The link between sex and imagination | Gina Gutierrez
TED Talks Daily
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🗓️ 15 June 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Sex is as much mental as it is physical -- and imagination is the most powerful tool we have to expand our personal agency and capacity for pleasure, says sexual wellness storyteller Gina Gutierrez. The founder of audio-erotica company Dipsea, Gutierrez creates immersive audio stories designed to open up space to explore your desires and fantasies on your terms. She shares some tips to inspire your sexual imagination and bring joy, confidence and empowerment into your life.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Elise Hugh. You're listening to TED Talks Daily. Sex. It may be a physical act, but it's a mental experience. And Gina Gutierrez wants to revive the role of imagination and sexuality with an immersive medium. In her talk at TED 2020, the sexual wellness storyteller |
| 0:23.5 | explains how harnessing the power of this very medium you're listening on, audio, |
| 0:28.8 | will lead to more sexual vitality, empowerment, and joy. |
| 0:37.4 | I'm not in the mood. |
| 0:40.2 | Who here has ever told a partner that before? |
| 0:47.0 | We've all done this, and if you haven't said it, then you've probably heard it. |
| 0:53.0 | Intuitively, we understand that our minds matter when it comes to sex, |
| 0:56.9 | but we're quick to focus on bodies, touch, and sensation |
| 1:00.6 | as the most crucial elements. |
| 1:02.9 | We're less likely to consider the role of our imaginations. |
| 1:06.9 | In many parts of our life, we are really great at imagining, |
| 1:10.6 | things like vacations or dream homes or career moves. |
| 1:14.6 | These exercises in imagination help us define what it is we want. |
| 1:19.6 | They allow us to flirt with what's possible before having to make any decisions. |
| 1:24.6 | And they're also innately pleasurable, even if those fantasies never actually |
| 1:29.8 | materialize. Imagination is such a powerful tool, so when it comes to sex, why isn't it one of the |
| 1:37.0 | first ones that we reach for? When I first started doing research on arousal and desire, I learned |
| 1:42.8 | that for women, cognition is as important to arousal as the presence of sexual stimuli. |
| 1:49.7 | In other words, using their memories, fantasies and some focus, |
| 1:55.8 | women can turn themselves on with their thoughts. |
| 1:59.9 | This particular study focused on women, |
| 2:01.6 | and much of my own work is also focused on people |
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