sex education - American Board of Sexology

Teens’ learning about sex & relationships

James Walker2024-01-29T18:11:45-05:00

One of many factors fundamental for people’s experience of health and well-being is sexuality. Sexual health should be recognized as an affirmative concept associated with well-being and positive qualities and as being more than reproductive health. It is linked to the expression of individual and collective needs, human rights and responsibilities. [...]

BDSM Disclosure and Stigma Management

2024-01-29T18:11:46-05:00

The topic of disclosure of an interest in BDSM (an umbrella term for sexual interests including bondage, domination, submission/ sadism, and masochism) remains largely unaddressed in current resources. There is evidence that interest in BDSM is common (Renaud & Byers, 1999), often stigmatized, and that people hesitate to disclose it (Wright, 2006). [...]