Ramblings of a Dashing Host: Sex

In an masturbate-a-thon that promises to give "pleasure, relaxation and sexual self-discovery" to any who attend, masturbators will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark on May 31, in hopes of breaking social taboos about self-love. "Masturbation is positive, safe and an erotic alternative," advocated Pia Struck Madsen, a sexologist. She hopes both men and women from different backgrounds will take part in the event. The gathering is not the first of its kind. Similar events occurred in San Francisco back in 1998 and in London a year and a half ago. The venue for the said event will offer separate rooms for men and women who enjoy their solitude and other rooms for those who don't mind the company. Well I don't know that I'd take part, but I gotta say it would either be a very fascinating event to witness or a VERY disturbing one.

D.E.

Source: news.com.au

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In the past few years, its become tradition, even in the media, to analyze which were the most popular search terms on Google in the past year. Checking out the Google 2007 Year-End Zeitgeist, you will notice (*SHOCK*) that "iPhone" has been the fastest growing search term. However, one would assume that the term that is most widely searched for is going to be something like "sex" right? Well not in China at least. The second most connected nation (and soon to be the first with 162M people) was more interested in making money than watching porn this year as "the names of three banks and word 'stocks' beat 'sex' to become the four most Googled words." Coming from a socialist country and even given that Shanghai shares grew 97% in the last year, it's a little interesting and odd wouldn't you say?!

D.E.

Source: Reuters

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