High Heels Petition to be looked at by MPs Following the story in the news last month of Nicola Thorp who was sent home from a temporary job at the finance company PwC after being told that she had to wear shoes with a “2 inch to 4 inch heel” to work there, a petition …
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On the 7th of June 2016 the Guardian printed an article by Kat Banyard entitled “The dangers of rebranding prostitution as ‘sex work’” where she argues that decriminalising this industry legitimises the abuse of women. We at Affordable Leather Products are not going to give that article extra prominence by linking to it, (you can …
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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 …
Amnesty International’s new policy to protect prostitutes and sex workers rights Amnesty International has published its new Policy on protecting the Human Rights of Sex workers as well as four research reports on the issues and abuses sex workers face in Argentina, Norway, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea. Tawanda Mutasah, who is the Senior …
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Why we do not need the Extreme Pornography laws Back in 2008, we at Affordable Leather Products were part of the Backlash Campaign when the then UK Labour government passed the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act which, amongst its other provisions, included laws against so-called Extreme Pornography, making it illegal simply to possess picture which …
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Do not trust Mistress LJ aka Linda Jones As you may have seen in the gutter press, a Linda Jones who calls herself Mistress LJ and who claims (or should that be “claimed”?) to be a “Professional Dominatrix” has sold photographs of one of her clients to the media. As such, his career as a …
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Dealing with that embarassing moment when mum finds the bondage gear… So, you’ve been having a great session playing with all the fabulous leather bondage toys (bought from Affordable Leather Products of course!) and, later on, your mother is coming to visit. No problem, she’s not going to find anything, is she? And then comes …
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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 …
Using Safe Words in your BDSM Play Bondage and BDSM play should always be enjoyable for all the participants, so here is a guide from Affordable Leather Products to ensure that things stay that way in your scenes. Why should I use a Safe Word? In BDSM play, when you have your favourite leather flogger, …
