When Talking to Mamí About Sex Is Hard

Stephanie would like to talk more openly abut sex, intimacy and sexuality with her mom. The two are really close, but they've never been comfortable discussing any of this. And, a sex educator offers strategies (and a cool acronym) to help us get started talking about sex with our parents.

Featured Expert: 

Dulce Rodriguez is a licensed clinical social worker and a sex educator-in-training based in Albuquerque, NM. On the clinical side she works with survivors of sexual abuse. In addition, she is also a sex educator working specifically with immigrant families. She conducts community workshops providing science-based sex education from a social justice lens, and creating spaces that encourages dialogue around sex and sexuality

If you loved this episode, be sure to listen to Coming Out to My Family, and My Divorce, My Parents, And Me.

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