Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
Posts about sex, particularly women’s sexual experiences
The recent Cinekink erotic film festival in New York featured a panel discussion called “Women Behind The Lens” featuring Candida Royalle, Audacia Ray and Julie Simone. There’s a video of the whole discussion here. I haven’t watched it yet because I just don’t have the time today but it’s there if you’re interested. Audacia has blogged about her participation here. Both she and Cory Silverberg question the validity of the Read More …
Last Friday on a whim I decided to attend Sexpo in Brisbane, hoping to maybe make some industry contacts and also just to check it all out. I last went to one of these mega sex exhibitions in Sydney ten years ago, back when I was a “civilian.” That expedition was part of the growing curiousity about sex and the adult industry that led me to write for Australian Women’s Read More …
I’m a bit late with this but it’s worth blogging about anyway. Three Australian researchers have released The Porn Report, the result of several years of research and surveys. The finding that the media have jumped on is that – gasp! – women like porn. 17% of those interviewed for the book were women and the authors say that women make up an increasing percentage of the porn market. That Read More …
This article discusses the appeal of a man who likes to do housework and says that the Porn For Women book has now sold 140,000 copies. There’s now a calendar and a sequel book on the way called “Porn for New Moms.” I’ll bet that’s going to cause a feminist furore when it comes out. In case you haven’t heard of it, the book features fully clothed men doing housework, Read More …
Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss announced quite a while ago her plan to open a brothel for women in Nevada and it hasn’t progressed any further thanks to planning issues. Naturally her original announcement about the upcoming “Stud Farm” caused much sniggering at the idea that women would even consider using male prostitutes. Now a green website reports that the brothel will also be eco friendly. The facility will reportedly boast Read More …
Seems the Israeli girls are all rather liberated, if we’re to believe a survey of over 14,000 women published recently. Apparently 71% of Israeli women consider themselves to be liberal and daring in bed, with the same percentage happily having orgasms regularly. So it’s unsurprising that half of them say they enjoy watching erotic materials including films, websites and books with 37% specifically saying they liked pornography. They were also Read More …
The New York Observer has an interesting article on the increasing pressure on women to have children. One of the quotes therein says: “It’s almost un-American at this point to say you don’t want children… It’s almost like saying you’re a communist.” Well, I’m not American, but I’m not having children, and I can understand where they’re coming from with that quote. A couple of years ago I worked myself Read More …
NY Time Out’s Sex Issue has heaps of great reading, including Audacia Ray’s personal discovery of double penetration and a whacky article entitled I Want To Have Sex With My Bicycle. There’s also an online photo survey about what women find sexy. In the interests of science I decided to write down the statistics, unscientific though they are. It’s interesting that I could guess the answers in most cases, although Read More …
A couple of weeks ago Violet Blue wrote about her experience as a guest on the Tyra Banks show which was inspired by her O article about women and porn (Violet’s post, my thoughts on it). Despite speculation that the show wouldn’t see the light of day, it did in fact go to air on October 8th. Here’s the show recap at Tyra’s site (just in case you’re desperate to Read More …
Psychology Today reports on a study by psychologist Geoffrey Miller claiming that the fertility cycles of strippers can influence the number of tips they get. Dancers made about $70 an hour during their peak period of fertility, versus about $35 while menstruating and $50 in between. Miller links the wage fluctuations to changes in body odor, waist-to-hip ratio, and facial features… Women on the pill averaged $37 (and had no Read More …
You know, I’m glad I’m a girl. This whole Larry Craig gay foot tapping incident has no doubt got plenty of men feeling even more nervous about what they do in public toilets. A couple of months ago I wrote a column in For The Girls about Secret Men’s Business – the rather extensive etiquette straight men use when going to the bathroom. Here’s a snippet: 1. If you’re at Read More …
The ever-fabulous All Men Are Liars column has a great post today about the male experience of being caught masturbating (complete with hilariously apt photo that I just had to include here). Another of our mates, the Black Rat, liked to stretch himself out on the cool tiles of the bathroom on hot summer days and was hard at work when one of his mother’s P&C friends popped in to Read More …
Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I’ve got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? From Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
This article in the Observer concludes with four quotes by “feminists who have rocked the boat.” The quotes included: “In a patriarchal society all heterosexual intercourse is rape because women, as a group, are not strong enough to give meaningful consent” – Catherine MacKinnon, feminist author (attributed) “When a woman reaches orgasm with a man she is only collaborating with the patriarchal system, eroticising her own oppression.” – Sheila Jeffreys, Read More …
Figleaf has made an interesting post about porn for women here. He’s suggesting that society thinks that most women aren’t really interested in sex – he’s calls it the “no-sex class” and that this is a reason why it may be difficult to define “porn for women.” I won’t do a big post here because I wrote a lengthy comment on his blog. I do think it’s an interesting idea Read More …