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Love and Relationships: Alternative Erotic Orientations

Alternative Erotic Orientations Introduction:
Sexual and romantic relationships and expressions can be as diverse as the individuals who are involved in them. This channel addresses a number of sexual interests that are often considered to be "atypical," such as BDSM, cybersex, open relationships, and fetishes. BDSM is a form of sex play which can include role playing, bondage and discipline (BD), dominance and submission (DS), sadism and masochism (SM), and more. Cybersex is when two people have a sexual encounter or form a sexual relationship over the internet or via email. Open relationships include non-monogamous partnerships, polyamory/polyfidelity, swinging, and other forms of relationships. A fetish is defined as "a fixation on an activity, an object, or on part of the body."

Alternative Erotic Orientations Articles:

  • A Short Lexicon of BDSM Terminology
  • Orgasms for Two: The Joy of Partner Sex Interview
  • Fetishes: History and Practice
  • What 'Gay Pride' Really Means
  • Falling in Love with the Wrong Sex
  • An Introduction to Polyamorous Relationships: Terms and Concepts
  • Can a Person Have a Fetish for a Body Part?
  • Men Who Love Big Beautiful Women
  • Camera Shy: When Your Partner is an Exhibitionist
  • Women Who Have Sex with Women (WSW)

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  • Answered Love and Relationships - Alternative Erotic Orientations Questions:

  • I can't understand why, but this is what ails me: I have an incredible fetish for mature women...

    It never really was a problem, only lately I knew it was an issue when I started to envision ....

  • I have a very strong desire to see my wife of 20 plus years have passion and oral sex with another man. The other man should not know us otherwise. This is a fantasy that has been with me for years, a ....
  • Hello, Here is my problem, I'm a 30-year old man. I'm married and have no problem having sex with my wife normally; still, I have a smoking fetish (seeing women smoke turns me on). A few months ago ....
  • How do you get rid of a sexual fetish if it disturbs your sex life and destroys your ability to have normal sex?
  • I am trying desperately to understood my partner's need for pornography outside of our relationship. I never reject his advances and often initiate sex. I am not adverse to watching pornography togeth ....
  • i'm 32 yr old, married guy. recently my wife and i havetried anal sex. my ? is if this normal, is it okay or could it cause any problems to her or myself?
  • hello i am 21 my name is adam. i looked at a topic about a guy who's girlfriend wanted to use a strap on on him. he said he was intrested and wanted advice. i also am intrested in doing this with my g ....
  • I need to find an answer to a problem that occured with me and the man that I love and cherish in my life.....we met we love one another a lot but we have long distance relathionship..do to that we ha ....
  • This question is, what i would think, very akward (although im sure you're used to akward questions). I feel somewhat guilty for asking it, but i must know... I enjoy dirty talk. Not in a perverted, c ....
  • My wife and I have been involved in the "swinger" scene for some time now. It's been a wonderful way to express our sexuality as a couple over the years. However, I've sensed she has had more than a f ....
  • Dear Dr. Kat,

    I'm in a happy marriage of fifteen years and couldn't love my husband more. However, I have been having a secret affair for the past year with another man. Although, my husband and ....

