School Bans Bondage Pants

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WINONA, Minn. (AP) - Winona Senior High School has prohibited students from wearing a certain style of baggy pants because of safety concerns.

"Bondage" pants - pants with several straps that hook from each back pocket to the opposite pant leg - were banned about a month ago. The school's dress code committee decided that students shouldn't wear any strap that could be unsafe, whether made from chain or fabric, said associate principal Jeff Sampson.

Although the straps haven't caused any injuries at the school, Sampson said they could possibly hook students onto something or someone and would be especially dangerous around shop class equipment.

Junior Ed Chick and his friends said the straps would rip off the pants once caught and most are too high off the ground for others to trip over.

Students said the new prohibition is aimed at groups who some label as "Goth" or "freak." They said teachers have been less stringent enforcing the dress code among students in other groups who wear skimpy blouses, T-shirts promoting alcohol or pants that show underwear.

"We've all been yelled at or called to the office," said junior Carl Schreiber, who was told he couldn't wear pants with cuffs 1.5 feet in diameter because he could conceal a gun in them or trip.

Sampson said about 15 students have agreed to remove the straps, and "a handful" were suspended after refusing.

Portable Strip Club

Excite News: "TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A 40-foot motor home was converted into a strip club on wheels, offering alcohol and lap dances to football fans outside the stadium before kickoff of Sunday's Tampa Bay Buccaneers game, police said.

Six women performed lap dances inside the motor home, charging $20 to $40 depending on whether they danced topless or totally nude, police said Tuesday. The vehicle, adorned with a sign for strip club Deja Vu, was parked across the street from Raymond James Stadium."

Man who said he was asleep during sex wins case

Man who said he was asleep during sex wins case

TORONTO - In an unusual case Tuesday in a Toronto courtroom, a 33-year-old man was acquitted of sexual assault after a judge ruled he was asleep during the attack, the Toronto Sun reported Wednesday.

"This is indeed a rare case," said Justice Russell Otter, as the woman who Jan Luedecke had sex with shook, sobbed and then left the courtroom.

"His conduct was not voluntary."
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The woman, who can't be named, said she fears others like her could become victims unless a higher court overrules the decision.

"I believe the floodgates have been opened," she said.

"This isn't the end for me personally. I have the means to pursue this to the highest level. I believe this case has set a precedent."

Luedecke, a landscaper, met the woman at a party on July 6, 2003. Both had been drinking.

The woman had fallen asleep on a couch. She woke up to find him having sex with her. She pushed him off, then contacted the police.

Luedecke said he fell asleep on the same couch and woke up when he was thrown to the floor.

He only suspected he had had sex after using the bathroom and discovering he was wearing a condom, court heard. He confessed to police.

During his trial, sleep expert Dr. Colin Shapiro testified Luedecke had parasomnia - a disorder with symptoms such as sleep-walking. Shapiro testified Luedecke suffered from sexsomnia, which is sexual behavior during sleep.

It was brought on by alcohol, sleep deprivation and genetics, Shapiro said.



Luedecke previously had sex while asleep with four girlfriends, court heard.

News of the successful defence of sexsomnia may spread to others accused of sexual assault, said University of Toronto law professor Hamish Stewart.

"We may hear more forms of this defence from accused persons," he said, adding he has never previously heard of such a case.

Luedecke has cut down on his drinking and is taking medication to stop a repeat of the incident, court heard.

Man Pleads Guilty in Horse-Sex Case

ABC News: Man Pleads Guilty in Horse-Sex Case: "SEATTLE Nov 30, 2005 — A man has pleaded guilty to trespassing in connection with a fatal horse-sex case.

James Michael Tait, 54, of Enumclaw, was accused of entering a barn without the owner's permission. Tait admitted to officers that he entered a neighboring barn last July with friend Kenneth Pinyan to have sex with a horse, charging papers said. Tait was videotaping the episode when Pinyan suffered internal injuries that led to his death.

Tait pleaded guilty Tuesday and was given a one-year suspended sentence, a $300 fine, and ordered to perform eight hours of community service and have no contact with the neighbors.
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The prosecutor's office said no animal cruelty charges were filed because there was no evidence of injury to the horses."

