Savage Love is a concerned sex-advice column by Dan Savage. He  is an openly gay American that writes columns about sex. He is an author, journalist and newspaper editor. His column appears weekly in many  newspapers, mainly free newspapers in the U.S. and Canada, but there are also papers from Europe and Asia that publish his columns. The gay author uses his columns to state his opinions about different things like : love, sex and family. He encourages everyone to enjoy sex and to make their fantasies come true in bed. Dan Savage is a man that is not afraid to use profanity in his writings and advices. Although he encourages fetishes, he makes it clear that these fetishes should be in the limits of the law and only if they don`t bother anyone.



He is clearly opposed to violence in bed, rape or anything related to these things. His advices are mostly for gay people, but there are also people who write to him telling stories from straight point of view. There are many people that have a problem with expressing themselves in the bedroom so Savage helps them unleash their feelings and be more out going. Savage love advice columns, although they are very controversial, they are constantly read and the papers are bought.

There is always good to have somebody to ask about different embarrassing things you would want to do, but you are too afraid or too shy. People can open up more quickly on the net or in a letter where nobody can see them. Because he writes mostly for gay people, straight ones are harshly commented on his column. When he started to write he thought that it was a great idea to finally appear something just for the gay community. He was right. He gained fame and acknowledgment in a short time but he was often seen as the gay man and he was often called names. He was criticized because of his clear opinions and of his method of exposing intimate things. Savage love advice column is now one of the most famous love columns. He succeeded at what he wanted and now he has the appreciation of many gay people and straight also.

Some of his readers are also teenagers that write about problems they might have in having sex or being played by someone. He gives good advices that can only help you. In an interview he admitted that he had given some bad advices early in his career but he was punished for this, because people had written back and complain. He is very careful at what he is saying because he is very aware that people take him serious.

As a conclusion, Savage love advice column is a proof that we live in a world were democracy rules. Even though there are many who don`t agree with this kind of writing, they can`t do nothing about it. As there are people that don`t like it, there are also many more that need it.