Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
Posts about sex, particularly women’s sexual experiences
The US FCC has banned a television commercial by Dove cosmetics because it shows too much flesh. The ads feature older women who are nude but discreetly posed, accompanied by the slogan “Too old for an anti-aging ad.” Adland also reports that conservative groups are upset by the campaign because it is “contributing to the sexualization of women as a commercial tool, as well as exposing children to adult nudity.” Read More …
The Sunday Mail reports on new research into the sexuality of women over 40. It found that women were far more likely to reach orgasm when masturbating alone than with their partner. 55% of women with no partner could achieve orgasm every time alone, compared to 24.6% with a partner. The study, called “What does sexuality mean to older women?” looked at 500 older women and measured their changes over Read More …
Cnet news has an article on the push to make sexual video games more female-friendly. They’re essentially saying that current games suit straight males, especially because they’re about having instantaneous sex. Apparently women want to take things a bit slower. The article has two particularly appealing bits. One is this rather garbled yet amusing quote: “I want to be me when I’m in (an adult game),” Heather Rothwell, a writer Read More …
German adult mega-retailer Beate Uhse is apparently not doing so well. According to this report, it’s about to close all of it’s adult shops aimed at women, and two-thirds of it’s mainstream stores did not perform well in 2006. The company will close the last of its Mae B. shops as their leases run out. The Beate Uhse offshoot, geared towards the female market and featuring brightly lit stores with Read More …
As a kid growing up, the only TV I was allowed to watch on weeknights was at 6pm on the ABC (something many Australian 30-somethings will appreciate). This usually encompassed The Goodies and Doctor Who but it also included the Kenny Everett Video Show. This 6pm ritual is partly responsible for my sense of humour, but I think it also played a hand in what I think is sexy. And Read More …
A book about teenage sexuality is causing a bit of a stir here in Australia. The Sex Lives of Australian Teenagers by Joan Sauers has prompted the usual hysterical rants from conservative politicians. The author conducted a random survey of 300 teen boys and girls, asking questions about masturbation, oral sex, contraception and porn. The best summary of the book appears in this article at the Bulletin. A few interesting Read More …
Harlequin Romance Novels have conducted a survey of 3000 men and women in the US and Canada for their annual Romance Report. The survey contained a section on the motivations behind romantic gestures and found that, often, saying ‘I love you’ was inspired by the hope it would lead to sex. A few statistics: * 55% of men had told their date they loved them in the hope of sex. Read More …
The wonderful Ell runs a very hot, very witty sex blog called Wilful Damage, which has received numerous rave reviews and has many fans. She also Australian, something of a rarity in the sex blog world. I contacted Ell last year to see if she wanted to be involved in my feature about sex blogging for For The Girls. Unfortunately a combination of Christmas holidays and spam filters meant things Read More …
Yes… that post title is a bit obvious given all the statistics and rants I’ve previously posted. Anyway, the latest figure from a survey is this: Women said they surfed the ‘Net for pornography for 11/2 hours per week, while the average man lingered online about an hour longer to leer at lusty images… Lucy Kaylin, executive editor of Marie Claire, said “it did sort of surprise me” that 17 Read More …
The Indian media are breathlessly reporting on a new book by Dr Alka Pande called The New Age Kama Sutra For Women. According to this article, the book has new chapters including Women On Top, The Art of Courtship and Women At Play. The standard 64 positions are there but they’re from a woman’s point of view. “The new age has brought with it a new sensibility and changing gender Read More …
It’s not often that a sex toy catches my attention, but I keep seeing The Cone everywhere and now I’m intrigued. It doesn’t look anything like a vibrator – or any other sex toy – which means it’s one of the more innovative products to hit the adult toy stores in a while. And now it’s got a tinge of royalty about it. This week saw the tabloids breathlessly reporting Read More …
Adult dating site ItsMyFantasy.com has issued a press release with details of a survey of their members about sexual fantasies. 86% of female ItsMyFantasy.com members have had some sort of sexual fantasy whilst they were with their partner, but only 32% of them had admitted it to their other halves and only 12% have acted out their fantasies. The promo article also contained a list of the top five female Read More …
Rawstory reports on a large survey done by the Rutgers Nisso group comparing the sexual behaviour of the Dutch today with that of 15 years ago. Seems that our trusty friends in the Netherlands are not averse to a spot of porn watching, and Dutch women are very keen for it. She found that 80 per cent of men used pornography, with two thirds doing so at least once a Read More …
I’ve long admired the film Bound. It’s a great thriller, but it’s also got the hottest lesbian sex scene ever filmed (at least, in a mainstream film). The reason the scene – and the lesbian characters – was so good was thanks to Susie Bright. She’s written a long and detailed blog post about how she came to be the technical expert on the Wachowski brother’s first film. It’s well Read More …