The Care and Feeding of Unmarried Men by Christie Ridgway

This is my new favorite phrase: “Photoplethysmographic vaginal pulse amplitude was recorded continuously.”

men, and whether point of view angles play a significant part in the difference.ģ. I wonder what the differences are in a cinematic sense between erotic films made by women vs. As “DarienG” said in the comments, “Scientists are saying what women have known all along: sexuality is more stimulating when it does NOT involve violence or degradation of women.”Ģ. The man-made film evoked more feelings of shame, guilt, and aversion.ġ. Subjective experience of sexual arousal was significantly higher during the woman-made film. Via Discover Magazine's DiscoBlog, an abstract from PubMed reveals that “Women's sexual and emotional responses to erotic films made my women were positive than the reaction to films made by men:”Ĭontrary to expectation, genital arousal did not differ between films, although genital response to both films was substantial. Then came Darien's link, and my brain percolated happily for hours: Porn from the woman's angle, huh? Interesting. Women like porn to be realistic, so I make sure there’s a strong storyline in my films. It’s quite unusual for the porn industry. I use the camera to film from the woman’s point of view. Now I’ve shot over 200 explicit scenes, and my films are among the most popular with UK women. Why not help women take advantage of theirs? But when I went to college to study fine art, something clicked. I don't know how I ended up reading about women in the pornography industry, but this link came from Darien the day after I'd read for hours online about how women work in the porn industry – and not in front of the camera.įirst, I read this article about women who work behind the scenes (no pun intended) including one woman who is the makeup artist for all the naked people, and another, Anna Span, who directs films: Be Ye Warned, HarperCollins has put an epic ton of books on sale today, including a pile of Barbara Delinsky's backlist, and some lovely books by Brenda Joyce.

The Care and Feeding of Unmarried Men by Christie Ridgway