Contact Person: Megan Andelloux @ 401-345-8685
Pawtucket, RI February 2nd, 2010 – The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health (CSPH), the first non-profit sexuality resource and information center on the East Coast, has won the right to open its door and provide sex education for adults.
The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health will provide one on one coaching services, group classes, drop-in hours, teaching resources, access to sexuality journals and in the fall, start an internship program and conduct sexual health studies. Megan Andelloux, a board certified Sexologist and Sexuality Educator is the founder and director of the non-profit Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health.
On Monday evening, February 1st, after applying for a “special use variance," The CSPH was granted unanimous permission to provide education from the Pawtucket Zoning Board. George Shabo, Zoning Board member, made a special note from the Pawtucket’s Planning Board who had also wanted to recommend approval, saying that the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health fit in with the master plan of “revitalizing the downtown.”
This is a huge victory for the field of civil liberties, sexuality education and advocacy", Andelloux stated. “For the past five months, The CSPH has demonstrated to the public what sexuality professionals all over the country experience on a daily basis: roadblocks from politicians to open legit businesses, requirements to masquerade conversations about sex and fear of coming under personal attack for publicly acknowledging the simple fact that people are sexual and it’s ok to talk about it.”
The battle to open the CSPH was closely watched and discussed by lawyers, university professors, The ACLU, news sources and sexuality professionals all over the country. While the introduction of The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health started off rocky, and false rumors swirled about what the CSPH would be providing, members of the conservative, liberal and libertarian," community eventually stated that The CSPH mission, to provide adults with a safe space to access information about sex, did indeed fit in with their community values.
The CSPH will meet with its first client today.
As I understand it, she called her safe word, and he went ahead and did what he wanted regardless..then he tried to weasel out of the consequences and dragged the rest of us into a terrible decision. When you ignore a safe word, you have violated your consent. The man is an idiot, and worse.
I agree that you receive said punishment for breaking her consent. I don’t see how the Federal court thinks that banning or outlawing consensual BDSM is justified as it will ‘protect’ any future participants who may be harmed by their decision to engage in such acts.
That’s like saying, “let’s not drive because we might get in an accident that we don’t consent to”
I’d like to see how many cases/crimes are actually presented to the courts that pertain to BDSM related activities.
We might all be able to note historical cites from outside the USA, but we would hardly be able to provide historical reference outside recent established clubs and conferences in the USA. I have to agree with the judge’s decision in this matter especially since it is, no doubt, driven by GMU to maintain and enforce their student conduct policy and as a matter to protect their image. We must remember that BDSM practices in the State of Virginia is illegal according to their state laws…unless, of course, all parties are fully dressed. Frankly, bringing this personal matter to the court was a ridiculous waste of time. The student knew full well the conduct policy and made his personal decision to not just disregard, but bring it into a personal relationship. Happy to see the court threw the book at him and called his case ‘RED’. For the rest of us we have little to worry about…BDSM reigns in Virginia and will continue to reign despite the law…state or federal. At best ….the woman involved hopefully learned a lesson and knows next time to get the hell out of a nonconsensual relationship she clearly doesn’t want.