Section: Society
An imperceptible earthquake

An imperceptible earthquake

HONEY AND FALSE SEEMING | On Saturday, September 10, shortly before 6.00 pm, an earthquake tickled - apparently - Switzerland. Apparently, because the relatively low amplitude of the quake - 4.3 on the Richter scale - was still strong enough to be felt by some people. But not by our editorial team...
A new site, an app and events!

A new site, an app and events!

De grandes nouveautés pour le média romand Le Regard Libre! Le mensuel présente son nouveau site Web, une app et une gamme d'événements. Aussi, il est désormais possible de devenir membre de l’association du même nom.
Shibari: eroticism on a tightrope

Shibari: eroticism on a tightrope

DOSSIER «LE SEXE SANS COMPLEXE» | Shibari means «to tie», «to bind» in Japanese. Close to BDSM, this practice originates from samurai torture techniques. Now practiced in clubs all over Europe and Japan, shibari has joined the realms of performance art and so-called "wellness" sports such as yoga, breaking away from sadomasochistic sexual practices. So how and why did eroticism find its way into shibari, and finally out?

The ban on prostitution, mirror of an incoherent society

DOSSIER «LE SEXE SANS COMPLEXE» | The prohibition of prostitution in certain European countries seems inconsistent, since pornography is legal there. Wouldn't a sound policy be to act upstream, to avoid encouraging on the Internet what we proscribe on the street, or to accept, like the old-timers, that it's better to regulate it, because it's a phenomenon that is, after all, inevitable?