Do we really need sex museums?

A popular erotic exhibition from New York's Museum of Sex is due to transfer to London. Dr Brooke Magnanti argues why such spaces, as 'fun' as they may be, are wholly unnecessary.

If you go down to Fifth Avenue, you're sure of a big surprise.

New Yorkers visiting the Museum of Sex there have lately been enjoying Funland: Pleasures and Perils of the Erotic Fairground - a kind of sex-themed amusement park where booby bouncy castles, penis races, and an orifice-strewn climbing wall all add to the experience.