Red Hot Pie threatens Saucy Secrets with legal action.
International adult dating website Red Hot Pie has this week issued the small Australian company Saucy Secrets with a threat of legal action following an alleged breach of their terms & conditions.
An email sent to Saucy Secrets reads:
Good day,
This correspondence it to notify you that your repeated attempt to solicit business on our website will not be tolerated and any further attempt to breach our terms and conditions will result in legal action.
Thank you
Jennifer Taylor.
Are threats like this too common in today's world? It seems that everyone is looking for an opportunity to sue a business or individual for the slightest reason. For example, recently a man has started legal proceedings against the makers of Lynx Deodorant claiming that he has been using the product for seven years and that the product has not helped him attract a partner as suggested in the company's advertising campaigns.
Saucy Secrets has responded to the legal threat with:
Dear Jennifer,
Thank you for your recent email and apoligies if we have breached your terms & conditions. We are a small Australian company that is looking to expand and provide Australians with excellent products at discounted prices.
We created a profile on Red Hot Pie and we were inviting like minded members to become friends with Saucy Secrets to provide them with information regarding our services. We concede that when we created our profile we failed to fully read the terms & conditions. It was never our intention to breach any off the clauses. However, I would like to ask you a question. When creating your own profile on social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter, & MySpace Etc did you read the terms & conditiond fully? I expect that the answer will be no.
I feel that your actions are very aggressive and that a simple warning that we were in breach of the T& C's would have been sufficient. However, our account was simply erased! No warning, no email, no notification. Therefore several weeks later we tried to create another profile as we had no knowledge that we were in breach of your T & C's, we had no idea why we could not access our profile. Jennifer, there is no need to make idle threats of legal action, as a simple polite email would have had the desired effect.
Why do you not issue a warning? Is it your policy to threaten legal action with every minor breach? Do you think that an oversight warrants court action?
We look forward to finding out if your threats are serious or just bullying tactics. Your legal department can send any correspondents to sales@saucysecrets.com.au
Regards
Saucy Secrets.
Are companies using threats of legal action to quickly? Is this a form of bullying? Have you read the T & C's on your Red Hot Pie, Facebook, or Twitter account? If no, then I suggest you do or you could end up in court!
Why do women have sex? More than a thousand interviews worldwide by a US research team unearthed 237 different reasons.
Reasons include having sex to impress their friends, to relieve period
pain, punish a cheating partner, give someone they hate a sexually
transmitted disease, love, to "get closer to God" and to keep a
distracted partner interested.
The study was conducted by clinical psychologist Cindy Meston and David
Buss, an evolutionary psychologist. Their findings have been turned
into a book soon to be released in Australia, Why Women Have Sex.
Meston and Buss interviewed 1,006 women from all over the world about
their sexual motivation, and identified 237 different reasons why women
will have sex, "that covered an astonishing variety of psychological
nuance."
They write: "Some women have sex to feel powerful, others to debase
themselves. Some want to impress their friends, others want to harm
their enemies."
Some women reported having sex to "fill a void" or gain love that they did not feel when they were growing up.
Other women had sex to raise self-esteem, finding it a balm after a bad
breakup. Said one 19 year-old respondent: "it helps me feel better
about myself, particularly if the person left me for someone else."
Some women had sex to get rid of migraines, as a stress reliever, to beat depression or to burn calories.
Others had sex because they were raped or dominated, while some woman
loved the dominance that came with initiating sex and "demonstrating
power" in the bedroom.
The researchers found that there was a strong connection between sex
and love. "Most women seek some kind of emotional connection or
emotional involvement with a man before consenting to sex. From an
evolutionary perspective, this is emotional wisdom women have inherited
from successful maternal ancestors," write the pair.
They say a man's emotional involvement provides powerful signals that he'll stick around for "richer or poorer."
The data was collected in online surveys and in lab tests. Ninety-three
percent of the women surveyed were heterosexual, while the age range
was between 18 and 86.
First contact
One of the tests assessing initial attraction proved that eye contact was the first step to the bedroom.
The study found proximity was an important factor of sexual attraction — but not necessarily too much
contact. One study they conducted found that a brief series of
face-to-face contacts of 35 seconds without even talking to the person
increased positive responses.
