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Lucky Luciano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 01:59 PM
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Brazilian Town Declares Offical Orgasm Day!
Edited on Wed May-11-05 02:04 PM by Lucky Luciano
I would love to see the fits that those social conservative idiots would have if this happened here!

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/05/09/international/i104040D07.DTL&type=bondage

Sex rarely makes the news in Brazil's conservative Northeast — until a small town declared an official Orgasm Day on Monday.


Espertantina Mayor Felipe Santolia endorsed the May 9 holiday, which he said was intended to improve relationships between married couples.


"We're celebrating orgasm in all its senses. There's even a panel discussion on premature ejaculation. But from what I've seen, women have more trouble achieving orgasm than men, especially in marriage," Santolia said by telephone from Esperantina, 1,300 miles north of Rio de Janeiro.


Santolia said the remote town of 38,000 people has been unofficially celebrating orgasm day for years, but that the town's former mayor had vetoed a bill making it an official municipal holiday.


The city council passed a law Saturday creating the holiday. Santolia, who took office earlier this year, said he would sign the bill later Monday.


"I'm 32, single and I have an open mind. Beside the theme is very much of the moment," he said.


Orgasm Day celebrations include a series of panel discussions by sexologists from across Brazil and a presentation of Eve Ensler's play "The Vagina Monologues."


Santolia said the idea of celebrating Orgasm Day at first created a scandal in this poor region, known for its religious fervor. But he said residents gradually residents warmed to the idea.


"I've seen scientific studies that show when a woman is unloved, when her husband can bring her to orgasm, it affects all aspects of her life, her relationships with her children, at home, with the city and at work," Santolia said.

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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 02:04 PM
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1. Damn, and I missed it!
Maybe next year

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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 02:05 PM
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2. wow
Now I really have to move to Brasil.
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orwell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 02:15 PM
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3. But
...we live in the greatest country in the world!

/sarcasm
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 02:19 PM
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4. Alrighty then! Let's celebrate!
I will... that is, if I'm not sick.
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 02:31 PM
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5. Self-destructive Fundies! Orgasm Day could help save marriages.
I have seen er, um, photo websites from Brazil and South America, and let me tell you, those folks look clear-eyed and HAPPY!
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 02:38 PM
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6. Hi, I'm back
I hope you didn't mind my recent sparse posting. :evilgrin:
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