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:''ForThis article is about the musictelevision groupstation. For other uses, see [[Orgy (band)CKY]].''
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The term '''Orgy''' refers to a group activity involving "unrestrained indulgence." In contemporary usage, the term "orgy" typically refers to [[group sex]], although it sometimes refers to other activities, e.g. dancing or violence. This article deals exclusively with group sex.
!align="center" bgcolor="#66FFCC" colspan="3"|'''[[CKY]]''' ''([[CTV Television Network|CTV]])''
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|align="center" colspan="3" style="padding:10px;"|[[Image:Ctv_logo.jpg|150px]]
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!align="center" bgcolor="#66FFCC" colspan="3"|[[Winnipeg, Manitoba]]
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|align="center" colspan="3"|<small>Channel 7 / Cable 5</small>
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!align="left" valign="top"|Owner
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Bell Globemedia]]
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!align="left" valign="top"|Founded
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[1960]]
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!align="left" valign="top"|Signal Radius
|colspan="2" valign="top"|316 kW (total)
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!align="left" valign="top"|Former Callsigns
|colspan="2" valign="top"|CJAY (1960-[[1973]])
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!bgcolor="#66FFCC" colspan="3"|CTV Network
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|valign="top" width="33%"|<small>''[[CICC]]''<br />([[Yorkton, Saskatchewan|Yorkton]])</small>
|valign="top" width="34%"|<small>''CKY''<br />([[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]])</small>
|valign="top" width="34%"|<small>''[[CJBN]]''<br />([[Kenora, Ontario|Kenora]])</small>
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'''CKY-TV''' (also commonly known as '''CTV Winnipeg''') is a [[television station]] based in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]] and owned by [[Bell Globemedia]]. It is part of the [[CTV Television Network]].
CKY was also the call letters of two Winnipeg radio stations. [[CKY-AM]] was founded in [[1923]] by [[Manitoba Telecom Services|Manitoba Government Telephones]]. In [[1948]] the station was purchased by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] which changed its call letters to CBW. In [[1949]] the CKY call letters were reassigned to a new [[Amplitude modulation|AM]] station in Winnipeg, owned by Moffat Broadcasting Ltd which also founded CJAY television in [[1960]] and CKY-[[Frequency modulation|FM]] in [[1962]].
==General overview==
On [[June 1]], [[1973]], the television station was renamed CKY in order to make its call letters consistent with those of Moffat's AM and FM stations making it one of the only two Canadian TV stations with three-letter call signs. In 1992 Moffatt sold CKY-AM and CKY-FM (subsequently [[CITI]]) to [[Rogers Communications]] while maintaining ownership of the television station. In 2001, when Moffat Broadcasting Ltd was purchased by [[Shaw Cablesystems]], and because it was not interested in CKY or its sister cable station, [[W Network|WTN]], CKY was purchased by [[Bell Globemedia]], while WTN was purchased by [[Corus Entertainment]], moved to Toronto, and became [[W Network]]. Now a CTV O&O station, promos on CKY became similar to the other CTV O&O stations.
Orgies may involve people of any [[gender]] or [[sexual orientation]]. The events themselves may be characterized by sexual orientation; for example, a "[[straight]]" orgy would involve only [[heterosexual]] sex. Some venues for orgies may be intended for a particular group or groups of people; for example, many "[[sex parties]]" in the [[United States]] are restricted to women. Different types of orgies may or may not involve switching partners. Some [[sex club]]s, for example, require entrants to come in pairs and do not typically involve actual physical contact between people in different "pairs." Orgies may involve a specific set of sexual activities: Some, for example, involve [[BDSM]], while others are "vanilla" (i.e., they do not).
CKY was founded as independent station CJAY on November 12, [[1960]], joining CTV upon the network's launch on October 1, [[1961]]. It airs the main CTV schedule at the same time as [[CFTO]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]]. In the summer of [[2005]] the station's studios will move to a new facility near Winnipeg's MTS Centre.
As of [[October 3]], 2005, the newscasts on CKY are branded as ''CTV News''.
==Orgies in contemporary culture==
[[Image:CKY.jpg|thumb|300px|A CKY television cameraman (1979)]]
In many cultures, public sex is considered [[taboo]], and is illegal (e.g., "[[indecent exposure]]"); many groups also frown upon sex that is not [[monogamy|monogamous]]. As such, orgies often take place in private or clandestine locations, including homes, unpopulated areas like forests, abandoned buildings, or private clubs. "[[Sex club]]s" are often "members only," while less formal locations (truck stops, wooded areas) may be semi-secret. Group sex also sometimes takes place in [[nightclub]]s, [[bathhouse]]s, [[massage parlors]], or [[bar]]s, although such places (particularly those frequented by sexual minorities such as gays or lesbians in countries intolerant of [[homosexuality]]) are sometimes subject to legal repurcussions. Orgies may be a part of other social activities (e.g., parties), although some venues such as [[gay bathhouse]]s tend to eschew talking.
