Latest / The Sexology Lab / Education Forgot the Fun Part: Amy Baldwin and April Lampert on Pleasure, Shame, and What We’re Missing | Episode 12
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- 0:00Obviously what we wanted to create was about sex in
- 0:02relationships. And then the main focus was to
- 0:05originally we had said eradicate shame.
- 0:07And then we're like, wait, no, shame is a teacher.
- 0:10It's not about never experiencing shame, getting rid
- 0:13of it forever and being clean and clear.
- 0:15It's how to have the least amount of shame, full sex.
- 0:21I like to think that we are teaching people and how to work
- 0:23with their shame to have better sex, whether it's with
- 0:26themselves or their partners or just their perspective on
- 0:29sexuality in general. I don't think we'll ever be able
- 0:31to totally eradicate shame, but what would the world look like
- 0:34if it was more shameless, especially in the world of
- 0:37sexuality? Why are we taking all the fun
- 0:41parts out of sex education? It's not all doom and gloom.
- 0:46Today in the Lab, we're joined by Amy Baldwin and April
- 0:49Lampert, the host of the wildly popular Shameless Sex Podcast,
- 0:54to explore pleasure, shame, communication, and the sex
- 0:59education most people never received.
- 1:02Today we talk about why pleasure belongs in sex education, how
- 1:06shame silently shapes our sexual lives, and why healing often
- 1:11starts with finally feeling safe enough to ask the question
- 1:14you've been afraid to say out loud.
- 1:17If you've ever felt like no one taught you how to actually talk
- 1:21about sex, this episode is for you.
- 1:24Welcome to Sexology Lab. Each week we speak with the most
- 1:27compelling minds in modern sexology to ask the questions
- 1:31shaping the future of desire, connection, and human Wellness.
- 1:36Let's dive in. Hello everyone, I am here with
- 1:39Amy and April, the Co host of the Shameless Sex Podcast.
- 1:43Welcome. So happy to be here.
- 1:46Thank you for having us. Yes, thanks for being with us
- 1:49today. I want to start out with what is
- 1:51your 32nd origin story? So how did the two of you find
- 1:56your way into podcasting in the sexual health space and when did
- 1:59you realize this is my specialty?
- 2:02Well, I'll start off by saying Amy was the person that
- 2:05introduced me to the world of sexual health and Wellness.
- 2:08And she studied it, but she had a sex shop that she opened with
- 2:11her mom, a brick and mortar shop.
- 2:13And so back in 2008, she kind of lured me in in a good way.
- 2:16I had no idea that I had a gift for this.
- 2:18And it's found me and I've never looked back.
- 2:20And Amy and I started podcasting in 2017, and it's been a great
- 2:26journey and I've been in the sex toy industry for now 15 years,
- 2:31and talking to the world about sex and sex toys and pleasure
- 2:35and getting them the pleasure they deserve.
- 2:37Somehow. It's been a real gift.
- 2:38And working with Amy, too. We're feeling really good about
- 2:41all of our books and podcasts and all the things.
- 2:43Yeah, I said books. But in that book.
- 2:45Wow. Yeah.
- 2:46So. Another one.
- 2:49I know I'd love to hear a little bit more about your book.
- 2:51Can you tell me a little bit about what's in the book?
- 2:53Our book, The title is Shameless and then the running title is
- 2:56April. We read it because we can never
- 2:58remember. It's a bit long. 14 word long
- 3:00subtitle Choose your own pleasure path to unlock the sex
- 3:04life you've been waiting for. And this very much goes hand in
- 3:07hand with Sheamus sex, right? So our podcast is designed to
- 3:12help people or inspire people to discover sexuality in their own
- 3:15terms, of course, abiding by consent and boundaries and all
- 3:18those very important things, but acknowledging that we are all
- 3:20very different, we all have very different interests, needs.
- 3:23They're always changing, ever evolving.
