Why Are People Into Masochism?!

The Establishment is the proud home of sex, gender, love, kink, and what-the-hell-is-that-all-about podcast “Why Are People Into That?!” hosted by educator, activist, and media maven Tina Horn. (Listen to previous episodes on bondage, the kinky pleasure of getting inked, and the glory of bodily fluids with Jenny Zhang!)

This week we have the wonderfully kinky Dirty Lola, host and creator of Sex Ed A Go Go (a monthly live sex Q&A), as well as a sex educator who teaches about spanking, polyamory, and other taboo topics.

Listen to part one of the podcast here, and part two here.

Consensual erotic pain can encourage us to practice and subvert the pain of the world.

M y favorite all time kinky joke is one I learned during downtime on a dungeon shift many years ago:

A masochist visits a dominatrix. His Mistress shackles him to a St Andrew’s cross on a raised platform. She attaches powerful magnetic clamps to his nipples and sharply pinching clothespins all up and down the insides of his thighs. She places his cock inside of a locked metal cage, and his erection becomes sore within a few minutes of swelling against the steel restraints. She whips him mercilessly, first using a flogger with heavy…