Saturday, June 03, 2006

Women's Issues: Canada hosts "feminist porn" awards

Toronto has hosted what is believed to be the world's first "feminist porn" awards ceremony to highlight "really great" female erotica.

Organiser Chanelle Gallant told AFP, "We wanted to celebrate filmmakers who are making really great porn, the kind that makes us feel good about sex, makes us feel good about our bodies and treats sex as something fun and good."

The awards featured three categories: porn flicks that depict "genuine female pleasure" or "women having a good time", films that were produced or directed by women, and adult movies that "expand the range of pleasure for women", Gallant said.

No doubt the feminists are now on their way to blockade a male porn awards ceremony on the grounds that such movies depict women as sex objects.