Choking on Legal Loopholes: When Kink Goes to Court with Dr Eli Sheff

What happens when BDSM meets the courtroom?

Join us Wednesday, March 26th at 9pm EST for a discussion with Dr Eli Sheff.

Dr. Elisabeth “Eli” Sheff is a researcher, expert witness, coach, speaker, and educational consultant. With a PhD in Sociology and certification as a Sexuality Educator from AASECT, Dr. Eli specializes in gender and sexual minority families, consensual non-monogamy, and kink/BDSM. Sheff is the foremost academic expert on polyamorous families with children, and her 25+ year Polyamorous Family Study is the only longitudinal study of poly families with children to date. Currently lecturing at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, Dr. Eli has also taught at the University of Colorado, University of Montana, Georgia State University, Oglethorpe, Emory, and the University of Zurich. Sheff co-chairs the Consensual NonMonogamies Legal Issues Team for the American Psychological Association, Division 44. Dr. Eli is also editing a series of books on diverse sexualities, genders, and relationships with Dr. Richard Sprott and the publishers Rowman & Littlefield. In collaboration with three colleagues, Dr. Eli developed The Bonding Project, a test people can take to explore their preferred bonding styles.

In addition to the more than 25 peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters Dr. Eli has written, she has also published four books and is working on more. Sheff’s first book, The olyamorists Next Door (2014 hardback and ebook, 2015 paperback and audiobook), details the findings of the first 15 years of her research on polyamorous families with children. Her second book, Stories from the Polycule (2015), is an edited anthology of writings by polyamorous folks. When Someone You Love is Polyamorous (2016) is Sheff’s short book that guides family members and significant others who are trying to understand a polyamorous loved one. Children in Polyamorous Families (2020) is Dr. Eli’s newest book, a brief summary of her findings on children to date. Sheff blogs for Psychology Today at The Polyamorists Next Door.

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/DrEliSheff

Bonding Project: https://www.bondingproject.com/

Sheff Consulting Website (Expert Witness): https://sheffconsulting.org/

Relationship Coaching: http://elisabethsheff.com

Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-

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