Dr. Katriona O'Sullivan
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Like, this idea that a man will explode if he doesn't finish.
Whereas, you know, we're fine.
We can push our needs aside.
Like, I think there's that implicit...
a message to women as well about how we should be sexually with men.
And as a girl who had low self-esteem, I got into an abusive relationship and the sex was really bad.
But I didn't even know that it was... Well, that's what you thought.
I just thought... What more was it supposed to be?
Yeah.
But I know a load of women who actually, you know, accept going to bed without having an orgasm, like lots and lots of women.
And so I was really lucky that...
Not necessarily, but I actually had my first orgasm.
I'm afraid to say that on the radio.
I had my first orgasm actually on my own by mistake when I was 19 in a shower.
And I was like, oh my God, is this what my body is made for?
I actually did not know that there's this amount of pleasure available to me.
And anyway, look, when I turned 22, I was really living a desperate life in Dublin One.
And I asked for help and I went to therapy.
And this therapy was so good for me.
And I made a decision in that therapy.