Nagoski: Accurate science on human sexuality only emerged in the last 30 years
Emily Nagoski · #66 Dr. Emily Nagoski: Pleasure is the Measure · Sep 17, 2019 · at 25:49
Dr. Emily Nagoski explains the historical inaccuracy of medical models regarding human sexual function.
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“Only in the last 20, maybe 30 years has the science been drawing A more accurate and representative picture of how sexuality actually works physiologically and relationally.”
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