Dr Michelle Mars Sex.Scoop.Co.NZ +64 21 979 373

Wellington’s very own fetish ball will be held for the second time on the 28th of August this year at the Garden Club. The first one, held a couple of years ago was fabulous. The acts held me spell bound and between acts there was plenty to entertain too.

Sometimes we hesitate to try something new because we don’t know what to expect. So I am going to tell you exactly what you can expect to see , hear, experience and feel.

And if you want to see a little more about what kink culture is about you can see a recent 20/20 story…..http://tvnz.co.nz/20-20-news/pleasure-and-pain-kink-3697399/video

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Dr Michelle Mars, Wellington Sexologist,  writing for Scoop on Sex.Scoop.Co.NZ

A Sydney client sent me a book called Kink to review.

I waited with eager anticipation for this book. A Sydney  journalist spends  four years of her life talking to people and researching fetish and kink. Read more »

This fabulous play is back on again and I didn’t only go and see this play because Miranda Harcourt and I shared a boyfriend…

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Well it was the 1980’s, the decade of excess but actually. Before I get started telling ancient Canterbury (university) tales I need to confess Read more »

Dr Michelle Mars, Sexologist for Sex.Scoop.Co.NZ

Usually when I get approached to comment on things sexual in the media the topic is quite vanilla but things have got a little kinkier for me over the last couple of weeks. 60 minutes interviewed me about swinging and gang bangs and one of my clients sent me a book about Kink culture in Sydney to review. Read more »

By Blair Bishop
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It was by surprise that i should be attending, the ball so i was completely underdressed… which means overdressed. So in keeping with the flavour of the ball I was expected to denude. I entered wearing only my undies and snakeskin belt. Myself and Dan the lovely Irishman, who will be residing here in New Zealand for the next year, attended on behalf of Dr Mars. Read more »

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By Dr Michelle Mars
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We live in a world where science has more credit than experiential knowledge. It’s been this way since the Enlightenment, around the beginning of the 18th Century, when religious belief gave way to rationalism. But with increasing rapidity science is proving that the things that the ancient sexual masters told us about sex are indeed true. In a recent article in the Journal of Sexual Medicine researchers revealed that sexually satisfied women experience better well-being and more vitality. Read more »

Miranda Harcourt and I shared a boyfriend

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FemFresh Research: Women lack confidence in bed

By Dr. Michelle Mars

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Recent research done by Femfresh, a company that sells… ‘a range of feminine hygiene products, designed especially for women, to help you stay clean and fresh from am to pm’, showed that women lack confidence in bed.

It’s hardly surprising that research done by a company that sells feminine hygiene products would come to this conclusion. These guys are experts in the sexual self confidence market. However, the Femfresh research finding to hit the news does not relate to feminine hygiene, it relates to drinking. Femfresh found that women drink before sex. (See Rebecca Lewis’ article in the Herald on Sunday) Read more »

Sex Parties and Sex Acts

By Dr Michelle Mars
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World politics has taken a turn for the better with the introduction of a main stream political party that takes sex seriously, the Australian ‘Sex Party’.

The Sex Party is responding to gender inequalities in politics, antiquated and ad hoc laws around sexuality and sexual expression, and political hypocrisy around sex.

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