- 3:25The book itself, it's more like, OK, so here's your issue or your
- 3:28desire, something fun and exciting, and instead of us
- 3:31saying here's what you should do, what's the outcome that
- 3:33you're desiring? And then you get to navigate
- 3:36that. It's not a workbook, but it kind
- 3:37of is. It's like a map or a compass.
- 3:39Yeah, it has some real strategies in there to help
- 3:42people. Sex educators seem to love it
- 3:44too, which we're so excited about.
- 3:46Yeah, because we've had a lot of great feedback from sex
- 3:48educators. With what April already said
- 3:49about us starting shameless sex, we guessed it on sex with Emily.
- 3:53She's a dear friend of ours and one the top sexuality podcast in
- 3:56the world. He left that just like, OK, so
- 3:59we love talking. It was so fun.
- 4:00We love talking about sex and people.
- 4:03Always came to us with questions about sex and relationships.
- 4:06And we're not perfect, right? We don't have it all figured
- 4:08out, right? So like part of this is we love
- 4:11talking about it and we help people feel safe, normalized.
- 4:15It's relatable, right? Because we also have different
- 4:17perspectives and we have different guests all the time.
- 4:19And then also a big part is just giving people permission to just
- 4:22navigate your unique selves and, and a lot of people have been
- 4:26raised to think that there's one or three ways to be sexual and
- 4:28that's not true. And it's not just us telling the
- 4:31world what to do. We interview on our podcast.
- 4:33We have almost 500 episodes. We've had a lot of Shah people
- 4:36on our show many times love the Shah community.
- 4:40And we interview folks of all scales like doctors, therapists,
- 4:45authors, sex workers, educators, educators.
- 4:47It's pretty expansive and it's been a learning journey for both
- 4:51of us that we're really fortunate to be able to learn a
- 4:54lot along with our listeners, and there's a lot of listeners
- 4:57looks. Like a selfish side a little
- 4:59bit. But it's wonderful because you
- 5:01can never stop learning your sex and your relationships.
- 5:04Your pleasure is always changing.
- 5:05You're human. So it starts with you and also
- 5:09starts with the Shaw community who's learning to improve other
- 5:12people's pleasure out there too. So we're so grateful for that.
- 5:15I. Love it.
- 5:17So I would never ask you to choose a favorite guest, but if
- 5:20there's someone that stands out in your mind, was there someone
- 5:24that you interviewed on your podcast that really you learn
- 5:27something unique from or it was just a really great interview?
- 5:31Emily Nagowski, she is a legend such she's a researcher, she's
- 5:36an incredible author. Come as you are changed my life.
- 5:39And then now she has come together that book and she's
- 5:42been on our show 2 times. And every single time I take
- 5:44away Nuggets of knowledge that I use in my daily life and over
- 5:50the years, I steal. Yours, No, I don't know.
- 5:52So for me, I love formulas and new modalities because I'm
- 5:55actually a heady person. One of my biggest pieces of work
- 5:58for my own sexuality is slowing down and then like, you know,
- 6:01really trying to not be super heady about everything.
- 6:05And I think that there's heady processes or formulas or
- 6:08modalities that people have created that help folks such as
- 6:11myself understand myself or themselves better.
- 6:14So I love and I know the episode number.
- 6:16It's 120 because I talk about all the time and it's with Jaya
- 6:20JAIYA and she created something called the erotic Blueprints.
- 6:25And I love how you can take a little quiz.
- 6:27It's like 16 questions. It's free.
- 6:29It'll help you to understand. Here's what helps you
- 6:32individually to fuel in your arousal.
- 6:35And it might be different from your partner, your many partners
- 6:37or what everyone else says to me, I guess any episode that
- 6:40paints an easy to navigate picture or formula where people
- 6:44can like, how can I go and figure this out for myself?
- 6:46I just really appreciate that that's what the world needs.
- 6:49Oh yeah, that's incredible. I love it.
- 6:51All right, I would love to know what's 1 trend in this industry
- 6:55that genuinely excites you? There's two.
- 6:58Different industries, at least in our world, right?