  • I'm a healthy, well-adjusted 40-year-old woman who loves sex. I have no interest in getting married or of even getting in a long-term relationship. I like that I can have sex when and with whom I w ....
  • hi, ive been going out with my boyfriend for 2 years and the sex use to be great but for the past 6 months he would prefer to be on his own with a porn video and if i do finally get sex he never gets ....
  • PLease help me to understand this...I have searched many sites to find my answer to my question...and now I ask you for your help...Ok/ here is my question to you...I am a very healthy-FEmale...(who i ....
  • I have a new girl friend and she has exposed me to some new things sexually. She enjoys 1) light erotic spanking (me spanking her) 2) Analingus by way of me doing it to her with my tongue and my ....
  • I have a compulsion to see naked men being viewed as an object and enjoyed by fully clothed women. I like to do it also if I get a chance. Thinking about this itself helps my erection stay longer when ....
  • I am bi-polar. Eight months ago I searched for pornography on the computer. I've never done it before because I felt it was a pervertive thing to do. For about 5 months I could not stop viewing it a ....
  • I have always had a srong reaction to the sound of the trumpet, and especially the trombone. There is something about the both the shape, appearnce, and sound of those insrtuments that initiate an al ....
  • I'm straight and have some gay friends and I'm very concerned about their sick behavior! They keep telling they are getting anal sex from a dog! I told them to stop doing that, but they don't listen t ....
  • I am in my early 30's and I started to find sexual pleasure in areas other than normal heterosexual relationships. I discovered ways to masturbate and achieve female orgasm, that is, my penis stays er ....
  • I have a fetish with worn womens underwear, but only girls I know and have gained a liking toward, Namely my wives sisters. I cannot help myself when I get a chance to steal a pair, which I use in l ....
  • My girlfriend and I are both bisexual. We have been in a monogamous relationship (albeit long distance) for over a year. She is very assertive sexually, and I am not, so much. This seems to cause some ....
  • I seem to have got stuck in a terrible rut as regards my enjoyment of sex. I am very much in love with my boyfriend and we plan to be together for a long time. He has a much higher sex drive than me, ....
  • Hello. I've recently found your website and thought I would ask a question. Here goes: About 6 months ago, I was in a mens restroom using one of the urinals and I was the only one there. I was usi ....
  • i always like to wear women panties is that a normal habbits or no? i ussualy wear it when mansturbating pls geve me an explanation
  • I am a single 22 year old male i have a habit off wanting to show my penis to females.
  • Hello I'm a 18 year old male and have a problem with ejactulating. I have never had an orgasim in my life, I have also never masturbated before, I'm some-what of a mascacist I always turned to pain fo ....
  • 1. Is it true that women prefer girth over length? What do you prefer? 2. How bad is it for me to like looking at bestiality?
  • I am a 27-year-old man, and I feel attracted towards boys. I do want to change and I want to feel attracted towards girls. Can I? I want to marry. Can I? Please advice
  • My partner has ceased to be intimate beyond a certain degree
  • I have found web sites my husband has been visiting (several) that are pictures of amputated women and stories about amputated people. What does this mean?
  • i have a lack of desire prob for 5 years. I think the reason is loss of erotic associations problem. But i cant find much info about this on net or libraries. Can you give me any information about thi ....
  • i was a foot fetishist and masochist. When i got 18 my fantasies began to disturb me and i tried to repress my sexual feelings. i did this for months and as a result i lost my erotic desire. Now im 23 ....
  • Dr Brame ~ I'm not sure if this is the type of question you can answer, but I followed the links from your website. I've recently been tuning into my submissive tendencies, and in doing so, I've dis ....
  • What type of husband would enjoy pornography from a magnitude of young teens to seeing women have sex with animals. I have seen his collection of photos with women being raped, and S&M. You name it, h ....
  • ever since i was young i have had a fascination about rubber balloons and have been using them for masturbating since i was i teen and now married i find it hard to stop buying them and masturbating w ....
  • ANAL sex or masturbation with dildo's, vegetables and anything not nailed down. What is the best way to stretch the rectum? Can dildo-ing the ass have any health risks? Everyday I like to do it to mys ....
  • Melissa, I have been in a long distance relationship with a man 52 y/o and have become aware when I fly to see him that he spends approx 4 hours a day on the net looking up porno and masturbating. He ....
