Sexual display or exposure has not always been an oddity, a type of “perverted” or “deviant” sexuality. It used to be common and was even indulged in as a sign of respect to a visitor – as with the famous ladies of Ireland. The Queen of Ulster and all the
The Most Famous Sensual Poem
If the Song of Solomon is a poem then it qualifies for this one. In the nineteenth century the Reverend E. P. Eddrupp, Prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral wrote in a commentary on the Old Testament “Such a book as the Song of Solomon may not be fitted for public reading
Longest Obscenity Trial in U.K.
The longest obscenity trial in English legal history was that of the Oz magazine under the 1959 Obscene Publications Act. The proceedings lasted for nearly six weeks in the hot summer of 1971. It was also the first major obscenity trial which produced a guilty verdict since pre-Lady Chatterley days
Oldest Porn Star
The oldest porn star in the world, is thought to be 79-year-old Japanese Shigeo Tokuda (his film name). Known as the “king of elderly porn”, he didn’t start his porn career until he was aged 59. Although he is married with two grown-up children, he claims his family do not
Most Unusual Mammalian Vagina
Most mammalian vaginas are more or less the same in overall configuration: they basically comprise a smoothish lubricated channel to allow penile insertion and subsequent parturition. Some vaginas are however exceptional. One such is the vagina in the female hippopotamus, coming equipped as it does with 10 to 19 transverse
First U.K. Male Pin-Up
Paul de Feu, reclining in a suitably modest position, was photographed nude for a full-colour, double-page spread in “Cosmopolitan” (London), April 1972. It was of some interest that Mr. de Feu, aged 36, was married to, but separated from, Germaine Greer, the keen champion of Women’s Lib. A construction worker
Most Notorious U.S. Censorship Code
In 1921 the U.S. Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America Inc. asked W. H. Hays, a prominent Republican, to be their president in an effort to ward off plans for government censorship. One of the first Hays initiatives was to insert a “morality clause” into all actors’ contracts forcing
The Most Frequent Sexual Activity
We have already noted the most frequent orgasms for men and women. Obviously orgasmic frequency is related to coitus but only partly: there are other ways in which a person can come to climax. Kinsey found that some married couples were having sexual intercourse as many as twenty-nine times a
Society Most Tolerant to Bestiality
We are all supposed to condemn bestiality, though only rarely are sound medical or psychological factors advanced (See “British Journal of Sexual Medicine”, Jan./ Feb. 1974, p. 43). Some societies, however, have not been quick to condemn sexual intercourse with animals. Ford and Beach mention the Copper Eskimoes who used
The Youngest Sex Offender
An Inquiry initiated in 1950 and carried out in 14 districts of England and Wales covered 2000 cases of conviction for sexual offences, about a quarter of these crimes known to the police. It was found that the youngest sex offender was nine years of age; the oldest was ninety.