I ran across this...

I was cruising and found this a few moments ago, just thought it might spark a bit of conversation...so throw out any thing this may incite from you.

Did you know?
10 sex facts

By: Jennifer Shaw on SheKnows.com

Here are some little-known sex facts that may surprise you – or at least give you ammunition for a fascinating dinner conversation! (In our case, Forum)

1. The best medicine...According to the Museum of Sex, the vibrator was originally used as a medicinal treatment for female "hysteria" during the 19th century. The vibrator-induced orgasms helped doctors dissipate hysteria's anxiety-related symptoms.

2. Say cheese!
Semen contains zinc and calcium, both of which are proven to prevent tooth decay.

3. Hop to it.
The iconic "Rabbit" is renowned for two things: excellent results and an odd smiley face on its tip. Women's Health tells us the smiley face was actually a result of conservative Japanese customs. Apparently, Japanese consumers frown upon "the production of sex toys that too closely resemble phalluses," so the smiley face was added.

4. Does he measure up?
The average size of an erect penis is 5 inches, and the average flaccid penis measures about 3 inches.

5. The sad truth.
While this fact is neither entertaining nor humorous, it’s shocking to note that homosexuality remained on the American Psychiatric Association's list of mental illnesses until 1973.

6. Protect our troops.

Today the government issues "Support our Troops" paraphernalia; however government-issued brochures and videos featured a slightly different slogan during the WWII era – "Don't forget – Put it on before you put it in." During the Second World War, many soldiers returned home with venereal diseases, costing the government millions of dollars in medical expenses.

7. Work it.
Hate the gym? You burn about 200 calories during 30 minutes of active sex.

8. What a tease!
Burlesque costumes are the epitome of sexy – think Dita Von Teese and lingerie; however, a few centuries ago, the outfits had a slightly different purpose. According to the Museum of Sex, merkins (the bottom half of burlesque costumes) were originally created as "pubic wigs" for 15th century prostitutes. The designs helped hide pubic lice and syphilis symptoms. Make sure to share this information with your boyfriend the next time he heads to Vegas with the boys.

9. Justice is served.
In Hong Kong, adulterous husbands get more than a steep monthly alimony payment – a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her husband if he cheats on her – but she may only do so with her bare hands.

10. Whatever happened to Southern comfort?
The sale of sex toys and vibrators is banned in Alabama and Mississippi.

 

How could that ban be effective? How would the manufacturers and distribs stay in business if they plastered 'Sex Toy Within, Please Handle Carefully' on the packaging before they sent it off for delivery? Do main sorting offices near those states entry points (no pun intended) scan for weapons of personal self-seduction AND destruction?

How about southern ISP's? Do they filter out access to Ebay listings??

 

The state of calm you see me in now is because of this exact reason.

 

In Texas it is illegal to sell them if they are shaped like a real penis and vibrate. You can have one of the other, but not both (or something like that).


Sexual-Device Sale Ban in Texas Left Intact by Top U.S. Court

By Greg Stohr


Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court refused to question a Texas law that bars the sale of dildos and other ``obscene devices,'' turning away an appeal by a store clerk facing prosecution.



The justices made no comment in rejecting the appeal, which argued that the law violated a constitutional right to sexual privacy. The court last year turned down a similar challenge to an Alabama law.



Texas is one of a handful of states that ban sexual devices. Courts have upheld laws in Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas and struck down restrictions in Colorado, Kansas and Louisiana.



Texas bans the manufacture, sale, distribution and promotion of ``devices including a dildo or artificial vagina, designed or marked as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.''



Ignacio Sergio Acosta, a clerk at Trixx Adult Bookstore in El Paso, was arrested in 2003 for selling a vibrator to two undercover police officers. A state trial judge threw out the case, saying the law was unconstitutional. An appeals court overturned that ruling and said the prosecution could go forward.



In his Supreme Court appeal, Acosta pointed to a 2003 Supreme Court decision that said states can't ban private homosexual conduct.
The case is Acosta v. Texas, 05-1574.

 

This was overturned in 2008

We also got rid of a law banning sodomy as recently as 2003

http://www.soulforce.org/article/598

These sorts of things exist splattered about America. It's what I wrote my Human Sexuality paper about last quarter. Called it "Obscene America".

In some states it's still illegal to cohabit a living space as a heterosexual couple unless you're married.

 

As with most laws, there are loopholes. As long as the devices don't look like a phallus, and are labeled "personal massagers" and the like, legally they can't be shut down. Their legitimate aim is to sell massage devices..what people do with them in their own homes is their own business.

A lot of these silly laws are mostly ignored by police, but if they really feel like pushing it they can. The Texas sodomy law was used to target the gay community, though technically heterosexual couples engaging in sodomy would have been liable. It just wasn't enforced for them.

Lawrence vs. Texas was a case that started when two homosexual men staged a scene where the cops burst in (on other suspicions) and caught the couple having sex. They were then arrested, and the case ended with the supreme court ruling the law unconstitutional.

 

I find this to be more effective than flossing after meals. :smt003

 

^^

You know the fellas are always looking for those facts to plead our case for a BJ. I feel like I have been under a rock though, because I have never heard of #9, even jokingly.

 

So the South is lagging behind in the "sex game," as far as politics are concerned. I bet if these various laws were voted on by the people, vibrators would be in every office drawer, sodomy...let's just say there is probably more butt fucking going on in the southern states than anywhere. I like southern hospitality, but what good is it if I can't sodomize my new great looking neighbor, while pleasuring her with her 12" dong, veins included.:|