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Making Sex Safe and Pleasurable: Your Guide

NPR
January 21, 20261 day ago
Sex is pleasurable. It should feel safe too.

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The discussion highlights that sexual pleasure should be accompanied by safety, encompassing comfort with partners, access to public health, and confidence in sexual health. Experts Dr. Leisha McKinley-Beach and Dr. Jasmine Abrams explore how to achieve safer sex lives and enhance overall sexual well-being.

What does it mean to feel safe during sex these days? From feeling comfortable with your partner to access to public health and medication, "safety" comes up a lot in sex. But, having the tools you need to feel confident in your own sexual health is an essential part of the pursuit of pleasure. Today, Brittany is joined by Dr. Leisha McKinley-Beach, founder and CEO of the Black Public Health Academy, and Dr. Jasmine Abrams, a research scientist at the Yale School of Public Health, to give us a New Year's booster on how to live our best sex lives — and explore how to feel safer in bed. Support Public Media. Join NPR Plus. Follow Brittany Luse on Instagram: @bmluse For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at npr.org/podclub. This episode was produced by Corey Antonio Rose. It was edited by Neena Pathak. We had engineering support from Zo van Ginhhoven. Our Supervising Producer is Barton Girdwood. Our Executive Producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni.

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