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Putting a Cap on Porn

As detailed last month right here at Mr. Pink’s, residents of the City of Los Angeles may soon be voting on a ballot measure that would make it impossible for porn production entities to receive shooting permits without guaranteeing that all performers would be equipped with condoms, dental dams, and other prophylactics. As the proposed initiative gathers steam in the lead-up to July’s elections, arguments for and against mandated condom usage and the enforcement thereof are becoming more and more contentious. AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Associate Director of Communications Lori Yeghiayan has claimed that the recently quoted (LA Times, Dec. 19, 2011) $4.4 Million an “estimate for total city and county costs,” and far exceeds the actual cost to the city of LA, which she suggests is more in the ballpark of $700,000. (An amendment to the Times article published this comment from Yeghiayan and suggested erroneous reporting of the higher figure.)

Last Tuesday, Jan. 3rd, AHF started a petition drive with the goal of placing a similar measure on the forthcoming ballot in the Los Angeles County elections, casting their influence over a far wider area and encompassing far more of the adult entertainment industry than the initial movement had. Now, once again, that $4.4 Million figure has come back into play, this time as the estimated cost of landing the measure on the Los Angeles County ballot. Where would the money go? Why, presumably to AHF, of course. After all, who else is more adequately equipped and motivated to uphold and enforce a proposed law enacted to supposedly protect adult entertainment workers against HIV and AIDS infections than AIDS Healthcare Foundation itself?

A recent editorial in the Times has aligned that new source with AHF’s cause, but with HIV and AIDS infections on the rise within the close by Navajo Nation (as also reported in LA Times; Jan. 4, 2012), it should be clear to the Times’ editorial department that a far more pressing matter requiring AHF’s attention is quite literally just around the corner.

Looking Back From 2012 to… 1950?

The year 2012 may have only just begun, but already a couple of adult companies are reaching back into the past to create memorable products. Harkening back to that classic era of kitsch Americana, the 1950s, The Screaming O’s 2012 calendar presents a dozen gorgeous babes posing in skimpy outfits as they bring your favorite fantasies to life. Whether sucking down a malt at the soda shop, skating over to the window of a ’55 Chevy Bel Air, or chewin’ on a piece of straw in cowboy boots, shorts, and a ten-gallon hat, these purebred American fillies point to moments in our nation’s history that are fondly remembered as showcasing the epitome of alluring femininity in a suggestive yet somewhat innocent fashion. “It may have been something as simple as a flirty glance, a romantic spark, or an instant attraction that left a lasting impression in our minds. These girls embrace the power of their sexuality with confidence and style,” tells The Screaming O’s Keith Caggiano, pinpointing the company’s M.O. “We always say, inside every girl next door is a Creaming girl at heart!”

Intimate apparel designers and manufacturers Seven ’til Midnight are also harkening back to an earlier time in America’s history, this time aiming squarely at the swinging ’60s with their brand new 2012 line of intimates. Set to debut in late January at Le Salon International de la Lingerie in Paris, the collection aims to bring fans of the recent classy Mad Men-inspired sixties styles into a more erotic arena, one filled with glamour, suggestiveness, and sophistication, by the time of its Valentine’s Day retail release.

As odd as it is that two leading intimate companies are jumping back in time fifty years or more at the beginning of a new year, both of these new offerings are bound to be big hits with consumers and professionals alike. Imagine someone like Natasha Nice or Alexis Texas in a slim-fitting ’60s-style black cocktail dress with garter and stockings underneath and tell me you’re not more worked up than Don Draper at an Equal Pay Act after party!

Porn Industry Faces Mandatory Condom Act

In the upcoming June elections, Los Angelenos will be asked to vote on whether or not to pass a new measure that would force porn producers to agree to wear condoms in all adult shoots in the Los Angeles area. Failing to do so would give governing body FilmLA cause to deny shooting permits and could potentially cripple the now thriving adult entertainment industry. Initiated by For Adult Industry Responsibility (FAIR), a front group for AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the measure has obtained almost double the 35,000 signatures required to place a measure on the ballot. The superficial elements of the condom issue aside, the details of the proposed ordinance, called “City of Los Angeles Safer Sex in The Adult Industry Act,” are largely unknown to the public. You, dude, you’re the public! The porn watching public, no less, so don’t you think you should know what’s has the potential to go down come June 2012? Here’s a breakdown of the two main issues:

– All adult producers would be required to have performers agree to wear condoms and to”maintain engineering and work practice controls…sufficient to protect employees from exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials,” in order to receive a FilmLA shooting permit for LA City productions.

– FilmLA would be required to ask a higher fee of adult productions companies in order to cover the costs of “periodic inspections,” and considering how frequently and widely porn is shot in LA, that’s a ton of money leaving the hands of adult producers.

Opponents of the proposed ordinance are saying it infringes on the constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression – the right of consenting adults to fuck on camera sans rubbers – and have decried it as imposing healthcare responsibilities and the policing thereof on what is essentially an administrative department. Me, well, I don’t see folks fucking any way but bareback in my fantasies, so why would I accept condoms in porn? Of course, in real life everyone should be practicing safe sex, but porn ain’t real life, is it?

Sex Toys for Boys… and Girls, too!

It’s fair to say that women usually reap the benefits of advancements in the sexual aid industry. Pornography, most of which is clearly targeted to an exclusively male audience, aside, the majority of high selling toys, aids, and novelties focus on providing increased pleasure for women. Until recently, men have had to be content with using their own two hands or a soft plastic sheath to attain heightened sexual pleasure. With the release of Ntimate Inc.’s “male pleasure system”, FleshWrap, the limits of your potential sexual pleasure may have increased ten fold. That is, of course, if you don’t mind pulling your balls away from your shaft and trapping them in this distant position with a vice-like metal bar/plastic ring apparatus; or, as Ntimate put it, “gently stretch[ing] the scrotum forward and lift[ing] the testicles upward.”

Women, of course, aren’t being neglected, as the FleshWrap claims to increase their pleasure during intercourse by helping your testicles and scrotum rub against your partner with every stroke. As intriguing as the FleshWrap might sound to a woman, who wants to let you girlfriend literally trap your balls in a vice? If you’re think mostly of her, you do have a few other innovations to try out.

After causing a minor sensation at AVN’s Adult Novelty Expo back in January, but only now being made available to the public, the revolutionary Ola vibrator from Minna Life is already making substantial waves in the female pleasure market. The vibrator, which features a groundbreaking interface that enable the wielder to control vibrational patterns by varying the pressure of her grip on the innovative touch-sensitive handle, may cost a whopping $165, but who can put a price on sexual satisfaction?

For those ladies with less money to throw around but a delightfully sinful desire for a new toy to mess with, there’s always Hustler Toys’ new Devilish Darling. This 8-inch waterproof silicone vibe, available in red and white, is embossed with devil horns and hearts and joins, just in time for Halloween, such carnal curiosities as Hustler’s metallic studded Disco Stick and Dia de los Muertos-themed Scandalous Skull vibrators, and costs a more affordable $67.95.

As for the FleshWrap… I’m game. Which is to say, Mr. Pink’s certainly wouldn’t turn down a complimentary Ntimate FleshWrap, for review purposes, of course. Thanks in advance Ntimate!

Ahem.