Drama student read porn to 6yos

The Daily Telegraph | Drama student read porn to 6yos: "A SWEDISH drama student was fined 2400 crowns ($406.67) today for reading pornographic stories to a group of six-year-olds as part of a theatre project on children's sexuality.

A Stockholm court ruled the stories the man had read out were deeply pornographic and completely inappropriate for the age group, newspaper Dagens Nyheter said on its website.

It said the stories were about children having oral sex with each other.

The man's lawyer told Swedish radio that he would appeal against the verdict as he had not meant the stories to be seen as pornographic and had not acted with intent."

Tom Cruise on Call in China | Tom Cruise : People.com

Tom Cruise on Call in China | Tom Cruise : People.com: "When a reporter in the middle of a press conference took a phone call, the star reached over and removed the cell phone from the journalist's hand – and started speaking to the surprised woman on the other line.

'Hello. Xie xie. Ni hao. How are you?' said an amused Cruise, dressed in black, exhausting his limited Chinese vocabulary before going on to ask if the woman – the reporter's wife – was at work and about her marital status, the Associated Press reports.
"

Isn't that a symptom of bi-polar disorder? Talking to people you don't know on the phone? I'm pretty sure it is.

Blowjob Bib

Diaper Girls at Kontraband

Diaper Girls at Kontraband

College girls in diapers.

Prostitute Kills Tour Manager

FOXNews.com - Foxlife - Former Joel, Simon Tour Manager Murdered

NEW YORK CITY — The former tour manager for superstars Paul Simon and Billy Joel was stabbed to death yesterday by his prostitute girlfriend on his 57th birthday, cops said.

"It looked like a horror movie in there," said an NYPD detective after seeing the blood-drenched bed in the couple's sixth-floor studio on East 89th St., where cops say music producer Danny Harrison was stabbed twice in the chest with a long butcher knife by his live-in lover just before 1 p.m.

A neighbor, who did not want her name printed, said that when Harrison was wheeled out on a stretcher into an ambulance, "he was covered in blood from head to toe, with a huge gash across his chest."

He was pronounced dead at 1:45 p.m. at New York Hospital.

Harrison's girlfriend — 37-year-old Kathleen Connors — was brought out in handcuffs by cops, wearing no shoes, her jeans and feet spattered with blood.

The tall, gaunt woman sobbed as she was placed into a squad car.

Connors told cops that she and Harrison had argued when he complained the apartment was a mess and that he struck her in the head with his hand, according to sources.

What did U.S. military know before 9/11?

What did U.S. military know before 9/11?: "WASHINGTON - A top-secret military program set up six years ago to probe the Al-Qaida terrorist network is provoking fierce new debate about the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Military intelligence officers and contractors who ran the clandestine mission, named Able Danger, say that more than a year before the attacks, the operation identified four of the plot's 19 hijackers and produced a chart that fingered ringleader Mohamed Atta."

'Playboy' good for grandmas too!

'Playboy' good for grandmas too! : HTTabloid.com: "Hugh Hefner, the founder of the adult magazine Playboy, has hit out at critics of the magazine, by saying that it portrays sexuality in such an innocent way, that even grandmothers would not find anything demeaning in it.

The 79-year old Hefner said that the magazine had managed to preserve the innocence of sexuality, and had not sunk to the level of demeaning the human body by showing pictures of hardcore porn.

'We deal with sexuality in a way that is remarkably innocent; things you could show to your grandma. We don't have any hardcore. No male or female couplings. Not that any of that is bad. It only gets bad when you do something that is truly demeaning: when it implies violence,' Contactmusic quoted him, as saying."

Men Banned From Sitting Next To Children

Ban on men sitting next to children - 29 Nov 2005 - National News

Air New Zealand and Qantas have banned men from sitting next to unaccompanied children on flights, sparking accusations of discrimination.

The airlines have come under fire for the policy that critics say is political correctness gone mad after a man revealed he was ordered to change seats during a Qantas flight because he was sitting next to a young boy travelling alone.

