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“Sex comes to most of us with a twist.” ―Iris Murdoch, The Nice and the Good

Kink is in the air, whether it shocks you to your core or leaves you wanting more. Kink is everywhere, in the clothes you dare to wear, the body parts you bare, the language(s) you speak and even the foods you eat. Kinks of various kinds pervade art, entertainment, media, technology, business, sports, gaming, politics and protest, not to mention human sexuality, romances, relationships and your deepest secret fantasies. Personally, I enjoy a variety of kinks (see below), and I often mix them, like tasty spices and saucy sauces, into the main meal of my marriage. As a sexologist and sex therapist in private practice for over 30 years, as well as a talk show host  and best-selling author who deals with sensitive sexual subjects, I’ve helped thousands of people to accept, express and enjoy their kinky feelings, handle their related problems, and share their kinks and fetishes consensually with fellow adult kinksters, or even with someone new. Very often, helping someone to handle their kink(s) is a gateway to guiding them into a better, healthier, happier life in general. So… how kinky are you? Do you want to be kinkier? Or maybe not so kinky? Is your favorite kink an erotic pleasure beyond compare or a deep dark secret you’re afraid to share? Or is it a complex kinky combo of the two?  

The Joy of Kink

Come with me on a fascinating, stimulating, sex educational journey  through the dazzling and powerful, yet often perplexing and hazardous world of kink in history, art, entertainment, relationships, fashion, food, religion, politics, protest, love, war and your brain. First, let’s define our terms. In conversation, dissertations and pillow talk, people use the word “kink”  to convey a multitude of ideas, objects, turn-ons, turn-offs, activities and fantasies in a million different ways, some of which are “kink-positive,” others negative, and many are very confused.

Virtually any fetish could be considered kinky, though a kink isn’t necessarily a fetish.

So, what does kink mean? Before the word entered the sexual lexicon, the original meaning of “kink” was—and still is—a “twist,” “bend,” “curve” or “turn,” such as a “kink” in the road or “kinky hair.” The word kink was first recorded in the 1670s as a Dutch nautical term for a twist or knot in a rope, probably related to the Old Icelandic or Norse kikna, meaning “to bend at the knees.” Over a century later, in 1803, U.S. President and consummate wordsmith Thomas Jefferson took the word “kink” out of the mundane world of ropes and roads and into the psychological realm by writing about a “mental twist, a whim.” With all those knotty ropes, bent knees and twisted Jeffersonian whims, I’m sure many 19th century individuals *in the know* were saying—or at least whispering—the word “kinky” to describe or at least suggest bent, curvy or twisted sex, as well. After all, an erotic kink is also a twist, curve or turn away from conventional, “straight” and narrow, “vanilla,” penis-in-vagina (PIV) sexual activity between husband and wife for procreational purposes only, under the covers with the lights out. Anything else would be fair game to be designated kinky, and by the mid-20th century, it officially was. The problem was—and still is—that so many people have such strong disapproving opinions about unconventional sexuality, that they can’t resist imposing negative value judgments on kink… even in dictionaries! I’ll bet you know people like that.  I certainly do. As of this writing, Dictionary.com defines kink as “bizarre or unconventional sexual preferences or behavior” and the Cambridge Dictionary explains it as “a strange habit, usually of a sexual nature.” Bizarre? Strange? While these definitions might have some validity—and giggle value (if you’re into poking fun at your own kinks)—they are disdainful and kink-negative. Sure, some kinks are a little “bizarre,” like my sex therapy client who enjoys getting tarred and feathered, Puritan punishment-style. Then there’s my ammosexual client who imagines being cuckolded by AR-15-brandishing cartoon characters with even bigger weapons between their legs. However, kinks can be as sweet and wholesome as apple pie… especially if your kink is for splosh. With a hat tip to Alex Comfort, whose Joy of Sex: A Gourmet Guide to Lovemaking was a Bible for the Sexual Revolution of the 1970s, come let us explore the joy of kink.  

Need to Work the Kinks Out?

“Girl, you really got me goin' You got me so I don't know what I'm doin' Yeah, you really got me now You got me so I can't sleep at night” The Kinks

In many definitions, “kink” denotes something that needs to be fixed or straightened out…such as “a kink in your back” (ouch!) or the idea that “we need to work out the kinks.” That could be true, as The Kinks themselves would sing, your kinks could keep you up all night or get you into trouble. However, it’s just as possible that exploring your kinks—consensually and responsibly—turns out to be one of the greatest, most exciting, most meaningful, healing, enlightening and therapeutic parts of your life. It could even work out that nasty kink in your back!

Is a Fetish a Kink?

A kink can be physical or psychological, and usually, it’s both.  The same is true of a sexual fetish, which is a profound, undeniable, erotic desire for something. It can be anything, but not just anything. A fetish is something special—at least, for the fetishist. It could be for an inanimate object, activity or situation. It could be a yearning for something, perhaps an article of clothing, such as high heels, lingerie, a boot or a burqa; or a body part, like breasts, butts, feet or hair. One could also have a fetish for an activity, like watching, being watched, spanking or being spanked; or a situation, such as a mistress/slave, teacher/student, doctor/patient, seductress/neophyte, goddess/gangbang or cuckold/hotwife/bull relationship. Some psychologists call this strong, deep-seated, sometimes compulsive, erotic need a “paraphilia,” but that’s medically loaded, so we’ll stick with “fetish” for now. Whatever the fetish object, activity or situation might be, the fetishist invests great power into it. The fetish object might exude great sexual power for the fetishist, great religious power, or perhaps a mixture of both. In the classic sense, the sexual fetishist requires the fetish object—or at least, a fantasy of the fetish object—in order to have sex. The male fetishist needs this thing, activity, situation or fantasy to get an erection; he cannot get excited without it, and he may become obsessed with it. For the human female, sexual arousal and fetishism are a little more mysterious and difficult to pinpoint. One could say that the female fetishist needs the fetish object to desire or enjoy sex. More often, it seems that human females attempt to excite male fetishistic desire. So, what’s the difference between a kink and a fetish? Technically, the term “kink” doesn’t indicate the same intense need as the term “fetish.” Virtually any fetish could be considered kinky, though a kink isn’t necessarily a fetish. That’s the clinical difference, but in the real world, there’s a lot of overlap, and people often use the terms interchangeably. Kink can be good, bad or neutral for the individual, the couple and/or society. Usually, I think, kink is good! Read on to find out why…

Are You into Taboo?

“If I tell you If I tell you now Will you keep on Will you keep on loving me? If I tell you If I tell you how I feel Will you keep bringing out the best in me? You give me the sweetest taboo... …. There's a quiet storm And it never felt this hot before Giving me something that's taboo” Sade

Kink can be a little—or a lot—taboo. It may be as public, legal, harmless and heart-warming as wearing a diamond-studded collar with a heart locket given to you by your beloved spouse. Nevertheless, there is always a forbidden “Sweetest Taboo,” a transgressive element to kink, something that’s a little (or a lot) “off” the beaten track, with an edge of danger, even if trust is strong and all safety precautions have been taken.   The word taboo stems from the Fijian “tabu,” Polynesian “tapu” and Hawaiian “kapu,” all of which mean “not to be touched.” This is not because the taboo object is gross or dirty, but because it is extremely sacred, a religious object forbidden to the uninitiated. Interestingly, many such sacred objects were and are phallic in nature, such as a flute, spear, baton or totem pole, or round and vaginal like a bowl, chalice or the Holy Grail. Of course, these strict prohibitions render the “tabu” very intimidating, but they also make the uninitiated extremely curious and perhaps aroused by touching—or just thinking about touching—that which is taboo. As the great French mid-20th century erotic philosopher, Georges Bataille, said, “transgression” is a cornerstone of human eroticism. That is, sometimes we’re turned on by something we also find wrong, shameful, humiliating or forbidden. In Eroticism: Death & Sensuality, Bataille discussed civilized humanity’s ongoing struggle between sensuous pleasure and shame that generates eroticism and, to a certain extent, kink.

Shame is a horrible feeling... [but it] is also an essential component of the forbidden boundaries that we find so exciting to transgress, tease, crisscross, break, spank, overthrow or just throw out the window of inhibition.

A lot of people use the terms “shame” and “guilt” interchangeably. Though they are related, they mean very different things. You feel guilt when you feel badly about something you did, like cheating, stealing or hurting someone. In many cases, guilt is an appropriate feeling for having done wrong, though we often blow it out of proportion. You feel shame when you feel badly about who or what you are. Shame is almost never appropriate but, unfortunately, we all know the feeling. Shame is that terrible feeling of self-blame that comes over us like a hot flash of mortification following a perceived failure, or the fear of being disgraced. Unlike guilt, which is usually over something you did recently, shame is most often rooted in childhood trauma. One of the worst aspects of childhood trauma-rooted shame is that it tends to inhibit us—sexually and otherwise—through adulthood.   So, shame is really bad, right? Well, yes, for the most part, shame is horrible, painful, debilitating, irrational and can lead to harming yourself or others. Lurking fearfully and tearfully among our vast spectrum of emotions, shame can be a monster in penitent’s clothing. However, as Bataille points out, shame is also an essential component of the forbidden boundaries that we find so exciting to transgress, tease, crisscross, break, spank, overthrow or just throw out the window of inhibition. Engaging in nonconsensual kinks, like coercive or inappropriate sex, yet channeling those urges through consensual BDSM, is a great way to find that arousing erotic friction, release, adventure and fulfillment.  

The consenting adult enjoyment of kink can be a positive, even therapeutic solution to processing childhood trauma as well as everyday problems like stress, anxiety and loneliness, not to mention horniness.

Sexual kinks can cause problems—sometimes big problems, like drug addiction, divorce, crippling shyness, sexual assault and even homicide. However, if handled with care, they can be the opposite of a problem. Indeed, the consenting adult enjoyment of kink can be a positive, even therapeutic solution to processing childhood trauma as well as everyday issues like stress, anxiety and loneliness, not to mention horniness. As long as you can handle them responsibly, be grateful for your kinks!

COMMON SEXUAL KINKS

There are as many kinks as there are people. Actually, there are more, since the majority of kinksters enjoy more than one kink. However, the following are some of the most popular, according to surveys and my own anecdotal (but considerable!) experience as a sex therapist in private practice since 1991, as well as hosting shows and bacchanals celebrating “Kink Month” every October since 2015. I’ve considered myself kinky since my first Threshold Society play party back in 1989. I was blown away! I only wish I could have read an article like this before I attended that party. Instead, I embarrassed myself by interrupting a scene to ask the smiling, shackled woman at the center of it if she was “all right.” She was. But talk about breaking the mood! Fortunately, she and everyone else there laughed good-naturedly at my naïveté and proceeded to teach me the ways of kink. Indeed, we can all learn from past mistakes--kinks in the road of life--and hopefully you can learn from some of mine. If your favorite kink isn’t here, never fear! Check out our “What Can We Talk About?” page, call my show on Saturday nights (626.461.5212) or, if you need to talk privately, call our kink-positive Therapists Without Borders anytime: 213.291.9497.

The ABCs of BDSM

Though there are almost as many different kinks as there are stars in the sky, a lot of them fit under the Big Tent of BDSM, which breaks down to Bondage & Discipline (B&D), Dominance & Submission (D/s); Sadomasochism (SM). If you want to engage in BDSM play, I recommend you study this ancient, somewhat esoteric practice, preferably with an experienced BDSM practitioner, then start light and gradually ease into more intense activity. Take classes at DomCom (check out DomCon 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) or other BDSM conventions, or splurge on private instruction. When engaged in responsibly, the safe, sane and consensual (SSC) exploration of BDSM can be an excellent, peaceful yet exciting and very bonoboësque channel for erotic power exchange. A step beyond SSC is RACK: Risk-Aware Consensual Kink. That may sound like alphabet soup, but SSC RACK can be a way to express violent impulses without hurting anyone, including yourself. It can involve sexual psychodrama, safely and imaginatively releasing aggressive forces that fester in our subconscious, so they don’t explode into destructive behavior. In our modern militaristic, ammosexual culture, it’s no surprise that many of us have violent fantasies and desires. Of course, acting on these fantasies nonconsensually would be unethical and criminal, not to mention heinous. So… what to do about them? Complete suppression is usually the only solution on the table, even though it has long been proven to be ineffective and, for many, impossible. What about BDSM? It’s certainly no panacea, and kinksters can be abusers like anyone else. However, the conscientious practice of safe, sane and consensual BDSM can effectively channel these feelings, even helping to curb domestic violence and perhaps other types of violence as well. Studies have yet to be done on this subject, but based on over three decades of experience as a sex therapist, a relationship counselor and a kinkster, I say: Yes! Kink can be that healing. Can conscientious kink practice help to foster conditions for world peace? Considering the chances of WWIII, it's worth a try. So, on a recent FDR podcast, we sounded the antiwar kinkster's *battle cry*: MAKE KINK NOT WAR!

Domination & submission

“There's a new game We like to play you see A game with added reality You treat me like a dog Get me down on my knees We call it master and servant It's a lot like life… Domination's the name of the game In bed or in life They're both just the same Except in one you're fulfilled At the end of the day Let’s play master and servant” Depeche Mode 

Consensual sexual domination—when one partner takes charge and the other voluntarily gives up their power—is a cornerstone of kink, and submission is its flip side. D/s could involve body worship, impact play, bondage, humiliation, sissy maid service a "money slave" relationship or any number of other activities involving power exchange. This seems like a good time to note that the kinky *games* old Tommy Jefferson played with his longtime sex slave Sally Hemings were wrong because he actually—legally—did own her. We will never know if Sally had a good time with Tom because she was never allowed to make that choice to be with him. Unlike Sally, a consenting adult kinky BDSM “slave” can choose to stop the scene and/or leave any time they want. Their “slavery” is just an illusion (or should be). Nevertheless, it can be very powerful. It’s also very popular. According to a 2016 study in the Journal of Sex Research, 47% of women and 60% of men fantasized about dominating a partner. A YouGovAmerica study showed that 53% of Americans say that they enjoy dominance or submission, with the most common answer (28%) being that they like being both at different times. About a third (33%) say that they don't want to be either dominant or submissive, while 14% either don't know or “prefer not to say.” Something tells me that those that “don’t know” or “prefer not to say” are the kinkiest of all. My guess is that they enjoy some kind of submission since folks tend to be most embarrassed to admit to that… It’s funny how ashamed so many of us are of our yearning for sexual surrender; even though, when you think about it, surrender is an essential aspect of orgasm. However, surrender may be expressed in some seemingly odd and disturbing ways, like humiliation, i.e., being stepped on literally or figuratively, sexually denigrated in some fashion—such as being called a “dirty slut,” “worthless turd,” “pencil-dick,” "piggy bank" or “cum receptacle.”  To an outside observer, this might seem crazy; why would someone get aroused from being degraded and seemingly exploited? The answer is complicated and varies from person to person. For example, if humiliation is your kink, you might have a sexual anxiety so great—such as fear you’ll be exposed as the horny loser you think you are or that someone will laugh at your penis—that your libido actually floods your bloodstream with arousal to kill the (emotional) pain before it kills you. So yes, your humiliation kink might be saving your life.

Freedom is the greatest aphrodisiac, but restraint is a close second.

Nevertheless, it’s confusing, unnerving and can be very tough to talk about… even though talking about it with someone who cares and understands is often the best thing for you. If you’re struggling with your own desires for humiliation or other controversial forms of erotic domination, it might benefit you to talk with a therapist, a very knowledgeable dominatrix or another kink professional. The Therapists Without Borders at the Dr. Susan Block Institute are experts in these areas, and your confidentiality is guaranteed. Call us anytime you need to talk: 213.291.9497.

