I knew it all along...!

I'd speculated in a previous entry that it was the show Sex and the City that was responsible for removing the stigma of owning sex toys on the part of women. This article just reaffirms what I'd suspected.

(So Target is selling sex toys now? Hmmm...)

How weird is the sexual climate in this country right now? On the one hand you have super online and offline retailers - such as Amazon.com and Target, respectively - now openly providing sex toys. On the other hand, you have President Bush and the Department of Justice breathing fire down the neck of the adult industry (taking actions against legal, consensual porn, mind you).

Furthermore, over here you have so many mainstream celebrities like Eva Longoria confessing candidly to using sex toys; even as the bosses at her television network (ABC) are telling her to ixnay on the talk about vibrators-ay (granted, her station is a very family-friendly outfit).

So what happens after Miss Longoria's public confession? Boxes and boxes of vibrators get shipped to her home by admiring fans. Meanwhile, back at the ranch (figuratively and perhaps literally speaking in some cases), it's still illegal to sell sex toys in the states of Texas, Alabama, and Georgia (I'm not sure who the governor of Texas was when the edict initially came down in that state, but I have a pretty good guess...)

Moreover, Jenna Jameson seems to make every mainstream female celebrity toplist from FHM magazine to IMDB.com. Conversely, it's possible that sometime in the near future you might have to pay an extra sin tax in order to get her best-selling book or any of her videos online.

As far as sexuality is concerned in this country, all of these things remind me of the opening remarks from A Tale of Two Cities : "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." And it doesn't matter what side of the fence you happen to fall on for this statement to be true. Whether you're pro-pornography and all about frank discussions of bedroom behavior; or you hope that porn goes the way of the dodo bird, and your policy is "Don't ask, don't tell" towards experimentation with adult devices.

Just as an aside: In a way, the Bush administration has made the adult industry a sympathetic figure in all of this, if that's possible. Ever since I first weighed in on the decision of the Attorney General's office to make the take-down of the industry Job #1, it seems that all the notable quotes (such as that of political pundit Arianna Huffington ) I see on the issue are about lambasting that decision.

I often wonder what kind of progress sex researchers Alfred Kinsey, William Masters, and Virginia Johnson would have made in this country under this present administration. My thoughts? Not much. No wonder all of the good sexuality studies right now are coming out of Great Britain.

The author is affiliated with Sex-Toys-Videos.com, and writes regular porn and sex toy articles for his blog page Sex, Toys, and Videotape.

Imagine if you will, coming home after work to find your lover in a cop costume, you are under arrest, and the hand cuffs go click. Of course you will need to beg for your release. The officer may be kind, may not. But you are at the absolute mercy of the officer. No, your not in the twilight zone, your in the sex zone!

Every year in October we get the chance to throw on a costume and enter a fantasy world. We get to pretend to be someone, or something else, other than what we are. This is a lot of fun. Many of us will get to partake of a fantasy world, and, if our costumes are good enough, we get attention from our fellow fantasy frolicers.

We all have fond childhood memories of dressing up and going trick or treating. Especially as a teen ager when I felt i had outgrown the trick or treating and graduated to prank player. Costumes were still a big part of that. Dawning a mask and being able to run a muck scaring younger kids, and girls. Being able to commit my socially degrading acts in complete anonymity was exhilarating. And now, as an adult, we go to Halloween parties or bar room costume contest. I particularly like the sexy costumes. All the girls wearing skimpy seductive costumes. Man oh man, it doesn't just turn my head it gives me whiplash. The point I am trying to make is that dressing up in a costume and being something other than who we are is a lot of fun. So, why do we only do it on Halloween?

We can have fun dressing up and role playing year round. Maybe not in public, unless you are part of a swingers club, or one of those "striper gram services". If I was a part of a swingers club, I think a costume night would be very exciting. That's another whole subject. I'm referring more to the one on one encounters we have with a significant other.

Maybe you come home and find your lady has transformed into a sexy senorita. "Sorry, no speak english". Or maybe a beautiful geisha girl, a cute school girl, a raunchy honky tonk gal, the possibilities or endless. The fact is, it will add a whole new exciting dimension to your love making. Like making love to someone new every time.

You and your lover can explore a fantasy world limited only by your imaginations. The role playing alone can be a healthy avenue to live out your fantasies, and costumes are a vessel to achieve just that. So, take advantage of this Halloween holiday, and role play. If you find it as exciting as I believe you will, maybe, just maybe, you will see the value of costumes and role playing year round. Opening a whole new world to you and your lover.

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Hit her with a smile and a funny statement. Let her now that she is attractive, but don't come off like Jack the Ripper who has never been laid in his life. Act happy go lucky and it is her lucky day not yours...You are the prize not her...No matter how hot she is. Be particularly careful not to glorify the pretty ones. You will come off like every other loser wussbag.

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It is not a secret that many people experience anxious and fearful feelings before taking that first step in dating, the first date. The key to dating is to do the opposite of what your mind tells you.

This is the one rule that needs to be followed in order to enjoy any type of dating experience you may ever have. Your mind will tell you to be nervous, to act a certain way, dress a certain way, or even talk a certain way. When the actual key to dating is to do the opposite of this.

Be yourself, don't change a single thing. By changing yourself, you are presenting a false identity of yourself, this is how failure in relationships begin. You can not make a real connection with anyone when you are not being yourself. You are merely building a relationship on false identities. Setting yourself up for disaster. By taking this first step, your anxious feelings and fear of disaster disappear instantly, and are replaced with feelings of excitement and happiness.

This is how your first date should be. This is what relationships are built on, honesty and happiness. There are thousands of dating tips available to you, but if you do not take this one first, then the rest are useless to you. Be yourself, it's the key to your happiness!

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Flirting is an artform that should be practiced. If you are not seeing someone right now then I suggest that you flirt with as many men as possible.

Don't do it with the hope of picking one up, although that may be a pleasant side affect. Thinkof it as practice until you meet the one that curls your toes and makes your heart flutter.

What does flirting entail?

Smile at the mail man.

Make small talk with your waiter.

Use your eyes to signal attraction to the men sitting at nearby tables.

Keep it light and fun.

Then when you perfect these little signs of affection, attention and out and out interest, use them on the one that you really want to attract. A woman who is confident in her charms is rare indeed. You will appear mysterious, sensuous and wordly.

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