The latest episode of the podcast feelings overturns the received idea of a connection between personality and sexual preferences. assembly/Getty Images
In his new episode of the bi-weekly podcast feelings questions and deconstructs the assumed connection between our personality traits and our sexual practices.
“Why do we feel that being shy and being sex-loving are incompatible? Why do we tend to put people and their sexual practices into boxes, as if our tastes in bed define us? Here are some of the questions director Eddie Blanchard asked in the latest episode of the podcast feelings produced by Louie Media and titled, “We’re the same person in life and in bed.”
Based on expert testimony and analysis, the nearly 20-minute episode, which aired on Monday, May 1, denounces the conventional wisdom that our sexual behavior depends on our personality traits, our psychology, and offers ways to break free.
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Difficult habits
The evidence collected by Eddie Blanchard points to the hasty judgments that are still very much present. “I’m 1.90 m for 100 kg, so I think that if I don’t say it, we won’t necessarily say that they tied me to a post and whipped me,” says one of the witnesses. “As a straight man, when I first asked my ex to try anal, just wanting to get close to that part of my anatomy gave me a reaction of disgust,” admits the second. “The more you give your body for my mother, the less you respect yourself,” admits a third of them.
A heavy legacy
Eddie Blanchard highlights the rapid and still evolving evolution of our understanding of sexuality, which leaves us with a legacy of prejudices that are hard to erase. Sixty years ago, both contraception and abortion were illegal, and the roles and consequences of intercourse were much more severe. For interview psychologist and sexologist Coraline Delebar, much of the present comes first from this past vision. “Sexuality has long been defined and contained through the prism of reproduction,” recalls the psychologist. The recreational aspect is very recent. Most of the practices that are being suppressed today are more of the ones that are non-reproductive, with the waste of seeds, which will mean that we will end up in the form of a ban.”
To get rid of these entrenched judgments in people’s minds and move the lines, Eddie Blanchard suggests efforts of reflection and deconstruction. And psychologist Coraline Delebar reminds. “Sexual practices evolve like identities.”
(1) feelings a bi-monthly podcast hosted by Brune Botero and produced by Louie Media Studios, available on all listening platforms starting Monday, May 1.
Source: Le Figaro