Bondage

Bondage, aka restraint, is a popular kink, and not just because of those kinks in the ropes! I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: Freedom is the greatest aphrodisiac, but restraint is a close second. Besides those eternally kinky ropes (jute being a favorite), types of bondage might include handcuffs, shackles, collars, straightjackets, spreader bars, harnesses or four “50 Shades of Grey” silk ties fastened securely around your wrists and ankles. There’s also psychological bondage. Before engaging in certain types of bondage, you might sign a “binding” contract which, though it lends a certain seriousness to the proceedings, probably wouldn’t hold up in a court of law. In a typical bondage scene, you might also be blindfolded, hooded, muzzled, dominated, restrained by a ball gag, locked up in a chastity belt, strapped down to a medical examination table, put into a posture collar, led around on a leash, shut up in a cage, zipped into a sleep sack, suspended from the ceiling, put into a sling, turned into a piece of human art with beautiful Japanese Shibari or Kinbaku, tied spread-eagle to a four-poster bed or latched onto a St. Andrews’s Cross while being spanked or flogged.  Then again, for some of us, the kinkiest form of (psychological) bondage is the wedding ring. For more about bondage and how it can be used for pleasure, adventure, personal discovery and healing therapy, click Bondage Therapy.

Spanking

“Dick and Jane were on a date Dicky said it's getting late How's about a little kiss? Well, Jane grabbed her ankles and said how about this: Why don't you smack my bottom? Smack my bottom! Won't you smack my bottom 'till my tiny little heiny glows?” The Wetspots

To spank means “to strike or slap the buttocks, usually with the palm of the hand,” according to Webster’s. Spankings may be given for real punishment—as in spanking children against their will—or pleasure—as in spanking among consenting adults.   Spanking children isn’t kinky; it’s child abuse. On the other hand, erotic consensual adult spanking is one of the most popular kinks there is, whether or not you were spanked as a child. The pain-laced pleasures of adult “erotic spanking” range from light slaps on the butt during lovemaking to more formal, over-the-knee (OTK) roleplay to a mistress smacking her naughty slave’s reddened rear within their D/s (dominance and submission) lifestyle. Here at the Institute, we love consenting adult spanking of all kinds, including impact play with whips, floggers, paddles, books (read it or get red from it!) or belts—with or without roleplay. We certainly do a lot of spanking on DrSuzy.Tv, especially on certain holidays like Spanksgiving, Lupercalia, Krampus, Full Moons, Happy Nude Rear parties, birthdays and all through Kink Month. Not only do many of our shows—from Spanking the tRump Turkey on Spanksgiving to Lupercalian Whipping to A Spankophiliacs Delight (warning: this one includes very hard spanking)—feature impact play, we have created several excellent spanking education resources for you. Want more? Of course, you do! Click on these links:

Body Part Kinks

Breasts – The most common all-American fetish might be the one so many men—and a lot of women—have for the female chest, perhaps connected to our deep need for nurturance. Find out more about breasts, boobs, nipples, mammaries, lactating, the all-natural bosom vs. surgically enhanced porn star boobs, coitus a mammalia and more—plus what it all means and how it can (seriously!) heal you—under Breast Therapy. Buttocks – Coming in for a close second as America’s (and the world’s) favorite fetish would be a “nice butt”… but what is “nice”? What’s the bottom line? That depends on the fanny fetishist, their culture and personal taste.  Some “like big butts and [they] cannot lie.” Others prefer cute little buns, a heart-shaped ass, a strong muscular posterior or a soft cushy tushy, a panty-clad bottom or a stripped bare derrière. Some butt-lovers are into anal sex, doggy-style, spanking, squeezing, licking or worshipping that fine behind. But… what about the person with the “nice” butt? Assuming all is consensual (no pinching without permission!), the bottom is truly the “seat” of human pleasure, physiologically speaking, with lots of touch-responsive nerve endings that are in deliciously close proximity to the genitalia. Since there also tends to be a fair amount of padding down there, it is not so sensitive to consensually administered pain. And yes, a lot of people have a fetish for having their own butt played with! For more about butts, see the Spanking Links above or click on Anal Sex Therapy. Feet – A kink for feet is a little less common than boobs or buns, but foot fetishists are a passionate bunch. Not that they usually come in bunches, as many are embarrassed to admit to their kink. Nevertheless, once upon a time, here at the Institute, we held fabulous Foot Fetish Salons with massage, tickling, trampling and foot bondage workshops, followed by shrimping cocktails and tequila toe shots, a few of which are featured in our classic Feet for Lovers video. For more foot fetish information, try playing footsie with these links: Ejaculate Male and female ejaculation are normal aspects of sex and climax. Most of us enjoy orgasm, of course—though women squirting is controversial and even banned by some governments that confuse female ejaculate or amrita with urine. However, some people have an intense fetish for cum (or come). This is one kink that is probably enhanced by frequent porn-viewing—especially in terms of male orgasm or semen—as so much of straight and gay male porn focuses on the “money shot.”  In case you’re wondering why “ejaculate” is in this Body Part section, it’s because just before you shoot, your cum was part of your body.

Medical Kinks

How about “playing doctor”? Are you aroused by giving or receiving a medical exam or other “sexy nurse,” doctor or patient fantasies? These are some of the more common medical kinks, and with hospitals and health workers of all kinds looming large through the Coronapocalypse in our lives and in the media, medical fantasies are more popular—though also more taboo—than ever.  

Knowledge is power, and sexual knowledge is sexual power. 

One rather controversial type of medical kink that’s been in the news is the anesthesia or sleep fetish, an offshoot being Sleeping Beauty Syndrome, which actor Bill Cosby was convicted  of engaging in nonconsensually, though that conviction was overturned. Obviously, pharmaceutical and medical kinks like this can be extremely dangerous when pursued irresponsibly. However, kink-positive therapy and sex education can help you to enjoy them in a safe, sane, consensual manner. Exhibitionism & Voyeurism Almost everyone wants to see and/or be seen. These are the driving forces of voyeurism and exhibitionism, as well as the entire entertainment industry (not limited to porn) and social media. What does it mean to be seen? To be seen is to be immortal, if only for a moment, through the eyes of another. Triumphant. Shining like a star. Recognized. Celebrated. For that moment, you might feel you rule the world. You are an “influencer”—of billions or just one special witness to your wonderfulness. That’s the thrill of exhibitionism. What about seeing? To see is to go behind the curtain, to gain knowledge of the taboo, a taste of the apple or the delicious eye (or ear) candy, the euphoria of esoteric awareness. Knowledge is power, and sexual knowledge is sexual power. No wonder you feel so excited and even powerful when you see someone or something special that turns you on. No wonder we all can appreciate the erotic thrills of voyeurism… We may or may not call ourselves voyeurs. However, at least sometimes, all of us like to watch.

Pansexuality

Do you enjoy sex with more than one partner… maybe even at the same time? Are you drawn to threesomes, swinging, orgies, play parties, designer relationships or consensual gangbangs? Perhaps you’re not such a party animal, but you still like sexual variety, preferring polyamory, which means “many loves,” not just many lovers.

Call it communal ecstasy… like you’re at the best concert ever, plus orgasms.

Whether you’re only fantasizing or living the dream, all of these sex and relationship forms could be considered “kinky,” since they are all nonmonogamous. Most human societies around the world promote, endorse and sometimes compel “monogamy”—which has different meanings, but generally entails being sexually exclusive with one person for life—usually the person to whom you’re married. There’s nothing wrong with monogamy. In fact, for me personally and probably for most people, private couple sex is the most intimate, meaningful kind of sex there is. However, there is also something very special and truly wonderful about the “collective joy” (with a hat tip to Barbara Ehrenreich) of group sex that partner sex simply cannot duplicate. Call it communal ecstasy…like you’re at the best concert ever, plus orgasms. In a way, nonmonogamy is more natural than monogamy. That’s why so many people cheat! Bonobos, whose Latin name pan paniscus conveys their affinity for pansexuality (named for the Greek god Pan, Lord of the Wild), are our closest great ape cousins. Along with common chimpanzees (pan troglodyte), bonobos have been practicing consensual nonmonogamy for many thousands of years—at least. Moreover, the bonobo *brand* of nonmonogamy is a cornerstone of their lifestyle, since it is a vital aspect of the bonobos’ ability to make “peace through pleasure” in their communities. Do bonobos ever get jealous? Of course, they do. But love is not a zero-sum game for them, and they just have ways to work it out through sex and affections. For instance, among humans and bonobos, the best cure for a lover’s quarrel (as long as it’s not over anything serious) is kinky make-up sex. Our Great Ape nature is to share our love and lust, yet most of our strictly monogamous human societies denounce pansexuality in all its various forms, sometimes condemning it as “Satanic,” and certainly giving it that taboo quality that can turn any natural erotic feeling into a kink. Of course, I’m just scratching the surface of pansexuality here, so click on the links with the pansexual kinks that most appeal to you: Group Sex TherapySex at Dawn” interview with Dr. Christopher RyanEthical Slut” interview with author Janet W. Hardy American Swing Multiamory Show Designer Relationships Gangbang Sex Therapy Pansensuality Show Pan in Lupercalia 2020 Bonobo Nonmonogamy lecture Bonobo Nonmonogamy journal #GoBonobos in 2022 Cuckolding

“She’s my best friend’s girl But she used to be mine” The Cars

Cuckolding is a special kind of pansexual kink, and the cuckold is a very special kind of kinkster.  He (though “cuckqueens” exist, the typical cuckold is a “he”) is sexually aroused by the fantasy or reality of his sexual partner—usually his wife, girlfriend, or a woman he finds attractive, often called a “hotwife”—having sex with another partner, most likely a virile, well-endowed man, called a “bull.” Cuckolding could be centered on consensual kink—which is usually best for all involved—or it could involve cheating (not recommended). Cuckold fantasies are extremely common; in part, because they are driven by a basic biological phenomenon called “Sperm Wars.” However, many cuckold fetishists feel torn and fraught with anxiety over being aroused by something so denigrated in society. Ironically, that conflict itself tends to create greater arousal. Like most kinks, it’s best to accept the desire for cuckolding, though it need not always be acted upon in real life. For more about cuckoldry, click…

More Kinks More Fun

Don’t see your particular kink or fetish listed here? Have no fear! There are many more below, and even more on our “What Can We Talk About?” page. And here’s an even more extensive List of Kinks, as well as here and here, with everything under the sun, including the sun itself, which some people with “actirasy” find arousing. See, it’s not just bikinis that turn on the beach bums.

Gender Fluid Kink

Nowadays, “gender” is a psychologically and politically freighted term. People have strong ideas about what’s right and wrong in all shades of the gender spectrum (who you are)—as well as in terms of sexual orientation (who you like)—and some are fighting hard for their ideas to gain or maintain acceptance. There’s a lot at stake. Adding erotic fuel to the gender fires, arousal isn’t always politically correct. In fact, it’s often unintentionally the opposite of what you believe is “right,” as part of the excitement of kink lies in its taboo nature and shock value. True transgender people aren’t necessarily kinky, and their transition isn’t a kink; it’s their life.  

Some call it "the best of both worlds."

On the other hand, there are many folks of all genders who enjoy crossdressing or sissification just for the kink of it. For some, especially the sissies, the more politically incorrect, the kinkier! On the other side of the equation, there are many folks who have a kink or fetish for lovers who are transgender. Something about the combination of so-called male and female characteristics drives some sexually people wild. It’s more popular than you might think, since many trans admirers are embarrassed to talk about it. It may be politically incorrect to say, but some call it “the best of both worlds.” Need to talk privately about your trans interests, desires, problems or fantasies? Call our Therapists Without Borders anytime at 213.291.9497. We're here for you.

Kink in Nature

Humans aren’t the only kinky creatures on the planet. In fact, I often call bonobos the “kinkiest apes on Earth” as they enjoy many of the kinks I’ve described here. That is, they engage in a variety of consensual erotic behaviors that are not for procreation purposes, or really any *purpose* other than pleasure. Keep in mind that pleasure is a very important, worthy purpose, especially in Bonoboville. That simple exchange of kinky pleasures makes bonobos the Most Peaceful Apes on Earth, never seen killing each other in the wild or captivity. Kink is also the basis for bonobo bisexuality, ecosexuality, bonobo female empowerment, male well-being and bonobos’ penchant for sharing, making them the Most Socialist Apes on Earth, as well. Does that mean if humans were kinkier, we’d be more peaceful, female-empowered, male-nurturing and egalitarian? Does being consensually kinky mean valuing lust over greed?  I certainly think so, and that’s one of the principles of “releasing your inner bonobo” through practicing The Bonobo Way. Humans and bonobos aren’t the only ones. Many nonhuman animals indulge in kinky activities. Haven’t you ever had a dog hump your leg? I’m not trying to encourage bestiality (on the contrary), so hold your horses on that notion (then again, Adam Driver as a centaur is pretty hot). I just want you to rest assured that, in general, your kinks are perfectly natural, and we perverted humans aren’t the only kinksters-in-residence on this planet. Most of nature is quite kinky. It’s the dirty—as in polluting—aspects of humanity that are the problem… not our kinkiness! Pro Tip: Just because kink is as natural as any kind of sex doesn't make it good. If you want kink--or any kind of sex--to be good, you have to learn a thing or too. But then, that's why you're reading this! Kink and Culture Though the rest of nature is at least as kinky as we are, over the millennia, we humans have put our unique anthropocene spin on kink through our culture, art, architecture, technology and politics. It's difficult to say just where erotica ends and "regular" art begins—especially “in the beginning.”  Arguably, the first form of human performance art may well have been kinky dancing. The oldest sculpted art piece in the world, the Venus of Willendorf (24,00-22,00 B.C.E.)—big breasts, belly, hair and a distinct vulva, but no face—is pretty kinky. Is it goddess worship or prehistoric objectification or both? Some have even called it a sex toy. Heresy? Hardly. Many of the most respected artists in history, now enshrined in our most honored museums, including the Vatican (hello kinky Michelangelo), were considered kinky in their day. Revolutionary art like Picasso’s Cubist Demoiselles of the brothel—as well as fascist, state sanctioned art, like Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will—can be considered kinky, twists and bends in the ropes of tradition that shock and disturb some people, while arousing and inspiring others, and sometimes shocking and arousing at the same time. Of course, kinks of all kinds can be found in popular music. From the Beatles to Marvin Gaye, Prince, MJ, Depeche Mode, Sade, Cardi B, Lil Nas X and the list goes on, musicians have thrived on kink. And let’s not forget our favorite kinky song, inspired by the Bonobo Way, that you often hear during kinky scenes on DrSuzy.Tv, Carmina Formosa’s “The Kinkster.” Special mention goes to that great British Invasion band of the 1970s, The Kinks, whose name is the same as this article and whose hit song “Lola,” about a comic-romantic encounter with a crossdresser, would now be considered politically incorrect but back then, was revolutionary, wry and very kink-positive.    Kinky Fashion

“It will make or break him so he’s a got to buy the best cause he’s a Dedicated Follower of Fashion” The Kinks

