42 Claire Cavanah - Founding Mama of The Masturbation Movement
We’ve talked a lot about masturbation in the last month, haven’t we my crave bears?So now let’s learn a little more about the history of this momentous occasion. This week, I interviewed Claire Cavanah, co-founder of Babeland and Babeland.com. She was an integral part of the creation of National Masturbation Month, and has some great insights into what the landscape of sexuality and masturbation was like twenty years ago.Her business is also a wealth of information! You can visit the website for plenty of educational blog posts, to find out about workshops, or you can head into a store in NYC or Seattle like I did with one of my clients.Today’s sponsor is Audible.com®, who has more than 180,000 audiobooks and spoken-word audio products. Get a free audiobook of your choice here.I can’t wait for you to hear this fascinating interview with Claire Cavanah.
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Show Notes:
- How to open a sex store
- How National Masturbation Month was founded
- What is a masturbate-a-thon
- What the sexual landscape was like twenty years ago
- How the internet changed sexual education
- Why sexual knowledge used to be on the fringes
- Why queer people have to talk about sex more than straight people
- How knowing yourself sexually can give you energy
- The benefits of masturbation include better circulation, better sleep, relief from menstrual cramps, stress reduction
"There’s no roadmap for queer sex that’s available." (Click to Tweet)
- How to talk to your kids about sex and masturbation
- Why masturbation is a foundation for better sex with your partner
- How to talk to your partner about masturbation
- How most relationships have a high desire person and a low desire person
- Why you should support your partner’s masturbation
- How masturbation helps your self esteem
- How fantasy and porn can be the fuel for the fire
- The importance of testosterone and your body rhythm
- What’s different about the Babeland website
Links Mentioned:
- Visit Babeland.com to learn so much more!
- You can also check out Good Vibrations
- Read more about HBO's show Real Sex
- Listen to Dan Savage's podcast
- Read Claire's book Moregasm
- Check out David Schnarch's books Intimacy & Desire and Passionate Marriage
- Don't forget to enter to be in Vitality Mastermind!
- Connect with Claire:
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"Sex is always happening, so it’s always age appropriate to talk about." (Click to Tweet)