We value your privacy

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalized ads or content, and analyze our traffic. By clicking "Accept All", you consent to our use of cookies.

Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

  • Cookie
    _ga
  • Duration
    26 months
  • Description

    Data Collected: Google Analytics collects data about your users’ interactions with the website. This includes page views, user journey, time spent on site, and other engagement metrics.

    Purpose of Cookie: The primary purpose of this cookie is to help website owners measure how users interact with website content. This includes understanding which pages are popular, how long users stay on the site, and what the bounce rate is.

    Duration of Data Stored: By default, Google Analytics retains data for 26 months. However, website owners can adjust this duration in their Google Analytics settings.

    Extent of Data Processing: Google Analytics processes this data to compile reports on website activity. This information can be used to improve the user experience.

    Google Analytics does not collect personally identifiable information. However, it does use cookies to collect anonymous data about a user’s visit to the site. This data is used to compile statistical reports on website activity

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

  • Cookie
    _adbc
  • Duration
    180 days
  • Description

    Data Collected: This cookie is created when a user clicks on an ad and only contains data to identify the ad that was clicked.

    Purpose of Cookie: The cookie is used to allow AdButler.com’s customers to track ad conversions. It links a click on a particular ad to an action a user has taken.

    Duration of Data Stored: The data in the cookie is stored for 180 days.

    Extent of Data Processing: The data processing is limited to tracking ad conversions.

    More information: GDPR Cookie Policy from AdButler.

Ashley Manta

Ashley is a feminist sexuality educator, certified consulting hypnotist, and empowerment coach. She has been educating about sex since 2007 and has conducted hundreds of workshops over the past six years. She has professional experience in sexual health after working for Planned Parenthood from 2012-2013. She is a trained crisis counselor and has worked in both mental health and crime victim advocacy.

She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy with a minor in Women’s Studies and has completed her graduate coursework for a Master of Arts in Philosophy.

She currently sits on the Board of Directors for Voices Incorporated, a nonprofit geared toward helping survivors of sexual violence along their healing journeys. She is the West Coast Advisor for The Women's Circle Project, which was recently formed to support women and girls as they become tomorrow's leaders. 

She is also a lube enthusiast and champion of consent. Her favorite workshops to teach are Sexual Communication, Body Confidence, and Phone Sex for Long Distance Intimacy.

Connect:

Articles by Ashley Manta
Reacting to Rape: How to Support the Survivor in Your Life
Reacting to Rape: How to Support the Survivor in Your Life

Healing is not a linear path. The best way to support a survivor is to empower them to ask for what they need, when they’re ready.

ALL ARTICLES More Icon
Why BDSM Might Be the Sanest Sex Out There
Why BDSM Might Be the Sanest Sex Out There

Classifying BDSM behaviors as "sexual disorders" overlooks the useful effects of this type of sexual interaction - and assumes there's something wrong with it.

ALL ARTICLES More Icon