Dr. Laura Henkel is Vegas' resident perv (besides our own Mr. Admin, of course). Her job is to get people off. Not physically, of course, although I'm pretty sure she could do that, too, as I'd bet she knows most of the tricks of the trade.

No, the former head mistress of the Erotic Heritage Museum has holed up in the Sin City Gallery and is stimulating LowLifes like you and I with visual displays of eroticisms. She sends me a press release now and then and now and then I send 'em along to you when I think there's a sexy aspect to it (yeah, her displays aren't all sex all the time--go figure--so sometimes I pass on letting you know about it even though you'd probably enjoy it).

I'm pretty sure this next exhibit--called "Cerebral Paralysis"--is sexy because, as the release says, the "Exhibit Showcases Visions of Old World Romance With The Modern World Left Behind". That's sexy, isn't it? Um, I'm not sure, actually.

Well, how about this. The artist is a "Deco-Tech Romance Artist" and I don't think it gets any sexier than that, right? Hmmm...now that I think about I'm not getting any wood here. Not even a twinge. In fact, my cerebellum is, indeed, paralyzed which usually gives me performance issues. So, what the heck is "Deco-Tech Romance" you ask (and even if you don't, I do)?

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They used to be called clip joints and back in the 80’s and Las Vegas had a bunch of them. We still get the occasional club that promises a sex party but the promises soon turn to nothing more than a tease where the unsuspecting tourist is eventually “clipped” out of a bunch of cash.

Then when the dupe complains that he got nothing for his money but sweet nothings the bouncers escort the guy out of the club. Sometimes the guy gets angry but the bouncers are usually big and intimidating and the Vegas visitor is probably doing something he doesn’t want his lady back home to know so he doesn’t report it to the police and chalks it up to a sucky Vegas experience.

Sounds like a place called the Red Devil Fitness & Spa near Spring Mountain Road and Polaris Avenue was operating as a just such a tease club. Only this time the “clip” turned to a stab. Two stabs, actually.

A British tourist got pissed off that he was scammed out of some money and still hadn’t had any intimate female contact and when he complained to deaf ears, he threw a water bottle at one of the girls. This caused one of the security guys to whip out a knife and stab the Brit in the head and stomach.

All in all not a pleasant experience as the dude almost died. Here’s the initial story and here’s the follow-up where the names of the girls are printed.

Vegas Visitors: Don’t listen to cabbies when they tell you it’s a sex club unless the place is called the Green Door or Power Exchange. Otherwise, it’s probably a scam. Prostitution is illegal in Clark County but you can find action inside most any hotel—some paid, some not. Yes, there are some massage parlors where you can possibly have a happy ending but they get busted on a regular basis so we can’t help you there.

For ladies, lifestyle is all about females being able to be every bit of a sexual tramp--we call it a discriminating slut--as men are generally allowed and even encouraged. Granted, men certainly benefit from this arrangement (shhh! it's our dirty little secret!!) but it can be extremely liberating for a woman to throw some of those expected behavior patterns to the wayside.

But maybe the ladies haven't gone far enough with this gender bending. Perhaps they should dig in a bit more deeply and check out this maleness thing on another level.

That's what a lady named Diane Torr has in mind with a workshop called "Man For A Day". Torr is no Johnny-come-lately in the field of questioning a females place in the gender wars as she's been doing this multi-day event since 1990 in various places around the world.

Participants will get both a physical and mental makeover and then when they gt their manliness down--including crotch-scratching, we presume--they are sent out into the real world--a man's world, I guess--and being interacting as a male. As you can see by the photo of the "before" and "after", below, the intention is not to “pass” as an actual man, but rather to question what is considered a give non the way males behave vis a vis females.

How to become a man? Grow a mustache, obviously...

Here's where Ms. Torr is coming from:
Maybe during a lifetime of observing men in your neighborhood, on the subway, in the office, in cars, in your home, etc., you have a curiosity about how men “get away” with certain behaviors that would be considered undesirable or socially unacceptable in women. You might want to experience the transformation from female to male as a way to intercept your so-called “normal” behavior as a woman, and discover new responses. Other women have attended the workshop and then met with a lover (male or female) for a night of role-play thrills. Some participants are actresses and opera singers who had "trouser" roles and wanted to make their characters more authentic. Occasionally, a woman has attended the workshop who wanted to explore a desire to become a man permanently, and then the workshop was a catalyst for making that decision.

So, gals, if you want to take the shifting of gender identity a little bit further, head on over to San Francisco May 19th & 20th for a workshop that promises to be fun and eye-opening at the same time...

(Guys: Don't worry, there's a class for you, too, although it's in New York City and is a bit more, shall we say, intense...)

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