tl;dr We are talking vaginal discharge, FGM or genital cutting scars, cheating when a partner has Alzheimers, and how to teach your kids the importance of pleasure with food.
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On to the episode!
I Sense You Are Stronger Than Me wrote in asking about vaginal discharge. Occasionally, especially after sex, ISYASTM will have thick, white discharge and they are embarrassed to go to the doctor to get it checked. Is it normal? What is it?
I share a few articles with you about the ways our discharge can change over the month and the impact that condom-less intercourse with a penis can have on vaginal pH and discharge. Links to all the articles mentioned in this episode are at dawnserra.com/ep298.
Next up, North is struggling because they have a lovely partner they've been with a year. Everything is fantastic. The problem? North's partner experienced genital cutting (many people know it as FGM or FGC) and the scars on their partner's genitals trigger a disgust response. North isn't disgusted by their partner, but by the evidence of the violence that was done to them. How can they move past it all?
Donald Alone wrote in concerned that he is cheating. He is in his 80s, and his wife has Alzheimers and is in a memory care facility. Donald recently met a woman who, while married has been left by her husband, and the two of them are hitting it off. They've kissed and they are wondering if what they've done is considered cheating.
Finally, Eating Momma loves the idea of eating for pleasure and wants to help teach her 9-year-old daughter the importance of pleasure around food. How does she do that?
A huge thanks to the Vocal Few for their song in the opening and closing of the episode and to Hemlock for their awesome song "Firelight" which was used in this episode between questions.
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About Dawn Serra:
What if everything you’ve been taught about relationships, about your body, about sex is wrong? My name is Dawn Serra and I dare to ask scary questions that might lead us all towards a deeper, more connected experience of our lives. In addition to being the host of the weekly podcast, Sex Gets Real, the creator of the online conference Explore More, I also work one-on-one with clients who are feeling stuck, confused, or disappointed with the ways they experience desire, love, and confidence. It’s not all work, though. In my spare time, you can find me adventuring with my husband, cuddling my cats as I read a YA novel, or obsessing over MasterChef Australia.
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Episode Transcript
Coming soon! at dawnserra.com/ep298
Sex Gets Real 262: Samantha Manewitz on emotional abuse and gaslighting
Sex Gets Real 260: Play party etiquette, bra and panty fetish, and cutting of family after abuse
Sex Gets Real 259: Accountability, women and older partners, & only wanting solo sex even when you're married
Sex Gets Real 258: Healing from emotional abuse, a partner who doesn't want intercourse, & swinging
Sex Gets Real 257: Bratty submissives, being cheated on, & creative sex
Sex Gets Real 256: M'kali-Hashiki on the erotic, safety, and healing
Sex Gets Real 255: Can you ask your partner to not watch porn and when a cheater gets cheated on
Sex Gets Real 254: Taking responsibility in relationship, living with an ex, and healthy relationship behaviors
Sex Gets Real 253: Wanting to stop squirting, condom complaints, & finding feminist community
Sex Gets Real 252: A fiance who expects threesomes, anger management, & later-in-life first-time sex
Sex Gets Real 251: Sex positive parenting, hiring escorts in a sexless marriage plus Shine Louise Houston
Sex Gets Real 250: Embodiment, pleasure, and safety with Sage Hayes
Sex Gets Real 249: Tumblr alternatives, struggling with being on top during sex, & emotional outbursts
Sex Gets Real 248: Sexual wildness, the erotic, and mythology with Leonore Tjia
Sex Gets Real 247: adrienne maree brown on pleasure activism
Sex Gets Real 246: Supporting an asexual teen, healing from trauma, & #SurvivingRKelly
Sex Gets Real 245: ALOK on body hair, art, friendship, legacy, & the violence of gender
Sex Gets Real 244: End of year giveaway, crossdressing neighbors, & dating a sister
Sex Gets Real 243: Chronic pain, erotophobia, and community only spaces with Cameron Glover
Sex Gets Real 242: Rejecting romance, feeling sad about desire, poetry
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