better enjoying it. Violet’s post about the Guide at her Tiny Nibbles blog gives more detail about the topics covered in the book. Chapters include “Why Porn Sucks” and “What A Smart Girl Wants”. The book’s Read More …
A couple of news stories have highlighted the way the bricks-and-mortar adult industry has started to see women as a cash cow. The LA Times reports that plenty of women and couples attended the Erotic Expo. The Expo showcases sex toys, erotic products, and personal services, and businesses were very keen to sell to women. A quote: In fact, many aspects of the show were vetted for their appeal to Read More …
Searching Google for “porn for women” I found this this blog post by a radical feminist, announcing why women’s erotica is against the sisterhood. This blogger toes the old line about how porn only exists so men can degrade women, and wrongly declares that the word “pornography” means “depictions of women as vile whores” in Greek (the real translation is “writing of/about harlots”). She then says that, since porn’s only Read More …
This month’s feature article at For The Girls is a tribute to the pioneers of Pro Sex Feminism: Annie Sprinkle, Betty Dodson, Susie Bright, Joani Blank, Candida Royalle et al. It was hard to sum up the achievements of these women in one handy-dandy paragraph each, but I gave it a red hot go. In researching each of these heroines I visited their websites to see what they’d been up Read More …
Seems I’m not the only one posting about vulvas. Shakes gives her take on the issue in Fantasic and Vulvastic, while Figleaf discovers that people have been asking “what type of vulvas do men prefer?” This last post reminded me about the whole nasty issue that is “female genital enhancement.” An entire industry now exists whose sole purpose is to encourage women’s insecurity about their genitals so that they will Read More …