As walking sociologists, who better than our trans peers can teach us just how much of a cultural construct gender is? That’s exactly what my friend Professor Queerstrokes does here, with one of the world’s greatest laughs to boot. We discuss how gender tropes constrict, confuse and hurt us all; what it means to be the best ally; and how men supported his transition much more than the women in his life.

Of all the myths we're busting, virginity is among the biggest, and most persistent. It’s a social construct with no biological or medical definitions, yet heavy religious, personal and social baggage. Historian Anke Bernau and sociologist Laura Carpenter help us unpack the millennia-old obsession with female–and rarely ever male, sexual–purity and its consequences.

What do cabbage and Stalin’s mustache have in common? How did the Mesopotamians view sex? Were the Victorians even more repressed than we think? Award-winning author, historian and podcaster Dr. Kate Lister answers these questions and more with crackling wit and insight, and an enviable Yorkshire brogue.

The beginning is nigh! The launch is set for the first week of June. (Huge sigh of relief.)

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The trailer is also on the Women Like Sex YouTube channel, where you can - I know, you’ve heard it all before – like, subscribe and SHARE. Currently, only about one in five or six women I meet recognize their own sexual organ - let’s right that wrong!