Stories about: consent
Porn performers are in an ideal position to impart safe, informed and expert sex education to willing participants, writes Zahra Stardust.
Age play is a highly misunderstood kink that spans across multiple genders and sexualities, and many practitioners fantasise about younger and older roles.
I never would have guessed sexuality workshops and a sex-party would help me accept and explore my gender-fluidity.
Asexuality is an often neglected identity group. Asexual people can have a complex relationship with their history of sex, raising questions about consent.
Daddy/son role play is a sexual and social dynamic build upon care, consent and submission. Non-binary genders can compliment such erotic fantasies well.
Rebecca K relearns intimacy with her partner following sexual assault.
An organiser from SlutWalk Melbourne offers 5 guidelines for being the best slut you can be.
‘Red’ and other safe-words allow people to revoke their consent absolutely and for whatever reason, even after sex has been thought out, planned, negotiated, and renegotiated.
For me, the world of BDSM is generally a gentle and peaceful place. In this subculture, I find my boundaries respected in unique ways, and the majority of folk are able to engage in more than idle chit-chat.
BDSM does not equal abuse. It’s OK to be curious about your own sexuality and to venture into some of its more nuanced spaces.
To say that BDSM endangers women is unreasonable to begin with, but ignoring that abuse happens elsewhere is wilfully ignorant.