On Wednesday 9th of December, Dame Diana Johnson introduced a Private Members Bill called “The Sexual Exploitation” bill. Ostensibly it’s to protect “vulnerable women and girls”, but it’s actually an attempt to introduce The Nordic Model of Sex Work to UK. If you’re not familiar with that term, The Nordic Model is a law which, …
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Women and Equalities Committee says women should not be forced to wear high heels at work Last year we wrote blog post on the High Heels Petition which was started after a woman named Nicola Thorp was sent home from her job for refusing to wear “2 inch to 4 heels”. There was an outcry …
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Age Verification for Adult Websites in the Digital Economy Bill The UK Government has brought forward plans to require adult websites in the UK to install Age Verification systems to “protect children” from being exposed to adult material. [bctt tweet=”Write to your MP urgently at http://www.writetothem.com to object to Government censorship RT”] UPDATE – The …
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When we are selling our goods at Fetish Markets and similar events, we often meet people who who have begun with a bit of gentle bondage or light spanking, but now want to expand their range of kinky BDSM play activities and they ask “What is the best type of gag to buy for BDSM?” …
When we started out making BDSM Toys over 20 years there was no internet, no web and the only information available was from a few “top shelf” magazines which often dealt more in the fantasies of those who wrote into them than facts or photocopied amateur publications which you could generally only find if you …
What is happening with Age Verification on “Pornographic” websites? As you’ll be aware (since you’re reading our blog!) Affordable Leather Products makes Leather Bondage and BDSM Gear for the adult market, something we’ve been doing for over 20 years. Unfortunately, during that time, we’ve seen many “Won’t someone think of the children?” attempts to clamp …
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If you are into sensation play as part of your BDSM activities, then using hot candle wax is one of the most intense and exhilarating experiences to undergo. The effect of the hot wax is to make the skin feel extremely sensitive as well as causing the brain to release endorphins for that wonderful sub-spacey …
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In 2014, English law was changed to bring adult video websites “in line” with the laws controlling what DVDs could sold from licenced sex shops so anything that the authorities deemed was “morally damaging” or could be considered to be life-threatening, such as face-sitting, strangulation and fisting was banned by the Authority for Television on …
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If we have laws for sex work, what laws should we have? Following Affordable Leather Products‘ recent post on Amnesty International calling on governments to protect prostitutes here’s a look at what laws we should have to protect sex workers. What is wrong with the current laws against prostitution? Firstly it’s clear to all but …
The Importance of Consent and Negotiation in BDSM Scenes At its heart, we at Affordable Leather Products consider that BDSM should be a mutually enjoyable activity between two (or more!) consenting adults. All the participants should have agreed to take part in a scene and nobody should be made to do anything they don’t want …