  • I'm divorced,42 yrs. old with 2 kids. During my marriage I had great sex with my husband, with whom I shared several dreams and fantasies about being with another woman. He was always supporting and e ....
  • I have a question regarding biological differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals. I read your column concerning sexual orientation and the causes of homosexuality. While you did acknowledge ....
  • Regarding By Gloria G. Brame, PhD, MPH article on BDSM activities... I found it good that you do write about this stuff... but for heavens sake... spend a few hours in chat wiht the many r/l people ....
  • I am frequently hearing about individuals in the BDSM and/or D/s lifestyle practicing somtehing they refer to as Denial of Release. I would like to obtain as many aspects as possible to the good an ....
  • My husband has been masturbating for years, and I don't have a problem with self-pleasure, as long as there is no danger and it is not a replacement for sexual relations together. However, in recent m ....
  • My boyfriend has a sexual fantasy to have sex with two woman. I support him. Sometimes we see pictures about this fantasy and get excited, To have it is good for the relationship? and In case that the ....
  • My boyfriend and I have sex by phone, because he live far away me. Is it normal? We have phone sex frecuently. We are very passionate at that respect How can i get the difference betwenn love and des ....
  • my boyfriend and i have lived together for 2 months we sleep in seperate rooms. Sometimes he sends me to bed to my room then he gets on his computer to look at porn. I told him this bothers me. He say ....
  • I don´t know this is a problem I want to know if the fantasy that my boyfriend and I dream is normal.
  • A few months back my wife went out with a friend of hers to a night club. while in the club my wife started drinking and ended up kissing another woman and and told her "ill make you feel like a woman ....
  • I've been masturbating to pornography for years I've noticed that when I meet a woman I like and attempt to have intercourse with her that I loos interest soon. As a result, I loose my erection ....
  • I have never been sexually abused, or if I have, I have no awareness of it. From very early on in my life I have found severe abusive sexual scenarios attractive. Were I a man I would struggle with ....
  • I have been frustrated for years over what is "normal" sexually and what is not. I have many desires that I am not sure are normal. This causes quite a bit of stress in my life almost to the point of ....
  • In my previous relationship of six years I had lots of sex. My partner like to use dildos and she like being eaten out, she liked anal sex. I am in a new relationship now and we decided to start havi ....
  • Well, it's just about my curiosity regarding "masturbation". I am 50 yrs.old now and far away from my wife(she's in another country)and I would appreciate very much if you could spare me some informat ....
  • I've been married for the last 10 yrs. Our marriage was great and our sex lives were great also. But the last 4 yrs it’s all going down hill. I love my husband we had an open relationship, which was g ....
  • is it normal for a man who is in a healthy sexual relationship to masterbate & watch pornography ? If the answer is yes, how often is normal?
  • Is it possible to contract a STD from a Sex Cinema. There were men there who were having sex with one another, but if you just sat next to them and did not engage in sex is it possible by being in the ....
  • After having suffered damaged blood vessels in my penis 3 years ago through blockage of penis during ejaculation, I now find that I cannot get a full erection. The bottom half of the penis is hard as ....
  • is it possible to have a wifw while remaining free?
  • I actually have two questions: 1. My husband goes through bouts of not being able to maintain an erection while we are having sex. This has occurred often and on for the last 16 years(he is now 39). ....
  • I would like to teach a class on sexual diseases and alternative lifestyles to the adults but I need help with getting the information. Do you have any suggestions.
  • My husband seems to have an overactive interest in pornography and correspondence with others regarding sex, but doesn't seem to have much interest in intercourse with me. We have a healthy and happy ....
  • I fear that a man I have fallen in love with may in fact be a masochist. As the relationship progressed, there have been subtle hints that lead me to believe this. I also feel that he struggles with t ....
  • I would like to know how to induce lactation for sexual pleasure. My husband and I saw this in a movie and it turned both of us on. I am 32 and it ....
  • I caught my son and our German shepherd doing things in his room. He is 15 years old and after talking to him about it he s ....
  • My boyfriend of 1 year has a history of having sex with pre-operative male cross-dressers. Neither of us understand the 'r ....
  • I am a 41 year old female who, while visiting my paramour in another state, innocently found 3 copies o "sample bondage contracts" and several other disconcerting items. Although we've discussed this ....

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