Women tend to look at their sexuality and compare it to male sexuality and then say, I have a problem because I'm not in drive all of the time.

I have a problem because I don't think about sex all the time like my husband does.

I have a problem because sometimes sex is painful for me and it's never painful for my husband. I have a problem because sometimes sex is painful for me, and it's never painful for my husband.

I have a problem because sometimes I have trouble orgasming, and my husband never has trouble orgasming.

So I must not be normal, when in fact, all of those are normal experiences for women.

Hey, friend, this is Julie Slettery and thank you for joining me for another episode of Java

with Julie.

This podcast is an outreach of authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's

design for sexuality.

Today, I'm going to continue my conversation with Dr. Jennifer Degler about understanding

the mystery of female sexuality.

If you haven't figured this out, women are complicated, and sometimes we don't even understand

ourselves.

Jennifer does an outstanding job of explaining how a woman can begin to enjoy sexual intimacy by addressing

three aspects of what she calls the sexual desire triangle. If you didn't hear our previous

episode, we're going to link to that in our show notes. But we're also going to recap some of what

Jennifer shared about that first leg of the triangle, having healthy, sexually

responsive body.

Then we'll talk about how male and female sexuality are different, particularly in the

area of emotional connection, which is the second leg of the sexual desire triangle.

And finally, you'll hear about that third leg, which is a biblical and healthy attitude towards sexuality.

That's something we talk about quite a bit here at Authentic intimacy, and it's so critical.

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