S1 Ep20: Is Non-monogamy Having a Moment? With Dr. Wednesday Martin

Prepare to rethink everything you have been taught about female sexuality. One in five couples practice open non-monogamy, yet cultural and societal expectations are that a woman have only one partner for life. Dr. Martin’s book, UNTRUE: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Adultery is Wrong-and how the new science can set us free “cuts through the junk science and regressive cultural narratives that have shaped our beliefs about female infidelity for centuries revealing, a truth both liberating and disconcerting: women are no more “naturally monogamous” than men; nor are their libidos shrinking violets.” In this episode, Dr. Streicher and Dr. Martin discuss: WHY the science of female sexuality is mis-represented, misunderstood, and usually wrong Why there is so little INFORMATION on the CLITORIS If MEN are biologically MORE SEXUAL and have higher libidos than women The difference between spontaneous and RESPONSIVE DESIRE The ORGASM GAP ! Why female pleasure is such a low priority What libido DRUGS are really medicating Why the clitoris is “forward facing” instead of inside the vagina Lessons learned from primate sexual behavior, and what animal to visit next time you go to the zoo Why from an anthropologic point of view, woman are not BIOLOGICALLY programmed to have ONE PARTNER When and why women LOSE INTEREST in sex with a long-term partner, assuming that the sex is still worth having Why monogamy is harder for women than it is for men If women CHEAT as often as men All about “ OPEN NON-MONOGAMY ” What it is, how many people are monogamous, why the numbers are growing and how to broach the topic with your partner If JEALOUSY is inevitable with openly non-monogamous couples Where in the world is the BEST PLACE to be a woman sexually For more information on Dr. Wednesday Martin, visit: WednesdayMartin.com Dr. Martin on Instagram: @WednesdayMartinphd Dr. Martin’s Books: UNTRUE: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Adultery is Wrong-and how the new science can set us free Primates of Park Avenue Stepmonster Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews , and has been seen on The Today Show , Good Morning America , The Oprah Winfrey Show , CNN, NPR, Dr.Radio ,Nightline,Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20 , and WorldNewsTonight . She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on DrStreicher.com Instagram @DrStreich Twitter @DrStreicher Facebook @DrStreicher YouTube DrStreicherTV Books by Lauren Streicher, MD Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina - A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain Hot Flash Hell : A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat Sex Rx - Hormones , Health, and Your Best Sex Ever The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy