Nina Hartley's Making Love To Women Review

Reviewed by Lunacy  on  4/19/2002

I liked this DVD! I found it to be honest, original, straight forward and sexy all at the same time.

Nina starts out with a very honest instructional "lecture" of sorts while beautiful Tina Tyler lounges in the background. Nina speaks as though you were right there with her, I thought this really added a nice dimension to an instructional type video.
Nina is very well spoken and seems very well educated. She touches upon cultural influences, emotional aspects of a womyn's sexuality. I was very pleased to find this was not just a "put your fingers here and rub" DVD.
Some of the things she pointed out the importance of were:

-Kiss and touch
-A womyn feeling safe, physically and emotionally
-That womyn are very tactile
-Slowing down, being in the moment
-Getting the fires burning

Nina Hartley shares some very insightful, real issues that womyn face in this first segment.
I did think this lecture portion ran a little long, and was slightly repetitive in some places, but wasn't anything major.
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In the second scene, we get a little show and tell with Nina and Tina. (yum)
She goes on to explain the different sensitivities of a womyns genitals. She explains and shows the different sensations and pressures that feel good on the vulva, clit and vagina separately. I really liked this as too often it's just "The Pussy".
And just as a footnote, it was very refreshing to see a couple REAL orgasms.
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In scene 3 Ian Daniels and Nina get to it for a little more show and tell, but this time in a porn kinda way.(minus instruction)

This was a pretty hot scene, it had a very natural flow to it and I loved! that they paused for a sip of wine, a little massage etc. To me it made the experience more intimate and sensual and very representative of what a lot of womyn fantasize about for a romantic interlude.
The only thing I did not like here was the incessant camera shots beyond a black and white photo of Nina, it seemed egotistical. Again, no big deal though.

Overall, I'd give it a solid 4 and I would absolutely recommend this to any man, experienced or not.

-lunacy-