Auckland man Mark Worsley says an air steward approached him after take-off on the Christchurch to Auckland flight and told him to change seats with a women sitting two rows in front. The steward said it was the airline's policy that only women were allowed to sit next to unaccompanied children.

"At the time I was so gobsmacked that I moved. I was so embarrassed and just stewed on it for the entire flight."

The 37-year-old shipping manager, who has 2-year-old twins, followed the incident up with the airline and was told Qantas wanted to err on the side of caution.

"I felt that it was totally discriminatory. Besides the point of what the hell was I going to do on a crowded flight."

The incident, which happened a year ago, irked Mr Worsley so much that he recently contacted National Party political correctness eradicator Wayne Mapp.

Dr Mapp told the Herald the airlines' policy was an example of political correctness that had got out of hand.

"I think this is a gross over-reaction by the airlines. What do they think men are going to do that women won't? It is the same as saying men shouldn't sit beside children on a bus."

A Qantas spokesman confirmed the Australian airline, which operates domestic flights in New Zealand, does not allow unaccompanied children to sit next to men. The spokesman said the airline believed it was what customers wanted.

Air New Zealand spokeswoman Rosie Paul said the airline had a similar policy to that of Qantas'.

"Airlines are temporary guardians of unaccompanied minors so we have preferred seating for them."

Ms Paul said Air New Zealand tried to seat children near a crew area so crew could keep an eye on them and, when possible, children were seated next to an empty seat.

"Sometimes this isn't possible, so the preference is to seat a female passenger next door to an unaccompanied minor."

When the Herald asked her if the airline considered male passengers to be dangerous to children, Ms Paul replied: "That's not what I said."

When it was put to her that that was the implication of the policy, she repeated: "No, that's not what I said."

Children's Commissioner Cindy Kiro said she commended the airlines for putting thought into the policy and for endeavouring to keep children safe.

Dr Kiro said she did not think it was intended to be a slur against men.

Where does Michael Jackson have to sit on planes?

Dalek Porn

The Sun Online - News: BBC says: Sexterminate!Someone is making Dalek porn, and the BBC and Dr Who creator Terry Nation are going to sue.

Excite News

Excite News: "AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - In this town, window shopping is attracting a lot more guys than usual. A lingerie store called Spellbound is grabbing attention with live models in the window. Some people have complained, but police say there is nothing illegal about the lingerie models.

'It's tainting the wholesome businesses down here,' said Carrie Rossignol, co-owner of Video Game Exchange. 'I think it's selfish, and I think it's morally reprehensible.'

Another downtown merchant likes the idea, saying the models are attracting more potential customers to the area.

'It's like a New York thing. It's urban. It's edgy,' said Stacy Gervais, owner of Stacy's Hallmark Store and a founder of a downtown merchants group. 'We need a shtick - something that we do that attracts people and gets us remembered.'

Spellbound owner Felicia Stockford said she has had no trouble finding staffers. She said the young women enjoy strutting their stuff in the shop window."

Sand Butts

A man passes by sand sculptures of girls wearingbikinis at the Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005. A new law restricts the sale of postcards showing scantily clad women, a campaign aimed at reducing exploitation and sex tourism that has drawn mixed reactions in Brazil's tourist capital.

Just too stoned to make multiple posts,so here's a group link

Obscure Store and Reading Room: "Hunter's first buck has velvet on its antlers (but no testicles)

'That was the strangest thing I'd ever seen,' says Brent Weiland. 'My dad and brother were there, and they were like, 'Wow, this is crazy.'' He adds: 'I felt pretty lucky that I got my first one in 15 years, and I was even luckier to get such a unique buck right away. But yeah, it was pretty odd.' (Wausau Daily Herald)


Family's Thanksgiving tradition is to go bar-hopping

Instead of turkey and candied yams on the menu, it was a steady diet of Budweiser, Miller Genuine Draft and Coors Light for the Jaeger family of Wisconsin. (Wausau Daily Herald)


Rabbis tell families to get rid of the Internet -- or else!

