SHOP
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Sexuat revolution
Kirstin lnnes investigates a new wave of female-focused sex shops encouraging Scotland's shoppers to cast off their dirty macs and look to the past
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pulled «in moi \xuxilshiitx. the [\llt} gt‘x‘l\ \II \‘l\‘\\ i‘ll lik‘ litmi ‘liikigiggik'ti\1hkii\ ti} tint \li‘l.llt‘l\ tin tht‘ii nmcx llit‘ic\ nun ti \lnit' on men high \lit‘t‘l in \t'ntltintl it‘\t‘t'i‘l l‘t'ilh. “has tnnt'cint'tl t'iti/cnx hid it \illll tltmni. \t‘lling inkt't. g‘x‘lllLti \ii.l[‘\'\i t‘lim'ul.iit‘. hcn iiighi \illlll .intl wltuiit' t‘iiilitxi. tintl \\illit‘ llit‘it‘\ nu tlwnhi th.it liik' t‘uinimin ht‘lpctl lll.li\\‘ it innit‘ .it‘t't'pliihlt‘ lni Hiiiish \\illllt'll in he upon .ilmni \hni‘ping lui \t‘\ tuis .intl \iiip} lingt‘iit'. tutl.i_\\ lllx'lt'.l\lllf.'i_\ \iipliistitntt'il t‘iinxiinicix .iit‘ Innking ii‘l \iiint‘lhing ii hit thllt‘it'nt luntlnn \llllt‘ (Rim tik' \i.ii_ inn h} \nii.i lx’utltlit'k‘s danghicr S‘iin. \\.l\ .iiniing lht‘ ill\l tn it'.i|i\t‘ this. it't‘ii\i\.iging \t'\ shopping \i\ .i high end lilt'stilt‘ t‘\pt'iit‘iit‘t‘. .lllti HHL' in \xhit'h \\Hllit'll \xt'it‘ t'nt‘iiiiingt'tl iii Like it ik'dti tint, it lintil|_\ \k‘k‘lli\ to he tuitt‘liing tin llill‘lil Hi ihL' htil'tit‘l liiil,
ixntt'i'ing the lit'\\i_\ upcnt'tl .\gt'nt l’i'ii\iit‘.itt'iii‘ \ll‘lt' tin (iliisgmx‘x Ingi';ini Sli't‘cl. \\ll|l ll\ t‘ninplm. \I‘ik‘llliltl \t'l [‘Ik'k'k‘\. t'tiiit‘cpl lighting illiki It'giiins til liiitixt't‘iiiil t‘|.it| gl;iiiiniii' giils. is ;i hit like shopping in ;i HlINi‘} lit‘i'kt‘lt') niiixitnl, lill\i‘_\ pi'tilmliI} \xiiiiltln‘t il.l\k‘ got thc tlixpln} t’;t\t‘\ Hi glittt'iing \\ill]\\ past the t‘t-nwix. light enough,
"I‘lic .\gt‘nt I’iiixiitntt'ni t‘\pt‘i'it‘iit‘t‘ |\ iihiiiit ;i\iiii|ing that \t‘i‘} Hl'lll\il pi‘iith‘i}. \xht'it' \tt‘ insist on cgitt‘giii‘ixing :in}thing in tin \\il|1 \t'\ ;t\ slum} iii \iniiti}.' and their \piikt‘\\\iiiii;iii .l;tL't|lll Stiliinnn.
.\gt'nl l’i'miit‘utt'iii' lginilctl in (ilnsgim inst ;l\ tht'ii‘ t‘iinlimt‘isiul. high pi'nlilt‘ nil unnpuign. lt'nliii'ing \lziggit‘ (i_\l|t*n|i;i;il ;l\ :i i't't'liixiw \iii‘niu i)k‘\llltllltit‘\tlllt‘ [Illii_\\\lltlti slur \\ii() \t'himls t‘iii'n iL‘ti [H'Hlll tlllL'L‘lh in the \\;l_\\ Hi Illlka‘l'lL‘. \\;l\ uniting ripples. In her slit‘kt'tl nn Huck Illlt'l'. l‘t‘tl il|i\llt‘i\. tillii \t‘t' ilii‘iiiigh slips. (i_\||t'nh;i;il i‘t't'nllx i)ll;l \iill 'I-L'LWC ttllti “L'iiik' i’tigt'. lilt' t‘iii'i‘cnt iil\ill()ll liii' hiii‘lcxtiiit‘ [k'i'liii'iiitiiit‘t‘ iinti IIIL‘ iL'llllllL'\ l;it;ilt'\ til I‘Hllx :inti I‘Hlls liliii niiii'. Worlds unit} l'i‘iiin the \L'L'ti} strip joints and \itlcii shops marketed in men. this is ill] ilCL'L'\\lhlL‘. mci'il} sm} illl'lll til~ uprosinn lilill llii()\‘~\ \\UIHL‘H t‘iinii‘nl iixci‘ lilL'll' mtn \t‘uinlit}. and \xliit‘h is lict‘nining increasingl} pnpiiliii'.
‘iil IhL' I‘)3ll\ tinti I‘)4ll\. hiii‘lcxtliit‘ \iltl\\\ \kci'c iliIHL'ti ;it men. There were a iL'\‘. break out stars who managed to transcend that and gut women into the audiences. but the thinking hchintl ii \\£l\ Lli\\it}\ "()nh. this is it hit nziiighiy'.‘ \Ll}\'iill1;l \Viii'i‘cn. the brains behind (ilzisgim’s increasing!) stit‘t‘cssliil burlesque night ('liih \iiii'. "these days. burlesque INCLIH\ mint-thing \L‘l'} tiliiL‘I‘L‘lH. it‘s lltil tihtitll [illiilllltllL it's gihtini gltiiiiiiiii‘. hit more \ttiincn L'Hlllc in “in clubs than men. which I think \Zl}\ ii zill.‘
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