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    250. Why Do We Have Sex? Asexuality with Angela Chen

    250. Why Do We Have Sex? Asexuality with Angela Chen

    FromWe Can Do Hard Things

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    250. Why Do We Have Sex? Asexuality with Angela Chen

    FromWe Can Do Hard Things

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    64 minutes
    Released:
    Oct 17, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Today, Angela Chen teaches us how understanding asexuality helps us understand ourselves and the true meaning of sex. Angela describes: 


    The misconception that blocks us from fully understanding our own sexuality;

    Why your sexuality is a relationship between YOU and YOU; 

    How there are MANY reasons people have sex. (Glennon says sexual attraction only accounts for 5% of her sexual experiences.); and

    The shame underlying compulsory sexuality – and how to stop apologizing for not wanting sex. 


    And a question for anyone seeing themselves in asexuality: What would this label free you from?

    About Angela:
    Angela Chen is a journalist and editor. She is the author of Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex, which was named one of the best books of 2020 by NPR, Electric Literature, and Them. Her reporting and essays have also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The Guardian, National Geographic, Paris Review, and more. 

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    Released:
    Oct 17, 2023
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    I’m Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed – the book that was released at the very start of the pandemic and became a lifeline for millions. I watched in awe from my home while this simple phrase from Untamed – WE CAN DO HARD THINGS – the mantra that saved my life twenty years ago, became a worldwide rally cry. Because we experienced the hardship of the pandemic collectively, many of us finally acknowledged what was true before COVID and will be true after: That life is freaking HARD. We are all doing hard things every single day – things like loving and losing caring for children and parents; forging and ending friendships; battling addiction, illness, and loneliness; struggling in our jobs, our marriages, and our divorces; setting boundaries; and fighting for equality, purpose, freedom, joy, and peace. On We Can Do Hard Things, my sister Amanda and I will do the only thing I’ve found that has ever made life easier: We will drop the fake and talk honestly about the hard. Each week we will bring our hard to you and we will ask you to bring your hard to us and we will do what we were all meant to do down here: Help each other carry the hard so we can all live a little bit lighter and braver, more free and less alone.