Fainting Couch Feminists Episode Thirty-Three: How Our Mothers Impact Our Sex Lives feat. Joyce McFadden

Joyce McFadden is a psychoanalyst and the author of Modern Mothering, a book that explains how our relationships with our mothers affect our sexuality. Joyce also discusses how our feelings about masturbation and menstruation intersect with our feelings about our mothers (eeps!) and why knowing the difference between a vulva and a vagina is more important than most people think. Take advantage of some free psychotherapy in our latest ep!

Joyce McFadden is a psychoanalyst and the author of Modern Mothering, a book that explains how our relationships with our mothers affect our sexuality, as well as how the ways we learned about sex growing up have lasting effects on our self-esteem and sexual identity. Joyce also discusses how our feelings about masturbation and menstruation intersect with our feelings about our mothers (eeps!) and why knowing the difference between a vulva and a vagina is more important than most people think. For Mica, this episode was totally and completely self-revelatory and she hopes it will be for you too! Take advantage of some free psychotherapy with our latest ep!

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