SexEd Presents: Pleasure
Sexy and essential pleasure resources that were created and exhibited during Open Engagement (OE) 2015 at the College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University.

For OE, SexEd tackled the issue of pleasure by asking “What do you wish someone would have taught or told you about pleasure and sex?” In 2015 the discussion of pleasure in sex education, and sadly in a large part of American society, is a revolutionary act. It is banned from most sex education curricula in the US (teachers have been fired for broaching the subject), yet pleasure is an essential part of being a healthy sexual human being. After a pleasure conversation, led by sex educator Karen B. K. Chan, five participants made videos with SexEd using a pop-up video station with a variety of backdrops and props. The videos document individual stories and thoughts about pleasure, and can be shared widely to open an honest and necessary public dialogue. Similar SexEd projects have already been used by Planned Parenthood, the Red Hook Initiative, and others as tools for discussing a range of topics including healthy relationships, consent, and gender.

 
Pleasure Talks: Feels better when you talk about it
A mini-series about making pleasure more accessible through communication.

Frankie Toan
Part 3 (Talking to yourself)

… wishes he could have talked to his younger self about about changing bodies, wants and desires, as one path to pleasure. From Pleasure Talks: Feels better when you talk about it, a mini-series about making pleasure more accessible through communication.

Amy Masters
Part 2 (Talking to your partner)

… wishes she knew that talking to your partner openly and honestly about desires and pleasure can help to avoid embarrassing and inhibiting sexual experiences. From Pleasure Talks: Feels better when you talk about it, a mini-series about making pleasure more accessible through communication.

Kendell Harbin
Part 1 (Talking to your friends and family)

… wishes she knew earlier that talking to friends and family could be a means to understanding the nuances and many forms of pleasure and intimacy. From Pleasure Talks: Feels better when you talk about it, a mini-series about making pleasure more accessible through communication.

Charlotte Stiles
Pleasure Parts

… wishes she knew that pleasure comes in many forms and we are more similar than different when it comes to genitalia.

Rosemary Meza-DesPlas
What Gives You Pleasure

… wishes she spent more time exploring the small gestures of touching that bring pleasure and create a sense of intimacy between people.