Posted on 05/29/2005 11:13:16 AM PDT by phoenix_004
San Francisco's Center for Sex and Culture played host on Saturday to the city's annual "Masturbate-a-thon," an event its organisers said could draw up to 120 people from across the United States aiming to have a good time with themselves.
Carol Queen, director of the center, acknowledged that the event is unusual -- even by San Francisco's standards. The permissive city, which helped ignite a debate on gay marriage last year, tolerates many sorts of sexual behavior but masturbation seems a topic that is off-limits, she said.
"Even people who are sexually frisky might have the bias that many Americans do, that it's second-best sex, that it's something you do if you can't figure something else out," Queen said.
The Saturday night event also had a competitive side. One New York man arrived shortly after 5 pm seeking to break the endurance six-and-a-half hour record set at last year's event. The rules allow for a five-minute break every hour.
The female marathon winner last year, Norine Dworkin, chronicled her experiences in the women's magazine Marie Claire, saying hours later the activity was "about as pleasurable as rubbing an elbow."
This year, others like Tony, who gave only his first name, attended the event to indulge in exhibitionist behavior in front of other people.
"I grew up believing that this is a horrible, nasty thing you shouldn't overdo," said Tony who is from California's Central Valley. "The whole point is coming out and making love to your best friend."
Melissa Gira, a former peep show performer who oversaw the evening's Web cast, was considering joining in, as she had done last year. "It's interesting to be sexual in public," she said. "These aren't things we're sexually socialized to do."
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Obviously a right hander.
A. Who wants to bet she is a he?
B. Who wants to bet 'Queen' is a taken, not given, name?
I hope they shoot where their aiming.
He probably has fiddler crabs..
Looking at Helen Thomas directly could produce the same results.
In related news, stock in Jergen's lotion was up 22 points at the close of Friday's market.
It's weird, it's certianly on the worthless end of the scale, but culture of death? I'm not seeing the nihilism here.
just looking..moving on now.. no comment.
Benny Hill: "Whoever said that has'nt been putting his bird into the right bush!"
Not our present thinking my friend, but time honored thinking. You can feel free to not like it, but the framers intentionally wrote the 8th Amendment to ban from these shores forever practices like the stocks, dunking and branding to name a few you mentioned. I wasn't taking this thread very seriously, but it's rather sick that we have a Freeper who's actually advocating branding, in the 21st century.
Ah, go ahead....comment, this is one of those train-wreck kind of stories that you wish you hadn't seen in the first place.
It's bad for the sex life and bad for conceiving children imho. I guess that's why amongst the libertines of SF they've put so many perverted twists on masturbation. Ultimate act of selfishness and me me me only me--ism.
(These folks need to get a grip.)
LOL! Good one! I can't "handle" this!
ping to self for later pingout.
Their right hands are gonna be AIDS infested....
The Culture of Death largely depends on the separation of sex from procreation.
Like I always say...I hope to God we never get another 9/11 type attack, but IF we do, please God, let it be San Francisco!
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