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OneTaste
Company type
Private
Founder
Nicole Daedone and Robert Kandell
Defunct
2018 (2018)
Fate
Closed after controversy and investigation
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
United States
Number of locations
8 (2016)
Area served
Los Angeles
Lower Manhattan
London
Revenue
$6.5 M[1] (2014)
Number of employees
28[1] (2014)
OneTaste Incorporated was a business primarily dedicated to teaching the practices of orgasmic meditation (OM) and slow sex. Though it embraced ideas based in Eastern philosophy, the central focus was a meditation practice around the sensation of a man touching a woman's genitalia.[2] It was founded by Nicole Daedone and Robert Kandell in San Francisco.[3] The company started to receive more widespread attention around 2007.[4]
As OneTaste grew and received more media attention, the organization was accused of cult-like operations, similar to Lafayette Morehouse, an intentional community of which Daedone was formerly a member.[5][6][3] An exposé by Bloomberg in 2018 led to OneTaste being investigated by the FBI for sex trafficking, prostitution, and violations of labor law.[7] Shortly thereafter, OneTaste closed all of their U.S. locations and stopped hosting in-person classes.[8]
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^Clark-Flory, Tracy (March 17, 2009). "All hail the female orgasm". Salon. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
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^Huet, Ellen (November 13, 2018). "FBI Is Probing OneTaste, a Sexuality Wellness Company". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
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