Kink is a huge part of fashion, from the boudoir to the Met Gala to the street. One of the most popular categories of fetish clothing is “intimate” wear, including lingerie, stockings or pantyhose, panties, high heels, boots, corsets and more. However, any type of fashion can be kinky, such as a latex catsuit, a cowboy hat, a bikini, a nun’s habit, superhero costume—whatever gets you off when you put it on. The late great Bettie Page was the 1950s icon of fashion kink, an influencer long before there were influencers, setting the tone for many generations to come. Check out my extremely rare 1996 interview with the incomparable Bettie Page. Sultry Dita Von Teese, who attended our Bettie Page interview when she was just 19 and who did another interview on DrSuzy.Tv while engaged to the ultra-kinky and controversial rock star, Marilyn Manson, is another paragon of kink fashion. Texture is as important as style, popular choices being leather (deliciously animalistic, but politically incorrect for animal rights sympathizers), lace (somewhat see-through and oh, so romantic), latex (gives you that slinky second-skin feeling) or nylon (divinely stretchy, semitransparent and nostalgic). Uniforms are often considered kinky, including military (all branches, but especially sailors), school, athletic, police, firefighter, nurse and the uniformed fashion kinks march on. Conveying eroticism, beauty, horror, mystery and mastery, as well as concealing the mask wearer’s identity, the mask has been an important part of kinky fashion… since there were masks (going back at least 9,000 years)! One could say, in a way, masks have always been kinky—twisting and turning the features of the human face to obscure one’s identity or for dramatic effect. As of this writing, with the Coronapocalypse still raging off and on, masks are also protective (as they were against various plagues throughout history). Learn more about kinky, sexy masks in “Masks Are Sexy.” Some fashion isn’t so obviously kinky—like business suits, chef’s aprons or skating skirts—but kinksters-in-the-know just know. Very often, kinky clothing connects to another kink, such as adult baby diapers connect to golden showers and mommy fantasies. As in all types of fashion, there are trendsetters. Celebrities contribute a lot to kinky fashion, though they also copy it, from Madonna to Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Cardi B, Miley Cyrus, Kanye, Beyonce and so many more, serviced by subtly (or not so subtly) kinky high-fashion designers like Thierry Mugler, Alexander McQueen and Versace, influenced by underground sex workers, Goth gals and Dominatrices. Sometimes, kinky celebrity fashion goes beyond boots and masks into kinky emotional territory. As I write this, Kanye West is now the world's most famous cuckold. Obviously, watching his ex-wife Kim Kardashian dating Pete Davidson is agony for Ye. But as he actively milks it for all it's worth, blasting his public disgrace all over social and mainstream media, he also appears to be in the throes of a kind of celebrity cuckold's ecstasy.

Literary Kink

One of the best, most sapiosexual ways to get yourself and/or your partner into a kinky mood is to read something stimulating. But what? You might be surprised to find that some of the best kinky erotica is in the Bible. Yes indeed, Brothers and Sisters, Lovers and Sinners, sing Hallelujah and open your Old Testament to the Song of Songs and the Book of Esther, both surprisingly sex-positive. For sex-negative kink, consider hanging with the guys in Sodom and Gomorrah. Anaïs Nin’s Delta of Venus is classic early 20th century erotica, much of it kinky, which the great diarist wrote during the Great Depression for a dollar a page. More emotional and subtly kinky are her famous diaries; read them unexpurgated. Some of the finest, most taboo, profoundly eloquent and absolutely riveting, literary kink is in the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy (no relation to Bill Cosby’s sleep fetish!) beginning with The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, written by the great Anne Rice (who just passed away) under the kinky pen name of A.N. Roquelaure. Many years ago, before the Interview with the Vampire author got mega-famous, I had the honor of interviewing her for an article I was writing for the San Francisco Bay Guardian about "interesting couples." Anne’s intensely romantic relationship with her husband, Stan Rice, whom she’d met in high school (and who happened to be my English professor and chairman of the San Francisco State University Master’s degree program), was certainly "interesting." Though the great author was much more conservative than hippie me, I was very impressed by Anne’s deep love for Stan, as well as her sparkling brilliance, wit, gothic horror stories, and her signature *kinky nun* look—high-collared white lace blouse and black maxi-skirt that matched her bangs crowning her cascades of jet-black hair. A couple years later, when I was just learning about BDSM, a more experienced kinkster turned me on to Anne’s Beauty books, and I was blown away.  A woman of many literary facets, Anne also wrote the famous erotic novel Exit to Eden under the pen name Anne Rampling, though that didn’t have the impact (for me) of her penetrating, no-holds-barred, no topics-off-limits Beauty books. As I reflect upon Anne's death (12.11.2021), I feel her Thanatos-enraptured spirit has come home. I also realize that Anne Rice opened an erotic dungeon door for me with her kinky Beauty.  Indeed, Anne and Stan Rice were my role models for a very special kind of wild, creative, romantic but enduring, and rather kinky love, inspiring my own marriage to Capt’n Max. I’d also recommend the excellent kinky erotica of a few of my favorite DrSuzy.Tv guests: Stan Kent (on Urban Erotica, Pyrophilic Bday Spanking Gangbang, Spring Showers and more) tells a captivating tale of British boarding school impact play, Caning Able, that will make you laugh as it turns you on, and Eden Baylee (on Female Masturbation Education) explores intimate seasonal kink in Spring into Summer. Rachel Kramer Bussel (on Shameless Erotica and Daddy Please!) has penned and edited many great kink books, including Anything for You: Erotica for Kinky Couples, an excellent kink primer for an adventurous duo. Most of Rachel’s marvelous books and anthologies are released by Cleis Press, a major publisher of great kinky erotica and how-to books. I’ll also mention one kinky mega-bestseller that I didn’t particularly like: 50 Shades of Grey. Due to a confluence of forces, this ultra-poorly written trilogy managed to generate a huge and passionate interest in kink from typically kink-ignorant, conservative, sex-negative and fairly sex-starved, suburban matrons. Despite—or maybe because—it’s so poorly written, it struck a nerve that showed the world at least one, very important, widely overlooked phenomenon: the most unlikely women crave kink. Need more? Read more… 55 Most Erotic Books Click for Some of Rachel’s Picks  

Cinematic Kink

Films are filled with kink, whether the filmmakers intend for them to be kinky or not. It can be good or bad, light or dark, kink-positive or very negative, and your feelings about it have everything to do with you, your tastes and your desires. Of course, kink is very popular in porn—to the point you often can’t tell where the porn ends, and the kink begins. The fact that most modern human societies offer very little in the way of explicit sex education leaves pornography as virtually the only alternative. These days, porn is so ubiquitous, it has almost as much effect on our sexuality—positive and negative—as friends, family members and role models. Thus, many people blame what they have been told is their porn “addiction” for their more controversial kinky desires. Porn might enhance or refine your desire for certain types of kink, but it is hardly ever the root reason you feel that desire. We can also find plenty of kink in mainstream movies where it is often presented in a negative, misinformed light, but occasionally it is handled with care, sensitivity, humor, wisdom, great artistry and intense eroticism. Here are just a few select films and TV shows that feature kink(s). Some link to trailers, and others to the entire film. This list is by no means comprehensive or even a “best of,” just a jumping off point for your kinky film-watching endeavors.  I’d lustily recommend all these movies and many more, but unsurprisingly, I can’t recommend 50 Shades of Grey (2015) any more than the badly written book of the same name… though the slickly produced, rather bland film did introduce some aspects of kink—and, unfortunately, a lot of misinformation about kink relationships—to millions of mostly fresh eyeballs. That film factoid in and of itself is kinky.

Culinary Kink

Food and sex are two of the most basic, universally needed elements of life. Combine them, and it's kinky! Here in Bonoboville, splosh is one of our favorite kinks. Check out Dr. Susan Block's Speakeasy Journal of Splosh 'n' Art featuring Daniele Watts, Chef Belive and a big yummy, kinky mess.

Kink and Fantasy

“There is no limit to imagination I’m into every type of stimulation Getting kinky is an excitation I gotta have that kink!” Carmina Formosa

Fantasy may be reality’s much-maligned stepsibling, but it is a huge part of human consciousness. For better and for worse (mostly worse these days), many people live in fantasy more than reality. Kinky, vanilla or a multi-flavored combo, your sexuality is fueled by three basic types of fantasy. There are… 1) Fantasies of your past, aka your memories filtered through time… 2) Fantasies of your future, aka your hopes and dreams, and… 3) “Pure” fantasies—wild reveries that never happened and that you never really want to have happen—but which haunt and stimulate you like a kinky parallel universe. Kinky fantasies rise and fall like waves rippling through your brain—regardless of whether you want them to or not. You may be able to control your actions, including your speech, but you can't control your thoughts. So don't make like the "thought police" and bust yourself for your kinky fantasies You might be able to force yourself to think or not think about a particular subject for a while, perhaps via distracting yourself with something else. You could try not to watch porn. As many experts advise, you could watch a cooking show, go for a walk, do yoga, call a friend, get into gardening, read a book, volunteer at a soup kitchen or maybe go to Church instead. All of that sounds good, but is any of it really a substitute for sexual fantasy (unless you’re sitting there in the pews fantasizing about your smoking hot minister)? Sooner or later, you will find your mind wandering back to whatever is playing in the Erotic Theater of Your Mind… which could well be that troublesome fantasy, whatever it might be. Fantasy is not reality; often it's the opposite. However, sometimes a troublesome fantasy indicates a real-life problem that should be addressed. But what if you feel you can’t talk about it with anyone in your life? Maybe not even with your spouse. Maybe especially not your spouse. Or what if you’ve tried, but they’re not interested—or what if they lashed out at you? If that’s your situation, you might consider talking with a therapist, someone who won’t judge you and who might be able to help you make sense of your feelings, as well as realize you're not alone. Though kinky fantasies can be problematic, they can also provide hidden mental health benefits, killing the pain of trauma and fear with arousal.  Think about it: If erotic fantasies never played in your mind’s multiplex, then your inner horror movies—or just the constant awareness of your own anxiety—could give you a heart attack! So, be grateful for your kinky fantasies; they are gifts! Just as your dreams can help you to cope with your real-life problems, so can your fantasies, though they tend to do so when you’re awake. Your kinky fantasies can also be keys that unlock the doors of your repressed personal history. Sexual fantasies and erotic dreams, especially when accompanied by orgasm and perspective (not necessarily in that order), can help to release the stress and trauma of past abuse, bullying, sickness and suffering. They can also help you relive good sexual memories. However, your fantasies aren’t just about your past. They can also prepare you for the future. Fantasies can be hazy or detailed rehearsals in the erotic theater of the mind for sexual acts you haven’t yet experienced.

Kink is international, non-denominational, and even beyond human; remember, Mother Nature is a kinky MILF.

Your sexual fantasies evolve and change as you do. If they are troublesome in any way, it might be helpful to share them with a sex therapist who can help you to put them in perspective—through discussion, kink-positive roleplay, sexual psychodrama, hypnosis and other techniques—reducing their negative power over you. For various reasons, many people struggle against their own fantasies. However, fighting fantasies is like fighting ghosts… they’re slippery creatures! Rather than fighting a losing battle, I suggest you find ways to “make friends” with your fantasies— including the kinky ones. You may not want to act out all your kinky fantasies in real life—and you probably shouldn’t—but you can accept them as very personalized gifts from the Erotic Theater of your Mind, and use them to release stress and come to terms with the many layers of your sexuality. You might want to explore them over the phone where you can close your eyes and enter the Erotic Theater of the Mind without worrying what you or the person on the other end of the phone looks like or what you're really doing. Then you can explore your kinks together on the dark fertile ground of your imaginations.

Kink & Politics

Politics and kink have long been intertwined, at least since Caligula made his horse a senator. And then there was Napoleon’s message to his beloved Cougar Josephine: “I’m coming home. Don’t wash.” The great Bonaparte apparently had a kink for strong, natural, feminine aromas. In fact, the relationship between kink and politics is much older than that. We can trace its origins to the earliest expressions of religion which, as a general, almost universal rule, tends to ritualistically mix kink with politics, even while solemnly condemning kink as sinful. Sound confusing? Consider the first book of the Old Testament which has “the Lord,” a supremely sadistic voyeur with a penchant for painful punishments, punishing His naughty children, Adam and Eve, for cavorting with His forbidden phallic Snake and biting into His delicious taboo apples that then magically make them feel both horny and ashamed. Then they have sex and cover their nakedness with those fetishistic fig leaves, ruining God’s Original All-Nude All-the-Time Floor Show. Looking at the Judeo-Christian human origin story this way—which may be kind of funny, but isn’t such a stretch—you could say that all of humanity’s kinky desires stem from God the Father’s original, unreasonable and eternal abuse of His Children (us). No wonder we have a chronic epidemic of sexual harm inflicted upon the young by the clergy… who are, at least in the Catholic faith, expected to be celibate. Talk about kinky—as in twisted! From the Biblical to the historical, kink has always been political. As the sapiosexual folks at Karada House say, “Kink does not exist in a vacuum… it cannot be separated from politics, history and lived experiences.” That doesn’t necessarily make kink more or less liberal or conservative, Democratic, Republican, Libertarian or Socialist. It doesn’t make kink Abrahamic, Asiatic or atheistic. Kink is international, non-denominational, and even beyond human; remember, Mother Nature is a kinky MILF. Good kink is a little more narrowly defined, being, above all, consensual. However, many consensual kink activities are based on nonconsensual forms of domination, torture, gender debasement and trauma practiced by various political and religious groups and individuals. For example, floggers, whips and canes have been used—and are still used—to nonconsensually punish, coerce, hurt, intimidate and dehumanize real prisoners, slaves and nonbelievers. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t thoroughly enjoy a consensual flogging; of course, you should! However, awareness of an item or activity’s political history adds an important layer of meaning to your kink experience. At the turn of the 20th century, kink rose to the forefront of politics with the kink-weaponized Starr Report, featuring sex that’s “not sex”—which is actually a great definition for kink!—including teasing, phone sex, oral, a cigar, DNA on a dress and the lasciviously detailed, Puritanically-driven impeachment of President Billy Jeff Clinton. Some political activists use kink to entice an audience and make a point. For instance, a topless FEMEN protestor, with the words “God is a Woman” written on her bare chest, grabbed the baby Jesus from the Saint Peter’s Square Nativity scene before a Vatican cop stopped her, inadvertently becoming a player in her kinky political theater scene.

Kink and sex in general can be a leaky business, especially when combined with politics, so one should always be prepared to either plug that leak or go with the flow.

Another great example is my longtime friend and DrSuzy.Tv guest, Mistress Tara Indiana, who ran for President in 2016 on the Female Supremacy Party ticket, promising to “whip America back into shape, one middle-aged white man at a time.” When she lost that election to Trump, Mistress Tara formed a FemDom collective called “Dominatrixes Against Donald trump” (D.A.D.), aka “Women Who Pee Standing,” to “highlight the hypocrisy, injustice and double standard that’s applied to sex workers and the politicians that hire them. A Dominatrix who pees on Trump can be sent to jail, while Trump can pay to be peed on and he gets to be President.” D.A.D. did a very kinky political performance art piece on DrSuzy.Tv, spanking and humiliating a Trump surrogate, forcing him onto his knees to take it from behind and then onto his back where several of us squatted over him to give him the golden showers referenced by the Steele Dossier. I ran my own kinky U.S. Presidential campaign back in 1992 (on the Block Party ticket, of course) and was Vice Presidential running mate to the late great kinky political poet Frank Moore’s 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign. Much of my own writing combines kink and politics, especially my post-911 Terror Journals and other Counterpunch articles. Obviously, I’m very open about my own kinks, but most people prefer to keep their kinks private, and I strongly believe in the right to that privacy.  However… what can you do if and when your secret kinks are leaked by a political rival in the middle of your election campaign? You could lie and deny like Trump, or maybe tell the truth, like Manhattan City Council candidate Zack Weiner who bravely copped to his kink. It may have cost him the election (though he was already behind… so to speak), but fellow kinksters—many of whom are also voters—will always honor his honesty. Kink and sex in general can be a leaky business, especially when combined with politics, so one should always be prepared to either plug that leak or go with the flow.

