MP arrived home, dripping wet.
“I had to park miles away from the client and I got caught in a downpour on the way back to the car.”
A small puddle formed at her feet.
“I am wet right down to my knickers!”
She headed off to the bedroom to get changed.

A few moments later a naked MP came into the office.
“I have run a hot bath, the bubbles are up to here.” She indicated a height above her head which was probably a slight exaggeration on the bubble altitude. “Want to join me?”
“Want to join me” I thought was probably an euphemism for “Lets have sex in the bath” so I most definitely did want to join her....

"I have done several abortions on women who have regularly picketed my clinics, including a 16 year old schoolgirl who came back to picket the day after her abortion, about three years ago. During her whole stay at the clinic, we felt that she was not quite right, but there were no real warning bells. She insisted that the abortion was her idea and assured us that all was OK. She went through the procedure very smoothly and was discharged with no problems. A quite routine operation. Next morning she was with her mother and several school mates in front of the clinic with the usual anti posters and chants. It appears that she got the abortion she needed and still displayed the appropriate anti views expected of her by her parents, teachers, and peers." (Physician, Australia)

"I've had several cases over the years in which the anti-abortion patient had rationalized in one way or another that her case was the only exception, but the one that really made an impression was the college senior who was the president of her campus Right-to-Life organization, meaning that she had worked very hard in that organization for several years. As I was completing her procedure, I asked what she planned to do about her high office in the RTL organization. Her response was a wide-eyed, 'You're not going to tell them, are you!?' When assured that I was not, she breathed a sigh of relief, explaining how important that position was to her and how she wouldn't want this to interfere with it." (Physician, Texas)

"In 1990, in the Boston area, Operation Rescue and other groups were regularly blockading the clinics, and many of us went every Saturday morning for months to help women and staff get in. As a result, we knew many of the 'antis' by face. One morning, a woman who had been a regular 'sidewalk counselor' went into the clinic with a young woman who looked like she was 16-17, and obviously her daughter. When the mother came out about an hour later, I had to go up and ask her if her daughter's situation had caused her to change her mind. 'I don't expect you to understand my daughter's situation!' she angrily replied. The following Saturday, she was back, pleading with women entering the clinic not to 'murder their babies.'" (Clinic escort, Massachusetts)

"We too have seen our share of anti-choice women, ones the counselors usually grit their teeth over. Just last week a woman announced loudly enough for all to hear in the recovery room, that she thought abortion should be illegal. Amazingly, this was her second abortion within the last few months, having gotten pregnant again within a month of the first abortion. The nurse handled it by talking about all the carnage that went on before abortion was legalized and how fortunate she was to be receiving safe, professional care. However, this young woman continued to insist it was wrong and should be made illegal. Finally the nurse said, 'Well, I guess we won't be seeing you here again, not that you're not welcome.' Later on, another patient who had overheard this exchange thanked the nurse for her remarks." (Clinic Administrator, Alberta)...

As I open my eyes I see the flickering light of torches mounted to the wall. Sitting up, my vision begins to clear a bit more and I realize that there are many people around me. Everything is muted despite the number of people. I see a man approaching me. He is topless but wearing a ocher colored sarong. It is the Venetian. His hair is a bit longer and he is wearing a long dark beaded necklace. In a very soft, low and calm voice he approaches me with a greeting. Taking my hand he helps me up off of the raised slab of earth where I had been lying, presumably asleep.

At this moment I realize that I am in an underground system of catacombs. The walls are made of earth and everything is cool and comfortable. The Venetian guides me down a hallway. We pass many rooms along the way. In each room there is some unfamiliar ritual going on. Sensing my anxiety the Venetian looks me in the eyes and speaks to me calmly. I cannot tell if he is using his voice or his eyes. With his eye completely dilated I am entranced. He tells me that there is nothing to be afraid of and that I chose to be here. I chose to be his lover.

My mind is racing. I think about how this is in fact true, that I wanted to be his lover, but I was never informed that I would be taken away someplace unknown where I feared for my safety. His touch is calming however, and I come to realize that this is a place to visit and not a place to live...

