How to Live Single, Pt. 3: Sexpectations
Unladylike
Unladylike Media
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
When was the last time you had sex, if ever? In the final episode of our How to Live Single series, science journalist Angela Chen upends that question by creating romantic room for asexuality. Her book, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society and the Meaning of Sex, comes out in September.
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| 0:00.0 | I would dream first home, probably a doer upper, put a runs damp on it. |
| 0:03.3 | Sounds like a nightmare, which is why I keep saying we should look at new builds. |
| 0:06.5 | But they're all so watertight, asshole free. |
| 0:08.4 | Boring, just white boxes. |
| 0:10.2 | Well, we can decorate an old liquor painted in there. |
| 0:12.4 | Hmm. |
| 0:13.4 | Like a nice shade of grey. |
| 0:15.2 | We are not having grey walls. |
| 0:16.9 | Why not? |
| 0:17.5 | Why not? |
| 0:18.5 | Whatever stage of the process you're at, |
| 0:20.1 | Halifax's online first-time buyer events are full of useful tips and guidance. |
| 0:24.9 | Halifax, it's a people thing. |
| 0:26.8 | For more information, search Halifax first-time buyer events. |
| 0:30.2 | We were in Chinatown in New York on a bench along East River, |
| 0:37.5 | and he just, you know, kind of puts an arm around me. |
| 0:40.8 | You know, nothing pushy or grabby, very, very normal. |
| 0:45.3 | And I was like, I look him straight in the eye and I'm like, |
| 0:47.7 | you know I'm not going to have sex with you, right? |
| 0:50.1 | I'm on, lady, like a lady. |
| 0:54.3 | I'm on, lady, like a lady, like a lady, like a lady, like a lady, like a lady, like a lady, like a lady, like a lady. |
| 1:01.4 | I can't enough. |
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