Kink Education Freestyle with Sunny Megatron - Ep 172

On episode 172 of American Sex Podcast, Host & Kink Educator Sunny Megatron free-styles BDSM education, gives helpful tips, and busts myths that are commonly spread within the kink community. Topics discussed:

Benign masochism & the neuroscience of BDSM
Myths about sadomasochism and the notion that pain = pleasure
Examining the WHY behind our attraction to certain kinks
The surprising relationship between BDSM & sex
Kinksters on the neurodivergent and asexual spectrums
The differences between subspace & domspace
How community affects kinksters that aren’t involved in community
Platonic kink & the “dynamic escalator”
The many types of kinksters
How dangerous BDSM misinformation spreads on the internet
Consensual non-consent & the latest research on rape fantasies

Sunny Megatron Bio

Sunny Megatron is a sexuality & kink educator and media personality. She’s the host and executive producer of the Showtime original television series, SEX with Sunny Megatron, plus co-hosts the AASECT Award winning American Sex Podcast and Open Deeply Podcast.

Sunny is a Certified Relationship Coach and American College of Sexologists International Certified Sex Educator plus was voted XBIZ 2021 Sexpert of the Year and Kinkly’s Sex Blogging Superhero of 2017. She’s been featured by outlets like Cosmo, Playboy, Buzzfeed, and CNN, plus is a contributing editor of XBIZ Premiere Magazine and a regular columnist for Sexual Health Magazine. Her first book, Customizable Kink: A Strategic Guide to Erotic Play will be released in 2022.

In her sell-out sex and kink workshops, Sunny’s unique brand of “edutainment” seamlessly combines her humorous lecturing style, interactive exercises, and the latest sexuality research. Sunny’s passion is helping people become their authentic, sexual selves by learning to overcome shame and shed inhibitions. As a lifestyle BDSM enthusiast, her work focuses on demystifying non-normative sexual practices, amplifying erotic intelligence, and ending stigma.

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Episode 172 Links

Sunny Megatron website https://sunnymegatron.com/
Sunny Megatron TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sunnymegatron?
Sunny Megatron Twitter https://twitter.com/sunnymegatron
Sunny Megatron Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sunnymegatron/
Kink Academy Online BDSM Learning Library http://bit.ly/kinkacademy
Science of BDSM Research Team https://www.scienceofbdsm.com/
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Infinite Quest Podcast https://infinitequestpodcast.com/
Ep 163 Lessons from a New Kinkster w/ Catie & Eric https://sunnymegatron.com/new-to-kink/
Adapted cold shower as a potential treatment for depression https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17993252/
Open water swimming as a treatment for major depressive disorder https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6112379/

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