References & Sources

Below, you’ll find the references used throughout The Kynk 101 Handbook, so that you can explore some further reading if you wish.

Please note that we’re not responsible for the content hosted on the below links, and all reference material used within the Handbook was correct at the time of writing.

Court Cases & Laws

Canada

• Government of Canada. Criminal Code (1985).

• Dominion News & Gifts (1962) Ltd. v. The Queen SCC 66, SCR 251 (1964).

• R. v. Butler, 1 S.C.R. 452 (1992).

• R v J.A. SCC 28, 2 S.C.R. 440 (2011).

• R. v. Welch (J.) 86 O.A.C. 200 (CA) (1995).

United Kingdom

• Sexual Offences Act 2003 (2003)

• R v Brown, 2 All ER 75 (House of Lords, 1994)

• Regina v. Hicklin (1868), Brittanica

United States

• Commonwealth v. Appleby 380 Mass. 296. (1980).

• Doe v. The Univ. of Va., Civil Action 3:23-cv-18 (W.D. Va. 2024).

• Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 (1964)

• Lawrence v. Texas 539 U.S. 558 (Texas 2003).

• Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U.S. 413 (1966).

• Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973).

• One, Incorporated, v. Olesen, 241 F.2d 772 (9th Cir. 1957).

• R. v. Zhao (J.) 305 O.A.C. 290 (CA) (2013).

• Roth v. United States 354 U.S. 476 (1957),

• Stanley v. Georgia 394 U.S. 557 (1969)

• State v. Collier 90 N.J. 117. 447 A.2d 168 (1982)

• State v. Henry 732 P.2d 9 302 Or. 510 (1987)

• State v. Van 268 Neb. 814,688 N.W.2d 600 (2004)

Additional Countries

• Murphy v The State of New South Wales (2023).

• Republic of South Africa. “Commission welcomes appeal ruling in rape case against paramedic”, South African Government Agency. 25 April 2024.

Websites & Articles

Culture & History

• Business Research Insights. “Rubber Latex Thread Market Size, Share, Growth, and Industry Analysis by Type (Coarse Gauge (Count 20#-46#), Medium Gauge (Count 48#-80#), Fine Gauge (Count Above 80#)), by Application (Food Industry, Textile and Clothing, Industrial, Others), and Regional Forecast to 2032”.

• De Loof, Arnold. “Only two sex forms but multiple gender variants: How to explain?”, Communicative & Integrative Biology, Vol. 11, Issue 1, 31 January 2018.

• Furscience, N.D.

• Petrick, Rachel. “The Blue Ticket Discharge: A Color that has Stained the Lives of WWII-Era Veterans for Over 75 Years”. M-VETS. 17 May 2019.

• Pulley, Anna. “How I've Navigated Sex And Consent As A Hard-Of-Hearing Person”, Buzzfeed, 24 July 2018.

• Statista. “Size of the sex toy market worldwide from 2016 to 2030”, 26 March 2024.

• UK Department of Health & Social Care. “Virginity testing and hymenoplasty: multi-agency guidance”, 12 April 2024.

• UK LGBT Archive. “Operation Spanner”, 30 December 2013.

Human Biology & Neuroscience

• Aliouche, Hidaya. “An Overview of Sex Hormones”, 31 May 2022.

• Basso, Lilian; Boué, Jérôme; Mahiddine, Karim , et. al. “Endogenous analgesia mediated by CD4+ T lymphocytes is dependent on enkephalins in mice”, Journal of Neuroinflammation, Volume 13, June 2016.

• Cleveland Clinic. “Adrenaline”, 19 May 2022.

  • “Adrenal Gland Disorders”, 6 May 2022.

  • “Cortisol”, 10 December 2021.

  • “Endorphins”, 19 May 2022.

  • “Glucagon”, 3 January 2022.

  • “Low Testosterone in Women”, 12 April 2023.

  • “Oxytocin”, 27 March 2022

• Endocrine Society. “Thyroid and Parathyroid Hormones”, 24 January 2022.

• Harvard Health Publishing. “Understanding the stress response”, Harvard Medical School. 3 April 2024.

• Health Direct. “Dopamine”, August 2023.

• Henry, Mathilde; Gendron, Louis; Tremblay, Marie-Eve, et. al. “Enkephalins: Endogenous Analgesics with an Emerging Role in Stress Resilience”, Neuroplasticity, July 2017.

• Kendall. “Can pre-cum get you pregnant?” Planned Parenthood. 22 January 2021.

• Melinosky, Christopher. “The Difference Between Epinephrine and Norepinephrine”, WebMD. 24 October 2023.

• Mudge, A W; Leeman, S E; Fischbach, G D. “Enkephalin inhibits release of substance P from sensory neurons in culture and decreases action potential duration”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 76, January 1979.

• PubChem. “Epinephrine”, National Library of Medicine.

