S3 Ep149: Orgasm Equality with Dr. Laurie Mintz

There is a long history of women not only not knowing nothing about sexual pleasure but being made to feel as if there is something dangerous and wrong with them if they seek it. My guest for this episode is Dr. Laurie Mintz a professor, a therapist, and the author of “Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters- and how to get it”, the groundbreaking book that changed not only how millions of women, and men, think about female sexual pleasure, but how women can OWN sexual pleasure.




Why, HISTORICALLY, women have not been educated about the clitoris and its role in female pleasure and orgasm
Why Dr. Mintz wrote Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters

Why women often feel SHAME about the appearance of their genitalia
Why women still believe that orgasm will occur during intercourse
The anthropological explanation for why the clitoris is (biologically) is OUTSIDE the vagina 
What is meant by “ORGASM EQUALITY”
The POLITICS of orgasm
Why it is important to have a SEX SCRIPT

Why PORN is problematic

MASTURBATION education
Why a vibrator is a TOOL, not a TOY

What a VIBRATOR and a RAFT have in common

MEN and Vibrators
The problem with SEX EDUCATION in America
Why MINDFULNESS is so important when it comes to sexual pleasure

LABIAL diversity
The purpose of PUBIC HAIR




Laurie Mintz, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Florida
Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters
A Tired Woman’s Guide to Passionate Sex
www.drlauriemintz.com 
Dr. Mintz’s Tedx Talk: A New Revolution for Orgasm Equality
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram @DrLaurieMintz

LINKS
OMG YES: The Science of Women’s Pleasure
The Labia Library
Gyno Diversity

FOR MORE INFORMATION

 Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain

Episode 15: Post Menopause Orgasm- Everybody Come!
Episode 29: Has Your Hysterectomy Hijacked Your Sex Life? 
Episode 21: Say Yes! to Testosterone for Women