Dr. Julia Sadusky

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Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex · Why So Many Young People Feel Confused About Sexuality, #613 · 6 Jul 2026 podcast

I mean, I think that's what I am struck by when I talk with many parents is they feel so ill-equipped because they don't know what the words mean.

And I share with them what I'm saying to you, which is I also don't know what all of these words mean or I forget or I confuse one with another.

And that's why I like to take the relational approach where I don't actually have to be a walking dictionary and neither do parents or ministers.

I just have to have on hand a couple of key questions that I can ask somebody so that I get a sense for why they're drawn to the language they're drawn to, how they're using it, how long they've been using it, and what they're hoping to communicate by that word.

And so I might say something to a teen like, you know, I'm familiar that...

There's emerging categories right now.

I'm familiar with some of those terms.

The word that you're sharing is one maybe I've heard, but I'd love to hear what you mean when you use it.

Can you share with me a little bit about that?

So you can see even there I'm bypassing having to be a dictionary and I'm just inviting them to give me some information in a way that doesn't feel alienating of them or make it feel like I know nothing about this space.

Yeah, it's such an important piece of the conversation that I think, you know, I can appreciate that concern.

I've had that concern absolutely in my work of to what extent do I use language?

To what extent do I not use language?

What am I conceding in doing so?

And I think there is value in asking that question.

For me, in walking with people, I've been really struck by the ability people have to hold two conflicting things at the same time, that I can disagree with aspects of queer theory.

And I can use the language of queer theory to talk about queer theory and what it represents to people and what it has meant to people.

And I'm not conceding anything by using the word queer theory any more than I would be by defining and using the word moral relativism to talk about a person's perspectives and ideas about reality and absolute truth.

And so I think I can hold my perspective on those different matters and

and use language and categories in actual dialogue with somebody.

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