Sex work Abolitionists are trying to push the Nordic Model into English Law

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, …

Sex Workers’ Rights Emergency Protest July 4th

The self-styled “All Party Parliamentary Group on Prostituion” (which is actually a bunch of anti-sex work puritanically-minded MPs) have called for a Westminster Hall Debate on the 4th of July at 2:30pm to try to outlaw websites which “encourage exploitation and trafficking”. See https://www.facebook.com/events/604646959904003/ What this will actually do is to make life MORE dangerous …

Monday 18th December 2017 – Sex Worker’s Vigil Outside Parliament

Below is a letter written to our MP in respect of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (IDEVASW) * * * * * Dear Stephen Morgan MP, If you were told that at least 70,000 women, men and trans-people in the UK were being forced to work in dangerous conditions and were …

Affordable Leather’s Giant Strap-on Dildo Harness

We have some customers who like their toys, shall we say, a bit larger than the usual sort of dildos. In fact they like them a LOT larger. So when you’re using a massive dildo, you need a Strap on Harness which can not only take the girth and length of a giant cock, but …

The UK Government wants to censor “Unconventional” pornography

Following our recent post on the Government’s ridiculous Age Verification policy for adult websites and despite clearly expressed and comprehensive objections from legal experts and adult content producers and security experts, they are ploughing ahead regardless. Unfortunately the situation has now got even worse as the Government wants the British Board of Film Classification to …

Digital Economy Bill – Age Verification for Adult Websites

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 …

What type of gag should I buy for BDSM?

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?” …

The Top 5 Myths about 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 …

Britain’s War on Prostitution

Working in the Adult Industry making leather bondage equipment, we at Affordable Leather Products always try to keep tabs on what else is going on in related areas and one that has popped up several times on the radar recently, is that of sex work. It is a sad fact that, whilst most people believe …

Why London’s Blowjob Cafe is never going to open

As you may have seen in the news recently, there’s been a big furore about plans to open a “Fellatio Cafe” in London where, for £50, customers would buy a cup of coffee and receive oral sex. [bctt tweet=”In London’s Fellatio Cafe, for £50, customers would buy a cup of coffee and receive oral sex”] …