Sexual Pleasure is Your Birthright...

This episode includes discussions of sexual health and wellness. It is intended for mature audiences only.

TogetherWell Member Dr. LaWanda Hill takes us on a journey while we explore the importance of normalizing women’s experience of pleasure. There's a lot of complexities around this topic and for many it's not easy to talk about … with anyone. Our powerfully ingrained belief systems send messages – both conscious and unconscious – that impact how we allow ourselves to pursue the idea of experiencing sexual pleasure.

For many, sex ed class in high school was formative ass it was our first serious introduction to the concept of sex – yet it skipped the pleasure part focusing instead purely anatomy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and the wonders of abstinence. It’s no wonder most women don’t have an orgasm during sex while most men do – known as the “pleasure gap.” While sexual pleasure is important to our wellbeing many women do not give themselves permission to enjoy this pleasure. Licensed psychologist Dr. LaWanda Hill offers tips and insights to help us understand our own self-determination in accessing sexual pleasure – you don’t want to miss it.

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Citation:

Herbenick D, Fu TJ, Arter J, Sanders SA, Dodge B. Women's Experiences With Genital Touching, Sexual Pleasure, and Orgasm: Results From a U.S. Probability Sample of Women Ages 18 to 94. J Sex Marital Ther. 2018 Feb 17;44(2):201-212. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2017.1346530. Epub 2017 Aug 9. PMID: 28678639.

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