Sex In The Public Square - swinging - Comments

they're my tits and i'll flash if i want to

tracya — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:14:23 -0700

i agree exhibitionism is a great turn on for lots of people and if it inadverdently gives the security guy a thrill....hey, mission accomplished!

but.... i think there is a wide line between me and my whoever engaging in public sex play and just little ole me standing at a bustop having a camera i am unaware of zooming in for a close up of my tits.

or as the original post suggests, details about me collected for one purpose but used for something completely different.

i think it's time to get out the black stockings and overcoat...it's been too long!

On the up side of CCTV

Lou FCD — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:00:39 -0700

If you happen to have an exhibitionist streak...

I admit to the occasional smile for the camera over the shoulder whilst butt grabbing and such while in London. Ok, maybe more than occasional.

Ok, maybe more than a little butt grabbing.

But that thing with the back of my wife's skirt was totally unintentional.

mostly.

not.

smile for the camera if you travel to the UK

tracya — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:20:42 -0700

this article points out the proliferation of CCTV in the UK, mostly from a crime prevention point of view. it is easy to see how people engaged in "private" activities in semi public places are being observed also...

CCTV: Does it work?

Shopping centre cameras caught James Bulger's killers

Britain is increasingly becoming a place caught on videotape but opinion is divided about the real effect CCTV cameras have on reducing crime.
The average citizen in the UK is caught on CCTV cameras 300 times a day.

the hospital where i work is full of cameras and we use them at the entrance to our unit. in some ways they are a good thing but there are four views available and one is to an outside entrance, i have on occaision seen the security people adjust and zoom in on womens crotches and tits...

people are concerned as it seems like its a vague legal minefield....

http://www.spy.org.uk/wtwu.htm

Another reason why the closet is a dangerous place!

Elizabeth — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:07:10 -0700

The unintended consequences of technologies (or policies, or anything, really) are amazing. Who'd have thought that the rise of the ubiquity of the surveillance camera and the rise of EZPass could lead to arguments supporting greater sexual openness!

I agree, but...

RC — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:32:03 -0700

This is a very positive vision and I applaud it. I think my partner and I have been lucky to find ourselves connected to a small group that includes other committed dyads and some ethical, respectful singles to engage in bdsm play and some sallies into non-monogamy. The size of the group matters, I think, and contributes to everyone's ability to assess the other's ethics. And I'd say that age is a factor but not a reliable indicator of maturity. Unfortunately, this is never a perfect game and it is risky. People's "issues" and relationship status changes over time and that's a wild card in the process. Of course, monogamous couples face the same uncertainty but I think the sex-positive do play with live ammunition. I'd like to throw in this little provocation: What do we think of kink's continued portrayal as an "exploration," a "voyage," or a "discovery?" The whole terra incognito metaphor seems to work for lots of people, but it isn't for me. Sure, it's a learning experience to get into poly or kink, especially the more challenging bdsm aspects, and I suppose the metaphor avails itself of the uncertainty of it all. But really, in my experience, "exploration" doesn't cover it. These are relationships, not continents. The terrain is affective and personal, not geographic. To make a new sexual relationship is a choice, an act, a creation, not a discovery of some preexisting condition or place. Isn't there a better metaphor out there? We aren't conquistadors, we're architects.