Marie Claire Talks

Marie Claire South Africa — How has the normalisation of anal sex shifted? Do women really enjoy it? Is it a safer alternative to intercourse? Thinking about trying it? We tell you the need to know. To answer all these questions and more, we chat to Rayven, a tantric sex counsellor and Seattle-based sex educator and author of The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure, Charlie Glickman.

Marie Claire South Africa — What are sex toys and what are they for? How can individuals and couples enjoy sex toys? Finally we explore the stigmas attached to sex toys, where to buy them and how to care for them, as well as other interesting facts. To answer all of these questions and more, we chat to Brodie Meyer, managing editor at Desir Intimate Collection, and Samather Schwarer, a sex toy consultant and industry pundit.

Marie Claire South Africa — Why we need to talk about masturbation. We get down and dirty about our (self) love lives. Who’s talking about self-pleasure and how? What are the best ways to explore the solo pleasures of your body? To answer all these questions and more, we chat to sexologist, sexuality researcher and educator Dr Catriona Boffard, sex-positive feminist photographer Shilo McCabe and medical doctor and sex educator Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng.

Marie Claire South Africa — How does porn affect the way we have sex? Can we compare the way we experience pleasure to how it is done in porn? What is ethical porn, and what does it mean to be a feminist porn director? To answer all these questions and more, we chat to award-winning erotic film director Erika Lust and sex educator Elle Chase