- 6:59There's like the therapy industry, actually.
- 7:01Three therapy podcast, sex toys in the therapeutic world.
- 7:06I am loving seeing, hearing, knowing that a lot more
- 7:09therapists are seeking out further education just about
- 7:14sexuality. I cannot tell you how many
- 7:17people I've either worked with us because as a sexual
- 7:20relationship coach or we receive emails from saying I have a
- 7:23therapist, they're great. But when it comes to sex, it
- 7:26just doesn't either feel safe. I don't feel seen.
- 7:30Maybe it just doesn't feel like they have like the knowledge or
- 7:32information that that person is really needing.
- 7:34And so I'm loving things also like Shaw, right?
- 7:37Like and the people that are dedicating their time and money
- 7:40to expand their education to better serve these clients.
- 7:43And also like, if y'all don't do that, that's great because I'll
- 7:45work with them too and make money as well.
- 7:47But why not? Why not have that?
- 7:49Because sexuality is such a huge part of people's lives, whether
- 7:52it's positive, negative, traumatic, beautiful.
- 7:55Right. Oh, we need more of us in this
- 7:57space for sure. I don't want to be greedy, but I
- 7:59have two. So first of all, I love the fact
- 8:03that more folks are going on retreats like sexual Wellness
- 8:06retreats, couples retreats that are focused on sex and
- 8:09relationship coaching and expansion of their own
- 8:13knowledge, their toolkit. And I think that is really cool.
- 8:15I keep seeing more and more like couples tourism and sexual
- 8:18health tourism. I love that.
- 8:19And then the other part is the fact that every year it seems
- 8:21like more and more folks are getting used to owning sex toys,
- 8:25having them in their repertoire of products.
- 8:28That's like Lube sex toys. It's almost as common as having
- 8:31a knife set in your house, right?
- 8:33A lot of people still think it's the problem, right?
- 8:34But I think we are agreeing that we're seeing that there's more
- 8:37movement towards. It's a bonus, right?
- 8:40Like pleasure. Is pleasure?
- 8:41Yes, exactly. Pleasure is pleasure.
- 8:43Give me that vibrator. Yeah, give me that butt plug.
- 8:47I love it. All right?
- 8:48Now, if you could teach the world one key insight about this
- 8:52field, about like sexual health in general, and it's something
- 8:56that could really move the needle, what would it be?
- 8:58OK, so sexual health, health isn't just about abstinence or
- 9:02disease or dysfunction. It's about well-being.
- 9:06It's about pleasure, connection, your authentic expression of who
- 9:10you are as a sexual being. And it's a fundamental part of
- 9:14all of us. It really is.
- 9:16Maybe not every single person, but on some scale it's going to
- 9:19enter into your life whether you like it or not.
- 9:22And it's a beautiful thing to learn more about.
- 9:24And it's not about prevention or shame.
- 9:28It's about empowerment and joy and how we move the needle
- 9:32through our own sexual journeys and learning more tools to help
- 9:37others as well, right? To help yourself and then to
- 9:39help others, especially in this realm of therapy and podcasting.
- 9:42And I agree entirely. And also when I became a
- 9:45certified sex educator in 2008 with spicysfsi.org, I think they
- 9:49still have the switch line, like the call line where you can be
- 9:52like, hey, so I have this weird bump of mine penis sitting down.
- 9:55But they were doing trainings. And so I loved when I learned
- 9:57about the slogan, all consensual sex is good sex.
- 10:00And I know that there's ways we can expand on that even more,
- 10:03right? If we can embody whether we're
- 10:05like the healer or the person selling the sex toy, you know,
- 10:08in the sex shop or whatever, as long as it's consensual,
- 10:11whatever you're into, even if I don't understand it, I'm not
- 10:14into it. I might even feel some ick
- 10:16factor around it. I'm going to support this.
- 10:18I'm not going to make the face. All these things matter.
- 10:20Your body language, it can create shame so quickly.
