Yes, females can have orgasms too—at least, that’s the premise of Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm by filmmakers Wendy Slick and Emiko Omori, now out on DVD. The film accurately and chronologically details how vibrators were invented and the history of their rise to glory, to taboo, to sexual revolution, to today. The filmmakers weave in and out of interviews with a number of sexual pioneers like the famous masturbator Betty Dodson and Dell Williams, the woman who opened Eve’s Garden (New York’s first sex toy shop). Also touched on in the film was the case of Joanne Webb, who was arrested for selling dildos in Texas (yes it’s illegal to own more then five “obscene” objects) and how even now, the female orgasm is suppressed. While the information given proved digestible and interesting, a lot of the shots were awkward, shaky and canvassed by some odd floral pattern that became distracting. Luckily orgasms were the focus and in just over an hour, the film explained why we love our Hitachi Magic Wands.
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Jan
08
DVD Review: Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm
In Section: ON SCREEN » Posted By: Linnea Covington
Yes, females can have orgasms too—at least, that’s the premise of Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm by filmmakers Wendy Slick and Emiko Omori, now out on DVD. The film accurately and chronologically details how vibrators were invented and the history of their rise to glory, to taboo, to sexual revolution, to today. The filmmakers weave in and out of interviews with a number of sexual pioneers like the famous masturbator Betty Dodson and Dell Williams, the woman who opened Eve’s Garden (New York’s first sex toy shop). Also touched on in the film was the case of Joanne Webb, who was arrested for selling dildos in Texas (yes it’s illegal to own more then five “obscene” objects) and how even now, the female orgasm is suppressed. While the information given proved digestible and interesting, a lot of the shots were awkward, shaky and canvassed by some odd floral pattern that became distracting. Luckily orgasms were the focus and in just over an hour, the film explained why we love our Hitachi Magic Wands.