  • “Norepinephrine”, National Library of Medicine.

• Rosenfeld, Cheryl. “Brain Sexual Differentiation and Requirement of SRY: Why or Why Not?”, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Volume 11, 15 November 2017.

• Victoria State Government Department of Health. “Sex and chronic illness”, 2024.

• World Health Organization. “Disability”, 7 March 2023.

Kink & BDSM

• Antwine, Ariel. “Sensual Sex Ed | Resource Guides: A Beginner’s Guide to Impact play".

• Abe, Fraser. “A Brief History of Leather and the Gays”. In Magazine. 12 March 2000.

• Anon., n.d. “Leather Culture”. Leatherpedia. (note: site accessed ca. Fall 2020; expired as of 2 September 2024).

• The Emblem Project. “The History of the BDSMblem”, 2012.

• Harrington, Lee. “Discussing BDSM & Disabilities with Lee Harrington”, YouTube Video, uploaded 12 November 2020.

• Johnson, Matthew. “Leather Culture”. GLBTQ Archive. 2015.

• Lee & Mark aka Cuirmale, “Gay Leather Fetish History”.

• Siddons, Edward. “Why is the gay leather scene dying?” The Guardian. 4 October 2018.

• slave david stein. “Safe Sane Consensual”, Leather Leadership Conference, 2000.

• Smith, S.E. “Wheelchair Bound? Kink and Disability”, Scarleteen. 28 December 2023.

• Staples, Louis. “The sexy, secret history of leather fetish fashion”. Another Man. 13 February 2018.

• Switch, Gary. “Origin of RACK: RACK vs. SSC”, The Iron Gate: BDSM Resource and Knowledge Database.

• Verseijden, Mona Liza. “Pony play: role play or way of life?”, SexPowerOnline, 2019.

Psychology

• Joyal, Christian; Cossette, Amélie, et. al. "What Exactly is an Unusual Sexual Fantasy?", Journal of Sexual Medicine, Vol. 12, Issue 2, October 2014.

  • “The Prevalence of Paraphilic Interests and Behaviors in the General Population: A Provincial Survey”, The Journal of Sex Research, Volume 54, Issue 2, February 2017.

Sexual Health

• Albrecht, Mary. “Patient education: Genital herpes (Beyond the Basics)”, UpToDate, 5 March 2024.

• Bautista, Christian; Wurapa, Eyako, et.al. “Bacterial vaginosis: a synthesis of the literature on etiology, prevalence, risk factors, and relationship with chlamydia and gonorrhea infections”, Military Medical Research, Volume 3, 2016.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Cancers Associated with Human Papillomavirus”, 18 September 2024.

  • “Clinical Overview of HPV”, 9 July 2024.

  • “2022 U.S. Syphilis Cases Reach Highest Numbers Since the 1950s”, 30 January 2024.

• Cleveland Clinic. “Bacterial Vaginosis”, 6 February 2023.

• Huai, Pengcheng; Li, Furong, et. al. “Prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the general population: a meta-analysis”, BMC Infectious Diseases, Volume 20, 8 August 2020.

  • “Prevalence, risk factors, and medical costs of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in Shandong Province, China: a population-based, cross-sectional study”, BMC Infectious Diseases, Volume 18, 26 October 2018.

• Huber, Johannes; Mueller, Anna, et. al. “Human papillomavirus persistence or clearance after infection in reproductive age. What is the status? Review of the literature and new data of a vaginal gel containing silicate dioxide, citric acid, and selenite”, Women’s Health (London), Volume 17, 2021, 6 June 2021.

• Koumans, Emilia; Sternberg, Maya, et. al. “The Prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis in the United States, 2001–2004; Associations With Symptoms, Sexual Behaviors, and Reproductive Health”, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Volume 34, Issue 11, November 2007.

• Morris, Sheldon. “Syphilis”, MSD Manual, January 2023.

• National Institutes of Health. “Herpes in Hiding: Genital Herpes Often Unrecognized”, News in Health, November 2010.

• World Health Organization. “Massive proportion of world’s population are living with herpes infection”, 1 May 2020.

  • “Cervical cancer”, 5 March 2024.

Books & Media

• Association, American Psychiatric, ed. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5-TR). American Psychiatric Publishing, 2022.

• James, E.L. Fifty Shades of Grey. Naperville: Bloom Books, 2011.

• Norman, John. Tarnsman of Gor. New York: Ballantine Books, 1966.

• Réage, Pauline [Desclos, Anne]. The Story of O. Paris: Olympia Press, 1965.

• Shainberg, Steven, director. Secretary. Lions Gate Films. 2002.

• Taylor-Johnson, Sam, director. Fifty Shades of Grey. Universal Pictures. 2015.

Organizations

• International Society for Sexual Medicine, The Netherlands

• Science of BDSM Research Team, Northern Illinois University, United States

Last updated: 25 October 2024