It’s Open (Relationship) Season w/ Dr. Wednesday Martin

Sex With Emily

Sexuality, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Let’s talk about non-monogamy! In the nearly two decades since I’ve been doing the show, I’ve never gotten so much interest in this topic as I am right now. Which is why I’m joined today by cultural anthropologist Dr. Wednesday Martin, who in addition to researching non-monogamy for her books and articles, has first-hand experience opening up her own marriage. On today’s episode, Wednesday reveals what modern sex research shows about female sexuality and long-term, monogamous relationships: a woman’s desire typically wanes between year 1 to 4. In addition, Wednesday and I discuss the difference between non-monogamy, swinging and polyamory, how to go about finding a partner outside of your primary relationship, how to set rules, and the surprising ways opening up improved her own partnership. Show Notes: More Wednesday Martin: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube Untrue by Wednesday Martin 7 Myths of Non-Monogamy Feeld Opening Up by Tristan Taormino Open Monogamy: A Guide to Co-Creating Your Ideal Relationship Agreement by Tammy Nelson The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities Open Deeply: A Guide to Building Conscious, Compassionate Open Relationships Crazy on the Inside: A Memoir of Nobody Special Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Non Monogamy The Anxious Person’s Guide to Non-Monogamy: Your Guide to Open Relationships, Polyamory and Letting Go More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody I know who opened up their relationship successfully said at the beginning, oh no, I could
0:07.9	never do that.
0:08.9	And I count myself among those people.
0:11.1	I wouldn't want anybody to think that because I'm in an open marriage, they're an advocating
0:15.1	more at further people.
0:16.1	I just want people to have a lot of options on the table and I love what you said.
0:19.8	So many things you can do.
0:20.8	Lou, my new Lou, my new sex toy, watching porn together, going to a sex party but not participating.
0:27.5	Right, there's so many things that you can do to get variety and novelty and excitement
0:32.7	into a long-term relationship when I love that you talked about it.
0:36.8	You're listening to Sex with Emily.
0:38.4	I'm Dr. Emily and I'm here to help you prioritize your pleasure and liberate the conversation
0:43.3	around sex.
0:44.9	Let's talk about non-monogamy because here's the thing.
0:47.8	In the nearly two decades since I've been doing this show, I've never gotten so much interest
0:52.6	in this topic as I am right now.
0:54.8	Which is why I'm so excited to be joined today by cultural anthropologist Dr. Wenzay Martin,
0:59.2	who in addition to researching non-monogamy for books and articles, she also has first-hand
1:04.6	experience opening up her own marriage.
1:07.3	So in today's episode, Wenzay reveals what modern sex research shows about female sexuality
1:12.3	and long-term monogamous relationships.
1:14.8	For example, did you know a women's desire typically wanes between year one to four?
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