Betty Dodson and Carlin Ross
From Bluetruth
Betty Dodson, artist, author, and PhD sexologist has been one of the principal voices for women's sexual pleasure and health for over three decades.
Background on Betty Dodson
Dodson had the first one-woman show of erotic art in ’68 in nyc followed by three others. She produced and presented the first feminist slide show of vulvas at the 1973 NOW Sexuality Conference in New York where she introduced the electric vibrator as a pleasure device. For 23 years, she ran Bodysex groups where women learned about their bodies and orgasms through the practice of self-stimulation.
Her first book, Liberating Masturbation: A Meditation on Selflove (’74) became a feminist classic. Sex for One (’87) sold over a million copies.Orgasms for Two (’02) embraces partner sex. She has authored numerous articles on the subject of women’s sexual pleasure and orgasm.Wrote/produced/directed 5 erotic sex educational videos on her ground breaking hands-on teaching. In 1994, she earned a PhD in clinical sexology. Dodson has presented at conferences for sexual scientists, therapists, and psychologists.
She has been interviewed on prime time cable television shows from the ‘70s to present including The History Channel; The O’Reilly Factor; The View; BET; HBO; Donahue; Sally Jesse Raphael; Geraldo; Joan Rivers; etc. She has been featured in national publications such as O Magazine, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Marie Claire, Playboy; Playgirl, Penthouse, Ms. Magazine, Bust, Time Out NY, LA and Chicago.
Excerpts from Betty's Books
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Latest Articles
- Some Points on Handling a Clitoris (06.Feb. 00:20)
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I have been enjoying some of the articles and videos at the New School of Erotic Touch. This is a great website that provides specific information on how to pleasure yourself and your partner. Seriously, their videos Fire in the Valley and The Best of Vulva Massage are among the best I have seen on how to manually stimulate a woman's genitals. And they are a rare thing online.
[?] - Women with Rifles (05.Feb. 05:38)
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This is Howard University's rifle team back in 1937. The rifles...the sneakers...the hair...perfection.
[?] - I'm Afraid Female Circumcision Has Left Me Numb (05.Feb. 01:20)
I had FGM when i was 12, now i'm 22 and never had any kind of sexual experience in my life, never been touched by a guy, i'm afraid i won't feel anything. i tried masturbating and there's nothing, it's ticklish down there but no pleasure at all. I have part of my clitrois left..there's a very small part left.
Where i live (egypt) there's nothing such as reconstructive surgery..so is there any advice on how i can have a normal sex life?? or at least a satisfying sex life? i know you met many women who had FGM and maybe you have some advice for me.
Dear R,
Fortunately the clitoris is a much larger organ than the tip of the glans which is what we can see on the outside. The clitoris is quite extensive. Here's a link to me drawing the internal clitoris.
[?]- He Has a Big Penis. I Have a Small Vagina (04.Feb. 09:12)
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You can accommodate size but you need to communicate and be aroused.
[?] - How I Feel About Women Nursing in Public (04.Feb. 02:00)
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Kind of ironic, isn't it? You can flaunt your breasts to titillate men but if you use them for their intended purpose everyone freaks out.
[?] - Our Political Differences are Based on Differences in Wiring of Our Brains (04.Feb. 01:28)
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A fascinating new study by researchers at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, demonstrates actual cognitive differences between conservative people and liberal people.
“In a series of experiments, researchers closely monitored physiological reactions and eye movements of study participants when shown combinations of both pleasant and unpleasant images. Conservatives reacted more strongly to, fixated more quickly on, and looked longer at the unpleasant images; liberals had stronger reactions to and looked longer at the pleasant images compared with conservatives.”
At first blush, this may not seem like a big thing, but honestly, it helps us to understand why the differences between viewpoints can be so extreme.
[?] - "Germany is Laid Back but Female Masturbation & Vulvas are Rarely Discussed" (03.Feb. 09:28)
opened this email from head_space...felt so proud:
Dear Betty and dear Carlin,
I just watched your scenes from the Trekant episode (via the link you provided) and just wanted to thank you both with all my heart for doing this! I live in Germany which is probably similarly laid back about sex in general but female masturbation and vulvas are rarely discussed. I sincerely hope that this documentary is going to be dubbed in several languages because the information and images are so important.
[?]- Frog Porn (03.Feb. 07:10)
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When you strip down pornography to its essence, it's just one creature getting off watching another creature experience pleasure.
[?] - What To Do With My Teeth During Oral Sex? (03.Feb. 03:53)
Hi,
I've never been a big fan of oral sex, but my current boyfriend really seems to like it so I want to get better at it. Problem is, I cannot seem to "hide" my teeth well and hurt him. He is very thick, and I do not have a big mouth. Please give me as many tricks as you can!!!Thanks!
Dear M,
[?]- First On-Screen Same Sex Kiss (03.Feb. 01:40)
And it doesn't necessarily mean they're gay...but it does mean that in 1927 men could express deep, platonic feelings for each other with a kiss.
Beautiful.
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