Phallic Friday - make love not porn

I read an article through the week about the changing face of the porn industry, if you're interested you can find it here. The article is about Cindy Gallop, a former advertising exec, who has a website called, Make Love Not Porn (http://www.makelovenotporn.com/) which "aims to make sex socially acceptable".

Amen to that!

The article intrigued me and so I went to check out the website. At first there's a disclaimer (and it needs a good proofreader) but upon entering, I was a bit shocked by the pinkness. I'm not a fan of pink...and I'd guess half the population at least aren't too fond of pink...which made me wonder how many people are going to hang around on an ultra pink website. But that's only my pet-hate, right?

There's a whole heap of Fact vs Fiction (or Porn vs Real World) things at the start and they're good. Things like - Anal sex is fine in porn; but in real life not everyone likes it. Pubic hair is never in porn; but up to personal taste in real life, which varies person to person. In porn, camera angles mean often on genitals touch; in real life skin on skin is what a lot of people enjoy. I like those facts. Simple. Real. Not preachy.

The site doesn't aim to denigrate porn or make judgements. It's a site for discussion, open-mindedness, and to show there are different ways to have healthy sex.

There's a section for watching real life sex videos, and for uploading these for others to watch. There's a t-shirt to buy and an e-book. there's space to send in your ideas and requests for corporate investment.

There are a lot of comments listed on the site by people in their 20s, so I guess that's the target market.

I hope the site does well. The porn industry is huge and there's easy access to it now with online content. When I was young it was so difficult to access any sexual information, so I'm glad that it's more freely available. I'm also glad to see someone making sex real. The 'studio-ness' of porn has always been one of my bugbears.

All people are different. All people like different things. These are great messages to get across. I hope it remains non-judgemental, open and real.