Sex Tourism
Join from anywhere IN THE WORLD. ALL ARE welcome. 100% ONLINE CONFERENCE!
Join the Sexual Health Alliance for Sex Tourism, a two-day Online Sexceptional Weekend exploring the intersections of sexuality, travel, and culture with Dr. Justin Lehmiller and global experts.
Travel can create opportunities for pleasure, exploration, and connection across cultures. It can also raise complex questions about consent, power, money, identity, and the experiences of local communities. This weekend invites participants to examine those intersections through a thoughtful, sex-positive, and culturally responsive lens.
Sex tourism is often discussed through sensational headlines or broad assumptions. A more informed conversation requires attention to the different contexts in which sexuality and travel overlap, including commercial sexual services, intimate encounters, and destinations associated with sexual freedom. It also requires distinguishing consensual adult experiences from coercion, trafficking, and exploitation.
Together, we will explore how cultural expectations, economic inequalities, stigma, and travelers’ motivations can shape these experiences. The focus is on developing a more nuanced understanding of sexual agency and ethical responsibility while considering the perspectives of travelers, sex workers, and host communities.
This Online Sexceptional Weekend is designed for therapists, counselors, coaches, educators, social workers, researchers, students, and other sexual health professionals interested in the connections between sexuality, global mobility, and cross-cultural encounters.
Hello, World!
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
How sexuality, travel, and culture intersect in different global contexts
The meanings and assumptions associated with the term “sex tourism”
How desire, curiosity, anonymity, and expectations may shape travelers’ experiences
The roles of consent, communication, boundaries, and sexual agency in cross-cultural encounters
How economic inequality and differences in social power can complicate intimate exchanges
Why consensual adult sex work, coercion, and trafficking require distinct consideration
How stigma and cultural bias can influence conversations about sex tourism
Ways to consider the perspectives and experiences of sex workers and host communities
How professionals can support thoughtful, nonjudgmental conversations about sexuality and travel
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, MARCH 20TH
START TIME: 10:00AM - 6:00pm cst
SUNDAY, MARCH 21ST
START TIME: 10:00AM - 6:00pm cst
Use this world clock to find the corresponding time in your time zone!
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PRESENTERS
Justin Lehmiller, PhD
Dr. Justin Lehmiller leads the Sexual Health Alliance Study Abroad program to Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Iceland, Barcelona and more coming soon. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Purdue University. He is a Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute and author of the book Tell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire and How It Can Help You Improve Your Sex Life. Dr. Lehmiller is an award-winning educator, having been honored three times with the Certificate of Teaching Excellence from Harvard University, where he taught for several years. He is also a prolific researcher and scholar who has published more than 50 academic works to date, including a textbook titled The Psychology of Human Sexuality (now in its second edition) that is used in college classrooms around the world. Dr. Lehmiller's research focuses on topics including casual sex, sexual fantasy, sexual health, and friends with benefits. His studies have appeared in all of the leading journals on human sexuality, including the Journal of Sex Research, Archives of Sexual Behavior, and The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Dr. Lehmiller has run the popular blog Sex and Psychology since 2011, and it now receives several million page views per year. He has been interviewed by numerous media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, CNN, The Atlantic, The Globe and Mail, and The Sunday Times. He has been named one of 5 "Sexperts" You Need to Follow on Twitter by Men's Health and one of the "modern-day masters of sex" by Nerve. Dr. Lehmiller has appeared on the Netflix series Sex, Explained, he has been on several episodes of the television program Taboo on the National Geographic Channel, and he has been a guest on Dr. Phil. Dr. Lehmiller has also appeared on numerous podcasts and radio shows, including the Savage Lovecast, the BBC’s Up All Night, and several NPR programs (1A, Radio Times, and Airtalk).
He is a popular freelance writer, penning columns and op-eds for major publications, including The Washington Post, Playboy, USA Today, VICE, Psychology Today, Men’s Health, Politico, and New York Magazine. In addition, the articles he writes on Sex and Psychology have been syndicated on major websites, including Business Insider, Huffington Post, and Thought Catalog. He has also interviewed several prominent authors, journalists, and psychologists about their work for his blog and podcast, including Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Lisa Ling, Drs. John and Julie Gottman, and bestselling authors Christopher Ryan (Sex at Dawn) and Lisa Taddeo (Three Women).
Dr. Lehmiller has given talks around the world on sex, love, and relationships. He is available as an expert speaker and has experience consulting on legal cases, including taking the stand as an expert witness. Dr. Lehmiller has also worked with several major sexual health and wellness brands and is available as a spokesperson, as well as a media, marketing, and product development consultant.
Sexual Health Alliance has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7730. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Sexual Health Alliance is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
This event is eligible for a maximum of 14 CE hours.
