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Communication Education
LGBTQIA+ Term Definitions
The inclusive acronym for sexual identity is continuously evolving. Here is a comprehensive* list of LGBTQIA+ Term Definitions: *This list is neither comprehensive nor inviolable, but it is a work in progress toward those goals. With identity terms, trust the person who is using the term and their definition of it above any dictionary. These
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Education
Gender Inclusivity
Written by a Partner; With transgender people and issues coming into light, it is natural to wonder how to best be gender inclusive. Transgender is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity or expression does not correlate with their assigned sex. Transgender people include trans men, trans women, and can include genderfluid people whose
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Desire Education Pleasure
Understanding a Sexual Fetish
As a clinical sexologist, I specialize in helping people understand the roots of their sexual fetish and how to manage it either alone or with a partner(s). Over the years, I have come to understand how fetishes start and the reasons why people have them. My client base has been overwhelmingly male and, as such,
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Culture Education
Tantra & Starting with Self
Starting with self: the inner masculine & feminine relationship influence on tantra & sexual intimacy The last half-century has seen much activity in the migration of ideas and practices from the East to the West. Chakras, transcendental meditation, and yoga are increasingly familiar to those whose roots are planted in Western tradition. One of the
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Education Relationships
Polyamorous Relationships
The idea that you can be romantically, sexually and/or emotionally involved with more than one person at the same time is a radical concept in a society that, generally speaking, practices monogamy almost exclusively. That radical notion, however, is the basis of polyamory – a way of being intimate and connected without being exclusive. Polyamory
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Body Education Pleasure
Understanding Female Orgasm
The female orgasm is like a snowflake. No two are the same. Some females achieve orgasmic delight through genital stimulation, while others orgasm by having their hair washed at the salon. There are even known cases of females who experience orgasm when they brush their teeth or when their eyebrows are massaged. But not every
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Desire Education Intimacy
Taking a Closer Look at Basson’s Model of the Sexual Response Cycle
This article takes a closer look at a sexual response model that more accurately depicts the responsive components of desire and the underlying motivational forces that trigger it, particularly in women in long-term relationships. Dr. Rosemary Basson proposes a model of a sexual response that is circular and more complex than the traditional linear model
