Ep. 32 - Sex, Sexuality and Ethical Porn with Sex Educator Erica Smith

Note: Intro ends and our conversation with Erica begins at 9 min.

Hey friends, and welcome back to another episode and we're so excited that you are here! This week’s episode is so insightful, full of insight, some hard conversation, and we know you’re going to love it.

Erica Smith Erica Smith, M.Ed., is an award winning, nationally recognized sex educator with over 21 years of experience. She is the creator of Purity Culture Dropout, an intensive sexuality education and coaching program for folks who were raised in purity culture and who are seeking the queer inclusive, shame free, trauma informed, medically accurate, and comprehensive sex education they need.

For most of her career, Erica provided sex education, HIV prevention, and advocacy to young people in juvenile detention. Erica believes that access to compassionate, comprehensive, evidence-based sexuality education is a key component to wellness and equality for all.

Erica is a wealth of information when it comes to understanding and talking about sexuality. She’s informative, data driven, and helps people breakdown barriers and fears when it comes to talking about sex. On this episode, we talk about her years of experience in education around sex, and we talk about cultural shifts in the conversation that are so important to note and understand.

On this episode we talk about:

• Why we’re so afraid to talk about sex
• The purity movement and purity culture, and it’s damaging effects on our sexual identities
• Current research happening around pornography and sexual education
• What is ethical porn and how does it differ
• What exactly do we mean when we say sexuality?

Some important references:

Sex, God, & the Conservative Church by Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers: https://amzn.to/3jibH4q

You Are Your Own by Jamie Lee Finch: https://amzn.to/3DVTJwz

Sex Positive Families: https://sexpositivefamilies.com/

Parenting Forward by Cindy Brandt: https://amzn.to/3vqcHIE

Advocates For Youth: https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/

You can find Erica on Instagram @ericasmith.sex.ed

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