Porn for Women
Oh, stop it.
We cannot believe the uproar caused by our little book, Porn for Women! It wasn’t like we invaded a sovereign Middle Eastern country, or single handedly brought back leggings! People, please calm down.
Most of you love our porn. But, apparently, some of you hate our porn. And some of you just can’t make up your minds. So, today I’ll step out of the Cambridge Women’s Pornography Cooperative’s (CWPC) lab to address a few of the negative comments our book has received. Maybe in the end you’ll warm to our cold hard facts.
Complaint #1: Porn for Women implies that this porn will appeal to all women because women respond sexually as one robotic Borg. OK, I admit that we took some artistic license with the title. We toyed with Porn for Lots and Lots of Women, Porn for Most of the Women We Know, and Porn for Women, Except for the Women for Whom This Porn Isn’t. None of them quite had the ring of Porn for Women.
Seriously, aren’t we getting a little bit picky here? Do you think that the person who wrote The Dangerous Book for Boys was certain that all his ideas would in fact appeal to all boys? (Actually, judging by its freakishly rapid sales, maybe he did). No. Look, we tested this porn. We had actual women of all ages, shapes, sizes, and political bents come to our laboratories and view images. We had sensors, heart rate monitors, and all kinds of bio feedback devices. We found that stuff like this:
Figure #1:
I love a clean house
was more appealing to most women than this:
Figure #2
Bottom line: this book is based on hard science. Rock hard science.
So we can’t apologize for the breadth of our material’s appeal. It simply IS appealing to a lot of women (OK, OK, not every single woman). It may not be for you, but a lot of us think this stuff:
Figure #3:
I like to get to these things before I have to be asked
is totally hot.
Next time we’ll address this question: is Porn for Women belittling women’s real needs by turning us into domestically obsessed, easy-to-please, empty-headed lap dogs? My goodness, we’ll have to think about that one.
-Gloria, Lab Manager, CWPC
Have something to say to us at the CWPC? Please post a comment below.
January 14th, 2008 at 10:24 am
This book was so much fun to read. I think those who negatively criticize it need to stop taking things so seriously. This was light, simple and fun. Most over-40 women can relate to this and find that men who keep their clothes on are often more sexy than those who shed them all. We look forward to the next edition and would love to contribute some suggestions toward it.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:22 am
Do you sell these by the case. I think every woman I know needs one for their coffee table…every birthdya from now on gets some porn!
February 26th, 2008 at 7:57 am
On Valentine’s Day I bought myself a rose, some chocolates and settled down to read your book. I loved it! A good time was had by all! I’m going to give a copy to my best friend for her birthday. Hope you write another one.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
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