Topic: establishing-boundaries

Let’s Talk About Sex: How To Experiment Safely

Let's Talk About Sex: How To Experiment Safely

I’ll admit, when I think of sex, I don’t think of talking. I think of doing! Most seem to agree that “the beast with two backs,” as Shakespeare put it, is best as a carnal, animalistic act that doesn’t involve your thought processes. But when it comes to experimentation, this is absolutely no time to keep tight-lipped. Maybe it kills the romance to make a grocery list of Dos And Donts with your partner of your sexual preferences, but I say nothing kills the romance more than being put in the slammer for 18 months, as is the case with one couple whose sexual experimentation led to a prison sentence and Supreme Court ruling in Canada last week, determining that a person must be conscious to give consent for sex. More »