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Softening Expectations

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4.68.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week OTM shares the third and final episode of Hard, a series about Viagra from our colleagues at Death, Sex & Money. In this episode we hear from Viagra users past and present whose ideas about sex have shifted—from being a goal-oriented pursuit to one that is much more about pleasure and acceptance.

You can hear more from Death, Sex & Money here.

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0:00.0

This week we air the third and final episode of Hard, the series about Viagra from our colleagues

0:12.5

at Death, Sex, and Money.

0:14.2

In this episode we hear from Viagra users past and present whose ideas about sex have shifted

0:20.7

from being a goal-oriented pursuit to one that is much more about pleasure and acceptance.

0:27.4

Here's the host, Emma Sal.

0:30.1

Hey, it's Anna.

0:32.0

This is the final episode in our three-part series called Hard.

0:36.4

If you missed either of the last two episodes, I definitely recommend going back and taking

0:40.2

a listen first.

0:41.9

And I want to give you a heads up that in this episode we get pretty detailed about sex,

0:46.7

like more than usual on the show.

0:48.5

So hold onto your hats.

0:51.1

I absolutely know that there is a sense of loss in braving that comes when you lose physical

0:56.6

function.

0:57.6

So if you could previously have an erection and have penetrated sex with your partner in

1:02.7

a really fulfilling way you can't anymore, the grief and the loss from that is totally legitimate.

1:09.3

But that doesn't have to mean that something's wrong with you.

1:13.3

It just means it's time to learn how to have sex differently.

1:17.0

Carson Tuller knows both the loss and learning that comes with a big change in physical

1:21.9

function.

1:22.9

Nine years ago he was in an accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down.

1:27.4

Do you, as somebody who takes Viagra sometimes, do you identify as having erectile dysfunction?

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