Is "sex tourism" a euphemism for "rape tourism"?

Beneath the fold, a guy describes some details of being a sex tourist in India.

If you are offended by description of sexual activity that is illegal either in India or in your home country, do not look beneath the link. Consider clicking below the fold to be an agreement that you ain't gonna complain about Griff, Your Humble Narrator.

I will assert the privilege of a journalist reporting on a matter of public policy relevance if you complain about the text below. If you don't like it, take it up with the appropriate authorities. I'm just the messenger.

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Denial of Service Attack on Erotic Sex Chat (aka Sex Chat Sex Chat)

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setting one's own rules does have a basis in Western philosophy

I want to discuss a quote from AClockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.

In the book (which became a controversial movie written, produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick) the story is narrated by Alex, a teenager who leads a gang and is basically living the male fantasy life. He has the respect of his peers, he gets money from stealing, he gets sex and he has the time to pursue his passion for music.

This is what Alex tells the readers after Alex's “Post-Corrective Adviser” P. R. Deltoid has left.

Should other people live their sex lives to conform to you aesthetic preferences?

I am going to quote at length from the Tumblr blog, All Women Should Be Like This, the blog entry is, "My Offensive Blog & 3rd Wave Feminism".

I get hatemail, and it doesn’t surprise me.

 The fact is, that what I write is extremely offensive if taken without the understanding that this is about a certain section of BDSM; that it revolves around the sexual pleasure that some of us take from humiliation, degredation, name-calling, objectification and so on. Without that understanding I come off as an evil rape-apologist, massive mysogynist, women-hater and generally the scum of the earth.

fashion fad drives parasite toward extinction

Brazilian Bikini Waxes Make Crab Lice Endangered Species by Jason Gale & Shannon Pettypiece (Bloomberg) Pimping ain't easy, and apparently neither is being a pubic louse in a world where the sexually active don't have pubic hair.

Tao Te Ching verse 13: does it apply to sexual encounters involving humiliation & degradation?

Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu - chapter 13

Accept disgrace willingly.
Accept misfortune as the human condition.

What do you mean by "Accept disgrace willingly"?
Accept being unimportant.
Do not be concerned with loss and gain.
This is called "accepting disgrace willingly."

What do you mean by "Accept misfortune as the human condition"?
Misfortune comes from having a body.
Without a body, how could there be misfortune?

Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things.
Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things.


(translation by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English)