Complex BY NICOLE GUAPPONE I recently realized that the benefits I get from practicing yoga—peace, energy, strength—I also get from another activity: BDSM. With yoga, when I hit the mat, nothing else matters. I am no longer a student, I don’t have homework or responsibilities. I just go through the …
Love doesn’t just come in pairs. Is it time that marriage laws come to recognise the fact? BBC By Melissa Hogenboom / Pictures by Olivia Howitt As a child Franklin Veaux recalls hearing his school teacher read a story about a princess who had a tantalising dilemma. Two male suitors …
Reason.com by Elizabeth Nolan Brown Welcome to Louisiana, where women who are old enough to vote and join the military have just been declared children under the state law, at least when it comes to sex and certain forms of employment. Why? Ostensibly, it has to do with sex trafficking. …
For growing numbers of people, monogamy just doesn’t work. So what happens when you throw out the rule book? Tanya Sweeney meets the couples in love with polyamory Independent.ie Much as its name suggests, polyamory is the practice of engaging in multiple sexual relationships with the consent of everyone involved. …
Bloomberg By Noah Feldman In a decision that begs to be characterized as “First Amendment gone wild,” an appeals court has all but struck down a 1988 law that requires pornographers to maintain records showing that actors aren’t underage. For good measure, the court said it violated the Fourth Amendment …
Philly.com by Timaree Schmidt It wasn’t always Fred Hoverman’s intention to sell sex toys. Originally he was a mechanical engineer. A combination of boredom with his work and a desire to enhance people’s lives through pleasure prompted a career switch. In 2012, Hoverman opened Kink Shoppe, the 2016 Reader’s Choice …
Collectors Weekly By Lisa Hix e first time you heard the word “Oneida,” it was probably in the context of silverware. Perhaps it was before a Christmas dinner, when your mom or grandmother instructed you get out the “good silver” made by Oneida Limited. Even though it was only silverplate …
Huffington Post by Karen L. Pollock There are many forms of consensual non monogamy, ways which people in a relationship negotiate sex and intimacy outside of traditional norms. From car keys in the middle of the room swinging through hand-fasted triads, to relationship anarchy, people have been saying for a …
Judges will rule on appeal concerning positive obligations of men charged with rape Irish Times by Mary Carolan The Director of Public Prosections wants the Supreme Court to clarify the law when men accused of rape claim the woman consented to sex. The seven judge court will rule later on …
“Though I’d been learning to embrace my life in a wheelchair—a result of cerebral palsy—going without touch, or even access to my own body, was taking a toll.” Out BY ANDREW GURZA I’d never considered the price of intimacy until I hired a sex worker. Though I’d been learning to …
