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100 Lashes And Deported For Love

100 Lashes And Deported For Love

November 16, 2010 No Comments

Two lovers living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) state of Sharjah have been ordered to receive 100 lashes each and to be deported from the country for “adultery.” It’s not like they were married to other people, or underage, they simply just weren’t married to each other and “having sex out of wedlock” is ...

Strip Club Battles In London

Strip Club Battles In London

November 12, 2010 No Comments

London leaders think there are too many strip clubs and are doing their best to stop new ones from appearing and putting restrictions on the already existing ones. Back in April we told you that strip clubs would have to apply for licences as sex establishments. Local councillors are saying, “We’re on the side of ...

Small Brothels Okay For Taiwan

Small Brothels Okay For Taiwan

October 15, 2010 No Comments

Taiwan used to prosecute prostitutes, but not the Johns. Now their government has gone in the other direction by allowing small brothels of three to five staff so long as they aren’t near areas with children. They rejected the proposal for an official red light district or for larger brothels, but I guess the small ones seem kind ...

Lazy Sunday Post: Sex Laws

Lazy Sunday Post: Sex Laws

August 29, 2010 1 Comment

Sex scares people across a wide range of cultures. Here is a compilation of crazy laws about sex across the world — travelers beware!

Girls’ Bikes Suck

It’s that time of year, when spring blossoms counteract the car pollution, beer gardens are filled with humans on...

The Dick In American Pie

The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...

How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

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