- 10:23So if something's not consensual, yes, that's
- 10:25something to lookout for. But if you hear something from
- 10:27someone that you're like, Oh my God, you know, that existed.
- 10:30And that sounds like disturbing or disgusting to me.
- 10:32But it sounds safe, ish, right? How can you help that person
- 10:37feel safe in that part of themselves?
- 10:39That is true and real. And I think that we are
- 10:42definitely moving in that direction.
- 10:44The more people, especially people with more authority, the
- 10:46therapist, etcetera, that are doing that, the better.
- 10:49Yeah. Absolutely agree.
- 10:50Now I think through your podcast you all are educating like
- 10:53millions of people, OK? Like every time someone listens
- 10:56to an episode they're learning something about sex education.
- 10:59So two of you remember what your sex education was like.
- 11:03Oh yeah. Absolutely.
- 11:05It involved a banana and a condom and that was it.
- 11:08And then a video of someone having a baby.
- 11:11And it did not look fun and it. Really hard.
- 11:14And I was like, OK, Oh, and then.
- 11:16Textbooks with all the studs. That's our joke about.
- 11:19STI learn about a lot of STI's at all.
- 11:21It was abstinence was the key. And if you're going to choose to
- 11:26do that thing, that bad thing that it was presented as, then
- 11:29here's the banana, here's the condom and awkward for everyone
- 11:33because as I said in the book, I was made fun of her asking a
- 11:36question. I was like, I think it was
- 11:37eighth grade. I think I asked what if it
- 11:39breaks the condom? And that's.
- 11:41A great question. And I I got made fun of by like
- 11:44the back row of boys and they were like.
- 11:46Meanwhile they've all experienced condoms breaking and
- 11:48now they're like shit, I should have listened the answer right?
- 11:51I think I also asked if you could get an St.
- 11:53STD at the time from a toilet seat at some point, but that was
- 11:55after class so a good question. And then I learned not to ask
- 11:58questions because you were going to get tormented afterward.
- 12:01So I grew up in Santa Cruz, CA and that's where we the April 9
- 12:05now reside. So a little more progressive.
- 12:07My upbringing was a little more progressive about sexuality.
- 12:09It wasn't like a shameful thing. It wasn't like you need to wait
- 12:12to marriage at home. I got with my mom at least
- 12:16information about sex isn't shameful.
- 12:18If you want to have sex with, you know, with penis owners and
- 12:20you want to get a birth control, you can come to me.
- 12:22It's safe, just didn't get the pleasure education.
- 12:24And then the same thing applies to the school system.
- 12:27I got all the comprehensive sex Ed stuff, but none of it was
- 12:30about pleasure, right? I know of all the bad things,
- 12:33but like, I don't really understand how to, to access my
- 12:36own body, how to, to pleasure other bodies.
- 12:38And I really wish that that could have been a part of it.
- 12:41So I definitely feel really grateful that I was taught sex
- 12:44is not a shameful thing and that I can reach out for support or
- 12:49education if or when I want to. But I just really had to work
- 12:52hard to learned through like a lot of trial and error and a lot
- 12:54of error error error error of the pleasure part.
- 12:57Absolutely. I think, you know, unfortunately
- 12:59we've come to accept as a society like you're lucky if you
- 13:02get any kind of sex Ed in school.
- 13:04Also, consent and boundaries and safety very much need the
- 13:08pleasure conversation, right? So like we're talking about all
- 13:11these things without the pleasure part.
- 13:13We are leaving out this big part of it where like now it's almost
- 13:17like it's a separate thing, but they're also related.
- 13:20How do we now learn about and experience pleasure with
- 13:23boundaries, with consent, with safety, with prevention of STI's
- 13:26in pregnancy? But they're like, like, Oh no,
- 13:29we can't talk about them together.
- 13:30One thing that I think I've realized at least in California,
- 13:34some of the youth, because I have 3 stepdaughters and now
- 13:36they're 30s and mid 20s and then she's 21, the youngest.
