26. SEXUAL DESIRE: How do we know who and what we really want?

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

1. How Abby discovered she was gay while out to dinner with her parents at a Macaroni Grill. 2. The moment Glennon knew for sure she was queer (in an Amish Boogie Nights bathroom)—and the song that sealed the deal. 3. How, as a straight, cis woman, Amanda never had to wrestle with her sexuality, why she thinks that stunted her exploration. 4. How Glennon’s failed Van Gogh visit inspired Amanda’s next sex steps. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I chased desire, I made sure I got what's mine.
0:11.4	Everybody, welcome back to We Can Do Hard Things.
0:15.8	We are so grateful that you keep returning.
0:18.8	Thanks.
0:20.1	So Abby and Amanda and I are talking about sexuality today.
0:27.8	So we're not talking about the act of sex.
0:31.9	Okay, that episode was a couple of weeks ago and we nailed that, we're done.
0:36.6	We totally understand sex now.
0:38.8	So today, sex queen is all for us.
0:44.8	Speak for yourself, silent sex queen.
0:49.3	It's just so funny because I am so neither silent nor a sex queen and that's why that
0:54.1	title I just love so much.
0:56.5	I beg to differ.
0:57.5	Oh, babe, thanks, thanks.
1:01.0	So today, we're not talking about the act of sex or the manifestation of sex.
1:06.8	We're talking about what sex feels like inside of us before and after it's acted upon.
1:14.1	Okay, so what we mean is we're talking about the desire inside of us that eventually
1:23.0	perhaps compels us toward the act of sex.
1:25.9	So it's like, we're not talking about the eating of the cupcake, okay?
1:31.2	But the hunger that compels us to pick a certain flavor and devour it, okay?
1:39.7	We're talking about hunger, about desire, about what turns us on and off and why and
1:46.2	when and how labels and frankly being a woman can cause us to stop exploring completely
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