The lap dance

I sometimes find it very telling how porn culture has made it into main stream. Heather Mallick, an English professor at University of Toronto, tells us that you can have a sense of humour about something vile or about something harmless, but it is difficult when it's a bit of both.

Porn is so much with us in our daily lives that we don't notice it; but the fact is that porn culture has undeniably made its way into the language we use day to day, advertising and other media visuals and even in the way we behave at office parties and in bed.

A lawyer friend of mine once told me of a hearing she had... The grievor was a man who alleged that a coworker assaulted him - his story was that she sat on his lap so hard she crushed his nuts. When my friend asked him if he had any medical reports to show the extent of this crushing injury, he said no, but his mother and his sister could give evidence about the bruising. My friend was having a ball during the hearing - not his exactly - and she was expecting to get the details out in direct examination, but unfortunately the hearing didn't end up going there. I just wondered what the crushed-nut guy was looking for in terms of compensation. If I'm not mistaken, men usually pay for that type of "assault" in establishments where lap dancing is offered.

Lap-dancing has been perfectly legal in Canada since the mid 90s, when a Canadian court exonerated the owner and manager of an Ontario club featuring lap dancers on the basis that lap dancing did not contravene laws on public decency. The ruling went as far as defining what lap dancing was for legal purposes. Moral inclinations or persuations are a whole different matter that, fortunatelly, are usually separated from legal matters in Canada. So, if you're a guy not inclined to pay for one, maybe you can ask nicely and get one for free.

And in case you're a girl, and if you're enough, now there are even books written on how women can give one. I don't know about the women who lap-dance for a living, but from where I stand, it sounds rather fun to tease a guy with this, especially if you enjoy dancing in general. So, I gathered a few tips that could come handy sometime, and just in case you're curious, here's a link appropriately titled lap dancing moves with some nice explanations.