User:Walker.Sophia86/sandbox

Sssh.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.

History
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.

Critizism of Porn for Women
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. 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.

Sssh.com Content and Contributers
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."

Magazines and Jounals
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.

TV
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.

Books
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.



Charitable Efforts
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.

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.

Awards
In January of 2012, Sssh.com was nominated "Best Specialty Site" by AVN. (Adult Video News) The site received a second nomination for "Best Specialty Site" in January 2013.