Go Back Research Article October, 2007

No Money Shot? Commerce, Pornography and New Sex Taste Cultures

Author Feona Attwood

Abstract

This article examines two internet websites — Nerve, a magazine devoted to `smart smut', and SuicideGirls, an `altporn' site where softcore sexual display is a major component of a participatory taste culture. Through a consideration of the ways such sites present their commercial and community elements as part of a shared taste and aesthetic, the article investigates how some new forms of pornography are developing to construct sexual display as a form of recreation, self-presentation and community building.

Keywords

fashion passion sex marketing female consumers sexualized culture pornographication women pleasure sex industry female sexuality consumerism erotic products body pleasure ann summers sex and the city female desire feminine identity sexual empowerment marketing strategies online sex shops gendered advertising new female sexuality sex commerce female intimacy retail erotica women’s erotica sex retail marketing sensual branding fashion eroticism media sexualization women's agency
Details
Volume 10
Issue 4
Pages 441–456
DOI 10.1177/1363460707080982
ISSN 1461-7382
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