anything goes with emma chamberlain - faking orgasms, advice session [video]

Episode Date: March 2, 2025

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hello, and welcome back to Advice Session, a series here on Anything Goes, where you send in your current dilemmas or anything that you want advice on, and I give you my unprofessional advice. And today's topic is sex, which means if you're one of my family members, turn this off. And if you think you're a little bit too young to be listening to this episode, go ask your mommy. And now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's talk about sex, people. Let's talk about it. Let's just dive into it.
Starting point is 00:00:34 To be honest, I get a little bit uncomfortable when I talk about sex, not because it's a taboo topic, but because I don't think people perceive me as a sexual person. In fact, I've seen comments online that are like, I don't think Emma has sex. Emma does not exude an ounce of sexual energy. I don't think she has sex. I think if we were to pull down her pants, we would find it was smooth like a Barbie doll down there. There's no vagina. She doesn't have sex. And this is something I've always sort of been self-conscious of ever since I was going through puberty as a middle schooler. I've been self-conscious about the fact that I exude less sexual energy than the average person. I've always sort of relied on my humor
Starting point is 00:01:27 and my personality to get attention. And I'm not saying that in like a pick me sort of way, like, sorry, I guess I'm just like deeper than the average. Sorry that I'm not like a sex symbol, but like I have, but I'm like well read and I like read books, I'm not well read. I'm not that well read. I've read a few classics, but I'm well-read and I read books. I'm not well-read. I'm not that well-read. I've read a few classics, okay, but no more than the average person. I'm not well-read. I'm not saying this in some sort of pick-me sort of way. I'm saying that I just never had sexual
Starting point is 00:02:00 energy, so I had to rely on other things. And I think many of us can relate to that. I think it's like 50-50 out there. Some people have sexual energy, some people don't. It seems to be like 50-50. And I'm just somebody who, for whatever reason, doesn't have sexual energy, for the most part. So I feel kind of silly when I talk about sex. However, despite what some of you may think,
Starting point is 00:02:25 I do have sex. I do have sex and I'm not necessarily the best at it. And I don't get on top very often because that's just a little bit too much for me, a little bit too stressful, a little bit too visual can see too much of me, a little bit too exhausting, a little bit too, I don't really know what I'm doing up there. No one ever taught me. So I just don't really do it. But I have sex. Okay. I've been having sex for like seven years or something, maybe six. So I have enough experience to be honest. If anyone needs sex advice though, it's me. Now I'm thinking about it. I'm like, wait, I could use some sex advice if anything, but today I'm just going to share with you what I know. All right. And as always, this advice should be taken with a grain of salt. For all you know, I actually could be a Barbie
Starting point is 00:03:14 doll down there, just no vagina. Okay. Just like smooth. You don't know anything for sure. So take advice with a grain of salt from me. All right? Anyway, let's begin. Actually, one more check. Are any of my family members listening? Let's fucking turn this off now because I don't want to talk about this at Thanksgiving. I did this nude shoot on Instagram, I don't know, a little while ago for my best friend Jared, my best friend and stylist Jared's new clothing company. He came out with some bags. He was like, Emma, do you want to do this shoot? And it was super last minute. And I was like, fuck yeah, let's do it.
Starting point is 00:03:48 And it was nude with the bags. Anyway, super cool. I had a lot of fun doing it. It was great. It was empowering. I was nude. But then the holidays came around and I was just absolutely horrified
Starting point is 00:03:59 because I knew that my entire family had seen my entire butt cheek exposed and I was just absolutely mortified. I can't even remember if they brought it up because I kind of like blacked it out of my memory. Anyway, so to avoid that anxiety, if you are related to me, let's just go ahead and turn this episode off. All right, let's begin. I briefly pause this episode to let you know that this episode is presented by Westin Hotels and Resorts. Westin Hotels and Resorts.
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Starting point is 00:05:06 the episode. Somebody said, how to work around having opposite sex drives in a relationship so that everyone feels satisfied. I have absolutely dealt with this before, both extremes. I've dated people that have wanted to have more sex than me, and I've dated people who have wanted to have more sex than me and they've dated people who have wanted to have less sex than me. And both are definitely challenging and exhausting in their own unique ways. When you're dating somebody who wants to have sex more than you, you end up in a position sometimes where you feel like you're pretending. You might have sex when you're not in the mood and you kind of feel weird about it. It feels inauthentic. It feels ingenuine because you're not in the mood. It's not what
Starting point is 00:05:51 you want to be doing. You're kind of just doing it and it doesn't feel deep. It doesn't feel exciting. It doesn't feel true. Or you have to reject your partner on a frequent basis, which is kind of a bummer, right? I mean, it's totally okay to do, of course. If you're not in the mood and you're not feeling it, you absolutely should reject your partner, but it doesn't feel good and it's kind of a bummer and it's not fun, you know? Nobody wants to reject their partner, right? But that's necessary sometimes.
