(Press Release) April 26th 2010. – What are the Auckland Fetish Events and what’s it all about?

Kiwis are proud about their personal and progressives attitudes to sex, particularly when it comes to techniques that add spice to long-term relationships. In recent years the sales of erotic costumes, corsets, burlesque outfits, and bondage items have gone through the roof, and saucy burlesque shows have become a firm favourite of festivals throughout New Zealand.

The Auckland Fetish Events are a spin-of the first Auckland Fetish Fair which we ran in March. To our astonishment, 130 great people turned up, shopped, socialised and even dressed the part ( latex and corsets look so good..)

Our packed out after-party, that evening has become the stuff of legend !

We believe that there is a place in our culture for the expression of friendly, kink orientated, fetish-play and soft SM activities. New Zealand is not alone in this. Visit any Western City ( from Montreal to Moscow, and from London to Melbourne ) and you will find a thriving alternative counter culture mixture of beautiful kink-themed performance, shopping and a strong sense of belonging.
-so we want to offer the same for Auckland.

Our vision is something beyond the sleazy or mundane and we intend to give over part of our events to fine artists who may wish to exhibit the best of modern erotically themed arts to a sophisticated and appreciative audience.

We should mention that the traditional erotic art of Japanese rope bondage, Shibari, has become a world-wide phenomena and that Kiwis are amongst the best exponents.
-so come along and see for yourself on May 23rd.

Across the Tasman an authoritively sex survey [ 1 ] determined that bondage lovers were far from abhorrent, and continental experience indicates that gentle role-play and the occasional foray into kinky sex leads to happier couples.

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References:
1 ] The Herald Sun. August 25, 2008 12:00AM.
Tamara McLean.
Bondage lovers not sexually 'abnormal', says study.
A SURVEY has found that Aussies who enjoy bondage are not damaged, and might even be happier than those who practise "normal" sex. The research showed two per cent of adult Australians regularly partake in sadomasochism and dominance and submission-type sexual role play. And contrary to commonly-held stereotypes, they are not doing so in reaction to sexual abuse or because they are "sexually deficient'' in some way, according the study of 20,000 Australians by public health researchers at the University of NSW.
"Our findings support the idea that bondage and discipline and sadomasochism (BDSM) is simply a sexual interest or subculture attractive to a minority,'' Associate Professor Juliet Richters and her colleagues wrote in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
The findings showed that it was more common among gay, lesbian and bisexual people, and that participants were more likely to have been more sexually adventurous in other ways.
"However, they were no more likely to have been coerced into sexual activity and were not significantly more likely to be unhappy or anxious,'' said Prof Richters, author of the book Doing It Down Under.
In fact, men who take part may be happier, with results showing they score significantly lower on a scale of psychological distress than other men.
The researchers did not study why this was, but suspect it might simply be that they're more in harmony with themselves because they're into something unusual and are comfortable with that. Prof Richters says the findings go against professional views of BDSM. "People with these sexual interests have long been seen by medicine and the law as, at best, damaged and in need of therapy and, at worst, dangerous and in need of legal regulation,'' she said.
There was also an assumption, mostly among the general public, that people involved in BDSM were sexually deficient in some way, "and need particularly strong stimuli such as being beaten or tied up to become aroused''.
She said she hoped the results would help change these stereotypes.
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