You learn something new everyday. I’ve discovered that in the UK the unofficial rule for deciding whether a photo of a naked man was obscene was called the “Mull of Kintyre Test.”
In Britain it was against the law to publish photos of erect penises. Of course, “erect” can encompass a whole range of turgidity and so to counter this grey area a general consensus was reached: the dick could not have an angle greater than the of the Mull of Kintyre on maps of Scotland.
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According to Wikipedia writer Emily Dubberly, editor at Scarlet Magazine, pointed out that this rule was a double standard that hampered the development of feminist porn because it denied women a source of visual pleasure that was allowed to men. Apparently the rule is no longer strictly enforced.
Australia still has a rule against showing erect penises in magazines and on television. If a cock is hard, or if a woman’s inner labia can be seen, the publication officially becomes restricted and cannot be sold to people under 18.
The editors at Australian Women’s Forum famously kept a protractor handy on their desks and frequently spent time making judgements about whether “the angle of the dangle” was too steep. I’d hazard a guess that a lot of the centerfolds in AWF actually would have failed the British Mull of Kintyre test. There were some rather impressively turgid members on display there.
Now I know about the Mull of Kintyre test, how can I successfully listen to the Paul McCartney song without giggling?