#82 The Truth About Women, Lust, and Adultery With Wednesday Martin, Ph.D

Shameless Sex

Amy Baldwin

Self-improvement, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Education

4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Wednesday Martin's newest work of non-fiction, 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. Far from it. Offering insights from thirty experts as well as real women from all walks of life who refuse monogamy, UNTRUE also analyzes cultural shifts from plow agriculture to polyamory; introduces readers to two important "hidden figures" of American sex research; and takes readers on an immersive, fascinating journey—from the bonobo enclosure at the San Diego Zoo to an exclusive all-female sex party in Manhattan where most of the revelers identify as heterosexual. UNTRUE asserts that monogamy is a tighter fit for the fairer sex; that females of many species evolved to be “promiscuous”; and that female sexual autonomy may be the most meaningful metric of gender equality. Rich with game-changing data and polemical writing, it promises to take us far out of our comfort zone, and may change the way you think about women and sex forever. Wednesday Martin, Ph.D is a writer and feminist cultural critic. She is the author of seven books including instant #1 New York Times bestseller Primates of Park Avenue and UNTRUE: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Adultery is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free. She has written for publications including New York Times, The Atlantic, and the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy. She has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN, the BBC, NPR, and more to discuss her work on gender, motherhood, female sexuality, and popular culture. To learn more visit wednesdaymartin.com

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0:00.0	I'm Amy, Sex Educator, Sematic Sex and Relationship Coach, and Sex Shop Owner.
0:04.8	And I'm April, VP of an International, High End Pleasure Products Company,
0:08.7	and Boss Queen Sex Toy Mogul. We're best friends who make our own rules about who we are as
0:13.9	sexual beings. With everything from how to be a badass in the bedroom to top tips for bringing
0:18.5	your relationship to the next level, we have something just for you. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
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0:44.6	Hey everyone! Hello everybody! Welcome to this wonderful dark evening. It is 5, 20 p.m.
0:51.7	and already pitch black. It's true. It's kind of, I get hungrier earlier when it gets dark so early.
0:59.3	Do you want to make you dinner? No, it's okay. I was just thinking I was like, it's got to be
1:03.1	like seven or eight and it's five. Chip, you made the best brunch yesterday. We had our, I think we
1:08.4	talked about in the last podcast too because we had this is our second day of recording podcast, but
1:12.8	we had a brunch for all of our wonderful women who are helping to make shameless sex run, our interns
1:19.6	and everything. And April makes delicious food. You were a phenomenal cook. I lacked a cook. Yeah,
1:24.1	she's real good cook. But I was leaving away in the kitchen out, but you did help. My dad helped.
1:28.2	Yeah, a little bit. Oh yeah, we taught. Yeah, if you ever listened to the last podcast, listen
1:31.7	because you'll learn more about April's dad. And my daddy issues. And I kind of saw, I didn't
1:36.2	solve any of the all of these will exist, but I did get some results. Some resolve and also just a
1:42.0	bit of clarity and I feel a little bit better about my relationship with my father. Yeah, that's big.
1:46.8	I know. It's huge. That's really big. Now I can move on to something else. Do in the work. Do in
1:51.9	the work. Every day. So today's our work day for shameless sex that we had actually
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