CHARLOTTE – From a seat in the upper deck of the Grady Cole Center, a dusty, 3,000-seat venue on the campus of Central Piedmont Community College, Chris Wittekind reflected on what brought him there.

There’s been a lot of it in advance of this week’s U.S. Open. Specifically, talk about the toughness of the rough at Oakmont, which is long and thick and won’t allow for mindless bomb-and-gouging.

In general, rough sex refers to sexual activity that includes some form of aggressive behavior. There is often a certain amount of pleasurable pain involved as well as fast and vigorous movement. It's ...

Even before 2025 U.S. Open week began, the long, thick, intimidating rough at Oakmont was getting a lot of attention. Defending champ Bryson DeChambeau recorded his shock at the long grass during a ...

While the concept of “rough sex” isn’t new, it is becoming an increasingly common part of our mainstream discourse. Whether it’s the rise of media attention on choking or song lyrics on the radio that ...

In the past 10 years, sexual behaviors that used to be rare and mostly seen in small kink or BDSM communities have become much more common. Today, many young people are trying forms of “rough sex,” ...

[CLIP: Lady Harper Chase, speaks in her Intro to Whips class: “For me, my style of dominance..., I call myself, like, a nurturing pervert. This is a two foot signal whip. I call him swishy.... I just ...