Sex Talks #2: Sex, Desire and Crossing The Orgasm Gap, With Karen Gurney

Sex is inherently political… But what does that mean? So glad you asked... For the second installment of Sex Talks we explored everything there is to know about desire (in and out of the bedroom), sexual currency and why we need to get rid of the term “foreplay” with the one and only Dr. Karen Gurney, aka “the walking s3x encyclopedia”, at the London Edition. “People often think about s3x as something you do with your body. And of course it is, but it is more than that. It's something that connects you with your well being, with your gender, with relationships, with society, and culture. Everything that's brought all of us here to the s3xual being we are now, regardless of how that shows itself, is a manifestation of politics around media, culture, inequality, gender, all of the intersectionalities that you can think of - race, ability, everything - s3xuality, comes into it. And hence we can't really separate what happens in our s3x lives from all of those systems. In s3x therapy, we must consider what forces of power and oppression, expectations, rules, social scripts and stigmas are playing into what's happening for someone at a particular time.” - Dr. Karen Gurney. We also discussed the myriad myths and misconceptions around sex and desire and the problematic of privileging heteronormative sex. We're loving these conversations with our fabulous speakers and all the juicy questions and stories from you. Stay up to date on all sexy things, future events and where you can find all our content by subscribing to the Her Hustle newsletter here: https://www.herhustle.co.uk/. There's a lot in the S3x and pleasure pipeline that you won't want to miss.