- 13:40And over the years, I've realized that there's a lot more
- 13:42sexual autonomy, especially for young women than there was, at
- 13:45least in California. And they advocate more for
- 13:48themselves than I think I was ever taught to do when I was
- 13:51younger. And I think that is carrying
- 13:52over maybe with the exposure of social media.
- 13:55But I always advocated for them to never apologize with your
- 13:59body. I was in my own way and always
- 14:01would be like, oh, well, they took me out to dinner.
- 14:03I owe them something, right? There's more advocation or
- 14:06advocating for people's own pleasure and their own bodies.
- 14:10And I think that is progress. I want to highlight that because
- 14:13I know there's a long way to go. But I do think we've come at
- 14:15least a little bit further than when I was 21.
- 14:18Yay for that. OK, the positive silver lining.
- 14:23Right, exactly. We have come a long way.
- 14:25We're making progress every day. Every person that gets certified
- 14:29as an educator, counselor, coach, therapist, every person
- 14:32who works in this space is just bringing us closer to where we
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- 15:11and while you're here, make sure to subscribe and share.
- 15:14And now back to the show. So I noticed you said something
- 15:18earlier about Sex without shame and is that where your podcast
- 15:22title came from? Well, we love iterations, first
- 15:24of all, so the sex shop I own my mom is pure pleasure like the,
- 15:28you know, the PP. And then in shameless sex, we
- 15:30were so surprised that the URL was not taken, but we sat down,
- 15:33we really talked like obviously what we wanted to create was
- 15:36about sex in relationships. And then the main focus was to
- 15:39originally we had said eradicate shame.
- 15:41And then we're like, wait, no, shame is a teacher.
- 15:44It's not about never experiencing shame, getting rid
- 15:47of it forever and being clean and clear.
- 15:50It's how to have the least amount of shame, full sex,
- 15:55right? Or when the shame comes up, how
- 15:57do we teach people the tools on how to work with that so that
- 16:00they can have the most pleasure and connected and enjoyable
- 16:03experiences with people? So I like to think that we are
- 16:05teaching people and how to work with their shame to have better
- 16:09sex, whether it's with themselves or their partners or
- 16:11just their perspective on sexuality in general.
- 16:13And guess what? It will still come up.
- 16:15We both have Shameless sex. Now, there's been times where
- 16:19there's like shame, you go deeper and, and you ask
- 16:22yourself, where did this come from?
- 16:23And then you work with yourself and with your partner and with
- 16:26the tools that hopefully you have access to, right?
- 16:28No matter who you are and seeking.
- 16:30We talk about how it's important to talk with therapists and I
- 16:34don't think we'll ever be able to totally eradicate shame.
- 16:36But what would the world look like if it was more shameless,
- 16:40especially in the world of sexuality?
- 16:42At Shaw, we train many, many people who are wanting to work
- 16:45in sexual health. So what's the most important
- 16:48thing professionals need to know about educating the public about
- 16:52sexual health? I will start with this, and I
- 16:54already hinted at this before when people ask me like, what's
- 16:57the kind of the main thing that you do, whether it's as a coach
- 16:59or podcasters, the biggest thing is giving people permission to
- 17:03be themselves again, abiding by consent and boundaries.
- 17:06And I said this before too, April and I learned this working
- 17:08in the retail store at Pure Pleasure when we had the brick
- 17:11and mortar for 12 years. We learned how important it is
- 17:13when that person comes and they're all scared and they're
- 17:16shaky and they're like, he was like, oh, and we're like, oh,
- 17:18can I help you find this? No, no, no.
- 17:20But they're looking in the Lube section or the anal section.
- 17:23The way that we speak, we meaning therapists, educators,
- 17:28everyone, the tone, your facial expressions, your body language,
- 17:30the words you say, the way that we approach people in what can
- 17:35be a really, really scary conversation or discovery.
- 17:40All of it matters. But I'm not saying get in your
- 17:42head. Be like, Oh no.
