By Elizabeth Fawcett A police officer who was a bit skeptical of the idea of consent to participate in BDSM activities told me, “I don’t understand how one day it is okay, and the next day it is not; I mean, when collecting evidence from a person who has …
Fearless Press You may have heard that with the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (the DSM-5), the American Psychological Association had “depathologized kink;” that the paraphilias (Fetishism, Sexual Masochism, Sadism… all of the ISM’s close to our hearts) are no longer necessarily diagnosable mental illnesses. This is …
On behalf of NCSF, Jim Fleckenstein and Susan Wright attended the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) Annual Conference on June 5-9th in Miami, Florida. NCSF organized the AASECT Alt Sex Special Interest Group munch that took place Friday evening in the Hilton Miami Downtown hotel. Over …
Loving More Updates including the preliminary results of the 2012 Loving More Polyamory Survey. http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1411712717 Results of the 2012 Loving More Polyamory Survey Polyamory Research Survey Background From February 10th to April 2nd 2012, Loving More (http://www.lovemore.com/) ,with the endorsement of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom https://ncsfreedom.org/) (NCSF) conducted …
The American Psychiatric Association has depathologized kinky sex – including cross-dressing, fetishes, and BDSM – in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Now the paraphilias are considered to be “unusual sexual interests,” while those who have sex with children or people who haven’t consented, or …
The Elephant in the Hot Tub: Kink in Context by Russell Stambaugh The stark potential consequences of lack of empathy for the Other are illustrated by the Operation Spanner case. As a result of investigation of another case, the Manchester, England police Obscene Publications Squad came into possession of …
Rumpus While working diligently on my historical novel and watching sales of Fifty Shades of Gray skyrocket and take over the mainstream consciousness, I started wondering what in it, beyond the S&M relationship, was so compelling. What did it take to find a breathtakingly large readership—and could I, too, dig …
Fox 45 Baltimore An erotic conference planned for this weekend has been cancelled. Organizers of the “Touch of Flavor” event says its vendors are losing thousands of dollars for an event they describe as adult-only and educational. “When you do kink, it’s bondage, role play and power exchange – those …
Details.com This May, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) will publish its first update since 2000; it is the DSM-5—the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It may not seem like a big deal to the layperson, but the new edit will forever change the definition …
‘None of my clients know who I am completely. There’s always an air of fantasy and mystery.’ The Atlantic Miss Georgia is mad, so she grabs David by his face and starts pushing him. He looks genuinely scared, and can only stammer a bit as Georgia presses him for an …
