Hey, lovers. I'm Waioli, and welcome to Sex at Work, a podcast where we gather insights from the people who shape and profit from our sexual culture as they think about different parts of doing it all day long at work.

Today's guest I invited on when researching femme-led sex-related startups, and it was the answer to

the frequently asked question, Francis, what do your parents think about this, that led me to

immediately write to her cementing my decision that it was time to launch this podcast. Unless explicitly

stated otherwise, these are not branded partnerships. This is my attempt to understand mainstream

thinking about sexual norms and its research for Mission

69 because I want to highlight and learn from brands and people who are already working to make

the world a sexier place. Our guest today is Francis Tang, founder of awkward essentials and

inventor of the dripstick. You can find them on Instagram at awkwardkward Essentials. Francis, welcome.

Hi, Wyo.

I'm excited to be here.

So excited to ask you all these questions.

First, can you tell our listeners, is it fair to say that your work is sex-related?

Yes, it is.

So the product that we sell, it's 100% sex-related.

Do you feel like it's sexy? Like, it's 100% sex related.

Do you feel like it's sexy?

Like it's sex related, but like does your work feel sexy to you?

And what's your definition of sexy?

So it's really funny because I think work is sexy for us because everybody wants to talk about it. It's very interesting. It's a shared experience. We sell an after-sex cleanup tool. And so many of us have gone through that. And so it's

very relatable. But it's something people don't talk about. So when it comes up, it's sexy in that

it catches attention and people want to talk about it. But we aren't

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