- 17:43What's really helpful? And that I had to do for myself.
- 17:45And that was part of the training.
- 17:47I'm sure Shaw does it too. Where, what is it called?
- 17:49You have all the clips on the screen and you focus on the one
- 17:52maybe the most challenging. The SAR, the sexuality, the SAR
- 17:56assessment, the. SAR yes and so through that when
- 18:00I did that with spicy hanging out with the clip that involves
- 18:04some fecal play stuff and feeling my feelings around it
- 18:09and then like through other practices learned that I am
- 18:11fully capable even if I don't want to do this.
- 18:14I think it's whatever gross disgusted it.
- 18:16I don't have to let other people know that I think that and bring
- 18:20my bullshit on them with that right?
- 18:23I think that's just one of the biggest things would be checking
- 18:25in with yourselves about what are your areas that are
- 18:29challenging or that you might have judgment.
- 18:32And you can even do like a mirror practice to look at
- 18:34yourself in the mirrors. You're watching the thing and
- 18:36then trying to pretend like you're talking to a client about
- 18:38it. What does that look like?
- 18:39Does it feel safe? Does it help that person feel
- 18:41like, OK, I'm still safe here? Like even if they're not into
- 18:44it, I'm not being judged. I still belong.
- 18:46I think that permission is a really, really, really important
- 18:49piece that a lot of people have not received.
- 18:51I love that and that sort of a component to what I want to put
- 18:55out there. The most important thing, in my
- 18:56opinion, is that you all are not just a distributor of
- 18:59information, but you are a healer of shame.
- 19:02And the work is really creating that safety and permission that
- 19:04Amy spoke to. It's not just about the
- 19:06technical knowledge that you're gaining from your trainings.
- 19:09It's also about holding a compassionate space and allowing
- 19:13someone, your client, to finally ask the question that they've
- 19:16been to afraid to ask their entire lives.
- 19:18Or setting the stage where they can think about that question to
- 19:21themselves and then learn from all of that content that's
- 19:25available to educate themselves on how to move through and not
- 19:29even overcome all the time, but to work with that shame.
- 19:32Make it sexy. You can make shame sexy too.
- 19:35You can. And I think that's where the
- 19:37real transformation begins. But it starts with becoming this
- 19:39healer of shame and not just a distributor of information.
- 19:43So well said. All right, now I want to talk to
- 19:46our next generation, so I'm thinking of our Gen.
- 19:49Z's, our alphas. What message would you leave for
- 19:53them? To the next generation, your
- 19:55pleasure is not a sidebar to your health, it is a central
- 20:00piece of your health and your curiosity, consent, your
- 20:05communication, those are your greatest tools.
- 20:09And it matters right now because owning your story is the most
- 20:12radical act of self love that you can do.
- 20:14It really is, and I'm speaking from personal.
- 20:17Experience and also from knowing in my journey how much shame
- 20:22really did impact not only my sexual health, but my life and
- 20:26making pleasure a fundamental piece of my life has been so
- 20:31transformational. And it's created deeper
- 20:34connection, healthier relationships for me with
- 20:37friends, with family, with lovers.
- 20:39And I think that individuals who advocate for themselves and
- 20:42respect others, we really can see this unified world, if you
- 20:46will. And I hope and I'm really
- 20:49confident that the next generation, knowing that
- 20:51pleasure is such an important aspect of your health, it's
- 20:54going to change the world. And this is the time.
- 20:56The time is now. So your well-being matters.
- 20:59We're so lucky to live in this time with all the podcasts,
- 21:02aren't you Shameless sex, but listen to Shamus sex or the
- 21:04books. Even if you live in the middle
- 21:06of nowhere, as long as you can get some Wi-Fi, you can get some
- 21:09sex education. So I agree with that and then
- 21:11also with just what April S saying to not everyone, but a
- 21:14lot of people are taking supplements and like doing
- 21:16certain things, exercising, eating healthy as a preventative
- 21:19measure for living a healthy life, right?
