A kinky conference Sexy Spring 6
At a sexuality conference I learned healthy sex may just be deviant sex. BY Thomas Q. Johnson
PUBLISHED: 06/16/2009
In the vanilla world, the world most of us upstanding, everyday citizens inhabit, what healthy sex looks like is for the most part agreed upon, but more importantly, so too is the look of unhealthy sex. “Vanilla” is the term used by the fetish and BDSM (Bondage Domination Sadism and Masochism, though the definitions vary) community to describe people who don’t have experience in the fetishes. The moniker isn’t always pejorative, though it doesn’t always mean the best.
At Sexy Spring 6 , a sexuality conference held recently in Ford Hall, all kinds of people that the vanillas may have considered perverts showed up to talk about sex toys, bondage and the sex industry. Excited and happy faces walked though the halls to the various workshops dealing with sexuality.
I decided to attend an hour-and-half-long workshop on BDSM, taught by two sex therapists and members of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University .