Abstract: This article explores the postwar performance of striptease in Vancouver, British Columbia, and sheds new light on received understandings of exotic dancing's "golden age," which flourished until the mid-1970s. Specifically, the racialization of the industry is charted using the hierarchically structured geography of the city's nightlife—West End vs. East End—as a frame through which to analyze archival documents and interviews. Inequalities structuring the business of bump and grind unsettle notions of stripteasers as a homogeneous category, while simultaneously revealing the diversity within dancers' experiences of stigmatization and their strategies of resistance. The article discusses the ways in which white women and women of color were differentially located within local and transnational circuits of erotic entertainment. That striptease staged the performance of not only sexual but also racial Otherness prompts a comparison of the prestige and profitability of white headliners with the resilient stereotypes and limited marketability that constrained dancers of color. An approach that probes the intersections of gender and sexuality with race and class captures the complexities of this industry and the rich histories of the business insiders, especially the erotic dancers, who gave it life...

It always surprises me a little when coworkers or neighbors or friends will comment on my large (and growing) array of (mostly high heeled) shoes, usually with a little joke about my "shoe fetish." It surprises me because a year ago, i owned 2 or 3 pairs of shoes, none with a heel over 2 inches. i bought shoes to be comfortable and functional, and that was as much thought as i gave them.

Enter my Master, who really does have a shoe fetish. One which He has so kindly given to me. For a long time i didn't adopt it as my own at all, which is why it was such a surprise when i'd get those "shoe fetish" comments - i didn't have a shoe fetish, He did, and i was merely the canvas on which He expressed it...

On the afternoon of June 2, 2008 — a skirmish in the culture war between those who believe in sexual empowerment and personal freedom versus the local West Chester, PA religious establishment, escalated into a full scale legal battle when Jill McDevitt, the owner of Feminique Boutique, an adult sex education/retail establishment in downtown West Chester, was served with legal documents informing her that she was being sued by the powerful St. Agnes Catholic Church and its spiritual leader Monsignor Edward Deliman.

Up until that Monday afternoon this had primarily been a debate waged within the community – with the church and parishioners arguing that such a shop was “corrupting the morals of children” on one side, and supporters of personal freedoms and the American entrepreneurial spirit on the other. No longer just an ideological fight over whether or not people should be able to freely explore their sexuality in the privacy of their own homes and who would seek out educational and retail establishments like Feminique Boutique to help them do that, this latest escalation by Msgr. Edward Deliman is an assault upon the very foundations of American business and the very freedoms of choice we take for granted....

The French Government will appeal a court decision to grant a marriage annulment to a Muslim on the grounds his wife lied about her virginity, after the verdict sparked a public uproar.

Justice Minister Rachida Dati has asked state prosecutors to file an appeal against the ruling handed down in Lille in northern France.

"The annulment of a marriage by the high court in Lille has sparked a heated social debate. This private affair reached beyond the scope of two people and concerns all citizens in our country, particularly women," the justice ministry said.

News of the ruling, which was handed down in April but revealed last week, sparked an uproar among French politicians and women's rights campaigners, but also French Muslim figures.

French Urban Affairs Minister Fadela Amara, a practising Muslim and women's rights activist, called it "a fatwa against women's emancipation".

The man suspected that his new bride, also a Muslim, was not a virgin on their wedding night in July 2006 because the bedsheets were not stained with blood. The woman later admitted to him she had had sex before their marriage.

The court granted the annulment request after ruling the man had been "mistaken about the essential qualities" of his wife-to-be....

A man who claims to have had sex with 1,000 cars has defended his "romantic" feelings towards vehicles.

Edward Smith, who lives with his current "girlfriend" – a white Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla, insisted that he was not "sick" and had no desire to change his ways.

"I appreciate beauty and I go a little bit beyond appreciating the beauty of a car only to the point of what I feel is an expression of love," he said.

"Maybe I'm a little bit off the wall but when I see movies like Herbie and Knight Rider, where cars become loveable, huggable characters it's just wonderful....

Bisexuality in women appears to be a distinctive sexual orientation and not an experimental or transitional stage that some women adopt "on their way" to lesbianism, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

The study of 79 non-heterosexual women over 10 years found that bisexual women maintained a stable pattern of attraction to both sexes. In addition, the research appears to have debunked the stereotype that bisexual women are uninterested in or unable to commit to long-term monogamous relationships.

"This research provides the first empirical examination of competing assumptions about the nature of bisexuality, both as a sexual identity label and as a pattern of nonexclusive sexual attraction and behavior," wrote University of Utah psychologist Lisa M. Diamond, PhD, who conducted the study. "The findings demonstrate considerable fluidity in bisexual, unlabeled and lesbian women's attractions, behaviors and identities and contribute to researchers' understanding of the complexity of sexual-minority development over the life span."..