This is a manifesto like rambling about DNA ancestry organizations. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/support

Janis and Rachel reflect on the process of creating Season 2 of Sexistential U, including how we heal and practice self-care through experiences of sexualization and power, and how we understand our roles as educators and therapists with humility. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/support

Rachel and Janis talk about intimate partner violence, the warning signs, why it's hard to leave, who gets left out of the conversation about IPV (the invisible victim/survivors), the idea that "hurt people hurt people," and where to look for help.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/support

Janis and Rachel talk about dynamics of sexualization and power inherent in incest and rape both from an intellectual/fantasy perspective and in the context of real life power dynamics and harm.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/support

Rachel and Janis discuss sexual harassment both IRL and online. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/support

Rachel and Janis talk about the complicated phenomenon of withholding sex to get what you want in a relationship and the gender norms it operates along. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/support

Rachel and Janis discuss movies, TV, songs, books, all the ways we were taught about sexualization and power without even really knowing it. Also, Janis COMPLETELY confuses Big Little Lies with Sharp Objects (because Reese Witherspoon and Amy Adams look totally identical to her) and is totally perplexed in part one. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/support

Janis and Rachel introduce the Circle of Sexuality that covers Sexualization & Power. Janis bemoans the fact that talking about sexual violence is such a norm that it's just another day ending in Y, and the two reflect on their flirting game, and what comes to mind when they hear the word "seduction."  The identified elements of the sexualization & power circle are: flirting & seduction media messages/images, withholding sex, sexual harassment, incest and rape. Quote:  "The quality of Game is much more about being honest and being yourself than being smooth. It's not about small talk, filling the space, or easing the awkwardness. It's letting true desire and curiosity come to the forefront of an interaction." - Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism Quote: "Seducers are people who understand the tremendous power..." - Robert Greene, The Concise Art of Seduction Love Languages Zahira Kelly-Cabrera Relationship Anarchy Manifesto Pick Up Artists and Rape Culture The Jeremy (That one is just for fun lol) Why Men Need Platonic Touch The Lack of Gentle Platonic Touch in Men's Lives is a Killer Q to the audience: What are some of your experiences with seduction and/or flirting? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/support

Rachel and Janis talk about what they've learned so far from Pleasure Activism, and critique the absence of pleasure in mainstream sex ed curricula. Sex Negative Culture WHAT IF WE ADMITTED TO CHILDREN THAT SEX IS PRIMARILY ABOUT PLEASURE? The Female Price of Male Pleasure - Lili Loofbourow Sexual Pleasure is a Human Right Uses of the Erotic - Audre Lorde Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good - Adrienne Maree Brown Pleasure Activism - Podcast Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire Quote: Adrienne Maree Brown “I am having the best sex of my life, and it isn’t an accident.” "With time I realized it  wasn’t about orgasmic marathons but about my presence, about my detachment from outcome, about my  ability to bring my whole self to the point of contact with a lover or a finger or a  toy.  About letting my lover know when they are at the mouth of the river, of saying yes (and stay, and harder)." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/support

Janis talks to Danielle aka @thesexpottherapist (she/her/That Bitch) about sex and spirituality, cannabis and meditation, sex ed, sex work, and our shared values about authenticity and self-disclosure as therapists which Danielle declares perfectly as "Human First, Therapist Second." You can find Danielle online at: IG: @thesexpottherapist Twitter: @sexpottherapist Sex Talk: Misconception and More with The Sex Pot Therapist, Cash Color Cannabis --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sexistentialu/support