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Esteem Resource Network update event materials

This is just a quick update to share my powerpoint from the Esteem Resource Network
update event and link to a few resources I looked at during my research. 

PowerPoint Presentation 


WHO definition of sexual health


Fpa Sexual Wellbeing and Pleasure document



Youtube videos 


50 Shades of Grey Trailer


Home office rape prevention advert 


Sex+ Consent video



Background reading

Fetish Sex: A Complete Guide to Sexual Fetishes

50 Shades of Grey reading by a Sex and Relationship Educator

and if you are super keen 
Fifty Shades of Grey

This is a very expensive but very useful collection of articles  The Politics of Pleasure in Sexuality Education: Pleasure Bound (Routledge Research in Education)

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