In the golden days of Japanese prostitution, whores plied their trade on small boats. In the 10th century, asobi — the term comes from the verb ‘to play’ — included trained musicians, singing sirens who lured men aboard and charmed the money from their pockets. According to 12th-century poet Oe Masafusa,’Their voices halt the clouds […]

Sex in unusual places provides that extra frisson… AROUND THE WORLD According to the Durex sex survey of 2005, 15 per cent of people questioned had had sex at work; Australians preferred the great outdoors, with 54 per cent having had sex in the park; 21 per cent of Americans and Canadians have done it […]

Following the 2006 Football World Cup, Germany discovered scoring had not been confined to the field of play when there was a much — needed baby boom nine months later. ‘World Cup Babies’ reversed the unwelcome downward trend in the country’s birth rate. As role models, policewomen were targeted to get the ball rolling and […]

‘Continental people have sex life;the English have hot-water bottles.’ George Mikes, How To Be An Alien, 1946 POMPEII Architects discovered evidence indicating that sex in Roman times was an everyday part of life regardless of orientation or social standing. Common decor included walls covered with explicitly sexual frescos, gardens filled with representations of giant phalluses […]

There’s more to the world of fetishism than shoes. Here, sexual desires and taste are highly individual and urges sometimes uncontrollable. ‘Is sex dirty? Only if it is done right/ Woody Allen

‘Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly that youfeel you could die of it.’ Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901 * ‘I had many affairs, but I was never into quickie sex. I’ve only sleptwith maybe a thousand men.’ Robert Mapplethorpe, 1946-1989 * ‘Wlien I’ve painted a woman’s bottom so that I […]

THE SEX OF ART i#7 When studying ancient sculptures, art psychologist IC McManus discovered that 51 per cent show the left testicle as lower, 22 per cent the right as lower and 27 per cent level i#7 Yves Klein made his female models smear paint on their naked bodies and make art by imprinting themselves […]

‘Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.’ Mae West ‘I trained to be a priest — started to. I went to seminary school whenI was 11.1 wanted to be a priest, but when they told me 1 couldnever have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind.’Johnny Vegas, comedian CATHOLIC TASTES […]

Some people love to tell sex stories of incredible feats. And some people will believe anything…   TOP URBAN LEGENDS   %   for’pleasure’ has been destroyedand Casanova can put down hislibido to a natural talent and nothis pre-conquest dose of hotchocolate. Phenylethylamine,which provides feelings ofattraction, love and euphoria, isfound in chocolate. However, sadly, recentstudies […]

‘As she lay there dozing next to me, one voice inside my head keptsaying, "Relax, yon are not the first doctor to sleep with one of hispatients," but another kept reminding me, "Howard, you are aveterinarian."’ Roger Matthews