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This Issue's Sex Joke

Typing A Letter-

A husband and wife decided they needed to use "code" to indicate that they wanted to have sex without letting their children in on it. They decided on the word Typewriter.

One day the husband told his five year old daughter, "Go tell your mommy that daddy needs to type a letter". The child told her mother what her dad said, and her mom responded, "Tell your daddy that he can't type a letter right now cause there is a red ribbon in the typewriter." The child went back to tell her father what mommy said.

A few days later the mom told the daughter, "Tell daddy that he can type that letter now." The child told her father, returned to her mother and announced, "Daddy said never mind with the typewriter, he already wrote the letter by hand."

Sex Toy Hygiene
        How To Clean Sex Toys & Preventing STDs & Infections

For those who wonder if they can get STDs or infections from sex toys, the answer is yes. You can get an STD if you share your sex toys and you can get an infection from sharing your sex toys or even using them without properly cleaning them just by yourself. The basic rule of thumb is that you do not want to do anything with a sex toy that you would not do with part of your body. Using a sex toy with a separate condom for each partner will help avoid spreading unwanted bacteria or viruses - just as wearing a condom will during sex.

Lisa S. Lawless, Ph.D., C.E.O. HolisticWisdom.com Founder

Be careful to follow the guidelines for proper condom use. If you want to avoid contacting your partner’s bodily fluids to prevent STDs, it might also be a good idea to wash your hands each time you open a new condom as well.

STDs
If neither partner is concerned about transferring or catching any diseases, then it is probably safe to use an adult toy without a condom. Obviously, the same rules apply to using adult toys as it does to having intercourse - avoid contact with semen if you are concerned about pregnancy.

Allergies

Although rare, some people have an allergic reaction to latex. If you or your partner has an allergic reaction to your toy, we recommend discontinuing use of that toy. If you cover it with a condom that is not made out of latex, it might prevent such a reaction.

Bacterial Infections

Avoid using your sex toys (or anything else for that matter) anally, and then inserting it directly from the anus into the vagina. It's very important to avoid exposing you, or someone else's urethra or vaginal opening to the E. coli bacteria that resides in the anus. While not harmful to the anus, E. coli can cause urinary tract infections if it is allowed to grow in the vagina. If you want to use your sex toys in other areas after anal play, either use a condom or wash it thoroughly. In this case, it might be best to have a variety of toys, so that you don’t have to continually interrupt play to carry out cleaning.

General Cleaning Tips

~ Keep your toys clean with a little soap and warm water.
~ If you want, break out the hydrogen peroxide.
~ Don't submerge the part of a toy that holds the batteries.
~ Do not submerge electric non-waterproof vibes at all.
~ Nylon webbing harnesses can go in the wash with the rest of your laundry.
~ Silicone & Glass can be boiled up to 3 minutes, cleaned with a bleach solution,
    or run through your dishwasher.
~ Delicate polymers stick to warm water and soap, and replace them every so often,
    as they are impossible to keep perfectly clean.
~ Oil products destroy latex! That means oil-based lubricants, massage oils, butter,
    olive oil...anything containing oil. Use only water-based lubricant with latex.

Sex Toy Cleaners Disinfect all of your sex toys to keep them clean and ready to use the next time you play!

Sex Toy Materials

Silicone

This is often considered to be the ideal material for just about every kind of sex toy. Lifelike with a soft, smooth texture, silicone quickly reaches and retains body temperature.  There are no hard edges, no snags or imperfections.  Silicone is also easy to clean with soap and water.  Because you can boil silicone, sex toys made from this material can be fully sterilized and are safe to share. Just make sure you clean them thoroughly between uses. In addition to being durable, silicone toys are nearly hypo allergenic.  The only drawback to silicone is the price - because silicone toys are hand-cast, they can cost significantly more than  rubber or jelly. If you're looking for a high-quality, realistic toy that will last a long time, silicone is a good choice.

Realistics-

Cyberskin™, Futurotic™, NeoSkin®, Soft Touch™, UltraSkin™, and Fauxskin™ are also known as thermal plastic. Toys made from this material become warm with use and are the closest thing to skin-to-skin sensation you'll find in a sex toy.  Cyberskin™ products work best when used with the included powder and lubricant which has been specially formulated to work with them.

