Prostitutes And Trees

Sex News Around The World heads to Italy where authorities in the Abruzzo region of central Italy are prepared to combat prostitution by deforestation methods.

Apparently local law enforcement and politicians have fought prostitution in this area for decades in which a stretch of forested road has been a haven for the sex trade.

The forested area runs inland for more than 10 miles from the Adriatic coast alongside the river Tronto. Despite cameras, raids, and 24-hour patrols, the mayors of towns near the road have seen no progress.

The regional government's public works chief announced the move and agreed with provincial and municipal representatives to cut down all the vegetation "around and along the banks [of the river Tronto]", in which the prostitutes ply their trade.

Three environmental groups said that the scheme would destroy 28 hectares (69 acres) of woodland vital to local ecosystems, saying the only crime of the thousands of trees on the local authorities' hit list had been to "offer with their fronds shelter and intimacy to sex slaves".

No Phallic Hedge

A Fenland, England man has been ordered by police to shape his garden hedge or face an on the spot fine for outraging public decency.

Phallic hedge-Wisbech Standard

The hedge in question is in the shape of a phallus. The man had shaped the hedge into the shape of a phallus in 2002 after he noticed that the natural growth of the plant had started to form a similar shape.

The man told a local paper that a “A policeman came around to my house and told my wife that someone had complained about the topiary and that if I didn’t do something I would be facing an £80 fine...."

Porn Doesn't Harm Men

Sex News Around The World stays in Canada where there is good news for men who view porn.

A Canadian researcher has concluded after a two-year study that watching pornographic videos does not impact men's sexual habits or their relationships with women.

The Montreal University professor in the study refutes claims that pornography enthusiasts seek out in life what they see in X-rated videos which leads to sexual abuse or denigration of women. To quote the sociologist, " It would be like saying that vodka ads lead to alcoholism."

Taboo Show

Sex News travels to Edmonton, Canada for the 10th annual Taboo Naughty But Nice Sex Show. According to its website, the show is an upscale consumer trade show dedicated to romance and self-improvement.

The show's primary objective is to bring the industry together with prospective buyers in a comfortable, sophisticated and non-threatening environment. For more information, click here. The show runs from the 14-17.

Brothels Get OK

Sex News Around The World travels to Taiwan where the government will now allow sex workers to set up small businesses. This is the latest change to the laws in Taiwan that had forced the huge sex industry underground.

 In a statement on its website, the interior ministry said that it will now consider brothels of three to five staff away from areas frequented by children.

Geography Of Sex

Via: Medical Insurance

Breast Cancer Awareness

2010 marks the 9th Annual Blogger Boobie-Thon. Bloggers from all over the world send in photos of their boobs (covered and uncovered) to help raise money for Breast Cancer Research. In the past eight years they have raised over $64,000.00.

The 2010 event kicked off on Friday October 1, 2010 and will run for one full week, ending at 11:59 pm on Thursday October 7, 2010. Just as in the past, this will be supporting a Bloggers Helping Bloggers charity as well as Komen.