32-year-old New Zealander Marama Kake says that she loves the sensation and simplicity of surfing in her sustainability suit (20 May 2012)

South Africa's ruling ANC threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons President Jacob Zuma (20 May 2012)

A quick look at some of the latest tech-tastic sex toys. (20 May 2012)

The population of Japan is in decline, the birthrate is plummeting, and the consequences look grim. Some studies put the blame on Japanese men who's appetite for masturbation, sex toys and virtual tete-a-tetes are turning them off the real thing. The future, one might say, is in their hands. - William Sparrow

The police ministry wants to criminalise the sex industry, while experts insist the root cause is poverty. As the Tajik interior ministry announces tougher penalties for prostitution, analysts say the local sex industry is a product of poverty and social dislocation and will not be easy to eradicate. Interior Minister Mahmadnazar Salihov said his staff were drafting a special bill that would soon be sent to parliament.

Japanese police have arrested five porn movie producers and a member of an industry self-censorship group on charges their films were too graphic, police said Monday.

?Hysteria,? starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, is just one of several new films directed by women that depict sexuality from a female perspective.

A stroll through the Museum of Sex in New York with Faramerz Dabhoiwala, author of ?The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution.?

Carletta Sue Kay, the singing alter ego of Randy Walker, has been generating lots of buzz lately, doing backup vocals, touring in Europe and now releasing his debut album.