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The possibility for "awkwardness" among friends, significant others, or strangers at orgies is often cited as a problem with them, particularly in relatively spontaneous incidents of group sex (i.e., "drunken orgies" among friends). Among [[heterosexual]]s, the relative "availability" of men and women is also a concern for participants, as social stigma or other factors structures the extent to which many men or women feel comfortable being "[[promiscuous]]."
* [http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/ CTV Winnipeg]
[[Category: GroupWinnipeg sexmedia]] ▼In spite of (or thanks to) the stigma against group sex, participation in orgies is a common fantasy, although regular participation in group sex remains uncommon in most cultures.
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Orgies are stereotypically associated with [[gay]] men by many people; their status in gay communities remains extremely contentious. Some people, including some gays, argue that group sex is intrinsically unsafe and represents a juvenile and hedonistic aspect of some gay men's lives. Some [[heterosexuals]] argue that group sex among gay men is immoral or "decadent," leading some gays to argue against group sex as an "embarassment" for their community. Others note that group sex can, with a great deal of caution, be as safe as [[monogamy]], that it is extremely pleasurable, and that social restrictions on public sex or sex with multiple partners stem from religious or ideological perspectives they reject (e.g., "purity"). (See "Safety," below.) Nevertheless, some bars, clubs, bathhouses, and parties frequented by gay men involve group sex; many of these are cultural holdovers from eras in which gay men were by necessity isolated and secretive and had difficulty finding partners. Other queer communities have also established spaces for group sex. They may be less contentious (and less popular) among [[lesbian]]s, although many major cities have women-only sex parties, many coordinated by women aiming to de-stigmatize lesbianism and assertive sexuality among women.
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===Safety===
Since the advent of the [[AIDS]] epidemic, [[group sex]] is widely considered a dangerous activity, precipitating crackdowns on venues where it takes place. In response to the threat of [[sexually transmitted infection]], some people have begun to organize "[[safer sex party|safer sex parties]]," in order give people who enjoy group sex a risk-reduced way to participate in it. Such events typically do not involve [[intercourse]] or sex without necessary barrier methods (e.g., [[condom]]s), focusing on group masturbation, protected [[oral sex]], the use of [[sex toy]]s, or other activities involving minimal risk of [[sexually transmitted infection|STI]] transmission. Many venues where orgies often take place provide [[condoms]], [[dental dams]], [[latex gloves]], [[lubricant]], or other tools for [[safer sex]] to participants. However, sex involving potential fluid exchange (or sex between partipants whose judgement is affected by drug use) is considered a major risk factor for [[HIV]] or other diseases.
[[Sexual assault]] is also a risk involved in group sex; indeed, the term orgy (and some slang terms such as "gangbang") is often used to refer to sexual assault committed by a group, often as "punishment" or recreation. However, many organized forms of group sex impose restrictions or use customs to ensure that all sex sex involved is [[consent|consensual]]; for example, some groups have specific non-verbal "cues" (eye contact, hand gestures) used to communicate consent or lack thereof. Again, [[alcohol]] and other drugs may be seen as risk factors for sexual assault during group sex.
===Terminology===
The terms ''[[ménage à trois]]'' ("mix of three") and ''threesome'' refer to group sex between three people, which may or may not be considered an orgy.
==Orgies in fiction==
There is an infamous high-speed orgy scene in the dystopian adaptation of the novel ''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'', as well as a scene of group [[rape]] by several men against a woman.
The movie ''[[Caligula_(film)|Caligula]]'' has several orgy scenes, not all of them erotic, intended to illustrate the "decadence" of the setting.
Orgies serve a central ceremonial role in the futuristic society described in [[Aldous Huxley]]'s novel ''[[Brave New World]]''; Huxley presents them with a degree of moral ambiguity.
The comic book "[[Asterix]] in Switzerland" depicts several pastiches Roman 'orgies', from wild drunken feasts, to Fondue parties with forfeits.
==See also==
* [[Bacchanalia]]
* [[Paculla Annia]]
* [[sex club]]
* [[Sauna#Saunas and sex|saunas and sex]]
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