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Sex Week BTV: Pleasure in Your Hands - Exploring Dominance

  • September 20, 2025 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Pride Center VT

    255 South Champlain Street
    Burlington, Vermont 05401
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Description

Myth: You have to “be” or “become” dominant to enjoy dominance.
Myth: You have to be “kinky” to enjoy D/s.
Myth: D/s is all about the dominant’s desires.
Myth: D/s is all about the submissive’s desires.

This class digs into power play from the dominant perspective. We’ll explore what dominance is, how to identify and express our desires to give and take pleasure while holding authority, and how to work through insecurity that doms often face while trying to balance their desires with partners’ expectations. This class includes several exercises that we’ll do as a group or in breakout rooms, depending on class size.

Presented by Dagger DesChiennes 

I’ve been a lifestyle kinkster for 13+ years and a kink professional for 9, which means I’ve read, watched, learned, and practiced this stuff for over a decade, with dozens of partners and hundreds of clients. Sharing what I’ve learned with others is the most rewarding work I get to do.

I’ve presented at Dark Odyssey, International Ms Leather and Bootblack, the International Puppy and Trainer Contest, Lesbian Sex Mafia, Folsom Street East, and over a dozen orgs all over the Northeast United States. I also volunteer as a kink community organizer, which means I’m constantly seeing what works and what doesn’t for educators, newbies, and experienced kinksters alike.

My classes combine theoretical frameworks, practical advice, and personal experience. (Put another way: I made mistakes so you don’t have to!) No matter which class you take, you’ll come away with real tools for pursuing your kinks and deepening your connections right away.

Date & Time

Sat, Sep 20, 2025 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Venue Details

Pride Center VT

255 South Champlain Street
Burlington, Vermont 05401 Pride Center VT
Earth and Salt

Earth and Salt is the modern adult store, committed to your pleasure, your way. Our approach to pleasure is holistic and inclusive, as we know that pleasure is possible for everyone, but it looks different from person to person. We also believe that creating a daily connection to physical pleasure, sensuality, and sex is a transformative process, individually and collectively. 

We sell a curated array of body-safe products that enable our customers to center themselves in their bodies, access their pleasure, and confirm sex and desire as parts of a healthy lifestyle. 

As part of our commitment to pleasure for all, Earth and Salt is also committed to social justice as an intrinsic part of our mission. As such we de-gender the sex toy store model, affirm individuals in their identities through our product and class offerings, and support businesses and sex educators from marginalized groups. 

​Our vendor roster is always 50% or more businesses owned by individuals from marginalized groups. We also donate a percent of sales every month to the BIPOC Urban Farm and Wholeness Center in Winooski, VT.

www.earthandsaltshop.com