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What Is American Sex?This award-winning podcast is dedicated to changing America’s dysfunctional relationship with sex. Our sex lives are influenced by everything that makes us US--from our mental health to our relationships, politics, identity, and the shame our culture instills in us and relies on for control. Understanding how these things seep into our bedrooms makes all the kinky, pervy, weird stuff we’re secretly into seem not so weird after all. Hosts, Sunny Megatron & Ken Melvoin-Berg, are acclaimed Sex & BDSM Educators. They also co-created the groundbreaking Showtime Original Series, Sex with Sunny Megatron. Equal parts hilarious and informative, Sunny, Ken & their guests serve up real-talk about kink, polyamory, sexual ethics, and LGBTQIA+ subjects. From practical BDSM & sex tips to discussions about systematic repression of pleasure & sexual empowerment, each topic is approached with a lightheartedness that’s second to none. We believe Kink is Cutomizable™, education is the new punk rock, the personal is political, tinkle-your-pants laughter is an anecdote to sexual shame, and that collectively we can subvert this backward-ass system by finding power in our pleasure. Visit americansexpodcast.com & sunnymegatron.com for more. New Episodes every Monday. Stream all episodes below! |
About the HostsSuperheroes of sex ed, Ken Melvoin-Berg & Sunny Megatron are partners in every sense of the word. In addition to co-producing Showtime’s “Sex with Sunny Megatron,” they initially gained recognition writing and teaching about everyone’s favorite subject, SEX. In their sell-out workshops, their unique brand of “edutainment” plus combined 30+ years of sexuality teaching experience puts students at ease. They host the AASECT Award winning American Sex Podcast and Sunny’s first book, Customizable Kink: A Strategic Guide to Erotic Play will be released in 2022. A Certified Sex Educator and Relationship Coach, Sunny was also awarded XBIZ 2021 Sexpert of the Year. On a more personal note, this dynamic duo are married, parents, ethically non-monogamous, and lifestyle BDSM enthusiasts. |
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Apr 19, 2021
The word “manipulation” has a very
negative connotation. But is all manipulation abusive? Does it
always have the potential to undermine consent? On ep 158 of
American Sex Podcast Kitty Stryker joins us to analyze how
manipulation shows up in sex, relationships, and kink. It turns out
we manipulate a lot more than we realize and sometimes it can be
for noble intentions. But what differentiates positive manipulation
from abuse? We discuss what manipulation red flags to look for when
vetting potential partners, how to manipulate ethically in BDSM
scenes, how to negotiate manipulation in play, how to recognize
when it’s being used as an abusive tactic, how it relates to brat
play, and more.
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Episode 158 Links
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- International Day of Consent, November 30th - https://idoconsent.org/
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- Tending the Garden Virtual Summit April 24-25th https://www.tendingthegarden.love/virtual-summit
- American Sex Podcast Discord Community http://bit.ly/discordasp
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- Download the Feeld app for free plus get 50% off the first three months of Feeld’s Majestic membership using this link https://feeld.app.link/sunny50
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