Kink, Trauma and Pathology

Trauma and kink might seem to be diametrically opposed, but they are very much related, as we discussed in our fantasy section. Trauma can contribute to a desire for kink, and caring consensual kink can help to heal past traumas. First, to be clear, being kinky itself is not a sign of trauma, nor does enjoying fetishes or BDSM imply a pathology or psychological disorder. A Journal of Sexual Medicine study of the Psychological Characteristics of BDSM Practitioners concluded that “BDSM may be thought of as a recreational leisure, rather than the expression of psychopathological processes.” “Though mental health providers have historically pathologized kinky behavior as ‘Sexual Sadism and Sexual Masochism Disorders,’” according to the Gender and Sexuality Therapy Center’s Healing From Sexual Trauma Through Kink, “there is research that shows people who practice BDSM are less neurotic, more extroverted, more open to new experiences, more conscientious, less rejection sensitive, and have higher subjective well-being than non-kinky people. A similar U.S. study found BDSM-identified couples reported less stress as well as increased intimacy following play.” Over the years, many kink-positive sexologists have helped to slowly remove the stigma of pathology attached to BDSM and other fetishes, but Charles A. Moser, MD, PhD, stands out. Dr. Moser’s “research on kink and his contribution of over 100 scholarly articles over 45 years, most on alternative sexualities, created an evidence-based conversation in psychiatry that coincided with the social changes that have made de-pathologizing kink an intellectually credible effort,” writes Russell Stambaugh, an award-winning sexologist and clinical psychologist who has also made significant contributions to the study and normalization of kink. Though kink itself is not pathological, the desire for kink is sometimes tied to childhood abuse, early illnesses and accidents, relationship issues, problematic family dynamics, domestic violence, humiliation, schoolyard bullying and other forms of trauma. These kink-fueling traumatic events often occur in childhood when we are most vulnerable and impressionable, but you can also contract PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) leading to kinky desires from being involved in war, occupation, poverty, inequities, climate catastrophe, the pandemic and more. In this crazy, mixed up, “civilized” world, many are trauma survivors, and some of us are kinksters. Some of us even utilize our kinks to heal the pain of trauma, transforming it into erotic pleasure, restoration and inspiration. To learn more about the many fascinating intersections of trauma, kink and therapy, check out Trauma Shrink and FemDom Kink, or just continue reading.

Kink Therapy

Since kink is not usually pathological (well, not unless you’re Jeffrey Dahmer), can it be therapeutic? Can practicing consensual kink actually help to heal trauma? In a way, this entire article is about the therapeutic benefits of kink. The science behind kink therapy is rarely discussed due to the traditional sexual squeamishness of Western medicine, particularly as practiced in the good old Puritanical U.S.A. Yet the evidence is clear. Biochemically speaking, we know that pleasure is a painkiller (see above). When your kinky psyche associates arousal with the experience of consensual, expected pain (no sucker-punches please!), endorphins rush into your bloodstream, and the pleasure—or even just the anticipation of pleasure—helps you to handle the pain… at least to a point. When arousal is in the driver’s seat and pleasure is riding shotgun, then pain—both physical and psychological—is forced to take a backseat. In fact, a little bit of consensual pain—or maybe a lot (if you’re a “pain slut”)—tends to heighten the pleasure.  Spanking and other forms of impact play are especially effective, cathartic forms of therapy, as Russian studies have shown, along with our own anecdotal research conducted here at the Block Institute. Why would someone who was beaten as a child find it healing to be spanked as an adult? The bottom line is consent. A child cannot and likely would not consent to being beaten. But the consenting adult might find that a structured spanking with clear boundaries from someone for whom they feel both lust and trust gives them a cathartic, therapeutic release they can’t get from just talking about it. Kink can heal the body and mind in a multitude of manners—from relieving stress to building confidence, dissipating depression, reducing painful shyness and working through past trauma. However, it’s important to note that involvement in kink can also create its own trauma, even among consenting adults, as we’ve seen in recent news stories about celebrity kinksters stepping over the line and into abuse. Best to tread lightly and take it slow, using—and respecting— “safe words,” as you go.

Kink-Positive Therapists Without Borders

“That Puritanical shame still prevails Cause when the Puritans came all they built were jails. But we’re living in a modern society And we can all afford to be a bit more kinky.” Rose Kelso

As kink becomes increasingly accepted into the mainstream, more and more forms of therapy are emerging that address it in a healthy way. Kink-positive sex therapy can help individuals deconstruct their past traumas, learn to identify and explore ways to release fears and feelings of shame, as well as truly embrace their always-evolving sexuality. Whether you need serious psychotherapy to investigate the origins of your kink(s) and/or the best way to handle them or you’d prefer to just enjoy a fun kinky fantasy roleplay—or a combination—our kink-positive Therapists Without Borders here at the Dr. Susan Block Institute are some of the best in the world. You can experience your kink therapy session via webcam, phone or text anytime you like 24 hours a day. In-person sessions are also available, though our physical facility is temporarily closed due to pandemic concerns. However, we are always open to talk with you! Need to talk about a kink that you can’t talk about anywhere else? You can talk to us. Call anytime: 213.291.9497. We’re here for YOU… and your kink(s).

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© February 7. 2022 Susan Block, Ph.D., a.k.a. “Dr. Suzy,” is a world renowned LA sex therapist, author of The Bonobo Way: The Evolution of Peace through Pleasure and horny housewife, occasionally seen on HBO and other channels. For speaking engagements, call 626-461-5950. Editorial Assistance on this article provided by Adriana Gomez-Weston and Crysta Swindell.   Read More

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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. – Oscar Wilde

by Dr. Susan Block. As the Coronapocalypse continues to rage, with public spaces opening up, closing down and then opening back up again, you might have a couple questions about masks…
  1. Should you wear a mask?
Answer: Whether or not you wear a mask is up to you, just like whether or not you wear pants is up to you. You don’t have to do either, but there are consequences. In the case of no pants, you could get kicked out of places, arrested and/or catch cold. In the case of no mask, you could also suffer all of the above, except instead of just a cold, you could catch Covid-19. Or you might give it to someone. Maybe someone you care about. So, personally, I join with the countless scientists and other experts who say YES, you certainly *should* wear a mask when you are closer than ten feet to any breathing human with whom you’re not sheltering, especially if you’re indoors. But don’t panic! This is not a life sentence. At least, I hope it isn’t. However, better a life sentence than a death sentence. Lucky for all of us, vaccinations appear to be going pretty well. At first, they were rolling out with the speed and focus of an inebriated elephant threading a needle. But every day, more and more people are getting vaccinated. I received mine, and as soon as you can, you should get yours! So, there’s hope. Keep in mind that a few years after the deadly, masked-up Influenza of 1918, the world exploded into the sexy, mask-free Roaring Twenties—with hot flappers, cool jazz and wild “speakeasies.”  So, stay positive! But be realistic.  The death count is over 500,000 and rising, and new Coronavirus strains are continuing to emerge. Whatever the future holds, if you want to keep yourself and others relatively safe right now, even if you’re vaccinated, you have to cover that kissable mouth and adorable nose of yours with something. Or maybe two somethings. The experts are now encouraging double masking. That said, I can’t *make* you wear a face mask (let alone two), even via strict domination combined with erotic hypnosis using your favorite fetish as a trigger word. However, stores, take-out restaurants and other establishments have every right to require that you wear a mask within their walls. That means you either 1) insist on your right to bare your cheeks while the staff (or security cam) films you, making a fool of your totally exposed (and probably bright red) face all over social media, or 2) you do the right thing and wear a damn mask.

Need to talk about masking up, navigating your sex life, relationships, fantasies and realities during the Coronapocalypse? Call the Therapists Without Borders of the Dr. Susan Block Institute anytime: 213.291.9497. We’re here for you.

Comfort Is Sexy Having dispensed with Question #1, let’s move on to… #2: Now that you know you ought to wear a damn mask, how can you make it more fun? With face coverings as “essential” an article of clothing as shoes or underwear (nothing against going commando, but you get the idea), how can you make them more comfortable, cool, effective and most important, SEXY? Sexy? Say what? Thanks to their practical function, it’s hard for most of us to imagine face masks as something fun, let alone sexy. But the Coronapocalypse has already drained so many pleasures from life; we need to find them wherever we can. So, why not in our face masks? As a sexologist, I believe it’s important to our sexual health and well-being to make masks sexier.

I for one never look at a guy in a mask and think, “What a weakling! I bet he’s really bad in bed.”

Start with comfort, which is a key to feeling and looking sexy. Let’s be honest: Masks aren’t always comfortable. This is why many people won’t wear them, and the politics is just “patriotic” window-dressing for their feelings. Privileged individuals especially, accustomed to getting their way in life, feel their personal physical comfort to be a top priority, usurping even their own safety, as well as the safety of others. It’s amazing how many people who wiggle themselves into skyscraper heels or strangling neckties find facemasks unbearably uncomfortable. Fortunately, some very creative people are designing more and more comfy coverings, so perhaps the comfort cravers will soon be satisfied. And it’s a step towards making masks sexy! Personal Note: Though masks may be uncomfortable, they’re far less uncomfortable than a ventilator. Believe me; I’ve been on one. Triggered by Masks

“Nothing is more real than the masks we make to show each other who we are.” – Christopher Barzak

For many people, mask mania is more emotional than physical. Some feel *triggered* by masks because they’ve heard (possibly from a certain former U.S. President) that they represent a terrible infringement on their *freedom.* It’s true that many societies throughout history have made prisoners wear inhuman “masks of shame” and hoods, like those detainees have been forced to wear in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and other military prisons. So, these fears of forced masking are not totally baseless, though they have been warped to fit certain political agendas. Just remember folks, we're not prisoners of war here! We're in a pandemic, and we’re being asked to cover our mouths and noses to protect ourselves and our neighbors, not to punish or imprison us. Another twisted notion is that wearing a mask makes someone appear “weak.” In reality, caring for the health and well-being of others is anything but “weak.” I for one never look at a guy in a mask and think, “What a weakling! I bet he’s really bad in bed.” However, belief can be a powerful force, even if it’s wrong, unscientific and has more to do with fear and fantasy than reality.   Concerned about being "weak," cuckolded or "measuring up" in some way? Need to talk about it with someone you can trust?  Call the Therapists Without Borders of the Dr. Susan Block Institute anytime: 213.291.9497. We’re here to help. What Do People Think of You?

Behind every mask there is a face, and behind that a story. – Marty Rubin

For some, anti-mask fervor arises from peer pressure; the people in your family, team, neighborhood, political party or religious group actively despise liberals, “political correctness,” socialism and masks, so you do too. Then, sprinkle a little physical discomfort with that fear of weakness, stirred up within a fervent anti-mask cult that believes the earth is flat, the election was “stolen,” vaccines are the mark of the beast and masks are a government plot to “muzzle” the populace, and the next thing you know you’re storming a shopping mall, demanding your “right” to show off your fuming, spitting mug to folks who really don’t want to see it, let alone be spit on by it. Refusal to wear a mask indoors during a pandemic is, in this humble sexologist’s opinion, worse than refusing to wear pants… or a seatbelt, both being illegal in the U.S. It’s more like insisting on your “right” to drive while drunk, endangering not only yourself, but everyone who happens to be on the road with you. Nevertheless, it’s disingenuous to say that mask-wearing is “nothing” or “no big deal.” Let’s all just acknowledge, it’s a pain in the ass. Well, the face.

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No Glove, No Love? No Mask, Don’t Ask! Like any article of clothing, comfort depends on style, fabric and fit. Some masks are so bad, wearing them is like having sex while wearing a too-tight condom or, even worse, a too-baggy one. Actually, in a way, wearing a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is like wearing a condom to prevent the spread of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) or STIs (sexually transmitted infections). For one thing, condoms aren’t terribly comfortable, so why do we wear them? Very often it’s because our partners insist, “No glove? No love.” The Coronapocalyptic equivalent might be, “No mask? Don’t even ask!” In fact, Germans have come up with a new term for masks, “gesichtskondom,” or “face condom.” It’s an article of clothing that protects the wearer and others from disease and the exchange of bodily fluids, so it really *fits*! Also, like a condom, it’s important to wear your mask correctly. Otherwise, it’s pretty useless. Many of those politicians who look dumb (and not at all sexy) in their facemasks are just wearing them wrong. [gallery columns="6" link="file" ids="55826,55825,55821,55823,55822,55824"] Make sure your nose is covered and that the mask fits your face snugly, but not so tight, it’s uncomfortable. For combining comfort with protection, choose a breathable, but protective fabric. Does wearing a mask or a condom makes things completely safe? No, just safer. It’s like we used to say back in the 1990s: There is no such thing as absolutely “safe sex.” There’s only safer sex through outercourse, phone sex and condoms. A condom doesn’t guarantee protection from an STI—after all, the condom could break, or you could put it on or take it off sloppily— so wearing a mask doesn’t guarantee you won’t get or give someone COVID. In the Coronapocalypse, there is no such thing as absolutely “safe” living. Only safer living through hand-washing, physical-distancing and wearing a damn mask.

Masks can be as liberating as they can be confining.

Masking up is nothing new. What history peeks out at us from behind the masks we wear today? Hint: Some of it has to do with sex appeal… Who Was That Masked Man—or Woman? Humans have been wearing masks since prehistoric times for disguise, protection, performance and seduction. In the Coronapocalypse, we think of our facemasks primarily for protection against COVID-19, but there’s no reason we can’t enjoy them for the other three purposes too. Hold-up; by “disguise,” I don’t mean you should disguise yourself with facemask to rob your local convenience store. It’s true that one of our most common conceptions of facemasks stems from images of bandits concealing their identities with a bandana before holding up a bank. Unfortunately, in the Coronapocalypse, some modern thieves have exploited the mask mandate to do just that. This pandemic economy is particularly unjust for the poor and has made desperados out of many otherwise decent people, but that’s no excuse! Side note: Anti-maskers who believe the “Deep State” is making us wear masks to “control” us are ignoring the simple fact that covering your face makes you harder to identify and control by the government, bots, scanners or your local store clerk. That’s why thieves have always masked up for disguise. As long as you don’t commit crimes, you might enjoy the fact that your face mask “disguises” you to some degree. If you’re shy, anonymity can even be an aphrodisiac; that’s one reason so many masked revelers have long loved Venetian and Brazilian Carnavale. In this sense, masks can be as liberating as they can be confining.  You might like going out incognito, wearing a dark, mysterious mask with matching shades, like a spy in a romantic thriller. But please, no stealing, no stalking and no ammosexual accessories (you’re not really a spy)! [gallery link="file" columns="6" ids="55791,55831,55793,55796,55794,55798,55795,55800,55797,55830,55829,55799"]  

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 Weapons of Masked Seduction

“If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask.” – Banksy

Masks have long been an integral element of theater. The oldest mask ever discovered dates back 9000 years to 7000 BCE, but the art of making and wearing masks is far older, visible in 30,000-year-old paleolithic cave drawings. Because these prehistoric masks were made of perishable materials like leather and wood, they didn’t survive, but we can see by the cave drawings that the earliest uses of masks were for performance, dance, ceremonies and rituals. Whether dazzling, comforting or frightening, all of these face coverings conveyed some kind of artistic, “magical,” seductive appeal. Prehistoric masks were the first Weapons of Masked Seduction. Such theatrical masks continued to be worn in the ancient Greek Dionysian Festivals, Medieval Passion Plays, Guy Fawkes, the Phantom of the Opera and beyond.

