Cumming for charity causes outrage
The British public – well, some of them! – have been shocked by Channel 4’s plan to broadcast the UK’s first masturbation marathon, which took place in London on August 5th. The masturbation marathon has run for six years in America and is used to raise money for charitable causes such as reproductive health clinics and HIV preventive education. You can be sure we’ll never see anything like that on RTÉ. A few years back they banned an advert for this very magazine because there was a reference to an article on the joys of masturbation written by yours truly.
The final frontier – the million mile high club
Damn, there goes the fantasy. Sexual pleasure at zero g's sounds great in principal, but the reality is apparently a lot trickier than you’d have thought. With public space travel a near-reality, working out the logistics of sex in space has become an important issue for those hoping to encourage space tourism. Speaking at the NewSpace 2006 conference in Las Vegas, NASA veteran James Logan notes that sex in a low-gravity environment might be underwhelming and messy, and will need to be carefully choreographed in order to be successful.
No neon erotic please – we’re Latvian
Officials in Latvia’s capital have put in place a series of new regulations to tone down erotic adverts in Riga. Under the new rules it is illegal to have special lighting effects on signs for sex clubs, all windows of clubs must be covered and fines will be imposed on those handing out flyers for the city’s many sex clubs. Officials are aiming to change the image of Riga, which is seen by many European tourists as the place to go for cheap booze and sex.
Sexton’s Miscellany
3D Erotica
I am a big fan of 3D art, and – as a result – was pretty impressed when I stumbled across Erotic Illusions. Erotic Illusions offers access to a variety of artists working in both 2D and 3D. You’ll find all sorts of erotic stories and graphics here – damsels in distress, BSDM, hentai, elf porn, dark fantasy art, vampire
sex, alien sex and more. There are seriously talented artists here and absolutely loads of stuff to choose from. Membership costs vary depending on the artist. See www.eroticillusions.com.
Books
Similarly, I love books of quotations so I was very pleased to be presented with a copy of Speaking of Sex: Funny, Wicked & Joyful Remarks About Almost Everybody’s Favorite Subject by John-Paul Sousa. Sousa has collected quotes from a variety of sources including William Shakespeare, Madonna, Pamela Anderson, Emily Dickinson, Colin Powell and Groucho Marx. One of best collections of sex quotes I have seen. Speaking of Sex is available from Eason’s at www.buy4now.ie/eason for €20.86.
Political Sex Quotes
Talking of quotations, here are some of the best quotes about sex from America’s elected representatives:
If I don’t have a woman every three days or so I get a terrible headache – John F. Kennedy
They don’t call me Tyrannosaurus Sex for nothing – Ted Kennedy
Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country – George W. Bush
For seven and a half years I’ve worked alongside President Reagan. We’ve had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We’ve had some sex...uh...setbacks – George H.W. Bush
I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky – Bill Clinton