Sssh.com is an erotic website designed and curated by women, for women. First launched in 2001 by owner Angie Rowntree, Sssh.com publishes original movies, photographs, erotic fiction, audio stories, advice columns and sexual "how to" guides directed at female readers and viewers with varying tastes in erotica.
Sssh.com began after founder Angie Rowntree identified an underserved yet extreamely large segment of the adult entertainment industry- sexy intelligent women interested in both plot and passion. Sssh.com was a response to the severe shortage of erotic material catering to women. It was designed as a platform where women would explore their sexuality in the safety and security of a likeminded community.
At the time, the attitued in the adult entertainment industry was that " there was no such thing as “porn” that appeals to women." However, Rowntree utilized insight and several research techniques to develop content "on request" for Sssh.com audience. In fact may authors have sinced metioned user feedback and behavioral trends supported by the sites traffic in their books. Psychology Today identified Shhh.com as one of only two explicit porn sites that has realized a profit in seeking to attract a heterosexual female audience. [1] In a January, 2013 article, CNBC cited Sssh.com as an exception to the rule that adult entertainment caters exclusively to men, stating that the site is "best described as an adult online version of Cosmopolitan magazine. [2]
In an April 2012 interview with ABC's Nightline, Rowntree explained the difference between the content created for Sssh.com and standard pornographic content: "What our audience wants is to see a passionate love scene that is filled with chemistry and sensuality, like that beach novel that comes to life where the hero comes and whisks off the heroine, makes wild passionate love to her. "They want a storyline... like the romance novel come to life. We have real chemistry, we have real intimacy, there's lots of romance.... It's not all about the sex, there's a reason for the sex, and because women are in a position of power. That's it." [3]
The site has been featured in a wide variety of publications, including The Sunday Times, Elle magazine, TIME magazine, Examiner.com, the Boston Herald, Le Figaro and Psychology Today, among others.
Sssh.com's approach to adult entertainment has also been featured on TV talk shows including ABC's Nightline, and BBC Television, The Jay Thomas Show.
Sssh.com was among the sources of data used by Dr. Ogi Ogas and Dr. Sai Gaddam for their controversial book A Billion Wicked Thoughts. Sssh.com has also been cited as a resource in half a dozen other books.
- Ford, Kimberly (2008). Hump: True Tales of Sex After Kids. New York: Saint Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0312376826. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- Essig, Laurie (2010). American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection. Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 0807000558. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- Walsh, Thomas (2011). Sex and the Single Senior. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1466904040. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- Fitch, Melissa (2009). Side Dishes: Latina American Women, Sex, and Cultural Production. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0813545257. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- Gray, Peter (2013). Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674072732.
- Valdez, Natasha (2011). Vitamin O: Why Orgasms are Vital to a Woman's Health and Happiness, and How to Have Them Every Time!. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 1616083115. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
Under a program established in 2011, each month Sssh.com donates a percentage of its revenue to a charitable organization, with the charity selected according to the outcome of a monthly vote cast by Sssh.com members. Sssh.com administrators select a list of five charities for members to choose from, then disburse the donation to the charity selected by its members in the monthly vote. [4]
To date, Sssh.com has donated to Puppies Behind Bars, The Archaeological Conservancy, Wildlife Warriors, the Mary Rose Museum, the Jackson Laboratory, Broadway Cares, the Himalayan Trust, the Mira Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, Rainforest Foundation UK, the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, The Canadian Gene Cure Foundation, The Humane Society, Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue and Dartmoor Zoological Park.
In January of 2012, Sssh.com was nominated "Best Specialty Site" by AVN. (Adult Video News) <ref> [1] The site received a second nomination for "Best Specialty Site" in January 2013.
- ^ Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D. "The Triggers of Sexual Desire Part 2: What’s Erotic for Women?" Psychology Today, May 2012
- ^ Chris Morris, "Porn's New Market: Women" CNBC.com, January 2013
- ^ Abbie Boudreau, "Mommy Porn Revolution? More Women Seek Erotica, Romance." ABC News, April 2012
- ^ Article on AVN.com
Sssh.com is an erotic website designed and curated by women, for women. First launched in 2001 by owner Angie Rowntree, Sssh.com publishes original movies, photographs, erotic fiction, audio stories, advice columns and sexual "how to" guides directed at female readers and viewers with varying tastes in erotica.
