A poll on attitudes to pornography

[Suffragette1]

Really, they should be promoting the idea that gay people don't look any different to anyone else.

 

Perhaps they want to be seen as different, and treated as such, I know I don't.

 

They don't sound very "modern" to me.

 

Perhaps they were referring to the actors' behaviour and interactions, as dictated by the writing and the actors' familiarity and degree of comfort with lesbian sexuality.

 

But then for the most part expecting realistic folk of any orientation in a soapy American TV programme is akin to expecting to see proper lab science in an episode of Fringe.

 

I think that there were high hopes as there is so little mainstream drama about lesbians. I only cited that drama as none of the women I have spoken to said that they'd watched any lesbian porn and the L Word, Tipping the Velvet and the like are the closest that they've come to it and they could be categorised as soft porn.

 

No they don't. They only know their preferred type.

 

You really do love those molehills, don't you?

 

Hmm, if that were the case then they would only be able to 'spot a lesbian' whom they fancied.

[Nagel]

There's no proven connection between pubes and pheromones. It's odd that the article quotes the study into lap dancers who earned more when ovulating, with a marked difference between those on the pill and those not on the pill.

 

There is nothing in that study about whether the lap dancers were shaven or unshaven.

 

 

Article here - http://www.unm.edu/~gfmiller/cycle_effects_on_tips.pdf

 

It only mentions that the lap dancers typically trim their pubic hair.

[Suffragette1]

Article here - http://www.unm.edu/~gfmiller/cycle_effects_on_tips.pdf

 

Bloody hell, can't you just precis it for us?!

[Guest]

There's no proven connection between pubes and pheromones. It's odd that the article quotes the study into lap dancers who earned more when ovulating, with a marked difference between those on the pill and those not on the pill.

 

There is nothing in that study about whether the lap dancers were shaven or unshaven.

The results of that study might have less to do with chemical communication between the dancer and the observers than with hormonally-influenced behavioural cues exhibited by the dancers.

[sccsux]

Are men shaving their pubes for this reason then?

 

Originally, yes (back in about 1780).

 

Hmm, if that were the case then they would only be able to 'spot a lesbian' whom they fancied.

 

And how can you prove that they weren't doing just that?

 

Bloody hell, can't you just precis it for us?!

 

Why expect others to do your research?

[Nagel]

Bloody hell, can't you just precis it for us?!

 

 

No, read it like I did

 

I read it quite a while ago, interesting stuff especially about the differences between women on the pill and those not on the pill. It makes you wonder if there's any other yet to be discovered effects of how men subliminally perceive women on oral contraception.

[Suffragette1]

Originally, yes (back in about 1780).

 

I'm talking about the here and now. Yes, prostitutes also used to wear merkins too to combat pubic lice and hide signs of disease, however, I'm interested in contemporary sexual behaviour and habits and how they have been influenced by easily accessible porn.

 

 

And how can you prove that they weren't doing just that?

 

I'll give you their phone numbers ask them. Perhaps because I have frequently heard 'she's a lesbian but not my type' and perhaps women don't fancy every woman they clap eyes on? Just a thought.

 

Why expect others to do your research?

 

I haven't time to read scientific papers. It's hardly an unreasonable request.

[Suffragette1]

No, read it like I did

 

I read it quite a while ago, interesting stuff especially about the differences between women on the pill and those not on the pill. It makes you wonder if there's any other yet to be discovered effects of how men subliminally perceive women on oral contraception.

 

Argh. Haven't time to tonight. Will have to revisit it.

 

It may have something to do with how a woman's libido peaks at the time that she ovulates, in order to maximise that fertility window, and her behaviour may reflect this, making her performance seem far more naturally erotic rather than manufactured. As the pill suppresses ovulation, a woman's libido will remain more static so her 'dance' less erotically charged?

[sccsux]

I'm talking about the here and now. Yes, prostitutes also used to wear merkins too to combat pubic lice and hide signs of disease, however, I'm interested in contemporary sexual behaviour and habits and how they have been influenced by easily accessible porn.

 

Slight move of the goalposts there. Below is a summary of this exchange:

 

It's obvious that's why the whole craze kicked off amongst porn stars, it's received wisdom.

 

Which is wrong as the "craze" is nothing to do with porn and is more to do with cleanliness and is something that both men and women partake in.

 

Ask people in the porn industry then why the whole shaving fad took off

 

You mean to stop genital lice from being spread?

 

So now shaving is a hygiene issue to stop the spread of pubic lice.

 

Go ask your doctor, they'll tell you.

 

Are men shaving their pubes for this reason then?

 

Originally, yes (back in about 1780).

 

 

You initially claimed that the porn industry was responsible for people shaving, which I clearly showed you to be wrong.

[Suffragette1]

Slight move of the goalposts there. Below is a summary of this exchange:

 

You initially claimed that the porn industry was responsible for people shaving, which I clearly showed you to be wrong.

Porn is indeed responsible for contemporary female shaving on aesthetic grounds rather than periods in history when shaving was carried out because it was considered more hygienic. 15+ years ago, it was not de rigueur to shave and it most certainly was not a common occurrence when the whole sexual revolution kicked off, a time when STIs became more prevalent. It has coincided with the accessibility of porn.