The study found the effect of mutual eye gazing was important and "proved powerful."
"Many reported that deep eye contact with an opposite sex stranger created feelings of intense love," according to the book.
So powerful was eye-contact that participants reported being very
attracted to their study partners — and two participants who were
strangers even got married.
The study also said an element of mystery was a turn-on for women.
Their research found that too much familiarity can backfire — and
"positive traits can become annoying ... some men who were once funny
and fun become 'embarrassing in public' and [some men who were]
'successful and focussed' become 'workaholic'."
One survey respondent wrote: "Mystery stokes attraction — familiarity can quash it."
Smells like business time
The study found one of the strongest ingredients of sex appeal was "women's acute sense of smell."
Researchers at Brown University back this up in a separate study,
finding that women rate how someone smells as the most important sense
in choosing a lover — with sight coming second.
The Meston/Buss study also found that a person's mood at the time of
the initial encounter is an important factor in determining attraction
as "positive feelings lead to positive evaluation."
They say anyone present when negative feelings are aroused tends to be
disliked as a consequence — hence many women's wish to mate with
someone who has a good sense of humour.
They also found women like men that have been "pre-approved" by other
women. They respond better to pictures of men standing surrounded by
other women than men surrounded by other men, or a man standing alone.
The more attractive the other women in the photos were, the sexier the women found the men.
Turn offs
The largest turnoff for women was poor hygiene. Interestingly, the
research found changes in body shape such as weight gain can elicit a
complex response.
Sometimes, if over time one partner gains weight, they feel less
competitive in the sexual market which means they are more likely to
stay with their current partner — and thus be more secure.
The study found the sex drives of women also decrease in tandem with
the length of their relationships – so the longer a woman was with her
partner the less likely they were to have sex with each other.
Want your girlfriend to try a little sapphic action? Be careful what you wish for.
By
Kate Hahn,
Photograph by
Glynnis McDaris
Owen, 37, a network engineer in Scottsdale, Arizona, met his wife
when he was 19. Seven years after they got married, they befriended a
lesbian couple, a fitness buff and her equally well-toned partner. As
the foursome became close, Owen began to notice that his wife would
eagerly go places with the couple—say, to spinning class or out for
Vietnamese food—that she wouldn't with him.
More than once, Owen had secretly fantasized about his wife having
sex with other women. Eventually he got up the nerve to ask her if she
ever did the same. When she answered yes, "it instantly benefited our
sex life," Owen says. "We were able to look at and compare attractive
women together. We shared sexual fantasies based on her having multiple
women." While they never brought another woman into the conjugal bed,
Owen kept their lesbian-inspired sex play alive for the next few years.
But shortly before their 10th wedding anniversary, their sex life
slumped. Then Owen's wife dropped the pink bomb: She wasn't just
bi-curious or even bisexual—she was gay. "I was distraught," Owen
says. "I was like, So what the hell is going on? What does this mean?"
It meant getting divorced, seeing her begin a relationship with another
woman, and wondering to what extent his schoolboy fantasies may have
helped her come to her lesbian awakening.
Although it takes more than sexual experimentation to make a woman
gay, there's a particularly cruel irony when a lesbian-obsessed guy gets
ditched for another woman. "It is sensationalized—we get off
watching two women. But real life does not operate that way," says Amity
Pierce Buxton, founder of the Straight Spouse Network, which sponsors
support groups for spouses and partners who have or have had LGBT mates.
Buxton estimates that three out of every ten people who contact her
group are men—victims of a reality that diverges from the
Penthouse "Forum" script. As their mates dirty-dance to Katy
Perry's "I Kissed a Girl," fixate on the latest LiLo and SamRo pics, and
rave about Vicky Cristina Barcelona, even the most sensitive guys
are apt to cast them in a few scissor-sister scenarios. The problem is,
most men are unprepared for what happens after their wives or
girlfriends do a shot of the Tila Tequila punch. "A lot of guys don't
consider the consequences," says Jonathan Alpert, a Manhattan therapist
who has counseled hetero couples confronting lesbian flings. "It can be
disastrous."
