Welcome to NSFW Sunday!
+ At Nerve, Kate Hakala writes about why we don’t watch movies for the sex any more:
“It seems America’s #1 favorite topic ever, sex, will be taking a backseat to violence and talking animals in Hollywood movies. According to Vincent Bruzzese, film research expert of Ipsos, a firm which analyzes scripts for major studios, Hollywood isn’t looking for sex scenes anymore when pitching future blockbusters. He claims, ‘Sex scenes used to be written, no matter the plot, to spice up a trailer. But all that does today is get a film an adult-only rating and lose a younger audience.’ He admits that sex scenes have sold so poorly in the last two years that, ‘Today such scenes are written out by producers even before they are shot’” When I first heard this, I didn’t quite believe it. Of course sex in cinema is still as ubiquitous as ever. Then I thought about it, and realized it isn’t that common in movies that actually do well.”
+ It’s better to improve porn than to ban it, argues Fern Brady:
“If we’re going to criticise or attempt to regulate online content, let’s have someone with some knowledge of the topic make the decisions for us – as opposed to a proponent of vague pseudo-feminist rubbish of what porn is or isn’t. Getting someone who knows nothing about pornography to govern our online sexual behaviour is as backwards as roping in someone who knows nothing of poverty to make vital decisions on welfare policy. And we’d never allow that.”
+ Dont blame the slut, blame the shaming:
“Stigmatizing the word ‘slut’ has become a way of controlling women’s sexual behavior. If a women thinks that having a lot of sexual partners makes her undesirable, then she might avoid that kind of behavior. She may end up staying in a relationship that is unhealthy, just to make sure she does not sleep with too many people. She may miss out on experiences that she might otherwise enjoy. And if she dares to follow her desires, the guilt and shame that may follow can be debilitating. Thanks to slut shaming, a woman’s sexual agency is seriously limited.”
+ Amazon has a plentiful “sexual wellness” section (it’s true), this means a thing:
“There is a shared perception among these entrepreneurs and others industry insiders that the rebranding of sex paraphernalia from ‘sex toys’ to ‘sexual wellness’ signals the mainstreaming of the market. Over the last decade, as much of the U.S. was enmeshed in a culture war over abortion and gay rights, a very different culture war was playing out, this one involving the changing nature of sexual pleasure. “
+ Tracy Clark-Flory addresses the importance of farting in relationships.
+ Bacon condoms and lube: now officially a thing.
+ The best ways to have sex in your parents’ house include staying quiet, hooking up in weird places, using music as a cover and more.
+ 50 Shades of Grey may or may not have ruined erotica. Amanda Hess asks, can the genre recover?:
“Fifty Shades has only cemented erotica’s reputation as juvenile, poorly-constructed, and—perhaps most damning—totally feminine. In a world where most mainstream pornography is filmed with a male viewer in mind (and often, with guys manning the camera and the promotional machine), written erotica has been traditionally more accessible to women, who can produce it cheaply and anonymously, with few resources, no institutional support, and reduced risk of public shaming. That’s only reinforced the idea that women prefer to read their smut as opposed to watching it—and that they’re so hard up, they’ll accept whatever amateur bodice-rippers are offered to them.”
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