Supreme Court decisions on marriage unlikely to directly impact status of polygamy, other multiperson relationships US News The U.S. Supreme Court could rule any day on challenges to two laws blocking legal recognition for same-sex marriages – the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s voter-approved Proposition 8 – but …
Chicago Sun-Times It was a marriage that lasted only three months. But it generated a seven-year legal battle so bitter it ended up in federal court. And when it was finally done Thursday evening, Gold Coast resident Kim O’Brien didn’t get a single cent out of the multi-millionaire ex-husband she’d …
What do you call it when a husband beats his wife with a paddle for disobeying him? Some would say domestic abuse. These people say he’s doing God’s work. The Daily Beast On a pain scale of one to 10, Chelsea ranks the epidural-free birth of her child as a …
Chicago Sun Times Jurors were given a peek Wednesday at a sex-slavery contract and documents outlining the basics of sadomasochism in a Gold Coast woman’s lurid lawsuit against her former husband. Kimberley O’Brien, 52, is suing 57-year-old Kevin Anderson in federal court, claiming he lured her into a violent marriage …
The Fix Being abstinent from drugs and alcohol doesn’t mean forsaking fun. A thriving community testifies that kink and sobriety go together like a fist in a leather glove. What’s the link between BDSM—the catchall term for bondage, discipline, domination/ submission, sadism and masochism—and sobriety? Can you be clean and …
Live Science Editor’s Note: With the release of the latest edition of the mental-health manual, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the DSM), LiveScience takes a close look at some of the disorders it defines. This series asks the fundamental question: What is normal, and what is not? …
NY Post The bible of psychiatry says that kinky sex could be problematic, but a new study claims that whips, chains and nipple clamps might actually be good for one’s health. Practitioners of bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism (BDSM) feel more secure in their relationships, have a higher sense of …
Dogma dominates studies of kink The Chronicle of Higher Education Once confined to the murky shadows of the sexual underworld, sadomasochism and its recreational correlate, bondage and domination, have emerged into startling visibility and mainstream acceptance in books, movies, and merchandising. Two years ago, E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey, …
The Atlantic In “What Do You Desire?” Emily Witt travels to San Francisco, attends a shoot for a pornographic video about “women bound, stripped, and punished in public,” reflects on her own unsuccessful search for romantic love, and ponders the implications of a sexual culture where no desire is considered …
The Baltimore Sun A weekend festival in Canton that promised classes on bondage, role play and other sexual techniques has been canceled after the new operators of the Clarence H. Du Burns Arena idecided the erotic exposition was not appropriate at a facility also used for children’s sports practices. The …
