I must admit, I’m a bit late on the draw here, but I was fairly busy last week and did not have time to write anything but it’s all good now. I’m back, I’m better looking, I’m more ripped, even more tanned and there is a sexual energy permeating through Cape Towns soul. Rad!
Over this past weekend I have been reading reports on the Sexpo in Cape Town and most of the reports from my friends have been that it was not as exciting as they thought it would be. Fair enough, but not one person said it was disgusting. I did find it boring and there was nothing there that really had any “wow” factor. Luckily for me I had a funny crew accompanying me, so it was alright. The comments from my friends come from educated people who were brought up in normal households. We are normal people and know right and wrong etc. I did find it to be a little bit boring, but we had some fun times and had a good laugh cruising around looking at some weird things!
Now there are people saying that Sexpo was lewd, disgusting, that it undermined family values and so on and so forth. I have three words for these people: “GET A LIFE!” Honestly, grow up. If you don’t want to be exposed to the modern world of advertising and consumerism, then you are very welcome to go join an Amish community. Please, do go. While you are there I’m going to pour myself a little drink, play some violent game on my Playstation 3 and then go visit the Sexpo and have a good time. Then after that I am going to go out and still treat women with respect. I’m not going to rape women. I’m not going to abuse women. Why? Because I had a normal upbringing, like most people in this city.
Sexpo is a premium event, held at a premium venue, the Cape Town International Convention Centre. It caters towards an elite crowd and an educated crowd. An entrance fee of R100 and security at the entrance ensures that no one is just going to walk in off the street. The people at Sexpo were people with money to spend, people who drove in in their BMW’s and Merc’s. These are not people from areas where rape is a problem at all. Rape is something that can happen in any area, but generally people who rape are brought up in dire conditions and have some sort of history of family problems, they lived in a society where they had no chances, where alcohol and drugs formed a part of the community and where gangs and criminals roamed free.
People who come to visit Sexpo are most likely coming from educated and well off backgrounds, people from Camps Bay, Bishopscourt, Constantia and other well off areas. The R100 entrance fee takes care of this. These are not people who are going to go to a sex exhibition, see a women with her top off(The most we got to see live, it’s not like we have not seen it before. Hi mom and dad) and then think “Oh well let’s go rape someone” Even hinting that the Sexpo could in any way lead to rape or abuse is absolute rubbish. It comes from someone so disconnected from the Cape Town life and the target market of Sexpo that they should in no way have any authority to comment on Sexpo whatsoever.
These are the very same people who live to write letters to The Tatler complaining of any fun event happening in Cape Town. Last time it was My Coke Fest, and I can put money on the fact that in this weeks Tatler there will be letters complaining about the Sexpo. If you are so old and unhappy, then bugger off and go knit a sweater, play bowls or go to Bingo, just keep away from anything resembling social life in Cape Town. And please keep at least a 5km space between you and me at all times, because I don’t want to know that you exist you sad little person.
Cape Town’s fundamentalist Christian deputy mayor said in a statement on Friday that the increase in abuse and sexual exploitation of women and children was “a worrying reality” (SOURCE)
Saying this the day after Sexpo started is clearly connecting sexual exploitation of women and children with Sexpo, whether he will admit it or not.
To be honest I had a great time at Sexpo. I agreed with most of the educated people and can say that it was not as exciting as I had expected. It’s pretty much all the stuff you will see in any sex shop such as Adult World, and while some of the stuff is hilarious, it’s nothing that we have not seen before. I was thinking it would be more of a cutting edge expo, in what way I’m not sure, but that’s what I had expected.
But I can also truly say that after attending Sexpo I am in no way inclined to sexually exploit women or children. And I guarantee that everyone else who attended Sexpo will say the same thing.
The great thing about the first year of any event is that it will continue to get better. I have seen it with nearly every single event I have been to. The first year is not what you expect, but it always gets better as awareness around the event is raised. Hopefully next year is great!
By the way ladies, I am still single, it’s cold today, I’m pouring myself a glass of red, so feel free to ring the door bell.
I’m just wearing a lambswool jersey…
Sexual
Sean Lloyd
Editor
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