388: What Does Good Sex Look Like?

There is a lot to unpack when it comes to understanding our personal relationship to sexuality and bringing that into our relationships. Understanding all of the things that influence how we think about sex can help us improve our sex lives and move through our relationships more positively. Listen to today’s show to learn what makes good sex, what sex is worth having and what makes it better.

In this episode with Catherine Roach, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

• What makes good sex?
• Physical and emotional vulnerability around sex
• Understanding how the cultural scripts around sexuality may be influencing you
• Unpacking the shame you may have around sexuality and how to do it
• How to talk to your kids about sex to set them up for a healthy relationship with their sexuality
• Sex positivity and why that doesn’t always mean more sex
• And much more!

Catherine M. Roach has 25 years of grant-funded research experience on gender, sexuality, and American popular culture. A two-time Fulbright awardee with a PhD from Harvard and publications in both fiction and non-fiction, she’s been an invited visiting professor in Canada, Australia, and Europe. She is Professor of New College, an innovative liberal arts program at The University of Alabama, where she’s won the school’s top research and teaching awards and where she offers a popular cross-university course titled “Sexuality and Society.” She is based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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