Orgasm Inc.- Trailer. DOXA2010 Festival

Liz Canner, USA, 2009, 79 minutes

Tuesday, May 11 | 8:00pm | Pacific Cinémathèque

When filmmaker Liz Canner was hired to create a montage of sexy video clips for use in the trials of a new product designed to combat Female Sexual Dysfunction, she had little idea that she was falling down the rabbit hole of an entirely new reality. In the world of FDS, there is nothing that cant be improved by the application of pills, creams, or electronic gizmos. Suddenly perfectly normal women were convinced that their orgasms werent right because they didnt go into spontaneous writhing climax at the mere of sight of a man. This point is driven home, as it were, by a montage of films clips that depict women in states of other worldly orgasm.

It would be funny, if it werent quite so sad. Vivus, the American pharmaceutical company that originally hired Canner to put together her erotic videos, threw research dollars at the quest for what they called the Female Viagra but things didnt go precisely as planned.

Canner takes careful aim not only at the drug companies but also the army of doctors, salesmen, and television hucksters like Dr. Laura Berman, who try to convince women that there is something terribly wrong with them. Gone are the days when Judy Chicagos Dinner Party celebrated the vagina in all its colour, shape, size and diversity; now there is only one vagina that is acceptable and palatable. That this version resembles that of a 12-year old girl is perhaps one the most disturbing trends of contemporary sexuality. In many other parts of the world, the fight against female circumcision rages on, while in North America, the vaginal rejuvenation industry gets bigger (while actual vaginas get smaller) every year.

But even as the female sexual dysfunction industry explodes, ordinary women are increasingly confused about their own bodies. One woman interviewed in the film embarked on a radical quest to achieve the mysterious and elusive vaginal orgasm, a process that involved running electrodes up her spine and connecting her to a jolt of electricity. Another woman almost bled to death after undergoing labial surgery. This is an interesting companion piece to The Erectionman as well as a testimonial to the power of advertising, media and giant corporations (theyre all in cahoots, it would appear) to deny women the right to enjoy their perfectly normal orgasms, however they come.

"Liz Canner ended up making a shocking but hilarious film, Orgasm Inc., which is causing a storm in America as it sets out to expose the drug companies and doctors who are now locked in a race to produce a 'female Viagra' - a treatment that promises women a super-charged sex life in a pill."
- London Daily Mail

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• DOXA
• Liz Canner
• Female Sexual Dysfunction
• FSD
• Vivus
• Female Viagra
• Documentary
• Film Festival
• Vancouver

[freedom0f5peech]

BJU International 99 (4), 864-869 (British Journal of Urology International,

Volume 99 Issue 4 Page 864 - April 2007)

Circumcision removes the most sensitive part of a man's penis. The five most sensitive areas of the penis are on the foreskin. The transitional region from the external to the internal foreskin is the most sensitive region of the fully intact penis, and more sensitive than the most sensitive region of the circumcised penis.

[LindaKay1948]

I think what I have is nerve damage from being forced to take neuroleptics over 26 yrs. ago. Although I discontinued the drugs right away, I continue to be numb in my saddle area to this day. This has not only taken away my sexual urge, but has given me problems knowing when I need to urinate. I am sure there are other women out there who have had this happen to them, but they are either ignored (like I was) or just too embarrassed to talk about it. (See my channel for more.).

[sdrobert1]

wholesale circumsism. ROFL If you actually got laid you would find out that some women actually like a guy like me whos got the turtle head. A little knock knock against the top of the door is a nifty little present if done the correct way. Thank goodness I dont have to pull down the overcoat to clean out the cheese EWWWW!!!!

[jackbktripper]

every woman i've ever talked to is completely grossed out by a (dirty) uncircumcised penis. Your racism is hardly noticeable, Lmao! and i had no trouble giving Joe an orgasm with me highly sensitive - and beautifully circumcised - penis... and by "Joe" i mean "Joe Mama" of course ;O) -American ღPool ☠ Buoyღ

[judger20]

deam ...some people, ...my dad hes 63years old and hes fucking women that are 20-30years younger then him!! with NO Viagra or other peels just his dick lool...well that u cant buy can u?! hahaa

[Bonobo3D]

Wholesale circumcision, (genital reduction surgery without consent) of baby boys has an enormous impact upon adult sexuality of both the men they become and their female partners.

To discuss female sexual problems in the USA without addressing the problem of sexual mutilation of baby boys is hollow and unproductive. Make for a good Oprah show though. Denial is good for business.