- 21:23And sexuality and sexual self-care is a part of that.
- 21:26So whether that means hiring someone to work with to help you
- 21:31along this way, and it doesn't mean you're broken.
- 21:33There's still this thing and don't wait for it to be broken.
- 21:36By the way, therapists would be like, OK, great.
- 21:39Yeah, I'm going to make a lot of money off of you.
- 21:40We're going to see each other for a long time.
- 21:42If you actually start like when things start to get a little
- 21:44confusing, like you start to do that work then and now, it will
- 21:47make things so much easier. And then just the last one I
- 21:50will add to that, that's connected but separate.
- 21:52It's just the compliance issue is been around forever and I
- 21:55don't know if that will ever go away.
- 21:57But for anyone who is a teacher, healer, therapist, to inspire or
- 22:03educate your clients to put as much energy into not having
- 22:07compliant sexual engagements because that in itself creates
- 22:10mini traumas. It changes everything your
- 22:12body's response to your brain's thoughts about your worthiness
- 22:16to the individuals when you notice you're doing the thing
- 22:19and you're no or like a maybe like I'm not really into this
- 22:21like advocate for that. Because when you push through
- 22:24that, it's not just in that moment, it hangs out with you
- 22:26later too. Oh, I.
- 22:28Absolutely agree. It's so important.
- 22:30All right, so before we go, have you both watched?
- 22:33Nobody wants this. Yep.
- 22:35Did you find yourselves relating at all to the Sisters Who
- 22:38podcast? Kind of, yes.
- 22:41Have you been asked this before? Yes, yes, yes, I get it all the
- 22:45time. I think Amy does.
- 22:46I watch, someone told me to watch it and then I watched it
- 22:49and then I told April to watch it.
- 22:50And I was like, it's kind of like us.
- 22:52And, and so my take on it was, I mean, awesome, playful,
- 22:56wonderful. Because it's mainstream TV, like
- 22:58downplaying a lot of the conversations on shameless sex.
- 23:02We talk about sunshine and rainbows in Oregon, cousins and
- 23:05pleasure and how to eat a pussy like a boss and all these
- 23:08things. So we get in depth of that.
- 23:09We also talk about hard, hard, hard, sad, scary pain stuff too.
- 23:14And we have very skilled educators, therapists, you guess
- 23:17doing that. And so I thought it was great.
- 23:19I think he was painting a picture a little more of
- 23:21sunshine or rainbows and like dodging away, moving away from
- 23:25the fact that like a big part of the conversation is not just the
- 23:28heavies, but also the nasties and raunchies, right?
- 23:31Like, let's talk about like some fetishes that you've never heard
- 23:34of that push your buttons but it's someone's fetish and make
- 23:37that sound and feel safe. I commend Netflix.
- 23:40Great start. Yeah, start.
- 23:41But let's go. Let's go deeper.
- 23:42Let's get a little bit more shameless.
- 23:44Yeah, yeah. Let's get a little more wild.
- 23:46But But good job. And I absolutely love Kristen
- 23:48Bell. Yeah.
- 23:48It's a great start to normalizing these conversations.
- 23:52That's what it's all about. And entertainment wise, I gave
- 23:54it a high score. Yeah.
- 23:55And education wise, you know. Yeah, 60.5.
- 23:58Yeah, with five, but I like a 6.5.
- 24:01And also I will say, I also liked though, that that show was
- 24:04showing, right? Like go and listen to podcasts
- 24:08to learn more, right? We learn more experientially as
- 24:12opposed to just listening, but you can learn, practice, and
- 24:16then continue to learn more. So I liked that that show was
- 24:18normalizing that part of it as well.
- 24:20Love your feedback, love your take on it.
- 24:23So we all want to go a little bit deeper.
- 24:25We all want to learn more education.
- 24:27So here we are. All right.
- 24:29Well, thanks so much for being with me today.
- 24:31I'm looking forward to seeing you again soon.
- 24:33Thanks everybody for watching. Bye.
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