A Mars bar party is a slang reference to the sexual act of eating a Mars bar out of the vagina or anus. As such, it is a form of oral sex. Slang is the non-standard use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. ... The Mars Bar is the name of two different candy bars manufactured by Mars Incorporated. ... Human female internal reproductive anatomy The vagina (from the Latin for sheath or scabbard ) is the tubular tract leading from the uterus to the exterior of the body in female placental mammals and marsupials, or to the cloaca in female birds, monotremes, and some reptiles. ... Male Anatomy In anatomy, the anus is the external opening of the rectum. ... Oral sex consists of all those sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, etc. ...

The likely origin of the term is a common urban legend dating from 1967. The legend states that Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and several others were caught engaging in a Mars bar party with Marianne Faithfull. Faithfull vehemently denied this in her autobiography, stating "The Mars bar was a very effective piece of demonizing ... A cop's idea of what people do on acid!". Urban legends are a kind of folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Mick Jagger (born July 26, 1943, in Dartford, Kent) is a British rock musician, actor, writer, composer, record and film producer and businessman. ... Album photograph by Sante D’orazio Keith Richards (born December 18, 1943 in Dartford, Kent), is a British guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with The Rolling Stones, the band he founded with vocalist Mick Jagger and Brian Jones in 1962. ... Marianne Faithfull on the cover of her album A Secret Life Marianne Faithfull (born December 29, 1946) is a British singer who began her career in 1964 (see 1964 in music) with As Tears Go By, a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. ...

Besides the existence of this popular tale, it has been alleged that the practice itself is an urban legend.

There was some controversy in the United Kingdom in 1993 when a school nurse, Sue Brady, accurately answered a pupil's question about Mars bar parties during a sex education lesson. The then Shadow Health Secretary, David Blunkett, described her behaviour as "crass and inappropriate". However, she was cleared by the subsequent inquiry and the Leeds school she had been teaching at asked her to return. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Sex education is education about sexual reproduction in human beings, sexual intercourse and other aspects of human sexual behavior. ... The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Opposition Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster System of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose... Minister of Health redirects here. ... David Blunkett The Right Honourable David Blunkett (born June 6, 1947) is a British Labour Party politician. ... Leeds Coat Of Arms Map sources for Leeds at grid reference SE297338 Leeds is a city in the county of West Yorkshire, in the north of England. ...

References

• "A Mars Bar Fills That Gap". snopes.com. URL accessed on 10 February 2000.
• "mars bar party". The Law of the Playground. URL accessed on 14 December 2003.
• "How to cut teenage pregnancies", New Statesman, (July 3, 1998)
• "Ignorance is bliss", Socialist Review, (May 1994)