The repercussions continue even if the woman never experiments again.
Jason (not his real name), 30, a marketing executive in New York,
believed his life had peaked in college when two girls invited him to
watch them have sex. After he'd been dating Kristin (not her real name),
32, a teacher, for eight months—they had moved in together and were
discussing marriage—he started asking if she would have sex with a
woman. She refused, but Jason began exerting pressure. Whenever they
were at a bar, Jason would point out attractive women and ask if they
turned her on. Afraid of not satisfying Jason or of driving him to
infidelity, Kristin reluctantly agreed to give girl-on-girl a try.
Jason arranged dinner and drinks with a bisexual female friend. Back
at the couple's apartment, he watched as the two women started
caressing, then kissing, and finally getting intimate. Although he
didn't join them, Jason got off. Kristin didn't. The next day she gave
Jason the silent treatment. Then she revealed that she felt used and
exploited, as if she had cheated on him, even though he'd pushed her
into it. Jason's high quickly wore off as he began to fear Kristin would
leave him. After two weeks, they entered therapy to try to save their
relationship.
Things can be even worse for a guy whose wife or girlfriend enjoys
her walk on the wild side more than he does. "The big issues are
jealousy and comparison," Alpert says. "Is the other woman a better
kisser? Women know what women like. Guys want to protect their
egos."
Ryan, 39, a small-business owner in the Phoenix area and father of
two elementary-school-age sons, knew that his wife had been involved
with a woman in college. For a brief period, that was a turn-on and
helped inspire some Sapphic-themed sex between them. But any luster was
lost when, after 14 years of marriage, his wife tearfully confessed she
had been seeing a woman for almost a year. Ryan fell apart and began
taking antidepressants and sleeping pills. He says that was partly to
blame for his barricading her in the bedroom the night she was supposed
to move out. After she called 911, he spent the night in jail. Now
divorced, they're not on speaking terms. "I still feel horrible," Ryan
says. "I'm still in love with her."
For Ryan's buddies, the allure of the gory details outweighed empathy
for him. "When we were breaking up they joked, 'You can be the third
wheel—it'll be great.' Probably 90 percent of my friends said the
same thing," Ryan says. He's hardly alone. "When I tell close friends
why my marriage failed," Owen says, "they say, 'Did you at least get a
threesome out of it?'"
Even among those who've had their marriages destroyed and egos
obliterated, it's hard to kill the thrill of chick-on-chick action.
"It's a fantasy that still really turns me on. But I'm leery of dating a
girl who says she's bisexual," Owen says. "Then again, I married someone
I thought was straight, and look where that got me."
October 16, 2009 Cheating common in cyber sex world
By Gus Goswell
According to the survey women prefer to use web cameras or spend time in chat rooms. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin, file photo)
A study has found that over half of all internet users
who engage in cyber sex are either married or in a serious offline
relationship.
Melbourne psychologist Marcus Squirrell says the study of 1,325
internet users shows significant levels of infidelity and addiction.
Dr Squirrell carried out the research as part of his professional doctorate at Melbourne's Swinburne University.
Of the people who completed the questionnaire, 55 per cent said they were either married or in a serious offline relationship.
"I suppose one of the problems with it is that when you engage in
cyber sex frequently enough, the actual arousal pattern to your partner
often diminishes and it actually gets replaced with the online images,"
Dr Squirrell said.
"There's lots of people who report they actually prefer engaging in
cyber sex and looking at pornography and masturbating online than
actual face-to-face-encounters."
Mr Squirrell says online infidelity can have the same impact on a partner as other forms of cheating.
"Even if somebody isn't actually meeting up with somebody online it
has the same sorts of ramifications as a face-to-face affair, because
people feel that they've been cheated on even if the partner's just
looking at pictures," he said.
Dr Squirrell's survey shows men have a strong preference for looking
at pornographic pictures and videos, while women are twice as likely to
use web cameras, to send sexually explicit emails or spend time in chat
rooms.
He recruited survey participants by advertising within cyber sex
user groups - sites that are generally used by people who spend a
greater than average amount of time engaged in cyber sexual activities.
Almost half of those who took part in the survey live in North America; 12 per cent said they were Australians.
