Sex — Stories — TCK TOWN

I still remember sex education class vividly. Condoms on bananas, cheesy videos, and the odd inappropriate comment from one or the other of my classmates. I was in an all-boys school in Perth, Australia…

Sri Lankan TCK Sex

I wasn’t keen on my first time being as awkward and fumbling as the house-party sex stories I was hearing about from my peers…

Cigarettes and Selfishness

The bed was a disarray of white sheets and pillows…

SexBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)11 March 2020TCK, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture kid, atck, ATCK, sex, sexuality, partner, bed, skin, emotionsComment

Rice Cracker Sex

Sex can be rice crackers, crumbs in the corners of the bag…

SexBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)7 March 2020TCK, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture kid, sex, Guam, American, United States, american, sexuality, condom, condoms, Hong KongComment

Kama Sutra & The Perfumed Garden

To an outsider, the Arab world may seem like a culture where norms propagate misogyny and inequality, but this quote showed that sex is a two way street, and pleasure is bilateral…

SexBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)4 March 2020TCK, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture kid, tck, atck, sex, sexuality, culture, India, Indian, Pakistan, Arab, Kama Sutra, The Perfumed Garden Comment

It’s Only Sex

I personally don't understand monogamy too well. Most cultures give it lip service but very few honor it…

SexBy Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)19 February 2020TCK TOWN, Tck, TCK, third culture kid, sex, sexuality, cultures, cross cultural, culture, intimacy, intimate, couple, gay, gay communityComment

College Sex in Tokyo

My perceptions on sex have been hammered and scratched and polished. Although I still admit to catching myself admiring ankles from time to time…

Painful Standards About Sex

After one too many times of giving in and being uncomfortable or having it hurt, I said no. He questioned my sexuality because I didn’t want to have sex with him that night…

SexBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)19 May 2018tck, TCK TOWN, Tck, sex, sexuality, sexual abuse, relationships, relationship, Costa Rica, family, communication, dating, couple, partner, boyfriend, commitment Comment

Sex. A Tokyo Expat's View.

Oh, yes, and back in the 1990s your only choices in Japan were condoms and foaming spermicide strips that looked like breath freshener film. It was pretty grim…

This Friend with Benefits

It was a moment.
A lapse in judgement maybe.
One that I gave into…

SexBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)9 May 2018TCK TOWN, Tck, TCK, fireworks, bodies, emotions, patterns, butterflies, heartbeat, confusion, judgement, daddy issues, breakup, choices Comment

Love, Porn and knowing the difference

Before I was to be slowly torn down by my relationship with August, I had newly discovered my TCK identity and was sure he was the missing piece of who I was. I was living in an amazing share house with maybe 8 or 9 different nationalities rotating through it at any one time – and amongst these students, professionals and travellers alike – I was happy that I had finally found my people…