Issue 120, May 1999
Unsafe sex
The 'playful' sexuality popular today expresses a mistrust of other people, explains Jennie Bristow
Our society is scared of sex, says Philippa Gregory
Sex exchange
Betty Dodson discusses the importance of 'self-loving', while Timandra Harkness stands up for passion and penetration
Gal détourN reports from fetish clubland, where safety seems to come first
Is chlamydia the new AIDS? asks Carrie Clarke
Don't confuse rape with 'normal' heterosex, says Sara Hinchliffe of Feminists for Justice
Diane Dubois thinks that gender is a performance
There is nothing new about fetishism on film, says archivist Jenny Hammerton of British Pathe
There is a world of difference between playground games and adult sex, argues Tiffany Jenkins
4 Mick Hume: 'Bomber' Blair's crusade
6 LM Online
8 Genocide: what's in a word? Mick Hume
10 Yugoslavia: tinderbox in flames Pat Roberts
12 The lessons of Bosnia David Chandler
13 The People's war?
14 An Englishwoman in Washington: Anti-Vietnam vets go to war Helen Searls
16 LM Mail
17 Opinion: Why should we care who Woodhead bedded? Ann Bradley
18 The case against animal experiments Christine Orr
19 Culling elephants to be kind Roger Bate
Culture Wars
20 Does life imitate Shakespeare? Harold Bloom talks to Claire Fox
22 But is it art? The 'Leeds 13'
24 Unsafe sex Jennie Bristow
26 Not-so-Blue Peter Tessa Mayes
28 Sex exchange Betty Dodson and Timandra Harkness
30 Submissives in fetish clubland Gal détourN
31 The eunuch years Philippa Gregory
32 Taboos: Is chlamydia the new AIDS? Carrie Clarke
34 Spot the rapist? Sara Hinchliffe
34 Signs of the times
36 Gender roles: not sticking to the script Diane Dubois
37 Showing a leg Jenny Hammerton
38 Child's play Tiffany Jenkins
40 Are 'leading lads' the new sads? Brendan O'Neill
41 Second Opinion: Patients getting physical? Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
42 LM Classified
43 Reading between the lines: Violent women, victimised men, and the reinvention of God