If you live in New York, it's likely you've encountered Ducky at one point of another in the last half decade. The workaholic, punk rocker, long-time fervent independent-press advocate, titular sexologist, and vaudevillian comic is ultimately a healer. Attacking the roots of inhibition, she promotes the cause of sexual inebriation, and revels in absurdity-- good for the flesh, soul and a laugh.

A self realized every-wonder-woman with a shy demeanor, generous heart, a possibly even more munificent libido, and an indomitable literary drive, Ducky has published numerous 'zines over the years. Her ribald romps and information dispensation segments have popped up all over the country with increasing frequency through her road tours and via mainstream and independent media. Possibly her most grand oeuvre to date, however, is her website www.DuckyDooLittle.com. Inside of months, the friendly provocative page has grown to voluptuous proportions, enabling Ducky to spread her salacious and salubrious technique further and wider than ever before. The sites message boards, sex studies, video advice shows and personal profiles cover and uncover everything from deep throating, threesomes, and scatology, to the chemical composition of semen, using carrots as dildos, condom application and issues about and relating to every body part and its erotic potential. With a decidedly pin-up fetishistic sensibility-- there are no penetration or cum shots I've seen-- the pages, like Ducky herself, are both pleasuring and informative. Alongside a huge photo gallery, interviews with sexperts and sex workers, and candid visitor input, the omnipresent hands-on sexologist places her stamp on the project's every aspect. The site galvanizes her sexuality energized, super diligent work ethic.

"I've been hyper sexual from day one," Ducky relates. "Literally as long as I can remember I have had a healthy appetite for sex. As a child I had sex fantasies about The Incredible Hulk stealing me out of my house and taking me to his laboratory and having sex with me! A very real and healthy curiosity for sex has always been with me. I started publishing 'zines ten years ago… 'zine publishing is a passion press; you get a look at an individual's interest and desires. My first publications were tattoo and music related. It was inevitable that I start writing and publishing sex related material. The Internet is my newest adventure. Uncensored and readily available. It's a 'zine publisher's dream!"

Equal parts get-off fodder, technical information, interactive forum, and personality cult, DuckyDooLittle.com blends the lines between self-promotion, vulnerably and charitable nurturing.

"For as much of a nutjob as I may be," she muses. "I really do enjoy the fact that I can open up worlds for people. I use humor to lubricate the process and the sex advice that I have matured into giving is very real. I provide a non-judgmental forum for people to discuss sex. I listen and respond with an open mind. No matter how freaky or weird they may be. The Internet is a wonderful way for people to address these subjects because of the anonymity of it. Lots of people seek to repress their odd sexual desires. Whenever possible I try to encourage them to find healthy outlets."

It's this kind of self-effacing humor and special aptitude for finding enlightenment in he mundane that gives her work its unique appeal. A keen eye and creative industriousness distinguish a good part of her character.

Even her own life story so far is marked by a tendency to take tenets of fundamental survival and amplify them to magnificence. Her tale begins in Minnesota where illness tragedy and orphanage left her to her own devices from a young age-- and like an insipid inventor or the scientist she was to become, these devices were formed through innocent genius and a renegade sense that seems common to her, yet extraordinary to others.

While Ducky sends enthusiastic nods the way of Annie Sprinkle, Susie Bright and other sexual healers as pioneers and now peers who paved the way for her crusade, she only came to know their work later in life. She names instead Doctor Ruth, Andy Kaufman and Elvira as role models for her sexual exploration and erudition exploits.

As a roaming child she was equally intrigued by science and the "ladies of the night" she saw on her block. From there, she developed into a sassy punk-rock chick, compulsive publisher and a peepshow girl. She says when she first began working in the peepshows she "had a shaved head, did not feel attractive and was sexually inexperienced." It was as if she ended up there as much out of curiosity as necessity, and just decided to make a good go of it-- to explore and learn from it. Many of her friends did not even know she was doing the shows until she read about it on-stage during a performance. Which points out another provocative Ducky aspect: an unusually humble and unassuming character driven by an exhibitionist's impulses. As a scientist she's likewise inclined to experiment with her disposition and measure it with pragmatism.

"It was equal parts naiveté and equal parts ingenuity that put me here. It was a few years ago that Katrina Del Mar started to photograph me. I really had no idea that I was good for looking at. I have come to accept that fact that people like to look at me now that photographers fly in from around the world to shoot me. But outside of my stage personas and public appearance I am still rather shy. It's all been an odd combination of public demand and the glory they give me. I adore my fans. Am I a fame seeker? I guess so. Not originally, but now I have come to realize that my goal is to grow old and write books. The only way to survive and do that is if people know who I am and want to buy what I write. So as long as there is a demand for me to be in magazines and appear on stage and as long as I still enjoy it, I will continue to do it. I'm having a lot of fun."

So she applies a basic biological gift-- horniness-- to equally entertaining, inciting and practical ends.

"I use sex for lots of things, but yes it does inspire me creatively. It is just a dominant part of my personality. Even when I was working on machines, before I was "Ducky DooLittle, The Sexologist" I was inspired by sex. I used to wear trashy lingerie under my blue jeans and steel capped boots so that I could keep my brain in the gutter. It's a good way to be."

When Ducky says, "I'm sincere in what I do," I believe her. If the best way to teach is by doing, then this doctor is the best professor. She's a dyslexic who counts writing among her greatest passions. She's a self-educated naughty girl who does good things with bad behavior.

"More than anything I know how to work hard," she simplifies. "I really do have a feeling of being invincible. It happened one day when I realized that people are not so smart. The people running those big corporations, the person driving that bus…I can do anything they can do and often times more. I wanted to writer erotica, so I did it. I wanted to perform, so I got on stage. I wanted to take my shows on the road, so I booked a tour. I wanted a website, so I made one. And I've only just begun! I think a woman who gets what she wants is very attractive. It has not been about weakness or blockage, it has been about discovering my abilities and opening up to them. And yes, everyone should explore their talents… take off those monkey suits and follow their bliss. Absolutely."

