Martin Parr: Sex In Amsterdam

If you've spent any time at all in a sex shop on either side of the Atlantic, most of the photos in Martin Parr's photoessay on Amsterdam sex culture on Slate this week won't look too surprising; you'll see the same assortment of DVDs and dildos and poppers and inflatable sex dolls and spiked head restraints that crowd the shelves in adult novelty stores everywhere (or at least the shelves on stores where we live). So instead of feeling like we're missing out on something strange or exotic, we feel a cozy sense of oneness with our wacky Dutch kin across the pond—it really is a small world after all! (We'll still visit for all those yummy hash brownies, though.)

· Today's Pictures: Sex In Amsterdam by Martin Parr (todayspictures.slate.com - thanks Rico)

Previously: Japanese Fetish Club Tour, Fetish Guide to Berlin, World's Sexiest Cities