Deborah Sundahl – a.k.a. Fanny Fatale – headed to Las Vegas last week for the Adult Entertainment Expo at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
“For three days,” she says, “I sat in seminars and listened to important discussions about the women’s market for porn. Yet when the Big 4 executives—from Hot Movies, Hustler and other big companies—sat down at a panel, not one word was mentioned about women or the women’s market. It’s like women don’t exist for them. Only the Internet and men.”
What does this mean? Deborah thinks the big boys are out of touch, that women do represent an important factor in the adult market. Since the days of the anti-porn crowds, many, many years ago, women have come into their own vis-à-vis adult.
Friends Deborah ran into in Las Vegas include Nina Hartley, Tristan Taormino, Kim Airs and the gals at Babeland.
Two more pictures of Deborah in Las Vegas:
“Clay felt that it was right to come out to get it off of his back. He felt the need to no longer live a lie. This goes for gay or straight. It does not have to be about being a homosexual,” says our friend Chuck in Louisiana.
What Women Want
Sunday, February 1st, 2009Ah! Pervs and weirdos. That’s us.
So imagine our surprise to see the next day, a week ago, the cover story of the New York Times Magazine: “What Is Female Desire?” by the very same Daniel Bergner.
Our first thought: Nobody asked us!
But after reading this fascinating article about women sexologists exploring the inner reaches of female sexuality, we were sold that they’re doing good work.
But we know there are lots and lots of women who know exactly what they want. Is this still an issue? Apparently so.
Here’s the letter Nan sent to the New York Times:
To the Editor:
As someone who has catered to women’s tastes for sexually explicit material for 25 years, I read with interest Daniel Bergner’s article “What Is Female Desire?” and applaud the work of Meredith Chivers and the other sexologists. Although I am not a scientist, I nonetheless have observed over these past 25 years that women will seek out and spend money on sexually explicit material that they know turns them on. In other words, there are plenty of women who know exactly what they want.
Sincerely,
Nan Kinney
President
Fatale Media, Inc.
Tell us what you think women want!
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