12 - Honouring female sexuality Sarah Sloan @twelve4pleasure
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- Health & Fitness
The truth is that I am not getting enough sex and I can no longer ignore this gnawing feeling that I have barely begun to experience the kind of pleasure my body is capable of. Connecting with my erotic self has became a matter of urgency. And I know that I am not alone. In my heterosexual, cisgender, white British context female sexual pleasure remains shrouded in mystery and borderline taboo. The more I learn about the connection between the treatment of the vulva and women’s ability to relax, create, explore, lead and excel the more fascinated I am.
That is why I am launching 12, a podcast series exploring the twelve different ways a woman is apparently able to orgasm. I want to start a conversation. A conversation that honours women’s sexuality and their sex. A conversation which challenges the status quo of a culture with an overwhelmingly male sexual gaze. A culture which overlooks female sexual anatomy in mainstream scientific reference books and tolerates an industry where women are reduced to sexual objects.
Each episode of 12 focuses on one of the ways a woman can apparently orgasm, from the g-spot to the blended orgasm, the cervix to the mind. The series delves into the elements that come into play when women have sex; the psychological, the historical, the biological, the sociological and cultural. Each episode also includes an insight into what happened when my partner and I tried to find the orgasm. 12 is packed full of honesty, vulnerability as well as practical advice.
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2. G-Spot
Episode 2 explores the mystical G-Spot. It is intimate in content and touches on topics including female sexual anatomy, yoni massage and sex after childbirth. Follow on Instagram @twelve4pleasure
12 - The Experience is my 8 week online course for women; where you will learn about, celebrate, share, discover and connect to the magnificence of your sexuality. Launching two options; starting 27th or 28th October 2021. Visit twelve4pleasure to find out more. Quote PODCAST21 to get a 10% discount.
References
‘Come As You Are’ by Emily Nagoski
‘Vagina’ by Naomi Wolf
Ferly -
3. U-Spot
Episode 3 explores the U-Spot as well as topics including vaginal weight-lifting and spontaneous sex versus scheduled sex. Follow on Instagram @twelve4pleasure.
12 - The Experience is my 8 week online course for women; where you will learn about, celebrate, share, discover and connect to the magnificence of your sexuality. Launching two options; starting 27th or 28th October 2021. Visit twelve4pleasure to find out more. Quote PODCAST21 to get a 10% discount.
References
Grafenberg
George Preti
Chidera Eggerue @theslumflower
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4. A-Spot
Episode 4 explores the A-Spot, also known as the deep spot. This episode takes on a slightly more serious tone with topics including vulva surgery and pornography. Follow on Instagram @twelve4pleasure.
12 - The Experience is my 8 week online course for women; where you will learn about, celebrate, share, discover and connect to the magnificence of your sexuality. Launching two options; starting 27th or 28th October 2021. Visit twelve4pleasure to find out more. Quote PODCAST21 to get a 10% discount.
References
Jason Julius
’Cunt’ by Inga Muscio
Film ‘Fire Eyes’ by Soraya Mire
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5. Clitoral
Episode 5 explores the clitoral orgasm, female masturbation, sex education and polarity! Follow on instagram @twelve4pleasure.
12 - The Experience is my 8 week online course for women; where you will learn about, celebrate, share, discover and connect to the magnificence of your sexuality. Launching two options; starting 27th or 28th October 2021. Visit twelve4pleasure to find out more. Quote PODCAST21 to get a 10% discount.
References
The film ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’
The film ‘Gigi’
The Story of O by Anne Desclos
OMGYes.com
‘Come As You Are’ by Emily Nagoski
‘What We’re Told Not to Talk About’ by Nimko Ali
Tony Robbin’s theory of polarity -
6. Blended
Episode 6 explores the blended orgasm - an orgasm that is a mixture of an external and interior orgasm. As well as topics including uncomfortable bras, body image and giving direction to a lover. Follow on Instagram @twelve4pleasure.
12 - The Experience is my 8 week online course for women; where you will learn about, celebrate, share, discover and connect to the magnificence of your sexuality. Launching two options; starting 27th or 28th October 2021. Visit twelve4pleasure to find out more. Quote PODCAST21 to get a 10% discount.
References
Amber Rose
‘The Vagina Monologues‘ by Eve Ensler
Ev’yan Whitney
Robbie Williams describes his first child’s birth
’What We’re Told Not to Talk About’ by Nimko Ali
OMGYES
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7. Mental
Episode 7 explores the mental orgasm. Topics include erotic hypnosis, Lady Gaga and the vaginal pulse. Enjoy!
12 - The Experience is my 8 week online course for women; where you will learn about, celebrate, share, discover and connect to the magnificence of your sexuality. Launching two options; starting 27th or 28th October 2021. Visit twelve4pleasure to find out more. Quote PODCAST21 to get a 10% discount.
References
’The Science of Orgasm’ by Barry R. Komisaruk, Beverly Whipple and Carlos Beyer-Flores
New Yorker 2010 interview with Lady Gaga
Fiona Clearwater - Erotic Hypnosis
’Vagina’ by Naomi Wolf
Beverly Whipple