Cara Delevingne wore a 'peg the patriarchy' vest to the Met Gala. Here's what 'pegging' means.

Daniel Saynt, who runs sex ed workshops at The New Society for Wellness, told Insider in 2018 that pegging had reached a new high in popularity.

"It's gained in popularity over the past 10 years with an increase in pornographic videos featuring the act and a new found comfort in men who have begun to realize that the reasons they've never tried anal is due to a fear of being identified as homosexual," Saynt said.

"Through most of the past century, the media and society as a whole have taught men that it isn't 'masculine' to enjoy anal sex. Many men have been trained to believe that if they enjoy anal sex they are on a path to homosexuality, even if they have never had sexual desires for men."

Pegging as a political statement

"Peg the patriarchy" is a slogan playing on the image of a cisgender woman pegging a cisgender man.

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RECOMMENDED BY EXPERTS AUG. 19, 2021 The Best Travel-Friendly Sex Toys, According to Experts

Daniel Saynt, the founder of sex-and-cannibis-friendly private-members club the New Society for Wellness, admits this wand is not exactly travel-size, but recommends it to anyone looking for “a multifunctional pleaser” while away. It comes with a few attachments — a standard head, one for more targeted stimulation, and another for internal stimulation — all of which can be used with one of the toy’s five vibration modes and six speeds. As Saynt puts it, this wand “provides endless options” when it comes to self-stimulation — something you may want if you’re traveling for a long period of time.


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People are more sexually adventurous right now — and more cautious

New York-based sex and cannabis club New Society for Wellness, or NSFW, also saw membership jump. Daniel Saynt, self-described chief conspirator of NSFW, said the club's membership doubled during the pandemic to over 6,000. Some days, NSFW receives 50 to 100 applications for new members.

Saynt attributed at least some of this growth to the club's virtual parties over the pandemic, where non-New Yorkers had a chance to experience what NSFW had to offer (albeit, through a screen).

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Sex Club Safety: What to Know About Open Sex Spaces

Now that lockdown mandates have significantly loosened, the world is starting to wake up after a long and socially-restricted slumber. While we’re not fully out of the woods yet, vaccinated people are starting to (cautiously) step outdoors, embracing all of the opportunities that quarantine deprived us of: going to the movies, hanging out with friends closer than six feet apart and embracing a newly-heightened sexuality. I’m calling it now: 2021 will be the summer of sex clubs.

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How to Talk About Your Feelings of Sexual Inadequacy

Daniel Saynt, founder of the New Society for Wellness (NSFW), who suggests the issue is more of a psychological one for most men.

“So many of the shortcomings that men deal with privately can be attributed to low self-esteem due to size of penis or body dysmorphia, depression, stress, anxiety, the pressure to perform or to have sex when they don’t want to,” he says. “Men are expected to lead. They are expected to know how to please [their partners.] They are expected to always come or be rock hard. They’re expected to always want sex and to know what we’re doing without any education outside of porn. They are expected to have a certain body type.”

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Will Unwanted Hugging Finally Die Off After the Pandemic?

“After having such a long period of time after we’ve had to be socially distanced, I feel like people are going to be longing to go back to that, to a standard of connecting with people through a hug, something that feels familiar,” says Daniel Saynt, founder of the New Society For Wellness, a sex-friendly private members club based in New York. As he’s welcomed guests back into his establishment of late, he’s observed some people break down in tears over experiencing their first hugs in over a year. “There is an importance for people to incorporate hugging into more of how they connect with people,” Saynt says. “But it’s also important, obviously, to ask for consent and make sure you’re confirming that person wants to be hugged. In doing so, you’re going to help heal a lot of the damage and trauma that was caused over the past year and a half, and I think that’s very important for everyone to consider.”

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