Guest Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=3513703 Sex with Strangers Dogging English Parks Fri September 26, 2003 08:17 AM ET By Jason Hopps LONDON (Reuters) - Voyeurs and exhibitionists drawn to outdoor fun have discovered erotic pleasures in normally placid English parks that have nothing to do with walking the dog. "Dogging," a term that loosely describes a variety of sex acts performed outdoors or in parked cars in front of strangers (and sometimes with them), has become such a craze that health authorities have warned against its dangers. The term "dogging" apparently comes from those who claim only to be "taking the dog for a walk" -- but are actually on the prowl for something more. Web sites have sprung up across Britain extolling the pleasures of sex under the stars and online message boards list the best parks and carparks to watch people express themselves. An academic who set out to study anti-social behavior in parks and stumbled on a thriving dogging underworld said dangers were also lurking in the bushes. "The problem is people are leaving behind condoms, lubricants and sometimes clothing at family sites and causing cleaning headaches for groundspeople," Richard Byrne, a countryside management lecturer at Harper Adams College, told Reuters on Friday. "Prostitutes have been moving into some of these areas and I know of cases where some people have been attacked while dogging," he said. Byrne said he surveyed park managers, rangers and wardens across England and found dogging sites existed in every English county -- hundreds are dotted across the country -- from the south coast to the Scottish border. "I soon realized that dogging was being driven by the Internet and was very widespread and that some doggers take it quite seriously, wearing camouflage and even keeping diaries of their experiences," he said. FLASHING LIGHTS Among the dozens of dogging Web sites, several offer tips on finding the best locations, how to meet people "to dog" with and how to signal you want to watch -- or be watched. "There's loads of signals that doggers use, the most common are flashing lights. Leaving the inside car light on means they want to be watched. If they wind down the window, this means they want to be fondled," one site advises. Health authorities in southeast England posted warnings on dogging web sites after discovering several cases of sexually transmitted diseases linked to the outdoor pursuit. "We noticed a more than usual number of notifications of Hepatitis B and when we were investigating we found that some of them were involved in the practice of having sex with strangers in open places," said Dr. Mathi Chandrakumar, head of the Kent Health Protection Unit. "We are not passing moral judgment, we are only giving advice about the dangers," he said. While acknowledging doggers are a determined breed, Byrne said he had proposed several ways to prevent the behavior -- including more police patrols -- but he has already ruled out one remedy. "We thought better lighting in parks might prevent it but it actually allows to see what they're doing better," he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 Woef !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 and an american english wuff to you too sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 Glad to see the Brits are catching on to what the Americans have been doing for decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 Call me repressed, but the allure of sex in public has always been somewhat lost on me. Add to that very real dangers in societies where public parks house the community's dregs, and they can keep it. I guess the danger element is an added attraction for some, but being half-naked puts one in a ridiculously *vulnerable* position. A rapist / mugger would have the added satisfaction of knowing that his victims are less likely to report the crime : lawyers already do everything they can to portray rape victims as sexually wanton. Compared to this level of risk, communal blowjobs at the Star of Light would appear to redefine the term 'safe sex'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehtmae Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 In Bangkok, of course, 'dogging' refers to a trip to the Thermae or the Soi 7 beer garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Jack Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 They probably call it "dogging" because "placid English parks" are so comprehensively covered in dogshit you can't avoid getting some on your clobber if you fancy a brisk outdoor shag. jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 Now Jack, as a man who boasts about having had more 'Dogs' in LOS than there are noodle stands, we beseech you to consider a command performance in Lumpinee Park on your next trip. Members of the London contingent will video tape the action and it will be available at the AGM for those discriminating buyers of artistic smut. All proceeds of course will be funneled into our Charity raffle. You can thus be proud of doing something noble for those less fortunate than yourself..... oh yeah,...... and the dogs will be grateful as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man at Work Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 Says Fiery Jack: They probably call it "dogging" because "placid English parks" are so comprehensively covered in dogshit you can't avoid getting some on your clobber if you fancy a brisk outdoor shag. jack Glad to hear, that it is not named "dogging", because so many females in the country fighting the Euro are dogs. That would have been an insult and the post would have to be deleted! Glad it is not that way. MaW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLeakHunt Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 Does anyone know the websites where these sordid liasons are arranged so i can investigate from a journalistic perspective? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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