One Orthodox Jewish community has said that any student with home Internet access faces suspension or expulsion on the grounds that even one Internet-corrupted student could sway others. A rabbi says: 'Kids can become addicted to the point where it's almost like a drug addiction or an alcoholic addiction. Even though there might be some value -- research, schoolwork -- the negatives so far outweigh the positives.' (Newark Star-Ledger)"

Using Firewalls to Block Porn

Slashdot | Ports for Porn - Using Firewalls to Block Porn: "vicpylon writes 'A Utah businessman and his non-profit organization wants to limit pornography to certain ports in the TCP/IP protocol. He is literally suggesting legislatively restricting porn sites to certain ports, so that the 'offensive' content is easier to block. This is not workable on so many levels that it is laughable. International adult sites not subject to US laws, proxy servers, enforcement issues all leap to my tired mind as major flaws in his plan. He is lobbying congress, so do not be surprised to see this discussed by some headline grabbing politico. '"

Chess Sluts

1WCBC

The world Chess Beauty contest.

Rigorous Intuition: Correspondence and sanctuary (Part One)

Rigorous Intuition: Correspondence and sanctuary (Part One): "How do we begin telling people what we've learned, and what we suspect, without sounding crazy? Where do we start? And how can we before we find ourselves in similar desperate circumstance?

Perhaps we need to resign ourselves to sounding mad to most people. I expect that to many still comfortable with the established paradigm, whether we're talking about assassinations or MKULTRA or UFOs, it's all just different degrees of paranoia. There's a steep learning curve to secret history, and without knowing some of it our talk of present and future mysteries will sound like gibberish. CIA...aliens...mind control: it sounds like the usual constellation of delusion."

Masturbation Myths

JackinMyths: "Chances are, of all the things you've heard about masturbation, most of them were absolutely false. For some reason, misinformation surrounds masturbation like virtually no other topic. Since JackinWorld's goal is to debunk misinformation, here are some of the myths commonly believed about masturbation — and the truth about each.

How do you spot a masturbation myth? One simple method is to ask yourself if the statement is also true of sexual intercourse. When you're masturbating, your body only knows it's getting sexually stimulated; it doesn't know by what means. So, for instance, if the question is whether or not masturbation causes acne, think of it this way: If it did, intercourse would also cause acne. In fact, neither masturbation nor intercourse cause acne."

Oxford Police Have Gay Horses

An ex-Balliol student fined by police for calling a horse 'gay' has been summoned to Oxford magistrates court after refusing to pay his fine. Sam Brown, who graduated last summer, was arrested in May this year after a drunken conversation with a pair of mounted policemen on Cornmarket Street. He will appear before magistrates on 16th December.

As reported in The Oxford Student last term, Brown had just left the Cellar Bar when he allegedly called out to the policemen “Mate, you know your horse is gay, I hope you don’t have a problem with that.” Warned by one officer not to repeat his comment, Brown reassured him that he was not insulting both horses, and said: “No, don’t worry. Your horse is fine, it’s his horse, his horse is gay.” He then proceeded to follow the policemen down the street, repeating his comments.

“Sam was adamant his equine gaydar was accurate,” eyewitness Daniel Cooper told The Oxford Student at the time. However, the officers considered the comments to be a breach of the Public Order Act, and took him into custody, calling on two squad cars and six policemen to make the arrest. Among those present was ex-Balliol LGB Officer, Matthew Williams. “Aside from the hilariousness of the event there’s a serious question here,” he commented at the time.

“Isn’t it offensive to assume categorically the word ‘gay’ is insulting? I kept drunkenly shouting at the police that I was offended that they assumed ‘gay’ was being used as an insult.” Brown was released the following morning and issued with an £80 fine for, “causing harassment, alarm or distress.” After discussing the matter with his college solicitor Brown decided not to pay the fine, stating he would rather have the case heard in court.

“I thought I was calling their bluff - the solicitor told me it would be unlikely to go any further, and I didn’t feel there was much of a case against me.” On a visit to Oxford five months later, Brown was surprised to be handed a bundle of post, including a court summons. The summons stated that he was charged with “using threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour within the hearing of a person likely to be caused distress.

