Defenders of extreme sexual behaviour are blinding themselves to the dark side of S&M, writes Eilis O’Hanlon The Independent by Eilis O’Hanlon As the country still struggles to make sense of the murder of Elaine O’Hara by a man she met through an adult website, Ryan Tubridy’s radio show called on …
A growing cohort of Torontonians are indulging their wildest fetishes—and negotiating every slap, spank and lash of the whip. Toronto Life By Stacey May Fowles …Lord Morpheous is at the centre of a thriving kink culture in Toronto, an underground community of people who derive their pleasure from pain, congregating …
CBS News by A student expelled from George Mason University for violating its sexual misconduct policy is suing in federal court to clear his name, arguing that an encounter with a girlfriend was sadomasochistic role playing, not sexual assault. Â A hearing in the case is scheduled for Friday in …
“Like Eating With Saran Wrap on Your Tongue” Slate By L.V. Anderson In 1993, Danny Resnic was having anal sex during a casual hookup in Miami Beach when his partner’s latex condom broke. Resnic had been using condoms ever since the man he describes as “my best friend and love …
People into BDSM are psychologically normal and healthy. Psychology Today by Michael Castleman M.A. Â Both the book and movie versions of Fifty Shades of Grey got a good deal right about erotic bondage-discipline-sado-masochism (BDSM). But Fifty Shades also got one thing horribly wrong. It depicts the dominant (dom, top), …
Mic By Kate Hakala What kind of relationship do you have?  It may seem like perplexing question — there are different kinds? But in fact, in an era of the growing acceptance of casual sex, a better understanding of polyamory and a curiosity about open relationships, there has never …
Elaine O’Hara was killed by a man with whom she was involved in a BDSM relationship. As a BDSM participant myself, I wonder if we can continue to deny any links between kinky sex and wider societal abuse of women The Guardian by Emer O’Toole In Dublin, Graham Dwyer, a …
NCSF’s Incident Reporting & Response received 54 requests for assistance from individuals, groups and businesses in January, February and March. NCSF maintains the confidentiality of those who come to us for help. However we balance that need with the need to report the services we are providing and to provide …
CafeMom by Adriana Velez “I am zero percent interested in my new relationship becoming strictly monogamous,” my friend revealed to me recently. A decade after her divorce, a decade of healing, dating, disappointments, and soul-searching has brought her to a place where she feels open and excited about exploring polyamory. …
by Dulcinea Pitagora  Prior to starting my practice as a therapist, I was confronted with contradicting perspectives on the therapist’s disclosure of personal information to their clients. The prevailing thought behind this in the mental health field is that the therapeutic environment is not a place for therapists to disclose too …
