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Wow. Who knew it had anything to do with Genes eek

That's very ineresting. I was actually wondering why a few girls I knew couldn't be pleased by their boyfriends, and instead used masturbation or the trick with bathrubs to get an orgasm faster. They'd moan and complain how it just didn't work. Maybe i'll show this to a few of them, who are mature enough to read it that is. ^^

I've always worried that I might not be good in bed, for whatever reasons, but this helps me understand how I can maybe give my grlfriend (Whenever I get one) some pleasure as well as myself, and not one or the other. biggrin

Awesome find Oni! ^_^

Wow, even CNN can get a little perverted sometimes.....

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http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/17/news/midcaps/adultentertainment/

August 18, 2005: 6:57 AM EDT
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN/Money senior writer
Bunny hop: Shares of Playboy have surged during the past year.
Bunny hop: Shares of Playboy have surged during the past year.
Increased licensing of Playboy's brand name and famous bunny logo has helped lift profits.
Increased licensing of Playboy's brand name and famous bunny logo has helped lift profits.

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Sex, like politics and religion, is usually a taboo topic to discuss in polite conversation.

But that hasn't stopped people from investing in companies that make money from peddling, uh, adult-oriented entertainment. Take Playboy, for example.

Shares are up 6.5 percent this year and nearly 65 percent during the past 12 months thanks to a turnaround in the company's financials.

Playboy (Research) recently reported a second-quarter profit, reversing a loss from a year ago, on an annual revenue increase of 5 percent.

Shares of New Frontier Media (Research), which distributes films (ok, porn) through subscription and pay-per-view channels called the Erotic Networks, have gained nearly 25 percent during the past three months.

Part of this could be due to takeover speculation. The stock shot up nearly 6 percent on Tuesday after the company said it was "considering strategic options," a phrase that is often interpreted by Wall Street as a "For Sale" sign.

So is there more money to be made in companies that capitalize on carnal desires?
Bullish about the bunny

Playboy is probably the safest bet, said Robert Routh, a media analyst with Jefferies & Co. He said that thanks to the company's long track record -- Playboy has been around since 1953 -- it has an enviable brand name. And Routh thinks that the company is only now starting to take advantage of it. (He doesn't own the stock and his firm has no banking relationship with it.)

The company's flagship publishing business has been a poor performer due to a weak advertising environment. Revenues sank 12 percent and the division reported an operating loss in the second quarter.

But Routh said that the company has been able to partly offset this weakness by licensing the use of its brand name and logo. Licensing revenue, which accounts for about 10 percent of the company's total sales, surged 25 percent in the second quarter. And the division is highly profitable, with operating margins of 46 percent.

"The turnaround will continue," Routh said. "People like the Playboy brand so Playboy can license the name and bunny logo and sit back and collect checks. It's a complete change from the low-margin publishing business."

In this respect, Routh said Playboy is like Marvel Enterprises (Research), the once struggling comic-book company that has turned itself around thanks to profitable licensing agreements with movie studios and other companies.

Routh added that Playboy has also benefited by increasing the number of movies available for video-on-demand. This helped lift sales for Playboy's U.S. television operations by 11 percent in the second quarter. Domestic TV operations account for nearly a third of Playboy's overall sales.

Dan Ahrens, manager of the Vice fund, which invests in companies in so-called sin sectors like alcohol, tobacco and gambling, also likes Playboy's transformation.

He said that the company's efforts to make more content available online and through wireless devices is also a good move since it lessens the reliance on the slower growth publishing division.

"Playboy has done a good job of positioning themselves on the Internet and with other forms of media. They have transitioned the company where it could be a brand for decades to come," said Ahrens, who owns the stock in his fund.

Ahrens said the stock still look attractively valued and Routh agrees. Shares trade at about 18 times 2006 earnings estimates, a multiple that Routh believes is reasonable considering that he expects earnings to grow in the mid-teens range for the next few years.
Other "adult" stocks lack sex appeal

The pickings are slim when it comes to the other public companies in the adult-entertainment business.

New Frontier Media, for example, recently reported a decline in fiscal first-quarter sales and net income. So the stock's move does look like it has more to do with takeover talk than fundamentals. But Routh said he doubts that Playboy would be interested in acquiring New Frontier Media.

Ahrens said he used to own New Frontier Media but does not any longer. He said he's also avoided companies like LodgeNet Entertainment (Research), which offers movie services (including adult films) to hotel guests and Private Media Group (Research), an X-rated magazine publisher and film distributor based in Barcelona.

