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Obscenity exposed
Diemer, Ulli
Article
1978
The police definition of 'obscenity' gets right to the crux of the question.

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Greenery Press
Publishes books for the sexually adventurous. Greenery Press has built an international reputation for publishing the best in responsible, sexy information about all kinds of consensual non-mainstrea...
Red Menace, The
The online archive of the libertarian socialist newsletter The Red Menace. Articles on socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, h...
Sexsources.ca
A web portal featuring sexuality resources: articles, websites, books. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools ma...
Society for Human Sexuality
Social and educational organization whose purpose is to promote understanding and appreciation for the many forms of adult intimate relationships and consensual sexual expression.

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Armbinder
Armbinder is a loose term designating a range of restraint devices primarily used in bondage play, their common function being to bind the arms and/or hands to each other or to the body, usually behin...
Ben Wa balls
Amall, marble-sized metal balls, usually hollow and containing a small weight that rolls around, used for sexual stimulation.
Bondage Cuffs
Bondage cuffs are restraints designed for use in sexual bondage situations.
Bondage Harness
A bondage harness is a series of leather straps, typically between 1 and 2 cm wide, attached together in such a way as to allow a person to "wear" the item.
Bondage Pants
Bondage trousers or bondage pants are trousers with zippers, straps, chains, rings and buckles, giving an appearance of a BDSM style.
Bondage Rope Harness
A bondage rope harness, sometime also referred to as a bondage web, rope web, rope dress or karada, is a rope bondage technique which involves the tying of an intricate structure of rope around the bo...
Chastity Belt
2010
A chastity belt is a locking item of clothing designed to prevent sexual intercourse.
Chastity Cage
2010
A device which encloses the male genitals to prevent stimulation and erection.
Cock ring
A cock ring or cockring is a ring that is placed around a man's penis, usually at the base, primarily to slow the flow of blood from the erect penile tissue, thus maintaining erection for a longer per...
Collar (BDSM)
In a BDSM context, a collar is a device of any material placed around the neck of the submissive partner. It is also a term used to show ownership of one partner by another. A person wearing a collar ...
Crotch Rope
A crotch rope (also known as Matanawa or Sakura[1] in Japanese bondage) is a bondage technique which involves the tying of rope around a woman's waist which is then passed between the labia to apply p...
Dildo
A dildo is a sex toy, often explicitly phallic in appearance, intended for bodily penetration during masturbation or sex with a partner or partners.
Double penetration dildo
A Double penetration dildo or double dildo is a sex toy that allows for the simultaneous penetration of two bodily orifices at the same time.
Erotic Furnitute
Erotic furniture, represents any form of furniture that can act as an aid to sexual intercourse.
Holy Anal Beads! Christian Sex Industry Is Kinkier Than You'd Think
The market for Christian sex toys
Weisman, Carrie
2015
Sex is important to Christian couples. So long as you're heterosexual and married, you’re encouraged to have as much of it as you want.
List of BDSM Equipment
This is a list of BDSM equipment and restraints:
Nipple Clamp
A nipple clamp is a clamp used to stimulate the nipples by applying varying degrees of pressure.
Sex doll
A sex doll (also love doll or blow up doll) is a type of sex toy in the size and shape of a sexual partner for aid in masturbation.
Sybian
A Sybian is a masturbation device used by women.
Vibrator (sex toy)
Vibrators are devices intended to vibrate against the body and skin, to stimulate the nerves for a relaxing and pleasurable feeling. Some vibrators are designed to be inserted into body cavities for e...

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Serial Publication (Periodical)
1996
A safe sex manual for SM Play. The authors, all experts in SM play, dispel the stereotypes and myths about sadomasochism with this introduction to a hitherto hidden world of human expression. Safe Edg...
QSM - Books, Magazines and Comics
Website
Books, DVDs, magazines, and comics on SM, dominance & submission, erotic pain, and related fetishes.
SexSources.ca
Website
2017
A web portal featuring sexuality resources: articles, websites, books. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools ma...