An article that appeared in the 13 March 2009 New York Times "Fashion" section, datelined San Francisco, may be of interest to the members of this forum. It is:
"The Pleasure Principle," by Patricia Leigh Brown and Carol Pogash. See:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/fashion/15commune.html?em
(Presumably one can also get there by googling the headline and authors.)
The lead paragraph reads:
"EVEN in a culture in which sex toys are a booming business and Oprah Winfrey discusses living your best life in the bedroom, a coed live-in commune dedicated to the female orgasm hovers at the extremes. The founder of the One Taste Urban Retreat Center, Nicole Daedone, sees herself as leading 'the slow-sex movement,' one that places a near-exclusive emphasis on women’s pleasure — in which love, romance and even flirtation are not required."
And later....
"Most residents are young questers, seeking to fill an inner void and become empowered through Ms. Daedone’s blend of female-centric spirituality and sexuality. One, Beth Crittenden, 33, grew up in conservative Virginia tobacco country, a place, she said, where the fundamentals of the female anatomy were never discussed and masturbation was unmentionable. 'I’d never done anything even in the dead of night,' she said."
....etc.
"The Pleasure Principle," by Patricia Leigh Brown and Carol Pogash. See:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/fashion/15commune.html?em
(Presumably one can also get there by googling the headline and authors.)
The lead paragraph reads:
"EVEN in a culture in which sex toys are a booming business and Oprah Winfrey discusses living your best life in the bedroom, a coed live-in commune dedicated to the female orgasm hovers at the extremes. The founder of the One Taste Urban Retreat Center, Nicole Daedone, sees herself as leading 'the slow-sex movement,' one that places a near-exclusive emphasis on women’s pleasure — in which love, romance and even flirtation are not required."
And later....
"Most residents are young questers, seeking to fill an inner void and become empowered through Ms. Daedone’s blend of female-centric spirituality and sexuality. One, Beth Crittenden, 33, grew up in conservative Virginia tobacco country, a place, she said, where the fundamentals of the female anatomy were never discussed and masturbation was unmentionable. 'I’d never done anything even in the dead of night,' she said."
....etc.
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