Let your body talk. Since people can’t see your face, they will pay more attention to the rest of you.

Personally, I’ve always loved theatrical masks, since I was a Theater Studies major at Yale, especially in the Italian Commedia Dell’Arte tradition, and eventually in my own Commedia Erotica style. Over the years, as I put on hundreds of masks to assume different roles and for the sheer, playful pleasure of masquerade. Honestly, I never dreamed I’d be wearing a mask to protect me and those around me from death-dealing microbes. But my masked theater experience does give me ideas for making masks—even face masks—fun and sexy. Many of our theatrical Comic-con culture’s greatest superheroes—from Zorro to Batman—also wear sexy masks, aka “domino masks,” but they tend to go around the eyes instead of over the mouth, Spiderman and the Flash being notable exceptions. Have you ever worn a mask in a play, cosplay, film, masquerade party, on Halloween, Mardi Gras, Purim, Carnival or Carnavale? Perhaps you *played* a trickster, sexpot, superhero or alter ego. Did it make you feel less inhibited, more adventurous, less constrained by your usual worries of what people might think of you because the real, identifiable *you* was partially hidden? Take that party-mask energy into face-mask-wearing, and you’re almost guaranteed to be sexy. Let your body talk.  Since people can’t see your face, they will pay more attention to the rest of you. So, if you’re not already a dancer, model or bootcamp graduate, straighten up that saggy posture and learn to move like you mean it! Pretend you’re a costume designer choosing accessories; wear a mask that either matches your outfit or contrasts with it in an appealing way. Try Etsy, Dolls Kill, Forever 21, d.Bleu.dazzled, Redbubble or Stylecaster for fun, festive and mostly feminine masks. If you’re looking for more masculine options, check out this GQ article. [gallery columns="6" link="file" ids="55774,55775,55773,55778,55810,55780,55776,55777,55833,55811,55834,55779"] Of course, these cartoon penis masks and vulva art facemasks are great comic erotic conversation-starters (though maybe not church or family gatherings!). Variety is the spice of life, sex and theater. Wearing the same mask every day is not only very unhygienic, it’s boring. Between utilitarian, fancy, romantic, scary, kinky and crazy, you can wear different masks to suit your varied moods… or perhaps seduce someone special. But please don’t throw your used facemasks out the car window! The Coronapocalypse is just another aspect of devastating climate change in the Anthropocene. Don’t make it worse by polluting the environment with your dirty old facemasks. Wash used masks or try facemasks like 4ocean, which are recyclable, and the support frames provide extra comfort. Masks in Asia Western cultures, with their focus on individual—and corporate—freedom mixed with scorn for “big government” and socialism, appear to have the most trouble persuading their citizens to wear a damn mask. Even though the idea that our leaders are trying to enslave us through facemasks is extremely illogical and unlikely (they have other ways…), it carries a lot of weight, especially in the United States, Brazil and Europe. In contrast, East Asian cultures tend to prioritize the welfare of the community over the freedom of the individual. In most Asian countries, wearing a facemask is a sign of discipline, respect and social responsibility, not weakness.

I’d prefer everyone go naked… well, except for the face mask, right now, of course.

Many East Asians have been masking up in public for years to protect themselves and others from airborne sickness and pollution. I imagine some of them also enjoy the psychological “protection” and anonymity masks provide for individuals in crowded public spaces. Maybe this is why, as of this writing, Asian death rates from COVID-19 are considerably lower than in the West. Masking Up for God Covering the bottom half of the face is popular in the Muslim world, but not because of the pandemic.  In traditional Islamic culture, many women wear a veil that covers the whole face except for the eyes, such as the niqab or burqa. Westerners tend to think of the Muslim veil as oppressive, and it can be since it is often required nonconsensually, and only of women, rarely of men. Personally, I’m not a fan of any kind of cover-up, especially on so-called “moral” grounds. I’d prefer everyone go naked… well, except for the face mask, right now, of course. My views are based on philosophical as well as personal experience wearing a burqa. When I was 19, I went on a hippie-ish trek through Asia and, while wandering through the rather devout city of Kandahar, Afghanistan, a friendly shopkeeper gifted me with a burqa. I put it on over my clothes and continued my walk around the marketplace, only to collide with another burqa-clad lady and a fruit stand. Nobody was hurt, but the lady was pretty annoyed, I had to pay for a dozen damaged melons, and I never wore a burqa again. I felt like I was inside a smothering, billowing tent covering everything except for a small window for me to look through, and even that tiny opening was covered with a crisscross fabric, so I felt like I was trying to see through fishnet stockings. Not my style. Nevertheless, my research and experience as a sex therapist tells me that many women have no such impaired vision issues, and some are actually empowered by wearing the veil. It helps them to feel protected, in control, mysterious, special… and sexy! Some Muslim women tell me that they enjoy being able to choose with whom they share the special gift of their naked face. On the other side of the tent, many Muslim men say that seeing a veiled woman arouses them precisely because that which is hidden is enticing. It presents a question: What does she look like? And of course, they want to know the answer. I still don’t like that so many orthodox Muslim communities make women wear the veil for religious reasons—sometimes under pain of violent punishment. On the other hand, Islam isn’t the only religion to force its practices on its adherents. And in terms of the current question—How to Make Masks Sexy?—Westerners can learn a lesson from this undoubtedly sexist, but sometimes intriguingly sexy, Islamic custom. Takeaway: Wear your facemask like a veil that erotically empowers you.

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The Eyes Have It Though a facemask should cover your mouth and nose—and often the chin and cheeks as well—it usually doesn’t cover your eyes. This can be key to making your mask sexy. As the “windows to the soul,” your eyes are your most powerful Weapons of Masked Seduction. You could think of your mask as a fan, “making eyes” over it, coquettishly. Whether you make “Smize” (“smiling eyes,” as coined by Tyra Banks), sultry “smokey eye,” cute puppy dog eyes, or squinty tough-guy eyes, you can communicate volumes without moving your lips. Speaking of lips, you don’t have to put on lipstick while wearing a mask… and you probably shouldn’t as it will smear in all the wrong ways (unless you’re wearing smear-proof). Some good news for folks who get tired of smiling through pain or boredom; you can relax your mouth muscles more with a mask on! But if you really want to be mask-sexy, you probably ought to step up your eyeliner, shadow, lashes, mascara, etc. routine. Unless you’re wearing dark goggles, your eyes tend to be visible. Careful about how you put on and remove your mask, or you might take off a false eyelash along with it (I’ve done that!). Masks So Scary They’re Sexy Yes, scary masks can be very sexy on the right person in an arousing scenario. Always keep things consensual and safe and try not to trigger traumatic memories with your masked fun and games. That said, a pinch of fear is like spice in your enchilada… though too much spoils the meat. So, what turns you on? Zombie sex worker? Frankenstein’s Bride? Sexy Freddy Kreuger? Gasmaskgirl? There are a million sexy monsters to choose from; just make sure your monster mask covers your nose.

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The Plague Mask Perhaps the quintessential “scary mask” for the Coronapocalypse is the “Plague Mask.” Somewhere between sinister and magical, with an elongated, bird-like beak and large, circular eyeholes, sometimes framed by crystals, the “Plague Mask” was originally worn during the 17th century (not the Middle Ages, as many believe) to protect “plague doctors” from catching the disease that was killing their patients. The giant leather beak shielded the wearer’s mouth and nose, somewhat like a facemask, plus it was filled with fabric soaked in aromatic herbs that were supposed to ward off germs, but really just helped “mask” the stench of sickness and death. Even prior to the Coronapocalypse, some people wore stylized plague masks to parties, fetish balls and during kinky play. Now, they’re even more popular, in different colors with sexy embellishments like feathers and glitter. So… have yourself a ball! Though if you want to stay safe, wear a regular face mask under your plague mask. Fetish Masks Speaking of fetish balls, the mask has long been an important article of kinky clothing in the BDSM world. These range from a Mistress’ glittery party mask, such as those seen in old Lasse Braun loops or that ritual orgy in Eyes Wide Shut, to a slave’s full-coverage leather or latex bondage hood. Fetish masks of this kind have long been associated with kink, sexual fantasies and taboo trysts. They can be used to enhance sexual experiences and consensual power exchange, especially in roleplay, as punishment, reward or even just for style. Besides being kinky, fetish masks help to keep the wearers totally or somewhat anonymous and so, like the Carnavale masqueraders, they feel freer to express their true sexual selves. Traditional fetish masks aren’t always COVID-safe, but you can find sexy kinky facemasks for both protection and fun. Consider this sleek latex facemask, a more extreme hood, a leather neck corset that’s also a facemask or the classic gasmask (includes a drinking connection).

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Sensory Deprivation & Masked Kisses One ironic erotic benefit of masks is the way they enhance certain senses through sensory deprivation. For instance, if you’re blindfolded, your sense of hearing, touch and smell are enhanced. A face mask doesn’t deprive you of a particular sense in that way. However, there are two things you can’t do while wearing a facemask, and those are eating and drinking. This is, of course, a big inconvenience, but it has its benefits. Maybe it’ll help lower our society’s skyrocketing rates of obesity which, by the way, is a telltale “pre-existing condition” that makes obese Coronavirus patients more likely than others to die. That’s not meant to be “fat-shaming,” but to encourage people to provide a little less of an appetizing meal for these crowned critters to feast upon. Masks can be beautiful, mysterious and even romantic. A kiss through facemasks deprives the kissers of the taste and touch of each other’s tongues, thereby—via the *magic* of sensory deprivation—enhancing their sense of each other’s aroma. Such a tantalizing tease! Warning: Kissing through masks isn’t COVID-safe; it’s just a fun way for couples who are self-isolating together to connect while out and about. “Self-isolating together” has become a special kind of commitment, a “Love in the Time of Coronavirus” that is both more and less serious than marriage. My “prime mate,” Capt’n Max, and I are self-isolating together, but we wear masks when we’re around other people, and it feels very romantic to kiss “through” our masks. An image of a husband-and-wife team of nurses wearing masks, vizors, gloves and gowns as they embrace went viral (so to speak) early in the pandemic. Looking at it and seeing the love and romance combined with discipline and service that it conveys, still brings tears to my eyes.

Make Masks Sexy!

The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask. – Agatha Christie

Why is it so important to “make masks sexy”? I’ll let someone who tweeted that I looked “immensely kinky” in my GasMaskGirl gas mask, answer that question, “Dr Susan if you can convince people to wear masks to prevent airborne contagion of Covid-19, you might have saved many lives.” It’s funny, but for some people, kink and sex are greater motivators than matters of life or death. If I can help reduce the spread of the dreaded virus by showing how sexy and kinky a face mask can be, I’m thrilled. Take It Off! Remember, masks are not forever. They’re not even for all day. There comes a time, in the course of a day or during a romantic relationship, when you take off the mask. Though I’ve been talking up how sexy masks can be, there’s no denying that taking off the mask can be even sexier. In the Coronapocalypse, it should also be very special, something you only do close-up with someone you trust, at a point when you know you are both COVID-free. In these masked-up times, removing your mask to expose your face (when you’re in a safe space) sexier than a striptease. But before you take it all off, be sure to put that sexy mask on. It just might save your (sex) life. © March 11, 2021. Susan Block, Ph.D., a.k.a. “Dr. Suzy,” is a world renowned LA sex therapist, author of The Bonobo Way: The Evolution of Peace through Pleasure and horny housewife, occasionally seen on HBO and other channels. For information and speaking engagements, call 626-461-5950. Email her at [email protected].  Editorial Assistance on this article provided by Adriana Gomez-Weston 

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Susan M. Block, Ph.D. 8306 Wilshire Blvd. suite 1047, Beverly Hills, Ca. 90211
Phone (213) 670-0066 • E-mail [email protected]
Education

1970-1973         Harriton High School, Rosemont, Pennsylvania

  • Editor-in-Chief of Harriton Forum (campus newspaper), President of Philadelphia Model United Nations, Lead in High School Plays (The Fantastiks, Annie Get Your Gun, Fumed Oak), Captain of Debate Team, President of Anthropology and Archeology Club, Member of National Honor Society, Harriton Poetry Award, DAR Citizenship and History Award, Tri-State American History Achievement Award, Voted “Most Artistic” by High School Class of ’73.
  • Internship with WCAU-TV Channel 10, Philadelphia
1973 -1977        Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Theater Studies, Magna Cum Laude
  • Yale Dramat, WYBC-FM, Yale Daily News, Yale Hillel Sunday School Teacher (undergrad)
  • As Yale alumna: Guest lecturer at Yale sponsored by Rumpus Magazine, the Chai Society and Saybrook Master’s Teas, and consultant to Eric Rubenstein, founder of award-winning, biannual campus-wide event “Sex Week at Yale” in 2002. Speaker at Sex Week at Yale ’04, ’06, ’08 and’10.
  • Produced Yale projects, events and shows at Dr. Suzy’s Speakeasy in LA, including the Yale Annex at the Speakeasy (2004), Whim ‘n’ Rhythm (2006) and Zorthian at Yale (2005)
1984 -1987        Pacific Western University, Los Angeles, California Master of Arts in Philosophy with a Degree in Psychology
  • Master’s thesis on why and how men and women use personal ads to find relationships which became Advertising for Love, published by William Morrow, forecasting the modern explosion of personal advertising and the current pop culture of Internet dating sites and online social networks.
1987 -1991        Pacific Western University, Los Angeles, California Doctorate of Philosophy with a Degree in Psychology
  • Doctoral thesis on Toni Wolfe’s “Four Aspects of Womanhood” published by Random House as Being a Woman with Dr. Toni Grant, and became a New York Times and LA Times Best-Seller
2012                 Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, California
  • Doctorate of Arts, Honoris Causa
1974-Present   Studies at Other Schools, Programs and Universities
  • 1974 Yale Summer Abroad in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal
  • 1975 Summer at Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado
  • 1980-81 University of California at Berkeley Masters Program in Journalism
  • 1981-83 San Francisco State University Masters Program in English
  • 1983-84 More University Masters Program in Human Sexuality
  • 1994-Present Block Institute
Professional Experience

Sex Therapy

1991-Present– Founder and Director of the Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences. The foundation of the Institute’s sex therapy system is based on the principles of Dr. Block’s world-renowned philosophy of the Bonobo Way of “peace through pleasure.” The Institute treats most so-called “sexual dysfunctions” i.e.: sexual arousal disorders, low sexual desire, erectile dysfunction, unwanted sexual fetishes, disturbing erotic fantasies, lack of sexual confidence, communication issues, dating anxiety and sexual obsession. The Institute also treats destructive sexual habits (sometimes called “sex addictions”), premature ejaculation, difficulties achieving orgasm and other orgasm disorders, including painful sex and sexual problems caused by stress, fatigue, aging changes and other environmental, family and relationship factors. In addition, the Institute treats adults suffering from the lingering effects of sexual assault, incest, childhood trauma and religious sexual abuse. We also help individuals and couples, claiming no dysfunction, to lead more stimulating, creative and rewarding sexual lives. This system utilizes, in-depth, Kinsey-style client interviews and analysis, erotic theater therapy, fantasy role-play, Masters & Johnson techniques, G-spot, P-spot and PC muscle exercises, fetish exploration systems, sexual confidence building, the “sperm wars” view of monogamy, sensate focus touching, intercourse and outercourse, compassionate S/M and bondage play, bonobo therapy, issue-focused phone sex therapy, transgender facilitation, erotic hypnosis and many other “pleasure sex” techniques that the Institute has successfully used to help thousands of men, women, couples and communities around the world to enhance and enjoy their sexuality in a multitude of traditional and innovative ways. This not only improves their sex lives, but has a positive and rejuvenating effect upon other aspects of everyday life including but not limited to, general health, work, creativity, self-esteem, family and social relationships.

