John Ince (politician)

John Ince (politician)

John Ince (May 30 1952-) is a lawyer, politician, an erotic arts enthusiast and the controversial author of a book called "The Politics of Lust". He founded The Erosha School of Erotic Massage and The Art of Loving, a sexuality center in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is also the leader of a political party, the Sex Party (British Columbia).

His professional interest in sex began in the early 1980s when as a lawyer in Vancouver, Canada he began representing artists, performers and individual citizens fighting sexual censorship laws. One of his cases, "Luscher v. Canada", was successful in striking down as unconstitutional a federal law that had prohibited sexual material from entering Canada for over 117 years. Ince's sexual cases spurred him to formally study why sex is so socially stigmatized.

The Politics of Lust

Ince's book, "The Politics of Lust" (2005 edition ISBN 1-59102-278-9 ; 2003 edition ISBN 0-9696567-1-8), argues that irrational sexual fear is pervasive in our culture, that it is largely unrecognized, and that it affects our political orientation. Sexually repressive cultures produce rigid, authoritarian political systems. This book stands in sharp contrast with his first book, co-written with his partner of the day, Gulf Islands real-estate agent Hedi Kottner, Sea Kayaking Canada's West Coast

The Art of Loving

In 2002 Ince and business partner Vera Zyla opened [http://www.theartofloving.com The Art of Loving] , a sex shop in Vancouver, Canada. It sells art, instructional books and videos and pleasure products. It also produces almost one hundred sexual seminars a year, many led by Ince. Ince produced an erotic event at The Art of Loving that garnered international media attention in 2003 after the Vancouver Police threatened to raid the show called "Public Sex, Art and Democracy" for performing live sexual acts. Ince, artist Martin Guderna, and the other performers refused to back down; no raid ever occurred and no charges were laid. One of the large paintings created during in the controversial performance appeared in The L Word.

External links

* [http://www.erosha.com The Erosha School of Erotic Massage]
* [http://www.taol.ca Website for The Art of Loving]
* [http://www.pivotalpress.com/politicsoflust/politicsoflust.html The Politics of Lust] , also published by [http://www.prometheusbooks.com/ Prometheus Books]


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