The average respondent was male, well-educated, and in their early 40s.
Around 40 per cent of respondents identified themselves as
heterosexual, with others listing their sexual orientation as gay,
lesbian or bi-sexual.
Hours of online sex
While the average participant in Mr Squirrell's sample group said
they spent just over 12 hours a week engaging in sexual activity
online, some people reported engaging in cyber sex for up to 10 hours a
day.
Dr Squirrell says while not all sexual activity online is harmful,
some people are desperate to overcome an addiction to online sex.
He treats about seven online sex addicts at his practice in Melbourne's inner south.
"They're absolutely at the end of their tether in terms of being able to control their behaviour themself," he said.
"Clients will even go as far as putting filters and blocks on
websites. They've often made changes like putting their computer into
other rooms.
'I've got one client who frequently looks at cyber sex at work and just struggles to control that behaviour."
Fighting the addiction
Dr Squirrell says he often suggests people fighting an addiction to
cyber sex install filtering devices or join support groups such as Sex
Addicts Anonymous, which offer a 12-step program based on the
Alcoholics Anonymous model.
He says it is important to realise that not all cyber sexual activity is harmful.
"Most people can engage in cyber sex and take it or leave it. But
there is significant minority, like there is with all addictions, where
the behaviour just gets absolutely completely out of control," he said.
Dr Squirrell says there is a need for more support services for people who do want to overcome their online sex addiction.
"There's very few people out there who really specialise in the area," he said.
"What I'm trying to get off the ground is actually an e-therapy
program like they have for some other conditions, with training modules
where people can actually go through the process of treatment online
and engage with a therapist occasionally.
"As far as I know, there's nothing like that currently in the world."
October 16, 2009 Pink Visual software lets iPhones map sexual exploits
A
test version of "FapMapper" is available free online at
ipinkvisualpass.com/fapmap/ to "augment an age-old tradition of
boasting about one's sexual conquests," according to Pink product
manager Kim Kysar.
The application is Web based, not offered at Apple's online App Store, and so was not vetted by the California maker of iPhonemobile devices.
"FapMapper is an extension of those conversations guys have with their college buddies after each summer vacation," Kysar said.
"The ones in which they lie like rugs about how many hot chicks they
(slept with)...FapMapper is all about adding a visual and geographic
element to your sexual exploits, be they real or fabricated."
The application lets people use location-detection features in
iPhones to place virtual pins in an online map and then leave comments
describing what they did at the spots.
"The comments are at least half the fun," Kysar said.
"We anticipate that for a lot of users, it will be about coming up
with the most outrageous claim, paired with the most unlikely location
that they can think of."
Someone has already placed a White House pin on the map, according to Pink Visual.
"I'm sure eventually we'll have quite a number of landmarks and historic sites in the mix," Kysar said.
While the software is designed for iPhones, people can create map entries from desktop computers by typing in addresses. Pink Visual plans to tailor the program for other mobile devices.
"We don't want to leave everybody else out of the fun," Kysar said.
October 14, 2009 Hypnotist Mark Anthony - Are you a sceptic? You won't be after seeing this!
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Hypnotist Mark Anthony - Are you a sceptic? You won't be after seeing this!
MARK ANTHONY
Mark Anthony is one of Australia's busiest stage hypnotists, and
once you have seen 'Mark Anthony's Hypnotic Sexpo Show' you will see
why! With 'Real Volunteers... Really Hypnotised!'' 'Mark Anthony's
Hypnotic Sexpo Show' is the only place you can 'See the Show... Or Be
the Show!'
Watch as audience members are hypnotised and what happens next
you'll have to see to believe! From being on a roller coaster, to
smoking a joint, to thinking the person next to you is a pole that you
must dance on Mark Anthony's shows are hilarious!!
Appearing on Channel Sevens Today Tonight, www.News.com.au, many TOP
radio stations and newspapers, Australia's biggest Health and Lifestyle
expo Sexpo's own HypNaughty attraction, as well as performing for many
RSL's, taverns, corporate events, fundraisers, schools plus much, much
more, Hypnotist Mark Anthony is now one of Australia's most well known
and recognised hypnotists!
