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The Mystery of Female Orgasm with Sarah Barmak


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Today I’m talking to Sarah Barmak, author of Closer: Notes from the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality. In this episode, we talk about orgasms, how our culture informs female sexuality and consent.

What we discussed:
  • How female and male sexuality is hardwired in our brains
  • What is an orgasm and why do we have them?
  • How our culture affects female sexuality
  • The broad spectrum of female orgasms including external, cervical and uterine orgasms
  • Is the vagina an absence or a presence?
  • Your amazing cervix!
  • The benefits of exploratory pleasure
  • Consent in the age of #MeToo

Connect with Sarah:
  • Website 
  • Twitter 
  • Sarah’s Tedx Talk - Women’s Sexuality Isn’t ‘Complicated’
  • Closer: Notes From the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality 

Resources mentioned in this episode:
  • Episode 4 - Cycle Syncing with Gabrielle Lichterman
  • Emily Nagoski
  • The Dirty Normal 
  • Natrishka
  • Carly Boyce 
  • What Consent Means in the Age of #MeToo

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Music Credit: Julia and Bradley of Home Studios Graphic Design: Rachel Laird

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