This article is about the BDSM club. For the early homophile organization, see Janus Society.
Society of Janus booth at Folsom Street Fair, 2004
The Society of Janus is the second BDSM organization founded in the United States (after The Eulenspiegel Society)[1] and is a San Francisco, California based BDSM education and support group.[2]
The Society of Janus is nonprofit, volunteer run and is devoted to the art of safe, consensual and non-exploitative adult power exchange. They publish a monthly digital newsletter called Yellow.
^Margot Weiss (20 December 2011). Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality. Duke University Press. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-0-8223-5159-7.
^"About – Society of Janus". Soj.org. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
the SocietyofJanus: "There were three basic reasons why we chose Janus. First of all, Janus has two faces, which we interpreted as the duality of SM...
ceremonies. Janus had a ubiquitous presence in religious ceremonies throughout the year. As such, Janus was ritually invoked at the beginning of each ceremony...
2003 by the SocietyofJanus, the largest BDSM educational organisation in San Francisco. Dominatrices sometimes use body worship as part of dominance and...
biography of Slater, she said of the SocietyofJanus, "There were three basic reasons why we chose Janus. First of all, Janus has two faces, which we interpreted...
G-spot and vaginal nerve ending information. Rosenthal, Martha (2012). Human Sexuality: From Cells to Society. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-0618755714....
Realistic Introduction has somewhere in the area of 100,000 copies in print. It is also one of the SocietyofJanus' "Suggested Readings" regarding BDSM. Greenery...
Knife play is a form of consensual BDSM edgeplay involving knives, daggers, and swords as a source of physical and mental stimulation. Knives are typically...
the conventional safe, sane and consensual ("SSC") scheme; if one is aware of the risks and consequences and is willing to accept them, then the activity...
be in bondage, sexually submissive, or simply held down by the body-weight of the other person. In some cases, the submissive will consume the dominant's...
A spreader bar is an article of bondage equipment usually consisting of a metal or wooden bar, with attachment points for bondage cuffs at each end, which...
marriage and family therapist (MFT). Califia is an inductee of the SocietyofJanus Hall of Fame. Califia has a son, Blake Califia-Rice (born October 1999)...
play is a form of fetishistic animal play where participants dress in dog costumes. According to Men's Health, puppy play is "a form of consensual, adult...
Community Choice (Man) Award as part of the Pantheon of Leather Awards. In January 2017, FetLife deleted hundreds of groups - including anything with the...
Urethral sounding is the practice of inserting objects (typically made by metal or silicone) into the urethra for sexual gratification. Urethral dilatation...
This is a list of BDSM equipment: Armbinder, Monoglove Anal hook Ball lock Bondage cuffs Bondage mittens[clarification needed] Bondage harness Bondage...
practice of inserting a piece of skinned ginger root into the human anus in order to generate an acute burning sensation. Historically this was a method of punishment...
Leather Hall of Fame, and he is also an inductee of the SocietyofJanus Hall of Fame. UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library and the Association of Professional...
restraints as part of a bondage suit. A bondage suit is sometimes used in BDSM to objectify the wearer, or gimp, and reduce them to the status of a sexual toy...
in 2020 for Impervious: Confessions of a Semi-Retired Deviant. She is an inductee of the SocietyofJanus Hall of Fame. Sachie Godwin, Clamor Magazine...
table, cabinet or other item. In some cases a sculpture of a human body is used instead. Examples of human furniture have appeared in modern art. Forniphilia...
or breath control play) is the intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for the purposes of sexual arousal. The term autoerotic asphyxiation is used...
Classification of Diseases (ICD 11)". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018. Janus, Samuel S. / Janus, Cynthia...
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