The Nightly Newds

• MSNBC wonders if breastfeeding is lewd or rude and why people are so conflicted on the subject.

  “Our society still doesn’t recognize the functional use of breasts,” says Karen Peters, executive director of the Breast Feeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles. “It only recognizes the sexual aspect.”

  In a related article, advice ie given to men who somehow cannot handle themselves in the presence of a nursing mom.
• Sexpresso to go: In Washington State, half-naked women are being put on display to sell coffee.

  "Most guys like to see pretty girls when they get their mochas," said Sarah Araujo, who opened The Sweet Spot two years ago. "We just figured we'd be honest about it."

• The nudist/naturist philosophy regarding social interaction does not tolerate open sexual behavior. This stems from the fact that many nudist resorts are family oriented, or do not want to be treated by law as adult organizations. But society so strongly equates sex with nudity that I like to pass on news stories dealing with sex because many of the laws and ordinances governing obscenity and lewd behavior cross over and affect nudists. One case in point involves a 17 year-old boy who received consensual oral sex from a 15 year old girl and is now spending a 10 year sentence in jail.

  After Wilson’s conviction and sentence, the legislature changed the statute realizing it was unfair. It now makes consensual oral sex between teens a misdemeanor. Too little, too late for Wilson, as the law does not apply retroactively. The legislature could change the law again, and there is presently a bipartisan bill that has been introduced to do just that.

  It's just insane that any society could be capable of creating laws that would be so patently unfair, but it happens. Nudists/naturists always have to be aware of local laws, such as the one recently passed in Ohio that makes it a felony for an adult to expose his or her genitals in the presence of a minor, even when the situation is non-sexual, such as at a nudist resort. Always be aware, because America prosecutes sex and is sometimes very unforgiving.
• Religion is coming between health providers and their patients in France, so a charter is being considered to keep religious beliefs and traditions out of hospitals. People have no business going to any doctor or hospital if they have some sort of religious belief that prevents them from being naked. Anyone who has been present at a birth knows full well that modesty has to be thrown out the window.

  Male doctors, particularly in maternity wards, say they are increasingly subject to insults, even blows, most often by men opposed to nudity or physical contact with their wives and daughters. The conviction last week of Fouhad Ben Moussa highlighted the issue. He pulled Jean-François Oury, head of the maternity ward of Robert Debré Hospital in Paris, from a hospital room in September and slapped him after the doctor examined his wife, who had hemorrhaged after giving birth, according to court testimony. "In my religion, a man doesn't touch a woman," Ben Moussa screamed, according to the testimony. In court, Ben Moussa, expressing regret, said his real motivation had been modesty, not religion. He was sentenced to a six-month jail term that can be partly served at home.

• Nudists/Naturists still have to basically live "in the closet" when it comes to their lifestyle - many keep it a secret for fear of losing a job or friends. In the meantime, the pornography industry has become so powerful that it is now affecting the direction of video technology.

  But ironically, the biggest boost for HD-DVD may have been at the Adult Entertainment Expo, the trade show for the $3.6 billion video pornography industry that opened in Las Vegas the day after CES closed. There, three producers (Wicked Pictures, Digital Playground and High Def Home Entertainment) announced their first slate of high-def porn titles - all in HD-DVD only.

• Daniel Radcliffe has shed his Harry Potter image in a big way by starring on stage in "Equus".

  Daniel is required to strip for the role in Peter Schaffer's controversial play about a stable-hand who has an erotic fixation with horses. Producer David Pugh said: "There was no hesitancy about taking off his clothes. "He has a confidence in his own appearance. With the performances that I've witnessed, when that boy takes his shirt off, Harry Potter has flown out of Hogwarts for good."

• Get your plane tickets now for Japan's Naked Festival on February 17.

  This Shinto tradition dates back to 767BC and is said to commemorate the end of plague. It is also believed that the Naked Man absorbs all evil and bad luck from the men who manage to touch him on his way to the Kounomiya Shrine.

• New Zealand artist Ian Scott thinks that some people will be offended by his upcoming gallery show featuring nudes.

  "It's one of the great contradictions of life that everyone has sex but they can't stand looking at nudes – or some people can't," he said.

• Cabaret is set to meet art school in Toronto. Have a drink and sketch a burlesque model.
• Exposure to pornography is widespread among youth in the UK.

  Boys and girls see sexualised images of females at every turn. Issues such as body image, eating disorders, self-harm, depression, teen pregnancy and pressure to have sex trouble many girls, and the signs are that both sexes are struggling to make sense of what it means to be female.

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