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2001 Jun 17 |
In Egypt the Cairo weekly Al Nabaa published a sex scandal along with pictures at the Coptic Christian Muhariq monastery in Assiut between former monk Adel Saadallah Gabriel and an unidentified woman. Publisher Mamdouh Mahran was charged with disturbing the peace. Al-Nabaa was banned from publishing on July 5 and Mahran faced charges of sedition. Links: Egypt, Sex 
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2001 Jul 3 |
In Columbus, Ohio, Brian Dalton (22) was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fiction writing in his journal about sexually abusing and torturing children. Links: Ohio, Sex
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2001 Jul 18 |
In Egypt a trial began for 52 men arrested on charges of obscene behavior and contempt of religion. The men were arrested May 11 at the Queen Boat nightclub in Cairo. On Nov 14, 23 men were sentenced up to 5 years in prison and 29 were acquitted. In 2002 Pres. Mubarak tossed out the verdicts against all but 2 of the 52 defendants. Links: Egypt, Sex
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2001 Jul 30 |
In South Africa Catholic bishops denounced condoms as "immoral and misguided" weapons against AIDS. Links: South Africa, Sex, AIDS, Religion
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2001 Aug 8 |
US Federal authorities announced the arrests of 100 people nationwide in an Internet child pornography operation, Landslide Productions Inc., based in Fort Worth, Tx. Links: USA, Sex, Texas
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2001 Nov 20 |
US federal health officials approved sale of the world's first contraceptive patch, Ortho-Evra. Links: USA, Medical, Sex
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2001 Nov 23 |
It was reported that Hawaii’s Supreme Court struck down the state’s sex offender registration law, declaring it unconstitutional. Links: Sex, Hawaii
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In Belgium a 3-block tolerance zone for prostitution was established in Antwerp as a test case for national legalization of prostitution. Links: Belgium, Sex
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Myron Magnet edited "Modern Sex: Liberation and Its Discontents." Links: Sex, Books
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Peru moved to create autonomous regional governments and to give them more revenues. Mayor Wenceslao Alderete of Huayre, hoping to attract tourists, spent $158,000 to create an erotic sculpture park in the central plaza. In 2006 the town still lacked paved streets and a sewage system. Links: Peru, Sex
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LiveJasmin, an Internet cam company featuring live sex chats, was launched. By 2011 it was the number one adult destination site and the 50th most visited site in the world. Links: USA, Sex, Internet
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2002 Apr 16 |
The US Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional a ban on simulated depictions of child sex. The Court overturned 2 major provisions of the 1996 Child Pornography Prevention Act, saying the government went too far in trying to ban "virtual" child pornography. Links: USA, Sex, Supreme Court
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2002 Apr 22 |
Linda Boreman (53), who starred as Linda Lovelace in the 1972 porno film "Deep Throat," died in Denver from Apr 3 car crash injuries. Boreman became an anti-porn advocate after the film and authored "Ordeal" in 1980. Links: Filmstar, Sex
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2002 May 31 |
A three-judge federal panel in Philadelphia ruled that public libraries cannot be forced to install software that blocks sexually explicit Web sites. Links: USA, Pennsylvania, Sex
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2002 Jun 5 |
Robert Kelly (R. Kelly), R&B performer, was indicted in Florida on child pornography charges. Links: Sex, Florida, Pop&Rock
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2002 Jun 22 |
In Meerwala, Pakistan, Mukhtar Mai (18) was gang raped in the Punjab on orders from a tribal council after her brother (13) was accused of socializing with a higher-caste Mastoi girl. It was later reported that the affair was fabricated to cover up sodomy of boy by Mastoi tribesmen. Six death sentences were handed down for the crime on Sep 1. In 2005 a lower court overturned 5 convictions, but Pakistan’s high court threw out the acquittal. In 2009 Mukhtar Mai married the police officer who was assigned to protect her as her case gained notoriety, becoming his 2nd wife. On april 21, 2011, Pakistan's Supreme Court freed five men accused in the gang-rape. The ruling left just one of the initial 14 suspects in prison. Links: Pakistan, Sex, Rape
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2002 Jul 5 |
The Arkansas state Supreme Court ruled that a law banning sexual relations between people of the same sex was an unconstitutional invasion of privacy. Links: Sex, Arkansas
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2002 Aug 9 |
US officials said they broke up an int'l. child pornography ring headquartered in Clovis, Ca. 10 Americans were arrested in Operation Hamlet. Lloyd Alan Emmerson (45), chiropractor, was arrested Jan 26 on a tip from Danish police. Links: USA, California, Sex
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2002 Aug 15 |
In NYC WNEW-FM radio shock jocks Gregg Hughes and Anthony Cumia aired an eyewitness account of a couple having sex in the vestibule of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Their show was cancelled Aug 23. Links: USA, NYC, Radio, Sex
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2002 Aug 19 |
An Islamic high court in northern Nigeria rejected an appeal by Amina Lawal, a single mother sentenced to be stoned to death for having sex out of wedlock. Links: Sex, Nigeria
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2002 Aug 26 |