  • 1991-Present– Director of operations in therapeutic services, research, development, education, art, entertainment, and media.
  • 1994-1995 – Developed The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure as described in The 10 Commandments of Pleasure
  • 1996-Present – Established and maintains the Bonoboville community with co-director Maximillian Lobkowicz (husband since 1992), also called Villa Piacere and Dr. Suzy’s Speakeasy, first in the Hollywood Hills, then in Downtown Los Angeles and now located in an 8000-square-foot renovated 1950s motel in West Los Angeles. “Bonoboville” is a pro-sex, socialist community of ecosexual artists, technologists, and therapists living, working and playing together in a cooperative community, inspired by The Bonobo Way.
  • 1988-Present– Private practice sex therapist with over 6000 international clients, from Los Angeles to Saudi Arabia.
  • 1985-1991 – Developed and operated the world’s first telephone dating services
  • 1985-1991 – Founder and President of Block Party Enterprises

 

Radio/TV/Film/Internet

1991-Present Producer/Host of The Dr. Susan Block Show on TV, radio and internet, broadcasting live every Saturday night 10:30pm-Midnight PST. The show consists of monologues on various subjects connected to human sexuality, calls from people seeking help with various sex and relationship issues, and interviews with such renowned personalities as Bettie Page, Gloria Allred, Xaviera Hollander, Nina Hartley, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Betty Dodson, Nancy Friday, Joanna Angel, Timothy Leary, Dita Von Teese, Christopher Ryan, Janet Hardy, Sabine Lichtenfels, Abby Martin, Ron Jeremy, "Fat Mike"of NoFX, Bonnie Rotten, and Axel Braun.

  • 2015-2016 Malcolm Jones & the Women of the Bonobo Way Female Empowerment Outreach Project.
  • The Dr. Susan Block Institute presents “Sex Calls” from the archives of The Dr. Susan Block Show.
  • 2015 Featured guest interviews on Playboy Radio, Tangentally Speaking, Love, Lust & Laughter, LA Talk Radio and others.
  • 2014- Present – Founder of Bonoboville.com: Social Media Grown Up.
  • 2005-2015 Block Films’ Zorthian: Art & Times featured at Zorthian & Yale Tribute and Zorthian Ranch Primavera.
  • 2005-2010 Block Films’ Squirt Salon and Blonde Island: Funk Me featured in Barcelona Erotica Film Festival, Cinekink NYC Film Festival and LA Erotica Film Festival
  • 1998-Present Guest Sexpert on various shows on KGO-810 AM in San Francisco.
  • 1997-1999 Host of The Dr. Susan Block Show on KMAX-840 AM in Los Angeles
  • 1996-Present Star of Radio Sex TV with Dr. Susan Block on HBO and HBO specials, as well as Real Sex segments and upcoming appearances on HBO’s Cathouse series.
  • 1995-1997 Co-host of The Nasty Man Show on KLOS-95.5 FM in Los Angeles
  • 1995-1997 Host of The Dr. Susan Block Show on NPR Satellite Radio
  • 1991-1995 Host of The Dr. Susan Block Show on the Independent Broadcasters Network (IBN), syndicated on over 100 stations nationwide.
  • 1990-1991 Host of The Susan Block Show on KFOX-93.5 FM in Redondo Beach/LA.
  • 1990: Created RADIOPHONE, transmitting radio shows via telephone, thereby making it available to anyone in the world with a phone—very handy in pre-Internet times.
  • 1988-1990 Host of Match Nite on KFOX-93.5 FM in Redondo Beach/LA.
  • 1987-1988 Host of Date Nite on KIEV-870 AM in Glendale/LA.
  • 1984-1986 Host of Radio Match on KIEV-870 AM, sponsored by The LA Weekly.
  • Frequently featured guest on multiple radio and TV shows, on all the major networks, from Oprah to Today, Nightline to Inside Edition; and featured expert on many documentaries from Hollywood Women and Hollywood Sex on the BBC to Bettie Page on E! Entertainment, and Infidelity on the new Oprah Winfrey Network. In addition, the Dr. Susan Block Institute and Dr. Suzy’s Speakeasy have been featured on many documentaries and TV shows around the world, including an upcoming feature film by award-winning filmmaker Canaan Brumley entitled Speakeasy.
  Publications
  • Books
  • Contributor (Foreword) to Ecosexuality: When Nature Inspires the Arts of Love, (CreateSpace, 2015).
  • Contributor to The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015) Wrote entries on “Sexual Fetish,” “Cuckold,” “Striptease,” “Phone Sex” and “Spanking.”
  • Author of The Bonobo Way: The Evolution of Peace through Pleasure (Gardner & Daughters Publishers, 2014).
  • Contributor to Female Sexual Function & Dysfunction (Wiley, 2010) edited by Dr. Lauren Rubel
  • Best-selling author of The 10 Commandments of Pleasure (St. Martin’s Press, 1996), a Literary Guild Selection, Doubleday Book Club and Doubleday Health Book Club Selection, now in third English edition and in 11 other languages.
  • Co-Author of Being a Woman (Random House, 1988), a Los Angeles Times and New York Times Best-Seller, with Dr. Toni Grant.
  • Author of Advertising for Love (William Morrow, 1984)
  • Selected Articles published in Counterpunch, Bloggamy and other publications
    • Transparent Evening at the Director's Guild of America (May 2016).
    • The Bonobo Way of Female Power, Domination Directory International (TBA)
    • Proud to be Gay, the Bonobo Way (June, 2015)
    • Squirting World: Secrets, Stories & Techniques of G-Spot Female Ejaculation, (May, 2015)
    • Sperm Wars: Threesomes, Cuckolds, Hot Wives & Evolutionary Biology, (March, 2015)
    • The Bonobo Spring Revolution, (March, 2015)
    • 50 Shades of Holy Crap, (February, 2015)
    • Go Bonobos in the New Year: Make 2015 the Year of the Bonobo, (January, 2015)
    • Anal Food Rape in the CIA, (December, 2014)
    • Bill Cosby’s Sleep Fetish, (November, 2014)
    • ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Defames Bonobos, (July, 2014)
    • Hunger Games, Killing Fields: The Terrible Truth about Elliot Rodger, (May, 2014)
    • The 6 Most Common Secret Sexual Fantasies—And What They Mean, (October, 2013)
    • Kegel Karate: How One Woman Learned to Destroy Her Molester with the Power of Her Own Pleasure, (August, 2013)
    • Galloping Petraeus, (November, 2012)
    • Capt’n Max’s Big C Battle, (March, 2012)
    • Spankology 101: The Psychology, Physiology, Art, History, Politics & Eroticism of Spanking, (July, 2011)
    • Lupercalia: The Original Valentine’s Day, (February, 2011)
    • My Porn Star Girlfriend, (November, 2010)
    • The Alchemy of Scary Sex, (October, 2010)
    • Secret Sexual Fantasies, (February, 2010)
    • In Defense of the G-Spot: Yes, Virginia, It Does Exist!, (January, 2010)
    • Inside Both Heads of the Crotch Bomber, (January, 2010)
    • Tiger’s Wood: Love Cablinasian Style, (December, 2009)
    • Sex, Death & Michael Jackson, (June, 2009)
    • “Sinful” Sex Addiction: The Newest Way to Demonize Sexuality, (April, 2009)
    • Washington Witch Hanging, (May, 2008)
    • Merry Masturbation Month, (May, 2008)
    • Bonobo Bashing in the New Yorker, (July, 2007)
    • Dr. Laura’s Little Monster, (May, 2007)
    • Hookergate II, (May, 2007)
    • Valentine Chemistry of Love, (February, 2007)
    • The Spent Milk of Human Foley, (September, 2006)
    • Queen Esther & the Art of Seduction, (March, 2006)
    • Hookergate, (June, 2005)
    • America Wants a Divorce (December, 2005)
    • Weimar Love Story (November, 2005)
    • Katrina Speaks (September, 2005)
    • My Adelphia Story (January, 2005)
    • The Counter-Inaugural Ball: Eros Day 2005 (January 2005)
    • Faith-Based Sex (December, 2004)
    • Blue Values (November, 2004)
    • America in tha Hood (May, 2004)
    • Bush’s POW Porn  (May, 2004)
    • Rape of Iraq (April, 2003)
    • Cockfight at the Baghdad Corral (September, 2002)
    • The Great Pretzel Swallower’s Guantanamo S&M PR Disaster (January, 2002)
    • Patriot Act UnPatriotic (November, 2001)
    • We Are All Afghans Now (October, 2001)
    • Sex, Terror, Jerry Bin Foulwell & the Raving Castrati (October, 2001)
    • Beyond Terror (September, 2001)
    • Chemistry of Love and Lust (February, 2001)
  • Freelance journalist for LA Magazine, LA Weekly, SF Bay Guardian, New Haven Advocate, Metro, Boulevards, and other publications.
  Special Positions and Memberships
  • Director of the Block Bonobo Foundation dedicated to educating the public about bonobo sexuality as well as helping to save them from extinction, and Bonoboville, an online community of people inspired by the Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure
  • Professional member of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists(AASECT)
  • Professional member of the American Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Documentary Film Division.
  • Professional member of the Los Angeles Press Club
  • Professional member of the Radio Television News Association of Southern California
  • Expert Witness and Consultant to LA Public Defender’s Office and LA Alternate Public Defender, Sex Crimes Division, working on various criminal cases requiring expertise in transgendered culture, BDSM practices and fetishes.
  • Awarded “America’s Greatest Thinker” by Great American Think-Off
Presentations
  • 48th Annual Conference of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors & Therapists: “The Bonobo Way: An Alternative Great Ape Paradigm for Human Sexuality” at Condado Plaza in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • DomCon Los Angeles: “The Bonobo Way: A New FemDom Paradigm for Humanity” at LAX Airport Hilton, in Los Angeles, California. 2016.
  • 5th International Conference on the Future of Monogamy and Nonmonogamy: “The Bonobo Way: Consensual Nonmonogamy Among Non-Human Primates” at University of Berkeley in Berkeley California.
  • First Symposium on Ecosexuality in the Caribbean: The “Bonobo Way” Keynote at University Puerto Rico Mayagüez. 2016.
  • Lecturer at Yale University, Cal Tech, USC, UCLA and SFSU on Human Sexuality, Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction, Male Sexual Function and Dysfunction, Sexual Fetish, Sexual Fantasy, Female Ejaculation and the G-Spot, The Bonobo Way, Sex and God, Sex and Religion, Sex Toys, Masturbation, Sex and University Life, The 10 Commandments of Pleasure, The Chemistry of Love and Lust, Sperm Wars and Monogamy, Exhibitionism and Voyeurism. 2016.
  • 2012 Lecture, The Bonobo Way: An Alternative Great Ape Paradigm for Human Sexual Behavior, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS), 2012
  • Lecturer for various groups and organizations from The Lifestyles Organization (TLO) to The Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Center for Inquiry, MENSA and Taste of LA. Ongoing.

References (contact info upon request)

Sheila Nevins, HBO, Senior VP Documentary Programming, NY, NY

Mary Miller, PhD, Dean of Yale College, Sterling Professor, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

John Klutke, MD, Professor of Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Robert Israel, MD, Director, Women’s Health Clinics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Patti Britton, PhD, Sexuality Professor, Trainor & Clinical Sexologist, Los Angeles, CA.

Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD, Psychology Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Phila., PA.

Steven Binman, PhD, Forensic Clinical Psychologist, Los Angeles, CA.

Barry Fisher, JD, Civil Rights Attorney, Century City, CA.

Dorion Sagan, American Science Writer & Essayist, Madison, WI

Christopher Ryan, PhD, Author, Podcast host, Barcelona, Spain

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Meet Us at The HOLLYWOOD SHOW This Weekend! (0)

This Saturday-Sunday, January 4-5, 2014, international sexologist  Dr. Susan Block will join a bevy of film legends (mainstream and adult), "Golden Age" TV stars, hot MiLFs, GiLFs, and a parade of fans, at THE HOLLYWOOD SHOW, the world's biggest celebrity autograph and pop culture memorabilia show, at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. Dr. Block will interview some of the stars for her Internet TV and radio show, sign photos and copies of her book, The 10 Commandments of Pleasure: Erotic Keys to a Healthy Sexual Life, and introduce her new social media site Bonoboville.com.

Stars expected to attend this weekend's Hollywood Show include Danny Glover, Nastassja Kinski, Nina Hartley, Christopher Atkins, Jenna Jameson, Seka, Valerie Harper, David Yost, Erika Eleniak, Gavin MacLeod, Tera Patrick, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Joey Lauren Adams, Howie Gordon, Kay Parker, Charlotte Ross, Tim Conway, Ginger Lynn, Amber Lynn, Martin Kove, Kristy McNichol, Ed Asner, Maryse Ouellet, Tera Patrick, Elliot Gould, Sally Kellerman, C. Thomas Howell, John Schneider, Kristana Loken, Sofia Milos, Radames Pera, Ralph Macchio, Sean Kanan, Bobbie Brown, Lisa Loring, Sara Underwood, Rebecca Bardoux, Lydia Cornell, the Porky’s and Love Boat cast, Sopranos stars and more. David Bertolino, writer/producer of The Deep Throat Sex Scandal, is co-producing the Hollywood Show.

Dr. Block's Hollywood Show interviews will be aired on DrSusanBlock.Tv and DrSusanBlock.com. Listen FREE on your computer or your phone at http://m.drsuzy.tv. Watch the live show, past shows and clips at DrSusanBlock.Tv (for as little as $5.95!)

To arrange an interview with Dr. Block at the Hollywood Show, call 626-461-5950. Ask for Max or Trixie. Or tweet @DrSuzy.

The Dr. Susan Block Show is produced by The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, an international center for sexual expression, therapy and education, based in LA. Founded in 1991 by Susan M. Block, PhD, world-renowned Yale-educated sexologist, best-selling author and host of HBO specials, the Institute’s mission is to help individuals, couples and communities enhance their sexuality and improve their lives based upon Dr. Block’s philosophy of Ethical Hedonism and The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure. A portion of all proceeds goes to help save the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos from extinction in the Congo and to promote the Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure around the world.

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Terapia Sexual Telefónica (0)

 

¿Necesitas hablar con alguien? Llámenos ahora al 626.461.5950

Estamos aquí para escucharte...

¿Tienes alguna pregunta sobre el sexo? ¿Alguna fantasía que le gustaría explorar? ¿Algun fetiche que no puede entender? ¿Un deseo que desea liberar? ¿Necesitas hablar con alguien acerca de algo que no puedes hablar con nadie mas? Usted puede hablar con nosotros. Cada vez que usted necesite hablar durante las 24 horas del día, nuestros famosos sexólogos telefónicas del Instituto de Dr. Susan Block de las Artes y las Ciencias eróticos, estan a sólo una llamada telefónica de larga distancia, y nos puede llamar al 626.461.5950

Aquí en el Instituto de Dr. Susan Block, ofrecemos diferentes formas de terapia sexual a medida adaptadas, a las necesidades personales de nuestros clientes, incluyendo nuestro mundialmente reconocido servicio de terapia sexual telefónicas las 24 horas del día.

