Women on Porn

One hundred stories. One vital conversation

Fiona Vera-Gray

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Penguin (Transworld)
18 February 2025

Cultural studies; Social issues & processes; Gender studies: women; Sexual behaviour; Sex & sexuality, sex manuals

Based on new, immersive research and interviews with 100 women aged 18 to 70, this is a groundbreaking dissection of the effects pornography has on female sexuality right from the mouths of women who have made porn, women who have consumed it and those averse to it,

At a time when women are more vocal than ever about our lives, there's one last taboo. We need to talk about porn.

When we think about porn today, we still mostly think about men. Men as the producers and the consumers. Women as the product. Most women aren't talking to each other about what they do and don't do with porn - not really. And when we do talk about it, we are divided into unhelpful binaries- for or against? Liberation or coercion? Too sexual or not sexual enough? But in a world where porn sites get more traffic than Netflix, Amazon plus Twitter combined, and one of the leading sites claims a third of its users are women, isn't it time to change that?

In this book, interviews with 100 women result in an extraordinary and powerful conversation on pornography. How they first encountered it. How they consume it. How it has affected their sex lives. What they like and what they don't. And what it means for their relationships.

Eye-opening, provocative and deeply moving, this book navigates the polarised public debates, to open an intimate window into porn and the sexual lives of women today.

By: Fiona Vera-Gray
Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 228g
ISBN: 9781804995969
ISBN 10: 1804995967
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 18 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray is one of the UK's leading feminist academics working on sexual violence and she has a decade's experience in the frontline anti-violence against women movement. Currently a Reader at the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit at London Metropolitan University, Fiona was formerly at Durham University and has been a regular media commentator on pornography, sexual violence, sexual harassment, and rape prevention. She is the author of two academic books on street harassment. In March 2021, Fiona published the largest ever study on the content of mainstream online pornography, gaining significant media coverage including BBC, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, New York Times, TalkRadio, Vanity Fair, RadioNZ and Women's Hour. She has been commissioned to write for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Independent, and has appeared in documentaries about porn and its impact.