In Nigeria an Islamic court has sentenced a couple to death by stoning for having an affair, marking the first time in Nigeria that a man has been sentenced to death for adultery. Links: Sex, Nigeria
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2002 Oct 8 |
A nasal spray named PT-141, made by Palatin Tech., was reported to raise sexual desire. Links: Sex, Pharma
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2002 Oct 9 |
Aileen Wuornos (46), a former prostitute, was executed for killing 6 men along Florida highways. She became the 10th woman executed in the US since capital punishment resumed in 1977. Links: Sex, Murder, Florida
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2002 Oct 18 |
According to Greek scientists, the length of a man's index finger can accurately predict the length of his penis. The findings are published in the September issue of the journal Urology. Links: Greece, Sex
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2002 Nov 14 |
In Singapore the 7th Asian Congress of Sexology opened. Links: Singapore, Sex
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2002 Nov 26 |
A poll of 50,000 people, commissioned by Durex condom makers SSL International and released in Malaysia, showed the French had sex an average 167 times a year, pipping the Danes and the Dutch for the number one spot. It was a bad year for sex in the United States, which came in eleventh with an average of 138, after heading the rankings in 2001. Britons scored an average of 149 times. At the bottom of the pile, Singapore's 110 times was two less than Thailand's. Four in 10 people in India did not have sex until they were married and Norwegians were most likely to have sex on the first date, the survey showed. Norwegians, along with South Africans, were also more likely than any other nationality to have a one-night stand. Those in Taiwan were least likely; just 20 percent surveyed had a one-night stand. Links: Britain, USA, France, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Thailand, Singapore, South Africa, Sex, Denmark, Norway
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2002 Nov |
In Montenegro Svetlana C. (28) of Moldava escaped from a brothel near the capital, Podgorica, and went to the police. Local newspapers reported that politicians and other members of Montenegro's ruling elite frequented the brothel and took part in orgies at which women were tortured. Links: Montenegro, Sex, Moldova
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2002 Dec |
In Romania Kurt W. Treptow of Miami Beach, Fl., was sentenced to the maximum of seven years in for offenses involving two girls, ages 10 and 13, whom he invited into his home in Iasi. A Romanian woman was also convicted of being his accomplice. Treptow was released in 2007 after writing a book entitled "The life and Times of Vlad Dracul" while in prison. Links: Romania, USA, Historian, Writer, Sex, Florida
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Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz authored "Rereading Sex: Battles over Sexual Knowledge and suppression in Nineteenth-Century America. Links: Sex, Books
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"The Sexual Life of Catherine M.” by Catherine Millet was published in the US following a successful introduction in France. Links: France, Writer, Sex, Books
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Kristen O’Hara authored “Sex as Nature Intended It.” O’Hara claimed that women are more likely to enjoy intercourse if their male partner is uncircumcised. Links: USA, Sex, Books
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In Arizona Steven Dyer was convicted of 13 counts of child molestation. Dyer went on the run. He was captured in 2012 in Montreal and turned over to US authorities. Links: Canada, USA, Sex, Arizona, Kids
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2003 Jan 13 |
Rock musician Pete Townshend was arrested in London on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. Townshend acknowledged using an Internet Web site advertising child pornography, but said he was not a pedophile and was only doing research for an autobiography dealing with his own suspected childhood sexual abuse; he was eventually cleared of possessing pornographic images of children. Links: Britain, Sex, Pop&Rock
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2003 Feb 13 |
Thailand officials arrested SF financier Thomas Frank White at the request of the Mexican government for the rape of a teenage boy. In 2004 White was indicted in SF on 2 counts of sex tourism. Links: Thailand, Mexico, SF, Sex, Rape
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2003 Mar 18 |
In Salt Lake City, Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee were charged with aggravated kidnapping, sexual assault and burglary in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart, who was found with them six days earlier. Mitchell and Barzee were later found incompetent to stand trial. Links: USA, Utah, Sex
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2003 Mar 25 |
Former Waterbury, Conn., Mayor Philip Giordano was convicted by a federal jury of violating the civil rights of two preteen girls by sexually abusing them. Giordano was later sentenced to 37 years in federal prison. Links: Sex, Connecticut
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2003 Apr 10 |
The US House passed a bill creating a national Amber Alert system and strengthening child pornography laws. Links: USA, Sex, Kids
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2003 May 1 |
The Australian stock market began trade in Australia's first-ever listed brothel, The Daily Planet. Shares began trading at 31 cents. Heidi Fleiss was on hand to promote the enterprise and her new book, "Pandering." Links: Australia, Sex
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2003 Jun 10 |
In NY state John Jamelske (68) pleaded guilty to holding 5 women captive as sex slaves in a bunker at his home in Syracuse. Links: New York, Sex
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2003 Jun 13 |
