Sex and Ethics Podcast Sharon Lamb

In this episode Madeline and Sharon talk about what ethical obligations we have in sex to be honest, and even authentic, and how the exaggerations of seduction and the practice of faking orgasms are to be judged.

In this episode Sharon and Madeline try to figure out new thinking among the GENS about gender fluidity,

Content Warning: This episode contains very strong language about violence, rape, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.
Madeline and Sharon just watched The Last Duel on Amazon Prime because they had heard about the interesting three perspective view of a medieval rape. It’s part GOT wannabe and feminist view of rape (kind of but maybe not really) movie written by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck (who are both in it) and Nicole Holefcener (who wrote one of Sharon’s favorite movies, Lovely and Amazing. There are many spoilers in this discussion but the co-hosts agree that their discussion is a lot more interesting than the superficial reviews of the movie by the NYT or Guardian. They conclude there are some quintessential problems and questions raised by the middle perspective of Jacques Le Gris, played by Adam Driver. And Jody Comer  (All About Eve) is fabulous.  
 
#rape #thelastduel #mattdamon

Sharon and Madeline had been wanting to talk about Britney Spears for ever so long, and conveniently they had scheduled a recording for Nov. 14th which happened to be 2 days after Britney was “freed” from her conservatorship. Issues around “sex positivity” as an illusion, mental illness, and patriarchy frame this discussion of an iconic pop star who was basically enslaved for the past 13 years.
 
 
#freeBritney
#ControllingBritneySpears
                Trailer on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe6N83dGH1M
Podcast: Toxic: The Britney Spears Story
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/toxic-the-britney-spears-story/id1565880473
 
Rockwell, D., & Giles, D. C. (2009). Being a celebrity: a phenomenology of fame. Journal of phenomenological psychology, 40(2), 178.
 
Raven Simone interview
https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/why-wont-you-date-me-with-nicole-byer/episodes/real-life-vs-your-persona-life-w-raven-symone-and-miranda-maday
 
Rolling Stone interviews with Jenny Eliscu
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/britney-spears-returns-254594/
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/behind-the-britney-story-a-conversation-with-writer-jenny-eliscu-68829/
 
NewYorker article 
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-britney-spears-got-free-and-what-comes-next
 
#britneyisfree
#britneyspears
#sexualethics
#sexualization

Madeline, Sharon, and their guest Julie Koven have all taught undergraduates and graduate students courses in sex and sexuality. When they read the 2019 story about Professor Cashton https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/05/04/george-mason-faults-professor-sexual-talk-students who was chastised for hot-tubbing with his students and regaling them with stories of his own sexual exploits, they asked themselves where their own boundaries lay. Would they hot tub with their students? Would they go to a strip club, for research purposes? How much would they reveal to their students about their own sexual lives and how do they respond to their students’ sexual revelations!