Many people, myself included, deal with chronic pain on a regular basis. As a result, we have coping mechanisms to get through our every day. But what about when we want to get down with our partners? How do we talk about chronic pain and sex with someone we’re intimate with? How do we make sex less painful? I’ve got answers for you.
Here are 8 tips on how to navigate sex when you have chronic pain with Eva Sweeney.
As the law that will ban hymen repair in the UK works its way through Parliament, it is clear some surgeons are holding out to the very last, still offering services on UK soil. Online, one London surgeon continues to claim hymen repair may be "beneficial for women who may have experienced vaginal damage due to sexual intercourse or strenuous physical activities". (Of course, if a hymen serves no biological purpose, what is beneficial about invasive surgery?) Let's put an end to the myths.
Professional domination, a historically taboo career that combines sex work with BDSM, is already sensationalized in pop culture as a world of cracking whips, villainous dungeons, and anguished screams. But combining that with Orientalist, hypersexualized stereotypes — either the fragile “lotus blossom” or aggressive “dragon lady” — can send some in a tailspin of fetishization and prurient curiosity.
