Every now and then - well, actually, about six times a day - I see something that makes me think the Christian fundamentalists should just pack it in. This comes from a piece called ‘Unholy Alliance‘ by Roulla Yiacoumi and it appeared in the Melbourne Age Green Guide of 8 Feb. 2007:

Richard Cohen is chief executive of Hotmovies.com, a website that allows you to watch selected scenes from porn movies streamed to your PC. Each night, between 38,000 and 60,000 video clips are viewed.

‘I couldn’t believe those figures when I first heard them’, Mr Cohen says. ‘I got our people to check them several times. But they were correct …’

And according to Al Bloom of California Exotic Novelties:

[The adult industry] is a women-driven business now. A high percentage of women now own a vibrator and the fastest-growing market is the 18-23-year-old age bracket. We find they bring men into the market.

Apparently a very large, though self-selected, Cosmopolitan survey found that 46% of female American respondents and 34% of young, single female Australian respondents own vibrators. And a new type of vibrator connects to an iPod or any MP3 player and vibrates in time to the music. It’s called OhMiBod! And:

Believe it or not, the arrival of a vibrator that sits on a dock to recharge … will be hitting the market in droves this year.

What a saving on batteries! And Fred Nile and Peter Stokes: why do you bother?

Filed in: Christian Right, Sexuality