?? He is planning to plead not guilty to the charge, and is considering mounting his own defence. “I think it’s a fairly cut and dry case really. It’s just irritating because I’m starting a new job in London on Monday, and I’m going to have to take a day off to go to court as soon as I’ve finished my training week.” Dan Cooper told The Oxford Student he still considers the arrest a “massive overreaction on the part of the police”.

“Sam’s actually become quite notorious • we bumped into someone when we were travelling in America who’d read about him. “The person I really feel sorry for in all this is a Balliol fresher, Sam Brown, as people keep assuming it was him.”

How to Survive Bird Flu

Proof Bush is Drinking Again

Daily Kos: damnit! this is SERIOUS!!! bush IS drinking again!

Help me improve this site

I'd like to make this site better. If you have any suggestions about how I could do it, let me know by leaving a comment.

Google Base turned into Porn Fest

Google Base turned into Porn Fest - TechSpot News: "Seemingly, Google Base - Google's venture into free classified listings and other user-generated content - was turned into a porn fest earlier this week when the company's SafeSearch feature failed to do its usual job of blocking adult content.

A Google spokesman said on Wednesday: 'Yesterday evening, we became aware of a problem with the Google Base SafeSearch feature and we acted quickly to resolve the issue.' He said the filter feature was broken for 'some period of time' but declined to further specify.
Some users reported being shocked with the sheer amount of porn they came across."

It's just so damn easy to put porn up there. I even put up a bunch of porn dvds and links up there.

Being Weird Boosts Sex Life

Watching Little Britain 'boosts sex life'


TV COMEDIES such as Little Britain are fuelling a new wave of eccentric behaviour and can improve your sex life, experts claim.

Nine in 10 people admit to having eccentric personality traits, from wearing mismatched clothing to bog-snorkelling at weekends, a survey for Yahoo says.

A high number of young people now associate eccentric behaviour as being trendy and exciting.

One in five people believe comedy like Little Britain, League of Gentleman and Monty Python is prompting more eccentricity.

And Edinburgh University psychologist Dr David Weeks claims eccentricity can boost sexual attractiveness. By demonstrating a foible such as an air of mystery, intrigue or quirky sense of humour, people can stand out from the crowd and increase their sex appeal.

Seven in 10 people admitted to finding eccentric people more attractive and exciting to be around.

Education Chief Wants to Ban Sexy Book

SpywareInfo � Education Chief Wants to Ban Sexy Book: "“The state’s education chief wants schools to ban a book he has never read after receiving a complaint from an Apache Junction grandmother.

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” contains numerous sexual references, including a scene where a girl is forced to have oral sex with a boy during a party.

That was the only page that Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne read after receiving the complaint.”"

Alito Sucks

Unknown News: "Alito supports all-white juries

Alito: 'The Constitution does not
protect a right to an abortion'

Co-author says Alito
instrumental in anti-Roe brief

Alito against 'one person, one vote,' opposed key 1960 voting rights decision

Alito 'proud' member of group
that fought to keep women,
minorities out of Princeton

Alito OK'ed death penalty for
mentally ill man with incompetent lawyers

Alito says we should trust him ...
because he will say anything
in order to get a job

Alito breaks promise to recuse
himself from Vanguard case

Alito breaks promise to recuse
himself from Smith-Barney case

Alito breaks promise to recuse himself
from case involving sister's law firm"

Man Pulls Truck with his penis

Inside Bay Area - Tri-Valley Herald - Local News: "Grandmaster Tu Jin-Sheng, best known for his Iron Crotch, attached himself not once, but twice, to a rental moving truck and pulled it several yards across a parking lot in Fremont. In lace-up leather boots and a black tank top, the 50-year-old tied a strip of blue fabric around the base of his penis and testicles and tugged to make sure it was on tight. An assistant kicked him hard between the legs before he lashed himself to the vehicle.

He groaned, grunted and pressed against two men for resistance.

Then, slowly, the truck began to roll forward.

About 20 people, most of whom study Qigong, the ancient Chinese art of movement and breathing to increase energy, gathered for the truck pull in an unassuming office park just off Interstate 880.

