72-year-old Paulette grew up in a conservative time and culture, which has impacted her lifelong ability to experience pleasure.
I had no idea what a vagina looked like – Mel
Mel had trouble being faithful. She has chosen ethical non-monogamy as a way to meet her variety of relational and physical attractions and needs.
Do you have hair down there or are you bare?
Do you have hair down there, or are you bare? A chorus of women answer the question. Plus: Is it okay to hate giving blow jobs?
Don’t marry someone you haven’t slept with – Heather
Heather grew up assuming she would marry a man and have children. So she did. But sex was never a good experience. Then she had sex with a woman for the first time, and her life was changed forever.
Do you prefer clit stimulation or penetration?
Leah tackles the hierarchy of orgasms—and getting there at all. Women respond to whether they prefer clit or vaginal stimulation, which opens up a penetrating (see what we did there?!) discussion about preferences.
I was told I had “such a pretty face” – Jessica
Jessica is one of so many women who have been told, “You have such a pretty face, if you could only lose 50 pounds…”
Melissa – If he doesn’t ejaculate, is it sex?
Melissa experienced childhood sexual abuse and is dealing with its long-term impacts. She has a complicated pleasure response and is working on reframing how she views sex after abuse.
Maya – The worse I felt, the more sex I had
Maya was born in the Sudan and came to the United States at age 6. She shares the frustrations she’s had around religion and how it affected her sexuality, the way she used sex in her early life to fill an emotional void, and the pleasure she has finally found with her husband.
Solo – She told me I’m not broken
How Leah ended up doing a six month solo road trip around the country in her car, and the sexual healing she never expected to find while on the road.
Lois – I resented that my body was attractive to men
Lois carried shame into her adulthood due to childhood sexual abuse. As an adult, she found healing and had wonderful sex with her current husband, which has dwindled as they’ve gotten older.