Annie Sprinkle Quotes

I’d like to see feminism really be more loving. Feminists have a lot of righteous anger, and have done a lot to fight for rights. But we need a lot of love and compassion – to embrace people, to educate people. I wasn’t a feminist until l I was educated about what it was. I would love to see men attend, and transgender people. Everyone is welcome.

Whores do sometimes break up with their johns.

I had many clients who didn’t respect me, probably because of how they were raised. We’re all the walking wounded.

I had orgasms with clients, even though it was kind of a taboo at that time to admit it. Women weren’t supposed to enjoy sex that much!

People who have been prostitutes are ten times more willing to be johns than the average person. So, if you’ve been paid for sex you understand the value of that experience on some level.

My whole purpose is to bring what’s hidden out in the open so people can look at it and discuss it. And sexually oriented material is very important to study in an academic setting. Controversy is part of the fun.

There have been times where I have definitely felt like I was a john. As a pin-up photographer for ten years, when I was photographing men and women, to be honest, sometimes I felt like I was a john, especially when I was shooting guys because they – you know – they had to have big erections in the photos.

The single most important key to sex that I’ve yet discovered is conscious rhythmic breathing; the more you breathe the more you feel and the more you come alive. Many of us breathe only enough to survive but not to live fully. Deep breathing is a door to waking up to healing and to more personal freedom.

I love to engage people who think differently than I do.

A lot of women I worked with didn’t respect their clients. I had some clients who didn’t respect me, but still you somehow made it work.

Whores have the ability to put up with behaviors other women would never manage to put up with. That’s why we deserve to be generously compensated.

There’s a lot of pain and suffering out there. I think there needs to be more joy, and love, and orgasms in the world. We are a pleasure-negati ve society. Suffering is much more acceptable. And I want to tell women that they are sexually powerful beings, but they often don’t get in touch with it because they are socialized to please men.