A documentary film director and producer from London were on hand to shoot the jaw-dropping feat for a three-part series called Penis Envy, scheduled to air next year on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. Footage from the truck pull will be used for the series piece on building the perfect penis."

sxxxy Babe Log: Family Guy Porn

On sxxxy Babe Log we have Family Guy Porn.

Bible Warning Label

Bible Warning Label.

Kaylee DeFer Nipple Slip

Unless you watch The War at Home (which I know you don't because nobody does) you probaby have no idea who Kaylee DeFer is. Heck, even if you do watch The War at Home, you probably have no idea who Kaylee DeFer is. That said, here's a fun little photo of her posing with her nipple exposed. Some women would have you believe that wearing dresses properly and covering up your breasts is in good taste, but I'm all for the pioneers out there who say "To hell with bras!" and proudly display their boobies. Those women are my heroes.

X-rated: Getting a tech job in the adult industry - ZDNet UK Insight

X-rated: Getting a tech job in the adult industry - ZDNet UK Insight: "Tech in the adult industry: Everything you wanted to know about XXX companies, but were afraid to ask"

Today's Letter is X

CNN explains 'X' glitch over Dick Cheney's face - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CNN apologized on Tuesday and offered a rare explanation from its control booth for a technical glitch many viewers failed to notice -- a large "X" the network flashed over Vice President
Dick Cheney's face.
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The wayward graphic, which CNN said lasted for about one-seventh of a second, appeared during the network's live coverage of Cheney's speech on Monday addressing critics of the Bush administration's conduct of the war in
Iraq.

Word of the snafu quickly surfaced on the Internet, including still photos of the image posted by online columnist Matt Drudge, along with a story suggesting that some who saw the momentary "X" thought it might have been deliberate.

CNN, a unit of Time Warner Inc., later issued a mea culpa saying an investigation by senior management concluded "this was a technical malfunction, not an issue of operator error" and expressing regret for the incident.

The network followed up with a special on-air segment during its "CNN Live Today" broadcast, in which anchor Daryn Kagan joined the network's technical manager, Steve Alperin, in the control room to offer a fuller explanation.

The "X" image, a place-holding marker used by technicians to cue up graphics, is not supposed to be visible to viewers but was inadvertently projected onto the screen by a malfunction in a "switcher" device, they explained.

"So, for all the conspiracy theories out there," Kagan said, " ... that's not what this is about. It's a computer bug that people deal with everyday. It's just that ours was in front of millions of people."

A spokesman for the vice president said Cheney had no comment on the incident.

Johnny Depp's Dildo

The super-celeb FLIPPED when he received a special namesake gift from the LA based Sexy Lifestyle Company …



From The London Evening Standard…



…So his Libertine phase, he says, is ended. But has it? His eyes light up when I produce a gift for him. Because the film features lots of 17th-century pornography and elegantly carved dildos, I bring him one from a chic Los Angeles sex-toy emporium called the Booty Parlor.



It's one that's been named after him. He is genuinely ecstatic and starts waving it around. "I haven't had one of these for 20 years. It's gorgeous." He says that he's going to put it in a frame similar to the ones fire extinguishers are held in.

Depp the libertine is back? There's a pause before he says: "It'll have a sign: break only in an emergency."

The Superficial | Ricky Martin likes to pee on people

The Superficial | Ricky Martin likes to pee on people: "Ricky Martin told fans perhaps a little more about his sex life than some wanted to know. “I love giving the golden shower,” he told Blender. “I’ve done it before in the shower. It’s like so sexy, you know, the temperature of your body and the shower water is very different.”"

Pat Robertson is a Satanist

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Carnival in Rio

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Carnival in Rio

The Governator sucking carrots and playing with chicks in thongs.

A quote, "After watching the mulattoes shake it I can understand why Brazil is totally devoted to my favorite body part, the ass." Arnold said.

