Nikki Yeager

Despite the mixed reviews I, like many other curious minds, just had to see the Museum of Sex. Which is why it's been on my 21 things list FOREVER!

The temptation spiked about 1000% after reading The Pervert's Grand Tour by Tony Perrottet which included a detailed account of Marquis de Sade's life (ever heard of Sadism? This guy was kinky enough to inspire the creation of that word) and a fascinating history of Casa Nova (a connioussuer in much more than matters of the flesh). Anyways, I was ready to fill in all the holes of my recently-read history of sex.

So I grabbed my friend Andrea and purchased a Groupon (5 dollar admission!! Woo!!) before dragging her off to the little Museum of all things dirty.

We managed to swing past the gift shop filled with penis pencils and pheromone sprays- things better suited for a sex store... but not a real sex store, a prudish sex store that caters mostly to blushing bachelorette's during their last party night - and made our way past an intimidating bouncer to a freakishly dark room without windows.

All over the walls were lit with videos of porn ranging from the first upskirt videos to the last man-on-man shots. Unfortunately the accompanying text did little but outline the bare minimum when it came to porn industry details. Simple details about when things were outlawed and when they were finally legalized. For example, the law about 18-and-over started in 1988, the same year porn was ruled legal under the freedom of speech clause. Fancy that.

Both Andrea and I skimmed the text and then headed upstairs where we guessed the good stuff would be.

But alas - only more porn periphenalia and a few pieces of art could be found in the dingy black rooms. That and a suspicious lady-parts smell.

It was strange.

That being said, the entire museum seemed to be more of a photo opp than a.. well... a museum. So we ditched any notion of learning and started snapping pics like everyone else. And boy, were there some interesting pics....
which will be attachedin the next post.