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Code of ethics

Vvox Functional Sexuality™ and Vvox LifeCoding™ are non-medical, educational verticals, recognised by the Kerala State AIDS Control Society, Government of Kerala, as non-medical and educational.

Preamble

Vvox Functional Sexuality exists to promote understanding of human sexuality as a function of nervous-system regulation, attachment, meaning and pleasure, not merely as genital disease. We operate strictly within the educational domain and do not practise medicine, psychology or counselling therapy.

Article 1Scope of practice

  1. 1.1We are sexual health communication specialists and Functional Sexuality educators, not medical doctors, psychologists or therapists.
  2. 1.2We do not diagnose, prescribe, treat sexual dysfunction or offer psychotherapy.
  3. 1.3Our work is educational: information, body literacy, communication skills, nervous-system regulation skills and relational skills.
  4. 1.4Any participant with medical or psychiatric concerns will be referred to qualified medical or mental health professionals.

Article 2Non-medical boundaries

  1. 2.1No physical examination, no genital touch and no sexual contact with participants, ever.
  2. 2.2No medical claims. We do not claim to cure ED, PE, vaginismus or infertility.
  3. 2.3We use the terms "functional", "educational" and "communication training", not "therapy", "treatment" or "patient".

Article 3Consent, shame-free, culture-sensitive

  1. 3.1All education is consent-based, shame-free, LGBTQIA+ and gender inclusive, and trauma-informed.
  2. 3.2We do not impose any sexual value system. We respect Kerala's cultural and religious diversity while providing evidence-based information from the WHO, WPATH and peer-reviewed science.
  3. 3.3Confidentiality: what is shared in workshops stays private. No recording without explicit consent.

Article 4Evidence base

  1. 4.1Our curriculum, consultations and workshops draw on the WHO Sexual Health Framework, Basson's responsive desire model, the Dual Control Model (Bancroft and Janssen, popularised by Nagoski), Porges' polyvagal theory, Panksepp's affective neuroscience, Annon's PLISSIT model (now Ex-PLISSIT), Boyce's orchid–dandelion research and Aron's research on highly sensitive people.
  2. 4.2We distinguish opinion from evidence and state our sources.

Article 5Competence and referral

  1. 5.1We teach only within our trained competence: sexual health communication and functional literacy.
  2. 5.2We maintain a referral network of board-certified doctors, gynaecologists, urologists and psychiatrists.
  3. 5.3We engage in continuous education and supervision.

Article 6Anti-exploitation

  1. 6.1No sexual relationship with, financial exploitation of, or coercion of learners.
  2. 6.2No false advertising of outcomes. Functional education improves understanding and regulation; it is not a medical guarantee.
  3. 6.3Fees are transparent and services are documented.

Signatory

Sangeeth Sebastian

Functional Sexuality Educator (state recognised), Non-medical Sexual Health Consultant, Public Health Communicator, Patient Safety Advocate. Founder, Vvox LifeCoding™.