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The Women Behind Betty Dodson with Carlin Ross

Betty Dodson and Carlin Ross are an irresistible team of intergenerational sex positive feminists who present their unique perspective on What Women Want in the Boardroom and the Bedroom.  

Their dialogue on sexuality and feminism yields a provocative and witty approach that entertains and educates while delving into the Politics of Women’s Sexuality:

How denying women reproductive rights, easy access to birth control, restricting sexual choices, maintaining a sexual double standard with the two views of woman: Madonna or Whore, and defining women’s appropriate sexual response denies women a full life.

Together, they're launching a new initiative "Online Erotic Sex Education".  This video-based series will teach basic sex skills to both men and women in the privacy of their own homes.   Betty and Carlin call it "The New Porn".  

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

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.

Carlin Ross, sex-positive activist and entrepreneur, has transcended her “ESQ” tagline to position herself at the forefront of female sexuality.

Background

Ross worked with the New York State Attorney General’s Office in their Internet and Civil Rights Bureaus before going in-house as General Counsel of an ISP which raised $1B on wall street.

As General counsel, she created partnership and peering relationships with the telecommunication industry’s major players. She also negotiated contracts to build an OC12 fiber optic network stretching from San Jose to London.

She left her law career to create a lifestyle brand for women: cherrybomb. The site launch was featured on the front page of the NY Times on February 24, 2004.

She has interviewed sexperts such as Ian Kerner, Helen Fischer, Candida Royalle, Dr. Judy Kuriansky, and Dr. Barbara Bartlik for the Sex Herald. And she has written/produced/directed several erotic features for Playgirl TV in addition to an original DVD feature.

She has appeared on The Sharon Osbourne Show, CNN, MSNBC, and Dateline and radio shows including Afternoon Advice on Playboy Radio.