Exploring BDSM as a Path to Healing for Survivors of Childhood Abuse
by Aidan Sunassee November 2024 BDSM has long stirred curiosity (and controversy), and for decades. It’s been assumed that...
Gen Z has more BDSM fantasies according to Feeld survey
by Grace Reynolds November 2024 The dating app Feeld, in partnership with Dr. Justin Lehmiller of the Kinsey institute,...
Chains of the Psyche: Sadomasochism Explained
A summary of Elizabeth Ehrmann (2005) Sadomasochism according to Freud’s psychosexual stages of development theory, Culture, Society and Praxis,...
Updates on the International Kink Health Study
Written by Richard Sprott, Research Director February 13, 2023 One of our big research projects is the International Kink...
Reconsidering the Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression
Written by Jessica Helmer March 14th, 2023 The commonly held belief that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance...
TASHRA Presents: PrEP4Kink
Written by Richard Sprott, Research Director April 2023 Last Fall, TASHRA received a grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. to...
New TASHRA Study begins: The Authority Transfer study
Written by Richard Sprott, Research Director April 2023 This is a research project to investigate the area of long...
BDSM Culture and Community
Author: Alexandra Gold BDSM Culture and Community: A Brief History The culture surrounding BDSM is sometimes dismissed as insignificant...
Embodying BDSM
Author: Alexandra Gold Embodying BDSM: The Five Senses of Kink Every individual experiences sex in a unique way. And...