#123: The Sex Ed You Didn’t Get with Erica Smith

Mary's Cup of Tea: the Self Love Podcast for Women

Mary Jelkovsky

Body-image, Education, Relationships, Self Compassion, Society & Culture, Self Love For Women, Self Love, Self-improvement, Advice For Women, Women's Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Love Yourself, Self Worth, Self-love, Body Image

4.9 • 745 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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An interview with Erica Smith (@ericasmith.sex.ed), a sexuality educator who talk to us about abortion, purity culture, and how to talk to people about sex. You will learn... - why sexual education is so important and how to talk to young people about sex - how to talk to people in your life who might not understand the severity of the abortion issue, specifically your partner - what purity culture is and how deeply it affects us Erica Smith (she/her) is an award winning sexuality educator and consultant with over 20 years of experience. She has provided comprehensive sex education and advocacy to young women and LGBTQ+ youth in Philadelphia’s juvenile justice system, worked in abortion care, and supported HIV+ and transgender adolescents and their families. She received her Master of Education from Widener University’s Center for Human Sexuality Studies. In 2019, she developed the Purity Culture Dropout™️ Program to help people learn all of the sex education that they missed growing up in purity culture- sex ed that is accurate, queer inclusive, trauma informed, compassionate, and comprehensive. Erica lives in Philadelphia with her partner and house full of rescue animals and you can find her on Instagram at @ericasmith.sex.ed Follow Erica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericasmith.sex.ed/ Learn more about the Purity Culture Dropout Program here: https://www.ericasmitheac.com/the-purity-culture-dropout-program And if you enjoyed this episode, screenshot it and share it on social media! Make sure to tag @maryspodcast and @ericasmith.sex.ed Mentioned In This Episode... Sex Education- show on Netflix

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0:00.0	Hi, self-lovers. Before we get to today's episode, I want to take a moment to address the June 24th Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. This decision stripped away the legal right to have a safe and legal abortion. Restricting access to comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion, threatens the health and independence of all Americans.
0:22.4	This decision is scary in and of itself, and it could also lead to the loss of other human rights.
0:28.5	To learn more about what you can do to help, go to podvoices.help. Remember that any small thing you can do
0:35.8	helps. Any dollar you can donate, every conversation you have
0:40.3	with somebody about the importance of abortion, any moment you can spare to call your local
0:46.6	representatives and demand that they take action. When you go out and vote, all of those small
0:53.1	things add up and they will help.
0:55.9	We will fight this. We are fighting this.
0:58.0	And if you need more resources for abortion advocacy, go to podvoices.help.
1:03.0	I also want to remind you that episode number 122 that I recorded right after the Supreme Court decision is all about self-love during a time of
1:14.7	crisis when you feel like the world is falling apart, when it just all feels heavy.
1:20.5	I really encourage you to take extra good care of yourself, and episode 122, it's called
1:25.4	Your Self-Love Survival Guide, will hopefully help you do that.
1:29.7	I love you.
1:30.4	Hang in there.
1:31.2	We got this.
1:33.9	Welcome to the Mary's Cup of Tea podcast.
1:36.6	I'm your host, Mary Jolkowski.
1:38.7	I'm an author, speaker, and all-around self-love advocate.
1:42.8	And this is the podcast that will inspire you to love yourself.
1:49.1	Hey, self-lovers. Today we have a very timely conversation with our guest, Erica Smith, who is a
1:56.4	sexuality educator. She's here to talk to us about abortion, purity culture, and how to talk to people in your
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