And so many women come in and say, my man has needs, he has sexual needs, and it's my duty as a wife to fulfill them.

And these were women with two PhDs, CEOs, world-class athletes.

These were not stay-at-home moms who were like, my whole job is to cook and clean and serve my man.

I mean, we don't talk about sex as women.

We're actually taught not to, right?

That it's not ladylike or it's not proper.

Whereas men are taught kind of to almost brag about sex and that it's just so intrinsic

to their definition of being male and masculine.

When we stop getting that estrogen and testosterone especially,

the blood vessels go away, the collagen gets replaced with lower quality collagen.

Think of your collagen is Neiman Marcus, and now after 50 it's going to be IKEA.

No offense to IKEA.

Porn is controlled by a few extremely huge, powerful companies, all male-owned,

male-run, male-funded, and porn is super widespread and men and women watch porn, but the

majority of porn is still filmed through the male gaze.

The human brain does like novelty, and in a long-term relationship, eating churios every Friday night at 10 p.m., which is when most American couples have sex, Cheerios are delicious and they're nutritious, but even that can get boring.

Hello. and they're nutritious, but even that can get boring. Hello, my friends. Welcome back to another episode of Better with Dr. Stephanie, and it's me, as always your host, Dr. Stephanie Estima.

Today we are talking about the bedroom gap, the difference in sexuality and desire between our male and our female counterparts

who are joining together in the bed. My guest today, Dr. Maria Sophocles, she is a board-certified

OB-GYN. She's a certified menopause practitioner, a sexual medicine expert, and a woman's

health advocate with almost three

decades of experience. She is the author of The Bedroom Gap. She's a TED speaker, a founder of

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