The only other sex-related company that Ahrens owns in the fund is Rick's Cabaret International (Research), which owns and operates several adult nightclubs (yes, strip clubs). Ahrens said a new club scheduled to open in September in New York City should significantly boost earnings.

But Rick's is a much riskier investment than Playboy. The company is tiny and thinly traded, with a market value of just $13.5 million and average trading volume of only about 10,000 shares a day during the past three months.

So if you want to add some sex appeal to your portfolio, it's probably best to stick with the tried and true Playboy.

Gogo Playboy. :O

The guy who made a sign with his farmland was pretty neat too I think. I showed my mom and she made some ''imma go get him!'' joke, since shes close to his age. Ohh brother! xp

thanks for the news Oni! heart

Heheh, pulled up this little gem from a search on the word sex at Japantimes.com

Akihabara becomes geek sex paradise


Akihabara has long been known for its overwhelming array of electronics stores like Ishimaru Denki, Onoden, Satomusen and many more.

However, the area has undergone something of a makeover recently with posters and figures of animated beautiful girls plastered all over the place and the emergence of cafes and restaurants devoted to "cosplay," featuring girls dressed as animated heroes, maids, etc. Even a public area, such as the floor space of JR Akihabara station, has got into the act, with a 3-meter-round poster of the face of a beautiful girl appearing in an animation video.

Kiichiro Morikawa, a professor at the Kuwasawa Design Research Institute, said, "An increasing number of animation goods and game shops have opened their doors and changed the area into an 'otaku' (geek) Mecca."



Psychologists say these "otaku" or geeks are regressive, have poor social ability, and have never fully matured as adults. "Therefore, they are not good at communicating with others, cannot date real human beings, and instead adore an imaginary character," said one.

Self-confessed "super otaku" Tetsuto Fujiyama says, "There are five different kinds of geeks in Akihabara. The oldest denizens are the electric appliance geeks, who come to purchase electronic parts and other equipment. Next are the PC geeks, who like to build their own original computers that run as fast as possible. Third are TV animation geeks whose brains can't distinguish between reality and the animation. The fourth group are the magazine geeks who have made original animation fantasy stories influenced from TV and game animation and publish them in small magazines circulated among themselves. The last group are those geeks who love to play video games in which erotic animation is used."

WC, who runs an information website on Akihabara called Akiba WC Headline!!, says, "Akihabara is a dream town for men. PCs, digital cameras, geek magazines, electronic gadgets and animated goods, you name it, Akihabara has got everything that men like. That's why almost 90% of the people you see here are men."

Local landmark Radio Hall, located in front of the Denki-gai exit of JR Akihabara station, always carries the most popular products of each generation. Now, they have plastic model figures of beautiful girls from TV animated series and superhero robots for hardcore fans. There is a 380,000 yen life-size Evangelion (video game character) figure, as well as perennial favorites Gozilla, Kamen Rider, Ultra Man and Kikaida. When Tetsujin28 (a famous TV robot character) was released, 12,000 figurines were sold in the first two days.

Simultaneously, video game software is another big hit in Akihabara. When a brand new popular video game is released, the "otaku" line up in front of the store at least a day before the release and camp outside in huge makeshift cardboard shelters. The reason they do this is to get one of a limited number of original gifts which are usually presented to the first customers who purchase the new product. Enthusiasts frequently access each store's homepage and actually visit the shops each week to find out and compare who is giving away the best gift items.

"Sometimes, it might be just an original telephone card, but at other times, it could be a life-size cuddling pillow with a print of a beautiful animated character girl on it," says a video game magazine writer. "They also give away bed sheets with a life-size print of the hottest 'otaku' pin-up on them, so you can see how information research turns out to be a kind of war."

About a month ago, the world's first animation movie theater, "Akihabara Oriental Comic Theater," opened. Not only will it show movies, it will also serve as a forum for fans and creative talent such as animation writers and voice actors.

Comic shops are everywhere, too. "You see a lot of magazines that geeks have drawn and written using their fantasy world. Naturally, the subject matter tends to be erotic, often featuring schoolgirls and maids," said a worker at the comic shop Mess Sano.

Cafe waitresses draw in crowds

When this many "otaku" boys get together in Akihabara, someone must feed them somewhere, so cafes and restaurants, especially for them have opened one after another. At the Cure Maid Cafe, all the waitresses wear maid costumes. "There are seven waitresses at this moment. They've got pretty names such as Pudding and Chocolate," said manager Masato Matsuzaki. "We also have a website on which customers and waitresses can chat. We get nearly 1,000 page visitors a day, which is unbelievable for a restaurant."

