Are French Canadians “more hot” than English Canadians?
December 23rd, 2005 by HeadMistress Jade
(Photo is of the Supreme Court of Canada building)
The following is based from several online articles:
Swingers clubs get Supreme ‘red light’
“Swinging is a lifestyle for the liberated and those free-spirited souls are more likely to be from the distinct society.” That’s what swingers club owner Denis Chesnel said after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled there’s nothing illegal about such clubs. “It means that the French people are more hot than English people,” a smiling Chesnel told a news conference yesterday at his daughter’s swingers club, his comments greeted with spontaneous laughter. Chesnel and his supporters cited a survey they had done which they say indicated that close to 70 per cent of Quebecers tolerated swinging versus 53 per cent in the rest of Canada.
On a more serious note, Chesnel said the judgment shows society’s and the court’s evolution on the subject. The judgment understands that “people can exercise their fundamental rights to have sexual relations with the partners of their choice” at a club.”
The Supreme Court rewrote the definition of indecency on Dec. 21st, and in the process legalized swingers clubs complete with orgies, partner swapping and voyeurs. Consenting adults having sex with multiple partners while like-minded people look on are not committing indecent acts, the court said in its ruling.
Chesnel, who owns swingers clubs and bars in the Montreal area, said he also contributed thousands of dollars in the court battle to make swinging legal. Swingers clubs, says Chesnel, are for the sexually and mentally enlightened. “We’re a place for people who are aware, open-minded and liberated.”
It’s not just a wife-swapping club, added lawyer Bernard Corbeil, who also owned a swingers club and was involved in the legal battle. “Swinging is a lifestyle,” Corbeil told the news conference. “It includes exhibitionism, threesomes, voyeurism and couples who are interested in swinging don’t necessarily exchange partners. They could exhibit themselves in front of another couple. Swinging is nothing more than creative sex.” Yearly memberships in his daughter’s club cost $20. The club bills itself as the largest in Canada with 14,000 couples as members.
The club’s basement has whirlpools and a sauna where only a towel is required. The main floor has a bar and restaurant open to the public, but only members head upstairs to bedrooms, complete with cameras and peepholes.
Meanwhile, Toronto-area swingers clubs are hailing the December 21st Supreme Court decision that legalizes their activities as perfect timing — two of the best-known clubs are in the midst of expansion. Wicked Club on Richmond St. E. and Happy Hedonist, which runs out of a sports bar in Mississauga, plan second locations in the new year to keep up with their busy weekend traffic.
“(The decision) is great news for us, because it validates the way that we’ve been operating. It legitimizes the fact that there’s an alternative lifestyle, and cements the position of the Canadian government that they have no business in the bedrooms of Canadians,” said Wicked’s Aurora Ben Zion, who owns the club with her husband. Wicked’s owners say it is Toronto’s only “on-premise” swingers club where sexual activity takes place within the club. Wicked charges $50 per couple to access the private suites but not before they sign a waiver indicating anything that happens will be consensual.
“We cater to a young, urban clientele” from across Ontario, Quebec and the United States,” Ben Zion said. “We get a lot of members that are very high-profile and were concerned, because (the club) was a grey area — it wasn’t illegal, but it wasn’t legal, either. (This ruling) allows us to continue to provide a comfortable environment for people to explore their fantasies.” Happy Hedonist owner David Muller hopes the ruling will help boost his second location in Pickering and pave the way for something bigger. Happy Hedonist describes its operation as an “off-premise” club that runs erotic dance nights on weekends and occasional swingers parties in hotel suites.
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Then again, I always thought that Quebecers were kinkier than the norm… Montreal doesn’t seem to have one distinct red-light district, you can find erotic boutiques, strip clubs and swingers clubs *all over* the city, not just relegated to a small downtrodden part of town, like other cities do…
This is probably one of the few places in North America were you could find a church and an erotic boutique within a block of each other…
~ Mistress Jade Dragon
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drakor66 wrote on 12/30/05 at 11:34 pm :
I wonder how many of us will be more open to playing at clubs now. I do hope that this increases the number slighty. As for the only city that comes close in America would be, ahhh no no city does… I guess they will just have to visit to find out.
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HeadMistress Jade wrote on 12/31/05 at 5:45 pm :
Yes, I am hoping that in the long run that this will be a positive thing for the BDSM & Kink community… It would be great if it did make people a bit more open-minded, or willing to come out to the clubs and events more.
~ Mistress Jade