Reconocemos que la mayoría de las personas no desean o no necesitan entrar en nuestras oficinas de Los Angeles para la asesoría individual o para las sesiones de terapia, ni estamos siempre disponibles para propuestas de citas presenciales. Pero usted nos puede llamar en cualquier momento y desde cualquier lugar, solamente cuando llame directamente a: (626) 461-5950.

Desde la discusión de la sexualidad, cuestiones eróticas, los placeres, los problemas, las fantasías y los fetiches, son asuntos muy privados. Nuestros servicios telefonicas son las más populares, y en la mayoría de los casos, la más efectiva de terapia sexual. Por otra parte, mientras que las sesiones en persona están disponibles sólo con cita previa y en nombramientos de persona, deben hacerse por lo menos una semana de adelanto, nuestro servicio de terapia sexual telefónica está de guardia las 24 horas del día, siete días a la semana, incluso festivos. Cada vez que necesite que hablar, nuestros terapeutas sexuales telefónicas estan disponibles. Y no, no existe alguna otra terapia teléfonica o terapia de sexo como el de nosotros.

Totalmente privada, absolutamente confidencial, los escuchamos, y los exploramos con usted; le guíamos, le recomendamos, lo inspiramos, y lo educamos, Juego de roles para usted, fantaseamos con usted (ninguna fantasía es demasiado tabú), y ayudarle con cualquier cosa, desde la impotencia a la exhibicionismo, la adicción al sexo a satisfacción orgásmica, las cuestiones de transgénero a problemas de pareja, la ejaculación masculina o femenina a problemas de intimidad, el intercambio de energía con el travestismo, "fantasías sexuales" a realidades difíciles, chat adulto de profundo amor, monogamia con la pornografía, política sexuales a educaciones religiosas, "hablar sucio" al romance audio, su pasado sexual de su futuro erótico, gay, heterosexual, bisexual, los temores a los deseos, fetiches a los matrimonios. El cielo es sin límite, pero estamos con los pies en la tierra como ustedes.

Si usted necesita hacer una pregunta, tiene alguna fantasía, quiere obtener ayuda con un problema, explorar algun fetiche, o simplemente hablar con alguien acerca de algo que no puede hablar con nadie mas, usted puede hablar con nosotros ahora.

Usted no está solo. Estamos aquí para ayudarle.

Llámenos ahora al 626.461.5950.

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Capt’n Max’s Bday this Saturday on DrSuzy.Tv with Cat & Sam! (0)

This Saturday, November 9th, The Dr. Susan Block Show, broadcasting live from new Bonoboville at LAX, will celebrate the Scorpio birthday of its illustrious executive producer, Pr. Maximillian Lobkowicz di Filangieri, aka Capt’n Max, and 42 years of renegade, ground-breaking publishing in Southern California. Max is the pre-Internet pioneer of reader-written media, the revolutionary publisher of such world-renowned publications as The LA Star, Love Magazine, Finger, God the Magazine, Beverly Hills: The Magazine, The Brentwood Bla-Bla, Dr. Block's Journal, and husband of 21 years to host Dr. Susan Block.

Joining Capt’n Max and Dr. Suzy on the air will be two of our favorite guests on DrSuzy.Tv, Electric SEX Records' Catherine Imperio (shown left in her birthday suit) and Samantha Fairley, both stars of their hot new Internet show “Unlicensed Professionals.”

“Capt’n Max’s Bday Show” will air live November 9th, 2013, 10:30pm-Midnight PST on The Dr. Susan Block Show.

Listen FREE on your computer at DrSuzy.Tv or your phone at http://m.drsuzy.tv.

Call-In: 1.866.289.7068 or 626.461.5950.

Tweet comments and questions @RadioSUZY1.

Watch the Live Show at DrSusanBlock.Tv (for as little as $5.95!)

The Dr. Susan Block Show is produced by The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, an international center for sexual expression, therapy and education, based in LA.  Founded in 1991 by Susan M. Block, PhD, world-renowned Yale-educated sexologist, best-selling author and host of HBO specials, the Institute’s mission is to help individuals, couples and communities enhance their sexuality and improve their lives based upon Dr. Block’s philosophy of Ethical Hedonism and The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure. A portion of all proceeds goes to help save the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos from extinction in the Congo and to promote the Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure around the world.

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Get TROMAtized for Halloween featuring “Return To Nuke ‘Em High” Stars Catherine Corcoran & Asta Paredes this Saturday on DrSuzy.Tv! (0)

This Saturday, October 26th, The Dr. Susan Block Show, broadcasting live from our brand new studio in Bonoboville at LAX, gets ready for Halloween, exploring scary sex, fear as an aphrodisiac and cult classic horror with a social conscience.

Joining international sexologist Dr. Susan Block will be Catherine Corcoran and Asta Paredes, stars of “Return to Nuke ’Em High Vol 1, the socially aware sci-fi horror-comedy directed by fellow Yale grad Lloyd Kauffman, now spearheading the Occupy Cannes movement. The film is a 2013 remake of Kaufman’s original 1986 cult classic “shock exploitation film,” Class of Nuke ’Em High, which was produced by renowned, 30-year-old, independent B-movie production group, Troma Entertainment.

“Scary Sex & TROMAtica” will air live October 26th, 2013, 10:30pm-Midnight PST on The Dr. Susan Block Show.

Listen FREE on your computer at DrSuzy.Tv or your phone at http://m.drsuzy.tv.  

Call-In: 1.866.289.7068 or 626.461.5950. Tweet comments and questions @RadioSUZY1.

Watch the Live Show at DrSusanBlock.Tv (Now just $7.95/month!) where you can also see "Nite of the Masturbating Dead" AND "Nite of the Fornicating Dead" !

For Dr. Block’s “recipes” for healthy scary sex for the Halloween season, go to The Alchemy of Scary Sex

For the Witch’s perspective, read Dr. Block’s “Scary Sex: A Halloween Poem”

The Dr. Susan Block Show is produced by The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, an international center for sexual expression, therapy and education, based in LA.  Founded in 1991 by Susan M. Block, PhD, world-renowned Yale-educated sexologist, best-selling author and host of HBO specials, the Institute’s mission is to help individuals, couples and communities enhance their sexuality and improve their lives based upon Dr. Block’s philosophy of Ethical Hedonism and The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure. A portion of all proceeds goes to help save the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos from extinction in the Congo and to promote the Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure around the world.

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“Slut-Shaming–from Miley to Malala” this Saturday LIVE on The Dr. Susan Block Show with Veronica Monet (0)

This Saturday, October 12th, The Dr. Susan Block Show, hosted by international sexologist Dr. Susan Block, broadcasting live from her brand new studio in Bonoboville at LAX, will continue to discuss Slut-Shaming in the media, on the street, on the school bus, in the boardroom and in the bedroom.

Joining Dr. Block live on the air will be Veronica Monet, author, radio host, certified sexologist and former high-end escort, who has done several shows and articles on the subject of slut-shaming, as well as the bonobo chimpanzees (whose females “refuse to be slut-shamed!”), another favorite subject on DrSuzy.Tv.

“From Sinead O’Connor calling pop star Miley Cyrus a ‘prostitute’ because she disapproves of twerking to the Taliban calling education activist Malala Yousafzai an ‘obscenity’ as they shot her in the head, slut-shaming is rampant in human societies around the world," says Dr. Block. "I’m not so worried about Miley or Malala personally. Miley is having the time of her life riveting eyeballs and mocking the hypocrites, while Malala is becoming a major force in world education, only 16 years old and already up for the Nobel Peace Prize. I’m more concerned about the young people who are being trained to think, as young people all over the world have been trained for centuries, that a smart girl who advocates education will be assaulted as obscene and a sexy girl who dances playfully will be condemned as a slut, implying such girls are unworthy of respect or protection. Thankfully, bright Malala's and wiley Miley have both crushed their would-be slut-shamers, and Amen and AWOMEN to that!

“Stop Slut-Shaming—from Miley to Malala!” will air live October 12th, 2013, 10:30pm-Midnight PST on The Dr. Susan Block Show. Listen FREE on your computer at DrSuzy.Tv or your phone at http://m.drsuzy.tv. Call-In: 1.866.289.7068 or 626.461.5950. Watch the Live Show at DrSusanBlock.Tv (Now just $7.95/month!).

The Dr. Susan Block Show is produced by The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, an international center for sexual expression, therapy and education, based in LA. Founded in 1991 by Susan M. Block, PhD, world-renowned Yale-educated sexologist, best-selling author and host of HBO specials, the Institute’s mission is to help individuals, couples and communities enhance their sexuality and improve their lives based upon Dr. Block’s philosophy of Ethical Hedonism and The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure. A portion of all proceeds goes to help save the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos from extinction in the Congo and to promote the Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure around the world.

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Last DrSuzy.tv Show in Old Speakeasy Location this Saturday! (0)

This Saturday, July 6th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will broadcast its last live program in its current location in Downtown LA before moving into its own building in West LA. 

Joining international sexologist Dr. Susan Block in her Womb Room studios will be “Baby Block” Hollywood socialite Amor Hilton, Harvard-degreed fitness queen Erin J. Morgart, Le Cube Gallery's "Porñatas" (erotic art piñatas) artist Amy Ruvalcaba, porn star Selma Sins of Ideal Image Models, Fire Juggler Dark Phoenix, comedian Daryl Wright, adult actress Jayden Lee, model Kat Dior, Fawnia the Naughty Realtor, sex therapist Dr. Hernando Chaves plus more TBA.

“Last Show in the Old Speakeay” will air live July 6th, 2013, 10:30pm-Midnight PST on The Dr. Susan Block Show. Listen FREE on your phone at http://m.drsuzy.tv.  Call-In Free: 1.866.289.7068.

Watch the Live Show at http://drsusanblock.com/TV.html (Now just $7.95/month!).

To join our exclusive live in-studio audience and the after-party at Dr. Suzy’s Speakeasy in the Soul of Downtown LA, aka BonoboVille, call or go to http://tinyurl.com/DrSuzyRSVP.

This edition of The Dr. Susan Block Showwill feature Bonoboville Communion by Jello Shots LA, among the many fine libations and hors d’oeuvres at the always-popular Speakeasy Open Bar and Aphrodisiac Buffet. Sex toys provided by Sybian, Blush Novelties, Swingtastic Toys, CalExotics, ScreamingO, Divine Interventions, Stockroom, JuxLeather, Pipedream Productsand Condomania condoms. Proceeds from donations go to help save the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos from extinction in the Congo and to promote theBonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure around the world.

Pre-Moving Speakeasy Yard Sale This Weekend & Next: Amazing Bargains on Erotic Art, Equipment & Memorabilia! Qualified individuals will be invited up to the Institute's legendary penthouse and into the studios for private tours of the erotic art, technical equipment and amazing memorabilia. We desperately need cash for the move so (almost) everything is on sale! Now's your chance to take a piece of the old Speakeasy home with you before we pack it all up and move on! Your purchases and donations will create a fabulous new venue for all of us. For address & information, Call [callus] and ask for David.

The Dr. Susan Block Show is produced by The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, an international center for sexual expression, therapy and education, based in LA.  Founded in 1991 by Susan M. Block, PhD, world-renowned Yale-educated sexologist, best-selling author and host of HBO specials, the Institute’s mission is to help individuals, couples and communities enhance their sexuality and improve their lives based upon Dr. Block’s philosophy of Ethical Hedonism and The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure. 

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CACOPHONY SOCIETY this Saturday on The Dr. Susan Block Show! (0)

“The Suicide Club and Cacophony Society deeply influenced DrSuzy.tv, not to mention Burning Man--and a lot of wet women--as well as various pranksters, Dadaists, cosplayers, flashmobsters, zombie marchers, Fight Clubbers, improv artists, urban explorers, porn klownz, Anonymous hackers, counterculturalists and others who play "outside the box"...so I can't wait to get CACOPHONOUS this Saturday!” says Dr. Block.

This Saturday, June 22ND, The Dr. Susan Block Show will explore the revolutionary influence of San Francisco's world-renowned Cacophony Society and the legendary Suicide Club on American culture and counterculture.

Joining international sexologist Dr. Susan Block in her Womb Room studios will be her old Golden Gate Bridge-climbing guide John Law, now co-author of Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society, his co-author Carrie Galbraith, plus artist/scholar/pornstar Amber Chase and performing partner Patrick J. Knight, fetish performer Odette DelacroixDrSuzy.tv award winner TS Tiffany Starr, Fawnia the Naughty Realtor, Mistress Eva, Star, Selena White plus more TBA.

“CACOPHONY SOCIETY” will air live June 22nd, 2013, 10:30pm-Midnight PST on The Dr. Susan Block Show. Listen FREE on your phone at http://m.drsuzy.tv. Call-In Free: 1.866.289.7068.

Watch the Live Show & See Everything at http://drsusanblock.com/TV.html (Now just $7.95/month!).

To join our exclusive live in-studio audience and the erotic after-party at Dr. Suzy’s Speakeasy in the Soul of Downtown LA, aka BonoboVille, call or go to http://tinyurl.com/DrSuzyRSVP.

This will be one of our last live shows in our current location before we move onto our exciting new place, so if you love the Speakeasy or if you've always wanted to come here, but never have, don't miss this Saturday!

This edition of The Dr. Susan Block Show will feature Bonoboville Communion by Jello Shots LA, among the many fine libations and gourmet hors d’oeuvres featured at the always-popular Speakeasy Open Bar and Aphrodisiac Buffet. Sex toys provided by Sybian, Swingtastic Toys, CalExotics, ScreamingO, Divine Interventions, Stockroom, JuxLeather, Pipedream Products and Condomania condoms. Proceeds from donations go to help save the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos from extinction in the Congo and to promote the Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure around the world.

The Dr. Susan Block Show is produced by The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, an international center for sexual expression, therapy and education, based in LA. Founded in 1991 by Susan M. Block, PhD, world-renowned Yale-educated sexologist, best-selling author and host of several HBO specials, the Institute’s mission is to help individuals, couples and communities enhance their sexuality and improve their lives based on Dr. Block’s philosophy of Ethical Hedonism and The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure.

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DR. SUZY’S BDAY BACCHANALIA 2013: This Saturday Night, June 8th in Bonoboville! (0)

 “Let's all make a wish, put our lips together and blow…” says Dr. Block.

This Saturday, June 8th, international sexologist Dr. Susan Block will present her annual birthday bacchanalia live on DrSuzy.tv with friends, lovers, Commedia Erotic performances, orgiastic demonstrations, stimulating conversation, peace through pleasure and spankings for all.  The show and party will feature a galaxy of stars and heavenly bodies, including Amor Hilton, Courtney Taylor, Vanessa Goodmanson, Vicky Vixen, Sienna Sinclaire, Ash Hollywood, Cody Sky, Nyomi Banxxx, Benjamin Godfre, Heidi Hollywood, Brianna Brooks, Malaika Millions, Lotus Lain, Johnny Chorizo, Moushumi Ghose, Isiah King James, Amanda Blow, Evilyn Fierce, Anthony Winn,  Paul Sapiano, Master D, Camden Toy, Steve Nelson, Odette Delacroix, MTV Failosophy's Gareth Reynolds, Brittany Blaze, Kiki Daire, Jessi Palmer, Corpsy, Sex Nerd Sandra, Ben Acker, Dr. Hernando Chaves, Sabrina Dropkick, Dark Phoenix, Kush Collective, Cece Larue, Murrugun the Mystic, Mo the Monster, Yossi the Sculptor, Fawnia the Realtor and more TBA.

