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SMH gives brief nod to porn for womenI particularly liked this sentence: But many Australian psychologists do not use the term addiction. "There is no way which is clear why the word addiction is being used for someone who is passionately interested in something," says Juliet Richters, a researcher on Sex in Australia and co-author of Doing it Down Under. "People do lots of things that get in the way of their lives - it doesn't mean we diagnose that as an addiction." The article also has a small addendum discussing whether women look at porn: Women watch too, but don't brag about it For years, the assumption was that men liked sexually explicit material and women did not, says Dr Bob Montgomery, the Australian Psychological Society's director of communications. Then "someone took physiological measures and found that the women were just as turned on as the men were, they were just less likely to say so", he says. It was "more acceptable for men to report being aroused by pornography than it was for women", he says. Now sexually arousing books or videos are used in therapies to help women having problems achieving orgasm. Kath Albury, a researcher at the University of Sydney, says while women generally don't enjoy porn as much as men, that's at least partly because porn is made for men. But porn made by women for women sells quickly from women's sex shops, she says. "It doesn't mean that it appeals to all women but it does definitely indicate that there is a sizeable market out there." Professor James Ogloff, of Monash University and Forensicare, says he hasn't come across a single woman in Australia who was accessing the internet and obtaining illegal information, such as child porn. He says they are looking at pornography, but it doesn't seem to be of the same nature as what men view. Ogloff says research shows women are more interested than men in the broader relationship - such as conversation, intimacy (other than physical), a more emotionally based relationship - not just the sexual stimulation. ------ I'm not sure what Professor James Ogloff is doing in a discussion about women and porn. The man is a forensic psychologist, which means he deals with criminal psychology. It's interesting that no women have been involved in child porn, but his other comments aren't terribly relevant to his field of study. Indeed, the "you're being stereotypical" brigade might want to have a go at him for his remarks. As usual, the media feel the need to conflate CP with legitimate erotic material, so that probably explains why he's in there. Of course, Kath Albury always has sensible things to say so I'm glad the article gave her some space. Posted: Wednesday 2nd February 2005, 8:37 PM Back to the Blog
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