#like water based lubes work less well if the person being penetrated is dehydrated because their skin will absorb the water present!!

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that's so cool that you study sex + psychology!! i think that stuff is sooo interesting, esp as an ace person - i joke that sex and especially kink are one of my special interests. at the very least it's a lens through which i love exploring my other interests! i don't suppose you have any recs for like interesting books or articles that are suitable for an amateur in the field? learning some actual theory seems super fun!

Oooohhh my god you have activated my trap card. I get to talk about some of my favourite documentaries. So!! So!! Most of the time I can't rec books as they tend to be very specific to subsections in fields such as shibari, BDSM, Dark Triads, taboo subject matters (Philias), and similar subject! But for an over view, I can recommend Psychology of Human Sexuality by Justin J. Lehmiller which is the textbook I used for my own classes as it gives an overview of every general field of sexuality.

But! But! I can give some specific documentaries as suggestions! First, I would suggest the video "The wheel of consent" by betty martin on youtube! It has a very interesting perspective on consent and how the different variations of it can play out in sexual scenes as well as platonic scenes. IIRC she has a longer version of this video, but the one I used for studies was this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auokDp_EA80

Another documentary is!!! Sex on Wheels! Which is an interesting documentary on sexuality and disabilities, and how people view it. There are a lot of variation in disabilities present, how long the individual has lived with it, and their opinions on their own autonomy as a person, and how that interacts with their sex lives versus romantic lives. I can't seem to find it on Youtube even though thats where I watched it ;-; it might have gotten deleted? So I'll add a link to the wiki instead https://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Sex_on_Wheels

As for articles, my professor suggested a sex shops blog! If you have a local adult store, or sex dungeon, they will most likely have classes or a blog that will discuss overviews on toys, lubes/and other lubricants, bondage, Dom/subbing, and how sexuality may impact lives. While I do have one on the ready, I dont feel comfortable sharing it due to the fact it would expose where I live, sorry!!! ;-;

Now! Now! If you have specific kinks or subjects you want articles on, Im happy to look them up and see if I can find ones that you dont need access to databases for or books on the subject matter. I dont want to accidentally send one you might get triggered by ;;;;;;;; so it might be easier if you asked for specifics instead of me just suggesting random subjects ;;;;; (sorry if this is less than what you wanted!!! I have a few things I keep close to my chest just in case it triggers people because as I do study psychology alongside sex I tend to read about INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIC STUDIES AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS (like the first vibrators and their history))