Philip Giordano, former 3-term mayor of Waterbury, Conn., was sentenced to 37 years in federal prison for having oral sex with 2 young girls while in office. Links: Sex, Connecticut
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2003 Jun 26 |
The US Supreme court, in Lawrence v. Texas, struck down a Texas sodomy law and proclaimed that gay Americans have a right to private sexual relations. The court ruled 6-3 that laws prohibiting sexual acts between members of the same sex are unconstitutional. In 2012 Dale Carpenter authored “Flagrant conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas. Links: USA, Gays, Sex, Texas, Books, Supreme Court
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2003 Jul 16 |
New research indicated that frequent masturbation, particularly in the 20s, helps prevent prostate cancer later in life. Links: Sex
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2003 Jul 18 |
Basketball star Kobe Bryant was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman at a Colorado spa; Bryant denied the charge, saying he was guilty only of adultery. Prosecutors later dropped the case. Links: Colorado, Sex, Basketball
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2003 Jul 30 |
In Paris, France, 2 men from Belarus were arrested for running Regpay, an Internet-based child porn trade. A 3rd partner was arrested 2 days later in Spain. Agents later arrested 330 Regpay subscribers in the US. Links: Belarus, USA, France, Sex
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2003 Aug 19 |
It was reported that women in Kenya had begun rebelling against a traditional "cleansing" ritual whereby new widows were required to sleep with a designated "cleanser" in order to be inherited by male relatives and freed of haunting spirits. Links: Kenya, Sex, Sleep
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2003 Aug 28 |
A US Defense Department survey found that nearly one in five female Air Force Academy cadets said they had been sexually assaulted during their time at the academy. Links: USA, Sex
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2003 Sep 4 |
Pres. Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) into law. It required the collection of data on sexual abuse in prison and the creation of a commission to recommend ways of prevention. Links: USA, Sex, BushGW, Rape
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2003 Oct 18 |
In Iran 6 Islamic vigilantes were sentenced to death for killing five people for allegedly having illicit sexual relationships. Judge Abdolreza Parvizi said he ordered the men to be hanged in public for the 2002 deaths of three men and two women in the city of Kerman. Links: Iran, Sex
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2003 Oct 20 |
A judge in Eagle, Colo., ordered Kobe Bryant to stand trial for sexual assault. The criminal case was later dropped. Links: Colorado, Sex, Basketball
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2003 Oct 26 |
It was reported that Cambodian prostitutes were being subjected to gang rapes, and that the practice, called "bauk," has been common for years. Links: Cambodia, Sex
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2003 Oct 28 |
Czech Independence Day. Cathrin Schauer published her book “Children Walk the Streets,” a chronicle of child prostitution along the Czech-German border. Links: Germany, Sex, Czech Rep.
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2003 Oct |
In Santiago, Chile, Claudio Spiniak, a wealthy businessman, and 6 colleagues were charged with using a luxury gym for sadomasochistic orgies with children. An estimated 4,000 children worked in Chile's commercial sex trade. Links: Chile, Sex
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2003 Nov 3 |
A US court settlement gave Linda Tripp $595,000 from the Defense Dept. to settle claims that officials leaked personal information. Tripp had secretly taped Monica Lewinsky's confessions of a sexual affair with Pres. Clinton. Links: USA, Sex, Lawsuit, ClintonB
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2003 Dec 15 |
From China it was reported that Liu Dalin (71), founder and curator of the Chinese Sexual Culture Museum, was moving his collection from Shanghai to Tongli. His 3,700 items covered 6,000 years of human sexuality in the world's most populous nation. Links: China, Sex
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2003 Dec 15 |
In Cleburne, Texas, Joanne Webb, housewife and sales rep for Passion Parties, answered to obscenity charges for selling a vibrator to undercover narcotics officers posing as a dysfunctional married couple. Links: USA, Sex, Texas
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2003 Dec 17 |
In Britain Ian Huntley, a former school caretaker, was convicted of murdering two 10-year-old girls in 2002. He had previously been investigated for sex crimes. Huntley was sentenced to two life terms. Links: Britain, Sex, Murder
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2003 Dec 27 |
Juan Garcia Ponce (71), a renowned Mexican art critic, translator and prize-winning novelist, died. Ponce was born in Merida, the capital of Yucatan state, on Sept. 22, 1932. The author of at least 50 books, Ponce wrote novels, plays, screenplays and essays and was considered a master of erotic literature. Links: Mexico, Writer, Sex
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2003 Dec 29 |
In Portugal 9 men and one woman were charged with sexually abusing minors and adolescents, rape and organizing a pedophile ring at the state-run Casa Pia home. Among those indicted were 2 popular television personalities, a lawmaker and a retired ambassador. Links: Portugal, Sex, Rape
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New Zealand swept away laws under which prostitution was a criminal offence. Links: Sex, New Zealand
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Judy Sgro, Canada minister of immigration, issued permits to some 552 Romanian women to fill a shortage of labor in the exotic dancing business. Links: Romania, Canada, Sex, Dance
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