From hookups and “swipey dating” to sex ed and male entitlement: What has and has NOT changed in recent decades for young women? This week’s guest says she and her peers are still fighting the mythologies of “boys will be boys,” of virginity, of people-pleasing as a part of female sexuality. Which means my former student and I are able to share bad dating stories far too easily.

But the conversation is also heartening, as it is whenever young women share how they’re dismantling persisting myths about their sexuality, that they won’t put up with anymore.

Cindy Gallop, founder of Make Love Not Porn, discusses the genesis of the healthy sex website - and upcoming educational offshoot. Amid funding and censorship challenges, she continues to flip the scripts on the male-dominated porn industry, from the way MLNP videos are curated (by humans, always) to fun, real-world categories like “Procrasturbation” and “Soft Serve.”

Two fathers of teenage girls share insights, humor and questions about what they’re doing to avoid harmful myths and stereotypes as they navigate the sometimes embarrassing road of teaching healthy sexuality.

Kinsey Institute Senior Scientist Cynthia Graham debunks one of the worst pieces of “dysfunction” data, and agrees that some messaging about female orgasm is as bad as if we told men that the best way for them to orgasm is by sticking a finger up their bum. Cynthia also shares research about how sex doesn’t get worse with age because - why would it?

Dr. Laurie Mintz, who has significantly popularized and researched the term “orgasm gap,” explains the reasons why hetero men - and lesbians, for that matter - are having more orgasms than hetero women.

Spoiler alert: P + V - C = a lot unhappy women, who often feel broken.

Laurie also shares what she’s learned from students and clients, and anecdotes about her very funny mother.