We are back for our second panel debate of the year, this time exploring The Orgasm Gap in the run up to Valentine's Day! According to a study conducted last year by Durex almost 75% of women in the Netherlands do not orgasm during sex, whereas only 28% of men say they don’t always climax during sex. Studies have also found that comparatively women orgasm more in lesbian relationships and when masturbating alone. This so-called "orgasm inequality" in heterosexual couples is a real phenomenon, which is affecting intimacy, relationships and the wellbeing of many worldwide. Our panel experts will be sharing their knowledge and offering practical solutions to narrow the gap and bring more pleasure to all.
Event Schedule
Doors open: 19:00
Panel debate: 19:30-20:30
Q&A: 20:30-21:00
Panel Members
Kim Loliya (Chair)
Kim Loliya is a sex educator and editor of sex+, a sex positive magazine that shares real stories and rewrites narratives about sex. As a body-based coach at The Pleasure Institute, Kim specialises in women's sexual empowerment and healing believing that sexual pleasure is our birthright and that overcoming sexual shame is the key to joyful, powerful lives and relationships. Kim runs workshops and curates events on a variety of sex-related topics and is passionate about promoting inclusivity in the sexuality industry by leading Diversity For Sexuality Professionals - a practitioner group that provides support and best practice to widen access to sexuality-based services and training.
Seani Love
Seani Love is a male sex worker specialising in erotic journeys using the wonderful overlaps between Conscious Kink, BDSM and neo-Tantra. With training in counselling, theatre, Urban Tantra and many other hands-on and hands-off modalities, he has won numerous accolades including Sex Worker of the Year at the Sexual Freedom Awards in London in 2015. His work combines techniques from erotic ritual, extreme sensitivity to consent and boundaries and Jungian psychology to create powerful pathways to empowerment, healing and self-discovery. As an international workshop facilitator, Seani Love has supported many on their journey to places of increased power, sexual expression, body awareness and self-love.
Dr Trudy Barber
Dr Trudy Barber is an arts practitioner and academic researcher exploring sex and technology. She has been accredited with developing one of the first immersive VR sex environments whilst still an undergraduate at Central Saint Martins in 1992. Trudy has written, broadcast, lectured and consulted on the subject of techno-sex world wide, and is currently Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Portsmouth. As part of her PhD on Computer Fetishism and Sexual Futurology, Trudy explored different sexual sub cultures and their relationship to emerging technologies. Today she continues to explore notions of our attachment, sexual and otherwise, to digital technologies in general and robotics in particular.
Alix Fox
Alix Fox is a multi award-winning journalist/broadcaster/sex educator. Fox presents The Guardian's hit weekly sex & relationships real-life storytelling podcast, Close Encounters, which reached #7 in the worldwide iTunes podcast chart. A finalist for the Women of the Future Awards 2017 in the Media category, winner of the Sexual Freedom Award for Publicist of the Year 2017 and shortlisted for the Family Planning Association Rosemary Goodchild Award for Sexual Health Journalism 2017. Alix works as a Sex & Relationships Expert for Durex, and is a spokesperson for Japanese sex toy firm TENGA in the UK. Additionally, she’s been employed as an expert on Channel 5 TV show SexPod and is a resident Sex Expert at Superdrug.
There will be a very limited number of tickets available on the door at £15 each.