The Smart Girl's Guide to Porn (Paperback)

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The secret is out: Women watch porn. A recent study by Glamour magazine found that 87 percent of women ages 25 to 39 enjoy porn as part of their self-defined healthy sexual lifestyles — even more than use sex toys.
In The Smart Girl’s Guide to Porn, acclaimed sex educator Violet Blue offers hip, friendly, and knowledgeable advice on bringing porn into your sex life: how to find porn you’ll like, from favorite turn-ons and women-friendly DVDs to Podcasts and porn groups on the web; how to reconcile fantasy with real-life desires; and how smart girls can maintain their own beauty standards when the people on screen seem impossibly buff, smooth, and surgically enhanced. Looking for authentic sex scenes? Thinking of sharing porn with a lover? Wonder which browser is safest for internet porn surfing? For answers and insight, zoom in on The Smart Girl’s Guide to Porn.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Cleis Press (June 29, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157344247X
• ISBN-13: 978-1573442473
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #152,741 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for those new to Erotica, November 17, 2009

By	Nano Nano (New York, New York) - See all my reviews

Violet Blue does a great job at cracking open this once taboo topic. She is helping bring it to the mainstream. I read it when it first came out, and then reread it this week in anticipation of her appearance on Oprah to discuss women & erotica.
Th book is a great introduction, but in the world of Erotica a 2006 edition is quickly out of date. I recommend that you follow Violet's blog to keep up to date with some of the best releases that are geared for women + couples - which is a growing segment as she pointed out in her O! magazine article. Not interested in reading an entire book about it but you are interested her What's Worth Watching advice? The highlights include:
Comstock Films's Real People, Real Life, Real Sex Series Matt and Khym: Better Than Ever (Real People, Real Life, Real Sex series)
Cult Epics' Vintage Erotica Series
Chemistry, Erotica meets reality TV with this series from author Tristan Taormino Tristan Taormino's Chemistry, Vol 4
The Bi Apple, Outspoken sex blogger and activist Audacia Ray's directoral debut
Jenna Jameson Is The Masseuse

Curious about learning more about what makes porn good, safe, hot and fun for couples? Read the book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful guide for adventurous women, July 24, 2008

By	Sarah McCorry "Sarah" (Detroit MI) - See all my reviews

Practical book that helps women navigate the vast minefield of erotic entertainment out there to find what pleases them in porn.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars All About Adult Films, August 14, 2009

By	Amos Lassen (Little Rock, Arkansas) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

Blue, Violet. "The Smart Girl's Guide to Porn", Cleis Press, 2006.

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Amos Lassen

Many of us know that some women do watch porn (and enjoy it). In fact in a recent survey it was found that one out of every three porn viewers is a woman. In this book Violet Blue tells women how to find the kind of porn that they will like and she obviously knows what she is talking about. She has done some outstanding work in this book as she gives us a detailed look at the porn industry. Porn, like everything else, comes in categories and Blue breaks down those categories and lets us know what to expect in porn. This is a wonderful addition to the library of any porn aficionado regardless of gender.