Pleasure Education w/ Stefanos & Shay - American Sex Podcast Ep 171

Want to be a sex or BDSM educator? Or become a better one? Maybe you’re a student wondering how to better vet the instructors you learn from? Stefanos and Shay join us for ep 171 of American Sex Podcast to talk about pleasure education. During the pandemic, the mainstreaming of virtual classes caused demand for kink and sex ed to skyrocket. The number of brand new “educators” teaching ethically questionable and dangerous techniques has exploded too. We discuss what you can do as a student or instructor to help combat lack of diversity and quality education in kink & sex ed, the ethics of teaching in a sexually charged setting, dos and don’ts for presenters, tips for attendees on mastering challenging material, red and green flags students can look for when vetting educators or online educational content creators, and more. Stefanos and Shay literally wrote the book on this subject – Creating Captivating Classes: A Guide for Kink, Sexuality, and Relationship Presenters, which includes input from more than a dozen well-known educators.

Stefanos & Shay Bio

Stefanos & Shay are a vivacious, unconventional D/s couple whose entertaining, information-packed classes have been called “better than a Vegas act.” They identify as pansexual polyamorous playsluts, purveyors of perversion, and alliteration fetishists! In between traveling internationally to present and perform, they are based in San Francisco, where they have hosted events including BENT (the Bay Area’s biggest dungeon party), Twisted Windows, Kink.com’s The Upper Floor, Threshold, and Bondage-a-Go-Go, where they were crowned King and Queen of Pervert’s Prom in 2006! They co-edited and authored the brand new book Creating Captivating Classes: A guide for kink, sexuality, and relationship presenters, which includes interviews with over a dozen rockstar educators.

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Episode 171 Links

Stefanos & Shay Website https://www.stefanosandshay.com/about-us/
Shay Twitter https://twitter.com/ShayBlondie
Stefanos Twitter https://twitter.com/MaestroStefanos
Creating Captivating Classes (support Wicked Grounds!) https://wickedgrounds.com/Creating-Captivating-Classes-p395828583
Creating Captivating Classes (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Captivating-Classes-Relationship-Presenters/dp/0578942240/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=creating+captivating&qid=1633842365&sr=8-2
Creating captivating classes academic review https://teachingpals.wordpress.com/2021/09/16/book-spotlight-creating-captivating-classes-a-guide-for-kink-sexuality-and-relationship-presenters/amp/?
Loladex, Dirty Lola’s list of marginalized pleasure educators https://twitter.com/i/lists/1028473897627385856
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