Sex Gets Real 182: Masochism, virginity, low self-esteem, & permission slips

Hello, from New Orleans! Hurricane Nate meant I was stuck in Louisiana for an extra day, but it also meant more time at SisterSong’s “Let’s Talk About Sex” conference. I share a little about what that conference brought up for me and then…it’s your questions and my answers. You can see some of the videos from the conference at the …

Sex Gets Real 179: Flogging & spanking, a marriage-ruining boot fetish, & loneliness

Guess what? LOLA is sponsoring this week’s episode. You can get pads, tampons, and liners delivered to you, via their rad subscription service, at 60% off your first order when you subscribe. Just use promo code SGR when you visit mylola.com and get started. This week it’s you and me and all your emails. But before I answer your questions, …

Sex Gets Real 175: Sensual BDSM porn, inconsistent sex, & inorgasmic partners

Guess what? LOLA is sponsoring this week’s episode. You can get pads, tampons, and liners delivered to you, via their rad subscription service, at 60% off your first order when you subscribe. Just use promo code SGR when you visit mylola.com and get started. This week it’s you and me and all your emails. Let’s dive in. Ariyanna wrote in …

Sex Gets Real 169: Cheating & healing, a wife who hates come, & age differences

Interested in supporting the show? Well, now you can! Just head to Patreon.com/sgrpodcast and you can pledge anything from $1 and up. I would ADORE the support. Check out the details and join in the fun. This week it’s just you and me, working our way through some rad listener questions. It starts with some listener love from an episode I …

Sex Gets Real 165: HPV, anal pain, becoming a Domme, & body hair

Interested in supporting the show? Well, now you can! Just head to patreon.com/sgrpodcast and you can pledge anything from $1 and up. I would ADORE the support. This week it’s just you and me, working our way through some rad listener questions. Dave wrote in with one of the best complimentary emails I’ve ever received AND threw a few bucks …

Sex Gets Real 129: Living with STIs, becoming a sex educator

This week is a little different from the normal show. First up, I field a few listener questions about finding out you may have herpes and hepatitis C after a partner cheated and how to become a sex educator. NRE isn’t only for relationships – we can also get high on our dreams and take huge risks when we’re caught …

Sex Gets Real 115: Lube & STI master class

Are you ready for a mastery level version of Sex Gets Real? Good. Because this week, Sarah Mueller from Smitten Kitten joins the show to share her research on lube, as well as her findings around herpes and STIs. Did you know some lubes (like KY) actually INCREASE the likelihood of STI transmission because the lube damages your genital tissue? …

Sex Gets Real 87: STI stigma and poly feels

Sex. The scariest thing in the world? Dawn really loved this conversation about STI stigma. A recent article in The Atlantic (link below in the show notes) talked about some research findings that show people are terrified of sex. People judge someone more harshly for transmitting a mild case of curable chlamydia than killing someone with swine flu. Why? Because …

Sex Gets Real 83: Newbie sex, swinger sex, & demo sex

Newbie sex, swinger sex, and demo sex. Dylan is back from Hawaii. Basically, it was really hot and there was boob sweat. Dawn attended Sex Down South where she saw a hand sex demo, did a masturbation circle, and generally had an amazing time learning from Tristan Taormino and Amy Jo Goddard. Plus, we have so many listener emails – …