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November 15, 2007
Exhibitionism can refer to a wide range of behaviours, ranging from fun with a willing partner, to a crime when done to the unsuspecting and unwilling. As a clinical matter
exhibitionism is a
sexual paraphilia in which a person (usually a man) obtains sexual pleasure from exposing his or her genitals to strangers, usually in a public place. Prevalence of the condition in the general population is not known, but
approximately 30% of sex offenders have exhibitionistic tendencies and it is one of the most common sex offences.
Some argue that for people with this paraphilia "it should be a possible to exist happily as an exhibitionist and still stay within the boundaries imposed by our legal systems." While often the belief is that they are harmless,
research is indicating that they may progress to more serious crimes.
Others note that "exhibitionism...is dangerous in that it can produce traumatic experiences within its victims."
posted by never used baby shoes at 10:01 PM PST - 34 comments
Rare Exports, Inc. They deliver the impeccable, well-mannered, and extremely rare original Finnish Father Christmases to nearly 150 countries every Christmas. Exclusively.
[YouTube, NSFW.]
posted by homunculus at 8:45 PM PST - 15 comments
The Roma Journeys - contemporary photographs of Roma life in Hungary, India, Greece, Romania, France, Russia, and
Finland by Joakim Eskildsen. For more photo essays and info on the Roma, see two superb prior posts by
plep and
taz.
posted by madamjujujive at 4:26 PM PST - 26 comments
Senator On-Line (‘SOL’) is a truly democratic party which will allow everyone on the Australian Electoral roll who has access to the internet to vote on every Bill put to Parliament and have its Senators vote in accordance with a clear majority view. They will be running candidates for the upcoming federal Upper House (Senate) elections.
posted by finite at 1:19 PM PST - 28 comments
What would you think if at the next family gathering your uncle came up to you and said: "Shot, I got a great idea for a magazine. People are sick to death of reading authors responding to the news, reacting to ideas in the zietgiest. People want old writing. We will get a bunch of writing from the past (if its out of copyright, so much the better) group it by concept and sell it for $15 bucks an issue." Would you think its a good idea? What if your uncle was
Lewis Lapham? Welcome to
Lapham's Quarterly. Perhaps the only non-zombie related journal that "enlists the counsel of the dead."
posted by shothotbot at 11:51 AM PST - 14 comments
This
house at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn has been replicated around the world to odd architectural effect:
Montreal,
Sao Paulo,
New Jersey,
Buenos Aires,
Milan,
Tel Aviv, and
seven other locations. Why? Because it was
the home of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. This sort of geographic dislocation is not unique to 770 Eastern Parkway, however, as photographers Andrea Robbins and Max Becher show:
German buildings in Namibia, the
Old West in Almeria Spain, the last
French colony off Newfoundland, the
town in Washington that was transformed into Bavaria, and
others.
posted by blahblahblah at 7:00 AM PST - 28 comments
Having served as a troop transport in WWII, a luxury liner, and a sea cadet training vessel, the
Texas Clipper will come to her final resting place
tomorrow as part of an artificial reef in the Texas Gulf. During preparations for sinking, a long lost mural (
1 2 3 4) by
Saul Steinberg, best known for his
work at The New Yorker, was rediscovered hidden behind wallpaper and paint and saved from a watery grave.
posted by Orb at 5:15 AM PST - 4 comments