Jelly

Jelly toys are nearly half the price of silicone.  While not as smooth or silky as sex toys made from silicone, jelly toys can still bring you a tremendous amount of pleasure.  The secret is using a generous amount of lubrication.  Usually available in bright colors, jelly toys are crafted from a thick, translucent, flexible rubber.  You don't want to use soap or boiling water to clean your jelly toys, just warm water and a gentle touch.  Unfortunately, that means these toys aren't safe to share unless you want to use a condom on them, but they're so inexpensive, your partner can just go out and buy his or her own!  If you want a smooth, good-quality toy at a reasonable price, try jelly sex toys.

Rubber

Most sex toys are made out of simple latex rubber.  Quite a bit firmer than silicone or jelly toys, rubber toys are still soft and somewhat flexible - but nothing like the real thing.  Regardless, latex rubber is very popular because of its low cost, versatility and resilience: it's cheap and it does the job just fine if you aren't too picky.  Latex toys wear out much faster than silicone or jelly toys,  and because they are very porous, rubber toys can be very hard to clean properly, so no sharing without a condom.  Finally, some people are allergic to latex and can't use it at all.  Also, rubber latex toys come in a wide range of colors, although "flesh-colored" and black seem to be the most popular.  If you're looking for an inexpensive toy, rubber latex might be your best choice.

Plastic

Plastic is hard, cold and completely inflexible.  However, some people really like plastic as there's something about the cool, sleek casing and the strong internal vibrators that often come inside.  Plastic vibes aren't a top pick for internal use or in-out thrusting, but they make wonderful clitoral teasers. To clean it, soak a cotton ball in rubbing alcohol and wipe down your toy.  If you're nervous about bringing alcohol in contact with your sensitive genitalia, you can follow the alcohol wipe with a gentle water wipe-down.  Try a plastic sex toy if you like the sensation of cool metal and a hard, pulsing vibration.

Metal 

Metal can be great. Introduced from the S&M lovers, metal is know making it's way more into main stream. Be careful whom you purchase metal toys from as some metal toys are potentially harmful.

Vinyl 

Acrylic 

Its firm texture makes acrylic perfect for PC muscle-strengthening toys.

Lucite 

Leather 

Used for harnesses and restraints, many people find leather tough and sexy.

Latex

When To Replace Your Sex Toys

Not all sex toys last forever, so how do you know when it's time to say good-bye?

~ Mechanical features slow or stop working, even after battery replacement

~ Cracks are visible in plastic, acrylic, or glass toys, or on the plastic pieces of other toys

~ Mold or mildew has formed on the material, or the material is deteriorating

~ Battery corrosion is seen inside the battery pack

Storing Your Sex Toys

How you store your sex toys is as important as how you clean them, and while we're not suggesting you need to invest in a temperature-controlled vault, there are some basic things you can do to prolong the life of any toy, as well as keep it clean and safe from harm.

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~ Always remove the batteries when you're done using any toy so they can't leak,
    run down, or otherwise corrupt the toy; both the batteries and the toy itself will
    last longer!

~ Be sure your toys are completely dry before storage to discourage mold and mildew.

~ Keep each item separate by wrapping it in a soft cloth (T-shirts, wash cloths and
    socks work well), because some materials are not compatible with each other and
    can cause melting or discoloration. If vibrating bullets and eggs are removable, store
    them separately from their respective toys as well.

~ Direct sunlight and excess heat may cause toys and condoms to melt, discolor, or
   dry out, so store these items in a cool, dark place such as a dresser drawer or trunk.

~ Extreme cold can also do damage to toys not made of acrylic, glass, or silicone,
    and only if those are not battery-operated, so never refrigerate or freeze soft materials
    or condoms.

~ Always clean your sex toys before putting them back into their storage spot and
    when taking them out for use.

Sex Toy Tips

How To Clean Your Sex Toy When You Are Unsure Of The Material

If you no longer have the toy packaging, you may not be sure what material your toy is made of; use warm water and a mild soap on a washcloth and let the product air dry.

