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AN ONLINE PROJECT that aims to debunk myths about sex perpetuated by the online porn industry – by showing videos of real couples having sex – has been received very well by Ireland, according to its founder.
Speaking at yesterday’s web summit in Dublin, tech entrepreneur Cindy Gallop called on Irish people to upload videos of themselves making love as part of her MakeLoveNotPorn project.
The aim of Gallop’s project is to expose the differences between porn and real-life sex – in an age where hardcore pornography is widely available and perhaps the first place that young people learn about sex.
She told delegates the project was not anti-porn but “pro-sex, pro-porn, pro-telling the difference”. Couples were asked to send their ‘warts and all’ videos to show the funny, awkward side to real-life sex – and, potentially, even highlight the cultural differences in how people of different nationalities approach sex.
Tweeting this morning, Gallop said she had woken up to a staggering 92,000 signups for the Make Love Not Porn project – with Ireland ranking a very respectable 6th place.
According to Gallop, Ireland was creating the 6th highest traffic after the US, UK, Denmark, Belgium and Korea.
Check out Cindy’s Ted talk in 2009 (NOTE: contains some sexual language)
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Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd we are now probably the fifth after this article. Lets go for the top spot!
After the disappointment of the Germany match, it’d be nice to win something right enough!
But I can’t find the top spot. :(
Not a bad idea in principle , young people learning about sex from porn is a bit of a minefield .
I mean what if the first porn they ever see is amputee midget porn followed by ” 2 girls 1 cup ” ! Yuk !
And they don’t usually bring a friend!
Sex in a mine field and be a dangerous this
sry
I ment to say
Sex in a mine field can be a dangerous thing
Thanks for the translation.
Dont mind that carry on missus. Get your kit off for the lads!
great idea..down with that sort of thing
A womans place is in the home, not going on about this sort of thing. They should throw her in jail, or she’ll haven all driven mad
“Your sitting there watching that with a big smile on your face…..Ya dirty fecker!”
We owe so much to Fr. Ted!
“Ride me sideways…thats another one”
Jesus Padraig, if you want to see her naked, I sugggest you stick to porn..
A womans place is in the home, not going on about this sort of thing. They should throw her in jail, or she’ll haven all driven mad.
Padraig, you must have awful trouble getting women, guess thats why your right arm is so big in your profile pic, you’ll have to work on the left arm, yeah the arm you call ‘the stranger’
You’re just jealous, because I’m so beautiful.
jaysus i bet its all aul ones.. id rather watch the porn its not supposed to be real after all thats the point of it!!
auld whans need lovin to
we dont all need to see it though!!
its not compulsory to watch it but if you do….
A shower of dirty buggers, that’s all yiz are!
Ahhhh heor leav it ou!!!! Go wan ya good thing
I love this.. Men watch WAY too much porn & then are deluded enough to expect regular woman to perform like pornstars. It’s enough to make a gal want to cut through the guff & go solo with a rampant rabbit. Hits the spot EVERY time & you don’t need to bother shaving your legs ;) x
Got any pics?
Hahahaha… you’re a divel for the hairy legs Terry ;)
I’ll be honest. I signed up. I like the fact that they are trying to take the sleezyness and nastyness out of porn. They are trying to make it something a loving couple can enjoy together, rather than a shameful secret a man has to hide from his partner.
For Shame Steve… Hairy Palms and blindness await you buddy!
If this was around years ago, i would have never experienced the disapointment i did after becoming a plumber,pizza delivery guy or ups guy to get girls!
So double click and get out yer dick
Only men under the age of 25 could say that without sounding like a creep…
Is this about educating kids? So, instead of the usual talk about the birds and the bees, you sit them down to watch Biddy and Paddy from up the road getting it on for the nation! One sure way to put them off sex for life!!
Comment of the week there Maria!! Brill.
I suspect by Ireland she means the North, not us good little catholics down here surely?
So obviously never been in coppers
Giggity giggity!
Most porn is just watched by testosterone driven teens or 40yr old virgins like Pádraig O’hEidhin. Real Men don’t need porn because we rather enjoy the sensation of making love to a woman. Pádraig O’hEidhin’s misogynist comments are a dead give away that he can’t get himself a woman the poor sad oul bastard..lol
Well someone’s in denial. I’m 26 and I watch porn as do all my male friends. Most of us are in relationships and some of the lucky feckers even have partners who like watching porn too.
Saying that porn is just for people who don’t have sex is silly. Porn is fun and at the end of the day who does an orgasm hurt?
Sorry Conor but when you said” we rather enjoy the sensation of making love to a beautiful woman” I was instantly reminded of Swiss tony.
Sounds good, but gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “Gallop Poll”…
Pádraig O’hEidhin says a womans place is in the home.. coz he has NO woman in his home. It’s such a lonely place is grotty bedsit with only his porn and tissues close by for company. Sad 40yr old virgin.. ROFL..
Real men are too busy for porn as they’re too busy making love to a woman that adores them. FACT!
I agree with everything Rachel… except the ‘making love’ thing…
Ladies be seriously aggressive after that darn 50 shades thing..
Wouldn’t know haven’t read it.. too sophisticated you see, far too scared of being dumbed down by buttplugs & the likes..
Pádraig O’hEidhin is a VIRGIN.. ROFL
She doesn’t differentiate between traffic and contributors. Two distinctly different figures. I would like to see the stats on the latter.
I’d better get exfoliatin’ so…
I supposes if she said no-one was signing up to her website she would be screwed!!
Weren’t the old cottages with a hole in the roof great for families. Loads of kids so loads of sex. When they put windows in them cottages the women could see out. And all they wanted to do was go. And they’ve never stopped. I blame kitchen windows for everything. And washing machines cause they gave women the time off to go out of the kitchens ….
If we show our arses enough, we might repay Germans.
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