Sexual Health Victoria External Link – statewide sexual and reproductive health service, including lots of great info on sexuality, gender identity and respectful relationships. My Options External Link – Victoria’s sexual and reproductive health information service (including how to access abortion and contraception services). Berry, D. M. (2008). Copy, rip, burn: The politics of copyleft and open source. London: Pluto Press.

Consent is about communication and it should happen every time you engage in sexual activity with another person. My friend wanted his girlfriend to dress like a porn star and do what a porn star would do. Porn is so easily accessible. You see guys watching it in the classroom on their phones; on the bus.” Gill-Peterson, J. (2015). Sexting girls: Technological sovereignty and the digital. Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory, 25(2), 143–156. The three critical areas of focus I explore are the views of anti-pornography feminist activists and questioning their strategies on how to stop the objectification of women in Porn. I explore societies perceptions of female sexuality and question if Feminist Pornography could make a significant impact on social attitudes to Porn, female sexuality and sex. Lastly, I have explored what defines the Female gaze, the benefits of it, and if there is a gender difference in the gaze used. Lazzarato, M. (1996). Immaterial labour. In S. Makdidi, C. Casarino, & R. Karl (Eds.), Marxism beyond Marxism. London: Routledge.The Better Health Channel also has information about lesbian sexuality, bisexuality, men and sexuality, trans and gender diverse people and gay male sexuality. Further information and resources on women’s sexuality There are not enough words to describe how grateful I am for the next person, my Mum, Mumma Maxine and my best friend. Thank you for forever being at the end of the phone, supportive through all the tough times and keeping me focused throughout the last 4 years. I wanted to make you the proudest Mumma this year, and I really hope I have.

Many pornographic films promote an unrealistic image of “beauty” by portraying very ‘slim’ and very ‘young’ people. Some advocates worry that this may contribute to low self-esteem, especially among women, or cause people to have unrealistic expectations of their sexual partners. Addiction Mendes, K. D., Keller, J., & Ringrose, J. (Forthcoming 2016). Speaking ‘Unspeakable Things’: Documenting Digital Feminist Responses to Rape Culture. Journal of Gender Studies. The most important thing is that you can make the right decisions for you and that you always feel safe and respected. Sexual orientation and gender identity Researchers suggest this could be because woman are more likely to watch porn with their partner, instead of alone; and men typically watch less consensual sex acts when watching alone. Another study found that those who watched porn with their partners reported feeling more dedicated and sexually satisfied in their relationship compared to those who watched it alone. And here you thought gay, bisexual and straight were the only sexual orientations, ha! There are so, so many more.Johnson recently discussed the team's findings about the effects of pornography, the societal impact of pornography, and why an "opt-in" system for Internet pornography might be needed. External Link – for information and support in relation to sexual assault, family violence and domestic violence.

Jacobs, K. (2003). Queer Voyeurism and the Pussy-Matrix in Shu Lea Cheang’s Japanese Pornography. In C. Berry, F. Martin, & A. Yue (Eds.), Mobile cultures: New media in queer Asia (p. 201). Durham, NC: Duke University Press. That said, there is a growing body of literature that can provide hints. BBC Future reviewed what researchers have concluded so far: By doing Feminist research, the most favourable option for collecting data was Qualitative, more specifically, semi-structured interviews. Semi-structured interviewing creates an environment which avoids control over those interviewed (Reinharz, 1992:20) and “openness, engagement (… and) egalitarianism” (Reinharz, 1992:27). Feminist researchers argue that traditional social theories have often marginalised or rendered insignificant women’s life-worlds. I wanted to explore “issues of social change and social justice for women and other oppressed groups” (Hesse-Biber & Leavy, 2007:114) and Feminist Pornography which has proved a sensitive topic which people feel uncomfortable talking about openly. Participants involved:People who consume porn may learn about new sexual positions, view destigmatizing material about their kinks, and learn more about the human body. I don’t really like to refer to my work as ‘feminist porn’ now because the term has become a very general label for anything that is made by a woman and it has lost some meaning. Women are considered a niche, so we are labelled ‘feminist porn’, ‘ethical porn’ or ‘porn for women’, reinforcing the idea that we are not really ‘porn’.” (Kear, 2020: Interview with Erika Lust). It is never okay to discriminate against someone on the basis of their sexuality or gender identity. Everyone should be treated with respect and no one should pressure you into doing things you are uncomfortable with. Women’s anatomy

Stüttgen, T. (2009). Post, porn, politics: Queer-feminist perspective on the politics of porn performance and sex-work as culture production [symposium, reader]. Berlin: B_books.

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There’s been pornography and people who seek it for a long time, but new technologies have considerably facilitated access to it. To an extreme degree, in fact. This is what’s given rise to what’s now referred to as pornosexuality. That is, to a commitment to pornography as the axis of one’s individual sexuality.