Don't Wash Waterproof Toys In The Dishwasher

Only silicone and glass dildos that do not require batteries can be washed in the dishwasher or boiled. Do not submerge any sex toy that takes batteries, and never submerge electrical toys.

If You Can't Use Cleaners Or Antibacterial Soap Due To Allergies

If you have sever allergies, it would be best for you to only use silicone-based toys (they're hypoallergenic); if it does not use batteries, it can be boiled in hot water for cleaning and sterilizing, so no soap is necessary.

Why Use Condoms Over Sex Toys In A Monogamous Relationship?

Rubber, latex, jelly, and realistic materials are porous and harder to clean thoroughly, so using a condom will extend the life of the product. Plus, a condom will keep you both safe from bacteria if the toy is shared between you or switches orifices. An added bonus is if you use a lubricated condom, no additional lube is necessary!

Hiding Sex Toys

Keep it in Reach of the Bed

There's nothing worse than having to interrupt foreplay to walk across the room and unpack a toy from its secret spot deep in a drawer. If it's not close to the bed, it's not a good place to store your toys. The same goes for lubricant and massage oil. Keep ‘em handy, or plan ahead.

Keep Them In The Nightstand
This is the number one place people store their sex toys. It keeps them close by and out of site. If you have children, this however may be a bad place for them as kids tend to look through drawers for flashlights and other fun things to play with.

Shoe Boxes
Shoe boxes are not glamorous by any means, but they are discreet and fit nicely under the bed.

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Sex In The News

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Town Blocks Comcast On-Demand Over Porn
December 2006

In South Holland, Illinois, a small Chicago suburb, has blocked Comcast cable’s on-demand signal citing concerns that the citizens of the town will use the service to watch adult content.

According to South Holland resident Lisa Kozlowski, the town’s decision to block the on-demand signal smacks of censorship. When she confronted town officials about the blocked signal, they said, “You can’t watch porn in South Holland.”

Town officials cited a franchise agreement the community signed with a former cable company in the 1990s that granted the cable operator the right to provide service in the area. “In keeping with the prevailing community standards and the long established values associated with our motto of faith, family and future, the village has franchise agreements that protect these standards and values,” a town official said in a statement. Illinois

American Civil Liberties Union legal director Harvey Grossman said the franchise agreement isn’t the final word on the matter. "The contract can't waive the Constitution," he said. "This kind of censorship — and it clearly is censorship — raises very serious constitutional issues.”

For Kozlowski’s part, the right to watch adult content isn’t the issue. "I don't care about the porn,” she said. “I don't want to watch the porn. I just want on- demand.” Comcast has said it will comply with the terms of the franchise agreement. However, officials from the company said that they would prefer to offer the service to the town and let users make their own decisions regarding adult content.

Comcast, which inherited the franchise from AT&T broadband four years earlier, offers built-in parental controls, which allow customers to block objectionable content. South Holland officials said they would like the company to find a way to deliver on-demand, which also features a great deal of mainstream content, to its residents without any adult material in the feed. The ACLU said they would be interested in pursuing a case against the town, if a resident would come forward with a complaint.

Article From At XBiz.com

Molester Blames Wife's Bingo Habit
December 2006

EASTON, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A man who pleaded guilty to molesting two girls told a judge he did it because of his wife's excessive bingo playing. "My wife was never home," Floyd Kinney Jr. said during his plea hearing Friday. Kinney's explanation did not sit well with Northampton County Judge F.P. Kimberly McFadden, "Some people, when their wives are not home, decide to do other things, like clean their living rooms," McFadden said. "Your behavior is beyond the pale." Kinney, 49, said his wife would sometimes argue with him over money and that he was angry she was spending too much on bingo. "She would be going to bingo three, four times a week. I told her to stop going to bingo, and she said, 'If they had bingo every day, I'd go every day,"' he said. Records say Kinney molested one of the girls, now 26, from 1992-97. He sexually assaulted the second girl, now 17, for a year beginning in January 2005, records show. Kinney pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated indecent assault. The felony charges carry a combined maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $50,000 fine. Defense attorney Richard Yetter said his client was not articulate and may not have been doing a good job of conveying his rationale to the judge. But McFadden said she found Kinney capable of explaining himself. "I think he is telling me exactly what was going on," the judge said. "His wife was not home so he was going to perpetrate on someone and he picked these two children."