The maid's skirts at Cure Maid Cafe aren't as short as other restaurants; they tend to be longer and more elegant. So why are the "otaku" so crazy about ther maids? "It's because of the image that a maid is always supposed to obey a customer. That has a sort of healing or calming effect on a guy," explains Matsuzaki.

On the other hand, waitresses at another "cosplay" cafe, Cafe & Kitchen Cos-Cha, do wear very short skirts. "The waitresses are all in the early 20s," said manager Masahide Kamei. "There are always three or four, whom we call angels, serving customers at all times. Depending on which animation or video game is popular, we change the costumes of the angels to stimulate the interests of customers."

What fascinates customers the most, Kamei added, is the costume change event that is held three times a month. "The most successful event we ever had was the school swimsuit pageant last December. Almost 300 people lined up in front of our cafe before the 6 p.m. opening time. It was impossible to control the situation. Around 8 p.m., an angel came out and tried to call for order. The audience was actually touched by her sincere attitude and applauded. In response to that applause, she took off her coat to reveal her swimsuit, and that brought a bigger cheer."

In addition to all the cafes, there is a "cosplay izakaya" (small Japanese-style bar) called Little BSD (Little Beauty's Satanic Dining). "Waitresses wear different costumes everyday. We have nearly 15 waitress now. Customers like to have their photo taken with the waitresses," said the bar manager.

If you're hungry, try ordering a rice ball. One of the Little Beauty Satans will bring you some rice and seaweed. Using a cutter, the little beauty shapes rice balls into triangles and other shapes, and feeds you by hand.

However, don't get take this as invitation, cautions Morikawa. "They are not ImeCla girls (Image Clubs in which you can act out your fantasy in a situational setting as nurse-patient, teacher-student, commuters in packed train and so on). Nor is it a a 'no-pan' cafe (where mini-skirted waitresses with no panties serve customers). These shops at Akihabara are not in the sex business because for geeks, fantasizing is much more important than actually doing anything with girls."

It should be mentioned that there are also female "otaku" who are into costumes. The adult convenience store M's Akihabara is selling lots of sexy costumes. "When a girl tries one on, often she asks us to take a photo of her. There are too many customers like that, and our walls are plastered with their photos," said a store PR guy.

Tetsuma Yamada, who writes about the sex industry, said: "First of all, the Akihabara area isn't authorized to have sex businesses. Therefore, there are no Pink Salons (hostess clubs in which a hostess sits next to a customer and sexually stimulates him with her hand and mouth. Since no one gets naked, the salons are legally defined as bars). Nor are they a Soap Land (where women give customers a bath and aesthetic massage)."

Another unique shop in Akihabara is the so-called video box that features gorgeous rooms and a big collection of animation and adult video tapes. "Even diehard fans will never get bored," said a salesperson for one such place, Hanataro.

In this constantly changing world, you never know what comes next. Will "otaku" rule the world? Stay tuned.

For a dictionary of adult entertainment, check out Erodas at http://www.nukinavi.com/jiten/index.html

(Translated by Sachie Kanda)

June 28, 2004

Anywhere and everywhere, man. Gaming, political, social, business, if it has sex in it *which is everything these days* theres some sexy news abound. Just get out there and seek it out.

Today is an interesting topic...shouldn't disabled people have a right to sex too? The Danes certainly think so......I could just see someone saying, "Dude, I have dyslexia...free sex for me!"

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1537366.html?menu=news.quirkies.sexlife

Danes provide prostitutes for the disabled
The Danish government is under attack for paying for its disabled citizens to have sex with prostitutes.

The official 'Sex, irrespective of disability' campaign pays sex workers to provide sex once a month for disabled people.

The legal guidelines advise: "It could be of great importance that the carer speaks to the prostitute together with the person in their care, to help them express their wishes."

But opposition parties have attacked the regulations, claiming it is an immoral way of spending tax-payers' money.

Social-Democrat spokesperson Kristen Brosboel said: "We spend a large proportion of our taxes rescuing women from prostitution. But at the same time we officially encourage carers to help contact with prostitutes."

But Stig Langvad of the country's Disabled Association said the politicians critical of the plan are showing "double standards".

He said: "The disabled must have the same possibilities as other people. Politicians can debate whether prostitution should be allowed in general, instead of preventing only the disabled from having access to it."