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Nicole McNichols

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
656 total appearances

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The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

And this is just from people reaching out to me.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

Do you know what pegging is?

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

Okay, so pegging is when a person takes a strap on, which is kind of like a dildo attached to a harness that you would put around your body, and it would be, say, your female partner using it to penetrate their male partner.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

Okay.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

Now here's the thing, right?

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

Let's take pegging, for example.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

We think, oh my God, who the fuck is doing this?

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

That is crazy, right?

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

Nobody's doing that.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

But then you look at research by Justin LaMiller at people's sexual fantasies.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

What are the top five sexual fantasies that Americans most commonly report?

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

Well, homoeroticism and gender bending is up there.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

In other words, this idea that we assume different genders or have sex as if we're a different sexual orientation than we actually are, that is a fantasy, is a lot more common than people realize.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

Wow.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

Yeah.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

I don't know if you ever saw White Lotus season three.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

Are you a White Lotus fan?

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

Well, there is a scene between two characters where he admits, one of the characters, that he's always wondered why he went through this phase where he would have sex with like hundreds of women.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

They deserve Oscars or whatever the equivalent is for TV.

The Genius Life
548: The Science of Improving Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy | Nicole McNichols, PhD

Amazing monologue.