Read More At CNN.com

Extra Small Condoms
December 2006

An Indian study has found that condoms designed to meet international size specifications are too big for many Indian men as their penises fall short of what manufacturers had anticipated.

The Indian Council of Medical Research, a leading state-run center, said its initial findings from a two-year study showed 60 percent of men in the financial capital Mumbai had penises about one inch shorter than those condoms catered for. For a further 30 percent, the difference was at least two inches.

A poor fit meant the prophylactics often didn't do the job they were bought for, and led to some tearing or slipping off during use. Men in India, which has the world's highest HIV positive caseload, are often too shy to ask for condoms.

Read More At Yahoo.com

Jackie Chan Reveals Porn Past in Report
December 2006

Mainstream actor Jackie Chan recently said recently that he’s not ashamed of starring in a porn film when he was a struggling actor. Chan appeared in a Hong Kong made X-rated movie entitled All In The Family several years ago when he was an unknown 21-year-old.

Chan revealed to Britain's Daily Express newspaper: "I had to do anything I could to make a living but I don't think it's a big deal - even Marlon Brando used to be exposed in some of his movies." Chan joins the likes of Sylvester Stallone as a mainstream action hero with a pornographic past.

Read More At AVN.com

Many ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Charges Dropped
December 2006

Prosecutors have dropped dozens of felony charges in the case against Girls Gone Wild producer Joe Francis due to lack of evidence. Eight of the charges remain as the case moves to trial next year.

Assistant State Attorney Mark Graham filed a motion to reduce the charges on Monday, stating that the prosecution “can only support second-degree felony charges of using children in sexual performances."

In the same motion, Graham responded to Francis’ protest that he did not know his subjects were underage: "Knowledge of the victim's age is not an element of the offense of use of a child in a sexual performance…Whether the minor girls lied about their ages is irrelevant to the criminal charge."

Read More At ACLU.com

Mariah Carey Tries to Block Mary Carey Trademark
December 2006

Pop singer Mariah Carey is trying to put a stop to adult starlet Mary Carey's attempt to trademark her name. The adult starlet (whose birth name is Mary) points out that she has been using the name since she started in porn more than four years ago. Mary added that she has already made a name for herself in the adult film industry, and is not worried about her fans confusing her with Mariah.

Read More At AVN.com

Lawmaker Quits Parliament Over Sex Video
December 2006

MP Yahya Zain, an Indonesian member of parliament, is at the center of an Internet sex scandal and has quit the assembly in the latest morality-related incident to shake the world's most populous Muslim nation.

Zaini became headline news after a shaky, one-minute video that appears to show him frolicking naked with Indonesian pop singer Maria Eva made it onto the Internet. Eva, whose celebrity status has soared since the video became public, has admitted to taking the footage with her mobile phone, but denies distributing it on the Web. She also said she had lost her mobile phone.

The video is one of several incidents that has shocked mainly conservative Indonesia recently, where sex remains a taboo topic. News of a popular Islamic cleric taking a second wife has triggered a public debate in Indonesia over polygamy, while this week has also seen the start of an indecency trial against the editor of Playboy's franchise.

Indonesia has also been debating for years a draft anti-smut law, which opponents say could proscribe kissing in public and censor art and cultural activities, laying bare deep divisions within society.

Read More At Yahoo.com

Stars Face Court Action Over Kiss
December 2006

A kissing scene from a movie starring Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan has irked a lawyer who has filed a criminal case against them, accusing them of obscenity, he said on Sunday.

Shailendra Dwivedi of Indore, near Bhopal, the capital of central Madhya Pradesh state, said the scene from the movie, titled "Dhoom 2," lowered the dignity of Indian women and gave an obscene message to youth. "Bollywood actors are conveying vulgarity in the society," Dwivedi said.

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