UK parks ‘dogged’ by exhibitionism

[dArKeR]

Open-air swingers use Internet to meet in public areas

Fueled by the Internet, a rapid rise in public exhibitionism is plaguing Britain’s country parks, turning beauty spots into popular gathering points for thrill-seekers watching each other engage in open-air sex.

THE PHENOMENON, called “dogging,” proliferates Western Europe, but hits Britain’s country parks particularly hard, according to Richard Byrne, an expert in countryside management at Harper Adams College in Newport, about 200 miles northwest of London.
       In a survey conducted by Byrne of wardens at Britain’s some 260 country parks, nearly two-thirds of respondents said public exhibitionism was a primary management problem, overtaking the traditional ills of graffiti and poaching.
       “A number of park wardens said that dogging was a bigger problem,” Byrne said in an interview. “It is a very organized activity.”
       Dogging is an extension of the swinging scene, Byrne said, with the difference that people set up meetings where they can watch people perform sexual acts, and then join in.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/948446.asp?0cv=CB20

I'm going to be Dr. Psycho Analyst: I think there's a lot more going on here and it's the future of 'Democratic Christian Society'. Our citizens are becoming so aliened they are lonely. We no longer have human contact friendship which we've had for 20,000,000 years minus 80 years. (Our modern history). Living in apartments in cities/rual areas where we don't say hi or even know our neighbors.

If you've never vacationed in Asia I'd suggest a visit to see for youself. People are always holding each other. Girls hold girls hands walking around doing daily activities. Boys and boys too. When I'm introduced to someone by someone, they say this is my 'brother or sister' when in fact they are 4th generation cousins. Girls sleep in bed with girls. Boys sleep in bed with boys. (No sex, they're just together.) But when people have sex it's not an Evil Act where I'm out of Pat Roberston/Bush/GOP wedlock so I should have said 'No' but since I didn't I'm going to burn in Hell.

I'm wondering if the removal of humans from nature to be put in cities and the eventual alienation/loneliness will lead to the ultimate destruction of the human race.

http://www.geocities.com/darkerxdarker

[tlb]

1. I think this simply means

they don't have frisbees in the UK.

Gives a whole new meaning however to Wham-O.

[DemBones DemBones]

4. Loved the comment about

Wham-O! :7

[Pert_UK]

2. I was out of town when that was happening.....

Some intelligent points there BTW dArKeR (do you know how hard that is to type???).

There is certainly a lot more regard for extended family and physical (not sexual) intimacy in Asia. We saw a massive backlash against Victorian repression (which were actually some of the most depraved of times to live in) and also had the liberation of the sixties after some fairly restricted years. I do believe that the same thing will happen now....a backlash against the hideous religious fundamentalism or extreme "Christianity" and other religions....

Maybe...

[T_i_B]

3. Let's all take our clothes off & BE HAPPY!

I don't think anyone want to keep the clothes on in this weather! On a side note, I found this story that may be of interest.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3130817.stm

A man trying to walk the length of the UK dressed only in his walking boots has reportedly been sent back to the start of his journey by police.

Steve Gough, 44, from Eastleigh, Hampshire, was 10 days short of John O'Groats when he was arrested by police in Scotland, says the Times.

Despite many brushes with the law under his belt, this time it was discovered he had breached his bail conditions in Cornwall.

So Mr Gough was taken back to the county where he began his trip on 16 June.

[DemBones DemBones]

5. An interesting hypothesis but the article says the phenomenon is

common in all of Western Europe, which would include Italy, Spain, France -- all countries where people kiss on meeting, hold hands with same sex friends, etc.

I agree that alienation is a major modern problem in the U.S. and probably the UK, though it may not apply in rural areas. My experience in England is that people in rural areas like Somerset and Devon are warmer, friendlier, than those in London. Though even there, making contact with individual Londoners is usually positive enough. Even when you get busted for pulling a water bottle out of your pack in the British Museum. . . once I explained that I was simply taking medication that needed to be taken on time, the guard was very understanding and stood and chatted with us.