October 14, 2009 Naked Surfing - Feeling a little EXTREME? TRY NAKED SURFING!
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Naked Surfing - Feeling a little EXTREME? TRY NAKED SURFING!
Feeling a little EXTREME?
TRY NAKED SURFING!
Anyone who gets their gear off to ride the "waves" can ride for free!
Sexpo will be hosting the Big Kahuna Surf Rider; an inflatable surf
simulator in the Royal Hall of Industries for the duration of Sexpo
Daily Competitions will be run where you can Win Your Height in Beer
& Porn!! All you need to do is stay on the board for the longest
time that day and you immediately win your height in beer & porn!!
October 14, 2009 Crusty Demons Performing LIVE at Melbourne Sexpo!
Crusty Demons Performing LIVE at Melbourne Sexpo!
See the world famous Seth Enslow, with Crusty Demons Riders
Michael ‘Chuck’ Norris
Jackson Strong
Trueman Carroll
The Crusty Demons were the pioneers of freestyle motocross (FMX) and
began in 1994 in the USA by filmmakers Jon Freeman and Dana Nicholson.
Mind blowing tricks and world record jumps have made them the first
name in FMX. Jon and Dana unleashed the groundbreaking video “Crusty
Demons of Dirt” on the unsuspecting motocross world in 1994, featuring
behind the scenes action of America’s pro motocross riders, their
lifestyles and unparalleled daring talents. The DVD’s are one of the
biggest selling action sports DVD’s of all time.
Since 1994 the Crusty Demons home entertainment DVD series has
become a phenomenon, creating FMX legends such as Seth Enslow, Mad Mike
Jones and Brian Deegan.
The Crusty Demons brand has further extended into live events, video
games, magazines, clothing, motorcycles and many other consumer
products categories such as BMX bikes and skateboards.
The Crusty rider group, which comprises an ever-growing list of
fearless riders have toured the world performing new and increasingly
risky moves. The live shows were created in 1999 and were an instant
hit with sell-out tours across Australia. Since then, the brand has
taken shows into New Zealand, the USA, UK, Ireland and India. To date
live tours have generated over $200m in ticket sales.
The tours always feature the best line up of FMX riders available
with new tricks, stunts, freestyling, quad freestyling, back flips,
snowmobiles and mini motocross madness. Freaks, stunts, the Crusty
Babes and some of the most extraordinary riding feats ever seen ensure
that these shows are not to be missed.
The Crusty brand continues its expansion into 2010 with more live
shows across Australia, a new feature release movie in the works and
live tours across the USA!
Rob Godwin travelled to Australia from his native England in 2001
for the British Lions Rugby Tour and never looked back. Eight years
later, he has an Australian son, Jack, 3, and an English fiancee, Keri.
Rob runs the world's biggest adult lifestyle travelling show, Sexpo,
which attracts 300,000 people. His goals this year are to expand Sexpo
into Europe, have a second baby and pray England wins the Ashes in 2009.
Business Stripped Bar.Richard Branson.
This is the third book I have read regarding the head of the Virgin
Group. Branson inspires me on several levels, particularly his vision
for running one of the world's most diverse group of companies, yet
retaining the small business ethos. His attitude towards staff and the
culture of organisations is superb. Reading about people like Branson
drives me to better myself and to keep business evolving.
How to make love like a Porn Star. Jenna Jameson. Rolling
Stone described Jenna Jameson as "putting the star in porn star." She
is the queen of the adult industry and this book gives readers a
glimpse of the reality of this industry, from her insecurities, to her
estranged family, the awards, but also the manipulaton of her stardom
and success of her own business, ClubJenna.com. It isn't the most
demanding of reads but it gives a good insight into the adult business
and how to survive it successfully.
God Under Howard. Marion Maddox. I have
just started to read this book and can't put it down. Maddox shows that
religion has helped decide policies during the Howard (and today's)
government. The lines between government and the church are now
blurred, as seen by the rise and influence of the far-right
Christian-based morality groups such as Family First. I am a big
supoporter of the Australian Sex Party and this book shows why there is
a need for new political parties and illustrates why governments should
stay out of the private lives and beliefs of voters.
www.redbubble.com If you like art, stop what you
are doing, log on and go to redbubble.com. This is a brilliant
community website for undiscovered artists and photographers. I love
creative and inspiring people and this website has the lot. My office
at work and home has many images from this site. Check it out.