“Dr. Suzy's Bday Bacchanal 2013” will air live June 8th 2013, 10:30pm-Midnight PST on The Dr. Susan Block Show. Listen FREE on your phone at http://m.drsuzy.tv.  Call-In Free: 1.866.289.7068.

Watch the Live Show & See Everything at http://drsusanblock.com/TV.html (Now just $7.95/month!).

To join our exclusive live in-studio audience and the erotic after-party at Dr. Suzy’s Speakeasy in the Soul of Downtown LA, aka BonoboVille, call or go to http://tinyurl.com/DrSuzyRSVP.

This special birthday edition of The Dr. Susan Block Show will feature  Bonoboville Communion by Jello Shots LA, among the many fine libations and gourmet hors d’oeuvres featured at the always-popular Speakeasy Open Bar and Aphrodisiac Buffet. Sex toys provided by Sybian, Swingtastic Toys, CalExotics, ScreamingO, Divine Interventions, Stockroom, JuxLeather, Pipedream Products and Condomania condoms. Proceeds from donations go to help save the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos from extinction in the Congo and to promote the Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure around the world.

The Dr. Susan Block Show is produced by The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, an international center for sexual expression, therapy and education, based in LA.  Founded in 1991 by Susan M. Block, PhD, world-renowned Yale-educated sexologist, best-selling author and host of HBO specials, the Institute’s mission is to help individuals, couples and communities enhance their sexuality and improve their lives based upon Dr. Block’s philosophy of Ethical Hedonism and The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure.

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“MASTURBATION NATION” this Saturday Night (Memorial Day Eve) on DrSuzy.tv: MASTURBATION NOT OCCUPATION ♥ (0)

"More Americans masturbate than eat hot dogs, play baseball, watch TV or drop bombs from drones on foreign villages--combined. So this Saturday’s Memorial Day Eve Masturbation Month Climax will be an all-American Self-Pleasure Party to Memorialize! Free Bradley Manning!" says Dr. Block.

This Saturday, May 25th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will wind up the Merry Masturbation Month of May on Memorial Day Eve in America, our Masturbation Nation, with a show dedicated to Masturbation Not Occupation.  Joining international sexologist Dr. Susan Block in her Bonoboville broadcast studios anti-war activists and Bradley Manning supporters Angela Keaton and Nick Hankoff, several US Military veterans, the return of pornstar/comedians Amanda Blow, Brittany Blaze, Daryl Wright a mysterious former Playboy bunny and more TBA....

“MASTURBATION NATION” will air live May 25th 2013, 10:30pm-Midnight PST on The Dr. Susan Block Show. Listen FREE on your phone at http://m.drsuzy.tv.  Call-In Free: 1.866.289.7068.

Watch the Live Show & See Everything at http://drsusanblock.com/TV.html (Now just $7.95/month!).  

To join our exclusive live in-studio audience and the erotic after-party at Dr. Suzy’s Speakeasy in the Soul of Downtown LA, aka BonoboVille, call or go to http://tinyurl.com/DrSuzyRSVP.

For more information about Masturbation Month, go to http://bloggamy.com/masturbation-month/

Coming Up Soon on DrSuzy.tv...To RSVP: Call [callus] 6/01/13 –  Tamela Lee, Smoking Amber + Abraham’s Bday 6/08/13–  DR. SUZY’S BDAY BACCHANALIA featuring a Star-Studded Bevy of Bacchantes!

This edition of The Dr. Susan Block Show will feature  Bonoboville Jello Shots by Jello Shots LA, among the many fine libations and gourmet hors d’oeuvres featured at the always-popular Speakeasy Open Bar and Aphrodisiac Buffet. Sex toys provided by Sybian, Swingtastic Toys, CalExotics, ScreamingO, Divine Interventions, Stockroom, JuxLeather, Pipedream Products and Condomania condoms. Proceeds from donations go to help save the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos from extinction in the Congo and to promote the Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure around the world. The Dr. Susan Block Show is produced by The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, an international center for sexual expression, therapy and education, based in LA.  Founded in 1991 by Susan M. Block, PhD, world-renowned Yale-educated sexologist, best-selling author and host of HBO specials, the Institute’s mission is to help individuals, couples and communities enhance their sexuality and improve their lives based upon Dr. Block’s philosophy of Ethical Hedonism and The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure. 

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Merry Masturbation Month! “Sex & God” this Saturday on DrSuzy.tv (0)

"We may or may not be Children of God, Jesus, Allah, Brahma, Buddha or the Great Minihaha but, until we start cloning ourselves, we are all Children of SEX!" says Dr. Block.

This Saturday, May 4th 2013, The Dr. Susan Block Show will kick off the Merry Masturbation Month of May with a show about Sex & God and how that old-time religion can take a simple natural act like self-pleasure and render it fraught with psychic pain.  Joining international sexologist Dr. Susan Block in her Bonoboville broadcast studios will be Dr. Darrel Ray, author of Sex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality We'll also be joined in-studio by DrSuzy.tv regular Amor Hilton, Fawnia the Naughty Realtor, Strippers for Jesus and more TBA.

Sex & God will air live May 4th 2013, 10:30pm-Midnight PST on The Dr. Susan Block Show. Listen FREE at http://tinyurl.com/RadioSex.  Call-In Free: 1.866.289.7068. Watch the LIVE BROADCAST & See All the Pix and Past Shows at http://drsusanblock.com/TV.html (Now only $7.95/month!).   Listen Free on Your Mobile Phone at http://m.drsuzy.tv.

To join our exclusive live in-studio audience and the after-party at Dr. Suzy’s Speakeasy in the Soul of Downtown LA, aka BonoboVille, call or go to http://tinyurl.com/DrSuzyRSVP.

This edition of The Dr. Susan Block Showwill feature  Bonoboville Jello Shots by Jello Shots LA, among the many fine libations and gourmet hors d’oeuvres featured at the always-popular Speakeasy Open Bar and Aphrodisiac Buffet. Sex toys provided by Sybian, Swingtastic Toys, CalExotics, ScreamingO, Divine Interventions, Stockroom, JuxLeather, Pipedream Productsand Condomania condoms. Proceeds from donations go to help save the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos from extinction in the Congo and to promote theBonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure around the world.

The Dr. Susan Block Show is produced by The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, an international center for sexual expression, therapy and education, based in LA.  Founded in 1991 by Susan M. Block, PhD, world-renowned Yale-educated sexologist, best-selling author and host of HBO specials, the Institute’s mission is to help individuals, couples and communities enhance their sexuality and improve their lives based upon Dr. Block’s philosophy of Ethical Hedonism and The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure.

If you feel you are suffering Religious Sexual Abuse, call the Block Institute at [callus].  We can help.

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EASTER EVE BACCHANALIA PRIMAVERA this Saturday on The Dr. Susan Block Show Comments Off on EASTER EVE BACCHANALIA PRIMAVERA this Saturday on The Dr. Susan Block Show

“Bacchus, Lord of the Bacchanalia, is the Classical God of Spring, forerunner to Jesus, God of Wine, Women, Ecstasy, Community & Miracles,” says Dr. Block

This Saturday, March 30th 2013, The Dr. Susan Block Show will honor the Bacchanalian roots of Easter and Passover with a Primavera bouquet of fresh Spring bacchantes and a lot of love.  Joining international sexologist Dr. Susan Block in her Womb Room broadcast studios will be exciting adult stars Pamela Balian, Natasia Monroe,  Brandi Love and Idelsy Love.

Easter Eve Bacchanalia Primavera will air live March 30th, 2013, 10:30pm-Midnight PST on The Dr. Susan Block Show. Listen FREE at http://tinyurl.com/RadioSex.  Call-In Free: 1.866.289.7068.

Watch the LIVE BROADCAST & See All the Pix and Past Shows at http://drsusanblock.com/TV.html

NEW: Listen Free on Your Mobile Phone at http://m.drsuzy.tv.

To join our exclusive live in-studio audience and the after-party at Dr. Suzy’s Speakeasy in the Soul of Downtown LA, aka BonoboVille, call [callus]. or go to http://tinyurl.com/DrSuzyRSVP.

Coming Up Soon on DrSuzy.tv... (click here to RSVP or call [callus]) 04/13/13 - Dr. Suzy and Pr. Max's 21st Wedding Anniversary! 04/20/13 - “Prostate Pleasure & Health” Author Dr. Charlie Glickman 05/04/13 - "Sex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality" Author Dr. Darryl Ray Watch the LIVE BROADCASTS on DrSuzy.TV. Call-In Free: 1-866-289-7068 

The Dr. Susan Block Show beverages of choice are Absinthe and Hennessy, among the many fine libations and gourmet hors d’oeuvres featured at the always-popular Speakeasy Open Bar and Aphrodisiac Buffet.  Sex toys provided by Sybian, CalExotics, ScreamingO, Divine Interventions, Stockroom, JuxLeather, Pipedream Products and Condomania condoms. Proceeds from donations go to help save the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos from extinction in the Congo and to promote the Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure around the world.

The Dr. Susan Block Show is produced by The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, an international center for sexual expression, therapy and education, based in LA.  Founded in 1991 by Susan M. Block, PhD, world-renowned Yale-educated sexologist, best-selling author and host of HBO specials, the Institute’s mission is to help individuals, couples and communities enhance their sexuality and improve their lives based upon Dr. Block’s philosophy of Ethical Hedonism and The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure.

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“The Porn Star Experience” Comments Off on “The Porn Star Experience”

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Do you crave a heightened sexual experience that goes beyond the ordinary? Do you fantasize about exciting, intense, athletic sex with an uninhibited, experienced partner who has a super hot body, smooth shaved genitalia and an insatiable libido?

Do you want to explore a variety of sexual positions—doggystyle (standing or on knees), cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, Asian cowgirl (cowgirl with the female's feet flat on the ground, in case you didn't know), missionary (with legs spread or up over shoulders), anal intercourse, analingus, 69 (in all its delicious variations), full-throttle deep throating, snowballs, facesitting, hairpulling, cream pies, ball licking, ATM, tittyfucking, footjobs, female ejaculation, screaming orgasms, rough sex, come in the face, bukkake, exhibitionism, interracial, threesomes, group sex,  gangbangs (and the list goes on...)?

Do you long to live out a sexual scene that’s as lusty, “dirty” and hardcore as the stuff you see in porn?

If so, count yourself among the many who desire The Porn Star Experience (PSE). Though it’s a common fantasy and can even be a fetish, it’s not as easy to achieve as most porn makes it look.  The first challenge is finding a genuine PSE partner, which either means someone who wants to have sex like a porn star, or who actually is a porn star.  If you’re a single guy (and yes, it’s mostly guys looking for the Porn Star Experience, as many of the gals who really enjoy it just become porn stars!), it’s tough enough to find a good PSE partner.  If you’re married, you might be able to interest your wife (or girlfriend) in trying some PSE moves (more on how to finesse that in a moment), but many women are uncomfortable, unwilling or physically unable to engage in these types of hardcore sex acts.

Positions and sex acts are just the start of what a porn star may be eager and able to take part in. Porn stars are also exciting because of how they sound and talk. Do you like moaning? Screaming? Dirty talk?  Do you want your name called out mid-orgasm? Or maybe you’d like to be called other, nastier names? Maybe you want to call her the nasty names without worrying about offending her.  Maybe you want her to beg you to give it to her good? To spank her? To cum on her? Or do you want her grab your cock with confidence and cum all over you?

If you've been fantasizing about this, then the PSE may be just what you need. You may not want the porn star life, but one advantage of the PSE is that it is just a temporary experience... you won't deal with having a porn star for your girlfriend, you won't have to be on camera in front of thousands of people (or a crew and hot lights), and you don't need to worry about the actual art and business of pornography! But you do get to enjoy the erotic rush and unforgettable, confidence-boosting sexual experience that comes out of living the fantasy... for a bit, anyway.

So where and how do you get the PSE?  Many escorts, mistresses and call girls offer it.   Some are even actual porn stars who meet with private clients on the side.  Just google the Porn Star Experience and surf around until you find someone appealing in your area.  Entering the escort world is a gamble, of course—not to mention illegal in many locales—but you just might have the PSE of your life!

Then again, you might be hesitant to jump into a real-life PSE, for various practical reasons. Cost: a genuine PSE can be fairly expensive. Safety: who is this person you will be intimate with for an evening or other short time? Will they rip you off? Do they have an STD? Do they have a shady past that may catch up with them (and you)? Besides that, maybe you don't want people to find out about your PSE. Maybe you have a wife or girlfriend, and don't want to cheat on her (or don't want to get caught). Maybe you don't want anyone to know, because of the stigma that's still attached to prostitution (and, to some extent, pornography). Maybe you don’t have the time or opportunity.

But there is a way to get the pleasure, excitement and the awesome, empowering carnal knowledge of The Porn Star Experience without the headache of hiring an escort or mistress, and it’s as close as your own phone.  You can experience the PSE in a telephone or webcam sex therapy session with the Dr. Susan Block Institute.  We’re therapists—some of us with PhD’s, Master’s, nursing and other degrees—but we're sex therapists, and some of us are porn stars. All of us know porn stars and love them. They’re frequent guests at the Institute, especially on Saturday nights when we have our shows and parties. In the medium of the telephone—as well as webcam, email or text—we are the very best at delivering the most intense, visceral, creative, descriptive Porn Star Experience you can imagine.  Our sexy porn star and pornstar-friendly therapists—male, female and shemale—are ready to talk with you, listen and share that quintessential PSE with you.

We can also help you to bring out the “porn star” from within your wife or girlfriend—or yourself!—so you can have an actual PSE with someone you love.  Everybody has a wild porn star inside of them yearning to break free and get wild in some way.  Keep in mind that pornstar quality sex is not an all or nothing proposition.  In fantasy, you can do it all.  In real life, if you can learn just a few PSE moves, positions or tricks, and encourage your partner to really cut loose, you can really spice up your regular sex life.

You might even have a real Porn Star Experience if you come to see a show here at our LA Institute on Saturday nights when Dr. Susan Block interviews porn stars and other sexperts.  That’s right, you can meet real porn stars in person here (call [callus] for more information about attending our Saturday night shows).  So though the PSE might be pure fantasy, we’re very real and down-to-earth and you can see that for yourself when you visit.

But since we’re an international institute and most of our clients don’t live in LA, our most popular medium for the PSE is the telephone.  It’s  intimate, convenient, less expensive, and virtually pressure-free, allowing you to really relax and let your imagination go wild. Whether you want to have The Porn Star Experience over the phone or cam, or discuss some of the pros and cons of doing it in real life, you can give us a call right now or anytime that’s good for you.  Unlike most therapists, we’re here for you whenever you need us, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  Call [callus].

The other side of the coin of The Porn Star Experience is often referred to as “The Girlfriend Experience” (GSE).  If you’re seeking a partner that’s more friendly than lusty, an experience that’s more emotional than physical, more about intimacy than excitement, perhaps you'd benefit from the GSE.  Here at the Dr. Susan Block Institute, we offer both The Girlfriend Experience and The Porn Star Experience, via phone, webcam, sexting and a whole lot more. Call us now to find out all about it (no charge for information!): [callus].

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