Women's erotica

Women's erotica is available from a variety of media including video games, websites, books, comics, short stories, films, photography, magazines, hentai and audio.

Because of the privacy and anonymity offered by the internet, women have increasingly embraced erotic material online.

Sssh.com, a similar subscription site that features original movies and photographic content, was launched in 1999 by Angie Rowntree, who was later inducted into the Adult Video News Hall of Fame, Internet Founders Division, in recognition of her efforts to help establish and grow an online market for women's erotica.

However, it commenced much earlier; in the late 20th century, phone sex emerged, where listeners would call in and imagine themselves as a participant, which tends to be the earliest form of pornographic sound.

Internet-based publisher Ellora's Cave produces what it calls "romantica" - romance novels with explicit sex scenes.

The movie featured explicit sex but focused on the woman's pleasure and refused to include "pop shots" (external ejaculation scenes).

In April 2007, she launched a new line of films, Femme Chocolat, which depicts the sexual fantasies of Black women.

More women are starting to produce erotic films; mostly small, independent products and usually from a sense of dissatisfaction with mainstream porn.

Playgirl magazine, an answer to Hugh Hefner's Playboy, first appeared in 1973 and offered a full-nude centerfold with its second issue.