Sound Views: How many 'zine have you published? How many mini-books?
Doctor Ducky: About 25, I would guess. I publish them manically and they came out in surges that are controlled by my bouts of insomnia!

SV: How did you begin looking up technical definitions for sexplay-related vocabulary? Do you think naming certain predilections tends to relegate them to the cold realm of science and anomaly? Do you seek to turn that on its head?
DD: Well I don't find science cold at all! I think it's really hot! I have always had a penchant for science. From maps to birds to psychology to neurology. The more I write about sex, the more I learn. When I encounter something that does not make sense to me, I seek out more information-- real people with real experiences, scientific documentation, past research…

SV: You've suggested that you don't watch porno, is this true?
DD: I'm not a consumer of porn video, no. I love printed materials though. I love porn mags. I am into the tangible. I'm not big on videos, TV or the computer, despite the fact that I have this big site! I want to be able to touch my smut and carry it around with me. I don't know if that makes sense… I do know a lot of people in the industry and get exposed to the video biz by way of my porn mags.

SV: We've discussed the notion that at some point you stop questioning why you're turned on and accept that whatever gets you off, gets you off-- as long as you're not hurting yourself or anyone else, it's good. How do you feel about that?
DD: I just know that humans are animals. We are socialized to believe that sex and our instinctual desire are uncivilized. I know most people have the ability to reason between what is right and what I wrong. I think that when it comes to sex, if you are not hurting yourself or anyone else, even if what you are doing seems weird, you should enjoy yourself. It's a simple formula. I take it one step further and believe that you should not let sex destroy your personal relationships. I am not into heart breakers. Be honest with your lovers. Have safe sex. Take care of yourself.

SV: Relatedly, it's difficult for Americans to separate sexual titillation from the thrill of the forbidden and naughty. In fact, I recall you saying, "It's impossible." Have you researched sexual manifestations/mores in nonwestern cultures that don't practice prudishness?
DD: I have researched many cultures, and all of them have customs and practices that are just as [inexplicable] as our own. One group of South Americans won't have sex with a pregnant mate for fear if impregnating her again and causing her to explode! But the lines begin to blur as today everyone has access to more information and our cultures get a change to middle and cross over. We adopt each other's cultures and learn to understand each other.

SV: What would you say is your sexual community? Is that important to you?
DD: I don't have a sexual community. There is a clear difference between my personal sex-life and my work. I work within many sexual communities but my personal sexuality belongs to my lover and me.

SV: Have you explored tantric sex and if not, do you want to?
DD: I have. And will continue to do so. I study them for professional reasons and for personal reasons. I apply all sorts of cultural teachings to my sexuality.

SV: Who do you think your web audience is?
DD: I am happy to have a lot of women! And couples. I have a pretty well balanced audience. From people looking to satisfy the most basic sexual curiosities to all-out perverts. I love them. They teach me new things everyday.

SV: What is the most notable thing you've learned from your audience(s)?
DD: They listen. They read. That is not always the case when you are dealing with sexual topics. People often just want to be stimulated visually. Consequently I must research my facts carefully. I present the best possible articles I can because they will call me on it if something is wrong! And I love it when they do. It gives me a change to interact with them and get to know them.

SV: You talked about performing in the Midwest and more than once having the occasion to hear someone say 'thank you' such encounters are what fuels you, yes?
DD: I have had a lot of people thank me for what I do. I guess I inspire them. I never imagined that I would be doing that but when they see a woman like me get on-stage and get real brassy, they respond. I've had women get down on their knees and kiss my toes. That is the strangest experience. Lots of people love to see a girl with a big butt get on stage and exude sexiness. A woman will come up and tell me how wonderful it is to see a real girl in a sequin dress that is not typical but very sexy. I inspire them to be sexy, they inspire me. That is definitely something that caught me by surprise.

SV: Do you think sexual awareness is changing in the 21st century?
DD: The information age is upon us. It was not long ago that you would not see a bra on television, even in a bra commercial. When we were kids we were lucky to score a porn magazine or a copy of The Joy of Sex on our efforts to cure our curiosities. Today that information is everywhere. It's on TV, in school, on the Internet. The kids today are savvy. I am waiting patiently to watch them grow up and see how they change the scales. I don't know what to expect, will sex become more sedate? More intense? Less taboo? I doubt it.

SV: If sexual boundaries and consciousness are expanding, what will we do without deviance? Will some need to push their deviance to other extremes to ding the same thrill that, say, exhibitionism did 20 years ago-- or is it not all that simple?
DD: It's not that simple. And keep in mind that sex has trends that are obvious as the trends in fashion. From BDSM and fetishes to swinging to Tantra practices... we will always find a way to get off. We leave one thing behind and we adopt something different. We are still the same animal.

SV: What other publications are you writing for?
DD: Currently all my writing work goes into my website and my online shows. I am working on two books. I have some work in Art? Alternatives. Periodically I write for tattoo magazines, fashion mags, porn mags, other websites, 'zines… I have my fingers in many pies.

SV: Do you think New York is a sexy city? Any others?
DD: I think people are sexy. And there are sexy people in every city.

According to her written accounts Ducky does prefer the Big Apple, despite Mickey Mouse's attack on it's seedy center. In fact she recommended Billy's Topless as a remaining favorite haunt. She also toured Toys in Babeland on Rivington Street as her first choice place to send people for dildos, literature, movies, and toys toys toys! Learn more about Ducky by visiting www.DuckyDooLittle.com