Broadly by Alice Sanders Finding a therapist can be a major problem for anyone who’s into BDSM or fetish. The most recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, updated in 2013, is the first version in the 62-year history of psychiatry’s diagnostic bible that does not …
Narratively By Stefanie Iris Weiss | Photos by Jonathan Alpeyrie They met on the dance floor at Burning Man. Michel Madie, a 57-year-old French Jew of Algerian descent, a former veterinarian, and a real estate mogul in New York City. Rasmus Foyer, a 27-year-old Swedish civil engineering student with an …
NCSF Newsletter 4th Quarter, 2015 edited by Julian Wolf In this Issue Save the Date for the NCSF Coalition Partner Meeting! Message from the Chair Save the Date for the NCSF Consent Summit! Incident Reporting & Response NCSF sponsors BDSM Writers Con Results of Mental & Emotional Health Study NCSF Thanks! …
Fox News by Andrew Hasbun PHOENIX (KSAZ) – In the middle of a major spring snowstorm, the streets of Denver seem deserted, but it’s a celebration of love, at the National Loving More Convention in the Denver suburbs. Here a wife may be dancing with her boyfriend, and her husband …
The Washington Post By Britany Robinson I wasn’t sure what I was looking for the first time I attended a Meetup for polyamorous people. But when the group leader asked me if I wanted to hang out sometime, I knew that I did. So I said yes. He already had …
WDAY 6 By Amy Unrau Fargo, ND (WDAY/WDAZ TV) – Love can be felt and described in a number of ways and to many, its often defined as a relationship between two people but an age old practice is seeing a new movement in the Red River Valley that challenges …
This sex researcher has interviewed hundreds of people with peculiar erotic tastes. Here’s what she’s learned Men’s Health BY DEBRA W. SOH You might think that fantasizing about being swallowed by a large animal sounds weird. But a new study in the Journal of Sex Research finds that paraphilias—unusual …
Mashable by Chelsea Frisbie Sex, we’re often told, is supposed to be mysteriously fun. Doing anything to ruin the mood, such as actively seeking your a partner’s consent, is not always considered “cool.” Emily Best, founder and CEO of the indie film crowdfunding company Seed&Spark, wants to help change that …
Psychology Today By Michael Aaron The field of sexology is still in its infancy, and so its application is uneven and rife with regional and individual biases, largely due to general sex phobia and a subsequent lack of empirical research within the field. A few years ago, an online debate …
Romper by MARGARET E JACOBSEN Monogamy has been the standard for relationships, especially ones that are “true” and built upon “love.” I grew up internalizing this, seeing this in all the relationships around me, and trying to believe this. As an adult though, I’ve struggled with the idea that I wouldn’t …