Flickr: Photos from Paris the Heiress

Flickr: Photos from Paris the Heiress

Big Pussy Guilty

Big Pussy Cops Plea - Yahoo! News: "Former Sopranos capo Vincent Pastore pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of attempted assault on his ex-fiancee as part of a deal with Manhattan prosecutors to avoid the big house.

In exchange for his admission of guilt, the small-screen henchman was sentenced to perform 70 hours of community service, attend six weeks of anger-management classes and pay a $190 fine. "

Is Angelina Jolie Having Sex With Her Ex Husband? - The Post Chronicle

Is Angelina Jolie Having Sex With Her Ex Husband? - The Post Chronicle

Yes, probably so. Her and Billy Bob are freaks.

Masturbation Study

EducationGuardian.co.uk | eG weekly | Self-study

When a young man masturbates, exactly how distracted does he get? An experiment performed on students at the University of California, Berkeley aimed to find out.

Full details are in a study that will be published in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. Dan Ariely, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and George Loewenstein, of Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, describe their arousing achievement in dry, formal terms: "We examine the effect of sexual arousal, induced by self-stimulation, on judgments and hypothetical decisions made by male college students."

The scientists begin their report by pointing out that "sexual motivation plays a direct or indirect role in wide-ranging social interactions and in considerable economic activity." Pornography alone, they say, takes in more revenues in the United States than the three largest professional sports (football, basketball and baseball) combined.

Having established that the topic is of value, Ariely and Loewenstein get right to the action. They explain how they recruited 35 students, offering to pay each a small fee for the effort of masturbating while answering a survey. Each student was given a laptop computer with a keypad "designed to be operated easily using only the non-dominant hand."

Some of the volunteers had instructions to answer the questions "while in their natural, presumably not highly aroused, state". Others "were first asked to self-stimulate themselves, and were presented with the same questions only after they had achieved a high but sub-orgasmic level of arousal."

The computer screen displayed "an 'arousal thermometer' with regions colored from blue to red representing increasing levels of arousal. Two keys on the keypad allowed the user to move the probe on the arousal meter to indicate their momentary level of arousal. The panel on the top-left occupied the largest part of the screen, displaying diverse erotic photographs."

The screen also showed the long series of survey questions. Some asked about the attractiveness of different sexual activities, items and opportunities. Among them: women's shoes; a 12-year-old girl; an animal; a 50-year-old woman; a man; and an extremely fat person. Other questions probed the risks the volunteer would take in order to obtain sexual gratification.

The volunteers were instructed to press the computer's tab key if they ejaculated. None reported doing so.

Ariely and Loewenstein say their results are "striking" and more than confirm what most people believe about young men as a group - that when aroused, they (1) become sexually attracted to things otherwise offputting; (2) grow more willing to engage in morally questionable behaviour that might lead to sex; and (3) are more likely to have unprotected sex.

"[Our] study shows that sexual arousal influences people in profound ways," they write. "Efforts at self-control that involve raw willpower are likely to be ineffective." This is a dig at theorists - the ones who advise people to just say no - from experimentalists who are unafraid to get their hands dirty.

Robbie Williams is Weird

Robbie Williams' "no-sex" at home policy - Newindpress.com: "LONDON: British singer, Robbie Williams, may be one of the music industy's biggest heart-throbs, who not only enjoys the limelight, but also the company of beautiful women who throw themselves at him, But, the singer has revealed that sex is not that important to him when he's at home.

Robbie said that he preferred not to have women entering his house, as he felt that it would be 'contaminated' if he let them invade his private space.

'In my house in Los Angeles it has never been important to me. I love my house and my bedroom and don t want to have anyone back there,' The Sun quoted the singer, as saying.

However, it's quite a different story when the singer's on tour. He said that being on the road gave him the opportunity to get intimately acquainted with his adoring fans.

'When I travel I go to the other extreme. I offer myself far and wide to all the known universe,' he added."

Gary Glitter Arrested

World news from The Times and the Sunday Times - Times Online: "A girl aged 12 was today reported to have told police who are holding Gary Glitter in custody in Vietnam that the former rock singer paid her for sex.

If proved, the fresh allegations, which have surfaced in the Thanh Nien ('Youth') newspaper, carr