Sssh.com began after founder Angie Rowntree identified an underserved yet extreamely large segment of the adult entertainment industry- sexy intelligent women interested in both plot and passion. Sssh.com was a response to the severe shortage of erotic material catering to women. It was designed as a platform where women would explore their sexuality in the safety and security of a likeminded community.
At the time, the attitued in the adult entertainment industry was that " there was no such thing as “porn” that appeals to women." However, Rowntree utilized insight and several research techniques to develop content "on request" for Sssh.com audience. In fact may authors have sinced metioned user feedback and behavioral trends supported by the sites traffic in their books. Psychology Today identified Shhh.com as one of only two explicit porn sites that has realized a profit in seeking to attract a heterosexual female audience. [1] In a January, 2013 article, CNBC cited Sssh.com as an exception to the rule that adult entertainment caters exclusively to men, stating that the site is "best described as an adult online version of Cosmopolitan magazine. [2]
In an April 2012 interview with ABC's Nightline, Rowntree explained the difference between the content created for Sssh.com and standard pornographic content: "What our audience wants is to see a passionate love scene that is filled with chemistry and sensuality, like that beach novel that comes to life where the hero comes and whisks off the heroine, makes wild passionate love to her. "They want a storyline... like the romance novel come to life. We have real chemistry, we have real intimacy, there's lots of romance.... It's not all about the sex, there's a reason for the sex, and because women are in a position of power. That's it." [3]
The site has been featured in a wide variety of publications, including The Sunday Times, Elle magazine, TIME magazine, Examiner.com, the Boston Herald, Le Figaro and Psychology Today, among others.
Sssh.com's approach to adult entertainment has also been featured on TV talk shows including ABC's Nightline, and BBC Television, The Jay Thomas Show.
Sssh.com was among the sources of data used by Dr. Ogi Ogas and Dr. Sai Gaddam for their controversial book A Billion Wicked Thoughts. Sssh.com has also been cited as a resource in half a dozen other books.
- Ford, Kimberly (2008). Hump: True Tales of Sex After Kids. New York: Saint Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0312376826. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- Essig, Laurie (2010). American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection. Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 0807000558. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- Walsh, Thomas (2011). Sex and the Single Senior. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1466904040. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- Fitch, Melissa (2009). Side Dishes: Latina American Women, Sex, and Cultural Production. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0813545257. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- Gray, Peter (2013). Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674072732.
- Valdez, Natasha (2011). Vitamin O: Why Orgasms are Vital to a Woman's Health and Happiness, and How to Have Them Every Time!. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 1616083115. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
Under a program established in 2011, each month Sssh.com donates a percentage of its revenue to a charitable organization, with the charity selected according to the outcome of a monthly vote cast by Sssh.com members. Sssh.com administrators select a list of five charities for members to choose from, then disburse the donation to the charity selected by its members in the monthly vote. [4]
To date, Sssh.com has donated to Puppies Behind Bars, The Archaeological Conservancy, Wildlife Warriors, the Mary Rose Museum, the Jackson Laboratory, Broadway Cares, the Himalayan Trust, the Mira Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, Rainforest Foundation UK, the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, The Canadian Gene Cure Foundation, The Humane Society, Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue and Dartmoor Zoological Park.
In January of 2012, Sssh.com was nominated "Best Specialty Site" by AVN. (Adult Video News) <ref> [1] The site received a second nomination for "Best Specialty Site" in January 2013.
- ^ Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D. "The Triggers of Sexual Desire Part 2: What’s Erotic for Women?" Psychology Today, May 2012
- ^ Chris Morris, "Porn's New Market: Women" CNBC.com, January 2013
- ^ Abbie Boudreau, "Mommy Porn Revolution? More Women Seek Erotica, Romance." ABC News, April 2012
- ^ Article on AVN.com