Andrew Pari is America's leading authority on the arousal response in sexualized violence and related taboo topics in the sexual assault field. He is the founder and...
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A conversation about the social media attacks on Prostasia
Early in September Prostasia was the center of a social media firestorm on Twitter. The attacks started with opponents of sex workers, but soon spread across the political...
From the Newsletter: The Blue Lagoon
Editor’s Note: Prostasia is reprinting useful material from our newsletter for blog readers. To keep up to date on everything happening at Prostasia, you can sign up...
Retraumatization and cultural context
Twenty years ago, the Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Study revolutionized our understanding of trauma’s impact on survivors of abuse. Today, more...
BDSM can help heal from trauma
BDSM, or Bondage, Discipline, Dominance, Submission, Sadism, and Masochism, is not usually associated with healing. Instead, BDSM in popular culture is usually portrayed...
Prostasia’s Biggest Success
Editor’s Note: Prostasia is reprinting useful material from our newsletter for blog readers. This article first ran in September 2020. To keep up to date on...
From the Newsletter: Sandra Wollner’s The Trouble With Being Born
Editor’s Note: Prostasia is reprinting useful material from our newsletter for blog readers. This review first ran in May 2020. To keep up to date on everything...
From the Newsletter: HBO’s Euphoria
Editor’s Note: Prostasia is reprinting useful material from our newsletter for blog readers. This review first ran in November 2020. To keep up to date on...
Sex, disability, and embracing a second adolescence
We all look back on our teen years at some point in our lives, right? Some of us look back on those moments with a fondness for them; old memories flooding back to us like...
Europe’s chat control mandate begins
Secret artificial intelligence (AI) surveillance tools have been developed by tech companies at the urging of governments, and quietly deployed against millions of...