Working girl … Chelsea (Sasha Grey) is a high-class escort paid to play girlfriend.
Adult-film actor Sasha Grey, star of Soderbergh's The Girlfriend
Experience, is cultivating a career in Hollywood.
What is a porn star like? Do they fulfil the cliche of ''women in
micro-minis and four-inch stilettos and fishnet stockings, actresses …
made up in Day-Glo mascara and cornea-damaging, super-reflective lip
gloss, [resembling] garish orchids''? This is how Los Angeles Magazine
writer Dave Gardetta described them after six months researching a
story on porn star Sasha Grey in California's infamous San Fernando
Valley.
Sitting at the Hilton in Sydney with Sasha Grey is a surprise.
First, she is very attractive in a very non-garish way. Second, if you
saw her walking down the street in Sydney, with her knee-length boots
and her demure face with its oh-so-subtle make-up, you'd think she was
just another very successful, pretty, vibrant young executive.
There's no hint that this 22-year-old, who was born Marina Ann
Hantzis in Sacramento, California, has made, according to the Internet
Movie Database, a staggering 176 movies since 2006 including such
undoubted classics as My Evil Sluts 3.
That's more than twice the movies Paul Newman made in a career
lasting 54 years. Even the prolific Jack Nicholson has only made 46
movies in the past 40 years.
When asked about this extraordinary level of productivity, Grey
smiles and, with a knowing look, observes: ''I think what the outside
doesn't understand is that you can shoot a scene in four hours. It
might say on your resumé that you've made 160 films but it is actually
160 scenes. So you are not doing five scenes in the one film. It is a
lot quicker to shoot, especially because of video.''
And now Grey, who can declare after only three years in the business
that she is ''controlling my own product and I have my own company. I
am able to create the kind of movies where I have the say from
beginning to end as a producer and performer'', has expanded into
mainstream movies with the lead role in Steven Soderbergh's The
Girlfriend Experience.
For those unfamiliar with the sexual mores of New York, the
''girlfriend experience'' is where a wealthy man hires a hooker on the
condition that she behaves as though she is his girlfriend, which
usually involves being interested in what he talks about, going out to
dinner, being a companion and, almost incidentally, providing sex.
The Girlfriend Experience is another contribution to Soderbergh's
''blockbuster-then-art film'' cycle, which has seen his work on Ocean's
Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen balanced by low-budget art films such as
Full Frontal (2002) and Bubble (2005).
October 14, 2009 Call for XXX films to boost flaccid economy
Call for XXX films to boost flaccid economy
DAILE PEPPER
May 19, 2009
It was poles of a different kind that kept pollies away from the action at Parliament House today.
A stunt engineered by Sexpo general manager Rob Godwin aimed to "rejuvenate the flaccid economy" by stimulating the love lives of the people of Perth.
See the photos from Parliament House below
Mr Godwin - who wants the sale of XXX films to be legalised - delivered a stash of adult videos to WA's politicians.
He said he did not want them to feel left out because "even the Federal Government has its own stash of adult films".
"More
than a quarter of Western Australian adults watch adult films but,
while it's legal to own and buy adult films and magazines in WA, you
can be jailed for selling an adult film from an adult shop to an
adult," Mr Godwin said.
"It's crazy, people should
be able to celebrate their sexuality and enjoy their sex life without
feeling like they are doing something wrong."
He called for XXX rated videos to be legally sold in WA.
"Let's
maintain our AAA rating by going XXX," he told a small crowd of
onlookers, many of whom snapped their own pictures of the unusual
goings on.
Penthouse Pet and Sexpo MC Miss Suzie Q
and a pole dancer from Eddie Withnell's Voodoo Lounge performed moves
on the corner of Parliament Place and Harvest Terrace to the amusement
of Parliament House chefs, security guards and some Perth journalists
who snuck a peek from inside the building.
egal action.
MARK ANTHONY
