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Death, Sex & Money - Why You're Not Having Sex

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🗓️ 18 November 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We asked you why you're not having sex—right now, or ever. These are your stories. 

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0:00.0

It just became easier not to have sex, you know, just to keep the peace.

0:10.1

This is death, sex, and money.

0:13.2

Don't let them bother you. It's okay not to have sex.

0:16.0

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

0:19.2

I had not had sex with my husband for years.

0:22.9

And need to talk about more.

0:24.6

I'm tired of not having sex.

0:27.6

I'm in a sale.

0:30.6

A few months ago, we got an email from a listener.

0:33.7

I'll call Marie.

0:35.0

I'm 34 years old, and I haven't dated anyone seriously.

0:39.8

I've never even been kissed before by anybody.

0:43.3

Marie has also never had sex.

0:45.4

I do still have that fear that somebody, I'm going to tell somebody that I've never had sex before

0:52.9

and they're going to walk away.

0:55.6

You know, instead of a scarlet letter A, it would be a scarlet letter B.

1:00.4

Not having sex ever before or just right now can feel isolating, maybe a little embarrassing.

1:08.0

But we suspected that Marie's not alone. So a few weeks back, I asked you

1:13.2

this question. Why are you not having sex right now? I'm not having sex because men don't find me

1:22.1

attractive. Because my body's broken and it can't seem to be fixed. I'm really terrified of men. I've been celibate for

1:30.9

about 14 years. And the weird thing is that I'm okay with it. I would rather read a book than be

1:37.0

intimate with him. We heard from people who wish they were having sex. I'm not having sex because

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