S16E7: What It's Like To Be In A Sex Cult

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Relationships, Sexuality, Science, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.5 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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What happens when the sexual wellness community you're part of starts to feel like a cult? We're chatting with Rebecca, who is still coming to terms with her experience with orgasmic meditation and the organization OneTaste, which got profiled in the Netflix documentary Orgasm Inc. We discuss what attracted her to the practice in the first place, the tipping point of when this experience started to not feel right, and how she's recovering from the disturbing allegations vs. missing the woman she was at this time. Follow us @dateablepodcast, @juliekrafchick and @nonplatonic. Check out our website for more content. Also listen to our other podcast Exit Interview w/ iHeart Podcasts available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is sponsored by: BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month of online therapy at betterhelp.com/dateable with the code DATEABLE Drizly: Download the Drizly app or go to Drizly.com and use promo code FAST5 for $5 off your first order. Hers: Get access to medical providers for help with anxiety and depression. For more information visit forhers.com/spring Dateable is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at frolic.media/podcasts WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE is available for pre-order now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Meeting People IRL Kickstarter - CLOSES August 31st and get $10 OFF now through then! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dateable-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hi I'm U.S. Schu. And I'm Julie Kraftchik.
0:03.2	We're active daters turned dating sociologists.
0:06.5	Here to dive into everything modern dating and relationships.
0:10.6	Welcome to the dateable podcast.
0:13.0	Hi datables, have you ever been in a sex cult?
0:20.0	Wow, we're really getting into it today.
0:22.0	You can't really even intro. Wow, we're really getting into it today.
0:23.0	You can't really even intro this one, can you?
0:27.0	No, because I really want to grab everyone's attention right now.
0:30.0	Julie and I have been to a play party or two and they've been fine.
0:34.8	They're very fun that we were there to watch and to learn and to be the sociologist
0:40.6	that we are.
0:41.6	But I can't say I've ever been to an event put on by a sex
0:45.8	cult that I know of.
0:46.8	No, we have not been in sex cults.
0:48.7	I think we would know, although what we learned today.
0:50.9	I don't think you would know.
0:52.0	You don't know. You don't know until years later so you probably are like what the
0:56.3	fuck are you all talking about we're gonna get into it but you might have seen this documentary this is how it got my attention, it's called
1:04.8	Orgasm Inc. The Story of One Taste on Netflix. I feel like this documentary did not
1:10.6	get as much hype as it should because it is fascinating.
1:15.0	The actually the reason I found out about this documentary is because our guest today
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