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Health officials fear that Sexual Promiscuity due to dogging is one reason for the renewed rising incidence of Sexually Transmitted Disease s. In September and text messaging as very common ways of organising meetings. The original definition of dogging (and which is still a closely-related activity) is spying on couples having sex in a car or other public place. This can become habitual and is a Paraphilia known as Voyeurism . Dogging once attracted mass media attention (particularly when Stan Collymore was reported to participate {Link without Title} ), to the point that it has become difficult for couples to casually park-up at a recognised dogging site without almost immediately being surrounded by a circle of rather pushy (and sometimes rather intimidating) single males. This led to harassment of members of the public on some occasions, police involvement, and a tendency for some couples to move their activities to other locations and towards 'soft-swinging'. Although mainly thought of as a purely British phenomenon, there is some evidence on the internet that the 'craze' has recently begun to spread to other countries (such as the U.S.A. , Canada , the Netherlands and Spain ). ETIQUETTE AND SAFETY Dogging-info.com comments, "There's loads of signals that doggers use, the most common are flashing lights, these could be interior or exterior lights. This basically means they're doggers. Leaving the internal light on basically means 'we want to be watched'. If they [choose to wind down the window, this may mean they want to fondle/be fondled or more. If they want more, they will tell you." It also adds, "Before you arrive, make sure you move your bag/purse/wallet/anything valuable to a safe place like the trunk. Also lock all the doors from the inside, this will stop unwelcome visitors and keep you in control of what goes on." At first, there was a strict code of etiquette regarding approaching/not approaching parked cars, but this has now largely been broken. This has also caused distress to other 'non-dogging' couples who have unwittingly entered the same car park looking for privacy, leading to police involvement in some places. In the light of this, many couples (especially those who prefer mutual voyeurism to casual group sex) have increasingly transferred to meeting new friends via the internet-organised 'Soft- Swinging ' (i.e. same-room sharing/watching) scene and now do their 'dogging' in a more 'social' atmosphere in the relative safety, comfort and privacy of each others homes. LEGAL In most jurisdictions, dogging would come under laws related to: voyeurism, exhibitionism or public displays of sexual behaviour. Some countries may also have laws regarding permitting, or being reckless as to whether, a minor watches (or becomes exposed to) sexual activities. TERMINOLOGY The word 'dogging' (in the main UK sense of 'stalking' or 'pursuing') was used in the 1970s to describe the practise (mainly among sexually-curious adolescents and more adult ' Peeping Tom s') of sneaking-up on couples having sex in cars in isolated 'lover's lanes' and watching them whilst remaining undetected. Nowadays the word describes practises really more accurately described as 'outdoor swinging' and consensual mutual voyeurism/exhibitionism. Like many colloquial words (see ' Posh ', ' Pommie ', ' Limey ', ' Chav ' etc.) the word 'dogging' may have fallen victim to retrospective Fake Etymology (after the craze 'surfaced') for the sake of filling titillating and 'mock outrage' column-inches in bottom-market (' Redtop ') newspapers. Known explanations are:
::''"I said nothing to Queequeg of his being behind, but passed on with my comrade, anxious to see whether the stranger would turn the same corner that we did. He did; and then it seemed to me that he was dogging us, but with what intent I could not for the life of me imagine."'' - Moby Dick
UK Dogging ;Non-sexual meanings of the term
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