Starting point is 00:06:24 So that can be really challenging. On the other hand, if you wanna have more sex than your partner, that also is really upsetting because at times you might feel like sex is sort of empty between you and your partner. The reason being that maybe they just aren't as down as often. And so you're having sex with somebody who,
Starting point is 00:06:44 maybe 50% of the time, like doesn't actually want to be having sex as well, which is a bad feeling. And then you're like, wait, why didn't they tell me, wait, I feel bad, wait, I feel weird, this feels weird. Or you might initiate and get rejected, which is a fucking shitty feeling. So it's complicated. And the likelihood that you and your partner are going to have perfectly aligned sex drives are, it's rare. It's pretty rare. Although it does happen, you know, I actually have had relationships where it was pretty balanced. Like both members wanted to have sex kind of the same amount with an occasional like off day. But for the most part, you know, it's the same. And when that happens, great, but you know, we can't always expect that. And that isn't a priority for
Starting point is 00:07:32 most people, right? Like having exactly the same sex drive is not one of the key factors in a relationship. I think sexual chemistry and sexual interests come way before sex drive, right? But I do think that it's important to ask yourself how important that is to you. If this is something that really bothers you, be honest with yourself about it and be honest about whether or not this is something that you can deal with, because all of us are different, right? Even though I think majority of us are okay with dealing with differing sex drives, some of us like that is really a deal breaker, I guess. So figure that out for yourself. In the rare occasion that it is a deal breaker for you, then that's a conversation that you
Starting point is 00:08:22 need to have with your partner, potentially, you know, even end things with your partner. But I think for most people, it's a matter of communication. If you and your partner have opposite sex drives, you probably need to discuss sex a bit more than a couple who has, you know, a super synced sex drive. And that's because both of you need to constantly be making sure that your needs are being met and that nobody feels neglected or misunderstood or like they're feeling any sort of pressure to be having sex when they're not really in the mood. This type of imbalance just requires a bit more communication. And honestly, I think that this applies in the mood. This type of imbalance just requires a bit more communication. Honestly,
Starting point is 00:09:05 I think that this applies in every relationship. We are not going to be perfectly aligned, perfectly synced, perfectly balanced about every single thing in a relationship. There's always stuff that just doesn't quite line up. I think a characteristic of a good, healthy relationship is when those imbalances are not a problem, right? Like it's cool. Like no, it's not a deal breaker for anyone. And you both figure out a way to communicate through it and keep tabs on it, right? So I think an extra level of communication is necessary, but that's uncomfortable. So the more you can have those types of conversations, the more that you can check in, the more comfortable
Starting point is 00:09:52 you'll get with it. And in the beginning, it might feel uncomfortable, but I can promise it'll get easier. But I understand the fear because I've been in relationships where I've gone the entire relationship and we've never talked about sex like once. You know, it's like a topic that we avoided or whatever for whatever reason because it was too uncomfortable. And so I think the earlier on in the relationship, you can start talking about sex and the more often that you do it, the better because then it just isn't scary anymore and it's comfortable and it's easy. And it's important, especially if you have opposite sex drives. But once you have that sort of figured out, I think there are a few more things that you could do.
Starting point is 00:10:29 Okay? Number one, when you do have sex, when both of you are feeling it at the same time, lean into it. Okay? Don't fall into your routine. Like I feel like a lot of couples get into sort of a routine, like, at 30 seconds, like, a finger goes in and then at like three minutes, okay, now my pants are off. And then at five minutes, okay, now we're doing this.
Starting point is 00:10:53 And then we flip over. It's like, when you're in a relationship, you end up getting into a routine with sex a lot of times. That has happened to me in every single relationship I've ever had. It's like, at a certain certain point you have a routine. And so they're actually a conscious effort has to be made to get out of that routine. And so I think if you have opposite sex drives, it's all the more reason to make sure not to fall into the routine.
Starting point is 00:11:17 Like when you catch yourself about to like pop a fucking finger in somewhere or like put a hand in the pant when you normally do. Be like, wait a minute, I'm going to do something else. Like I don't know, just like switch it up and also drag it out. Don't rush anything. You know, don't just like go through the motions. Like drag it out.
Starting point is 00:11:37 You know what I mean? Like you stop in between. Chill out for a sec. You know, like drag it out. Get out of your routine. Make the times that you do both want to have sex extra special, extra exciting. Really make a moment out of it. Have fun with it because this is something that's even more special for you two than for the average couple. This episode is brought to you by Sunwing Vacations.
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Starting point is 00:13:58 Alcohol in select markets, product availability may vary by region, see app for details. Okay, next. If you're really feeling like, Oh my God, we have been so out of whack. We have not had sex in like a month. Like we're just not aligning plan a night around sex. Okay. It sounds kind of cringe, but I actually do think that there can be some value in it.
Starting point is 00:14:27 Like let me give you an example, okay? Plan like a date night, okay? Like okay, tonight we're going to order dinner and we're going to watch this movie and we're going to light a fucking candle. Maybe we're going to light two. And if you want to wear like a cute little outfit, okay, I hate doing that because I feel cringe when I do it. And I feel constricted by it and I like really hate it.
Starting point is 00:14:48 So I don't do that. But like, if you want to buy a little cute little outfit and wear that, maybe under your clothes, okay, do that. You know, if you want to buy something from like a little sex store, as like a little funny surprise, fun funny surprise. For some people it's not a funny surprise, but like if I were to do something like this,
Starting point is 00:15:09 it would be because every guy I've ever dated would be like, what the fuck? You went to a sex store? What are you doing? You bought, what? You bought a handcuff? Like what's going, like, you know, who cloned my girlfriend and pumped Viagra into her?
Starting point is 00:15:23 Like what's happening? But you know, whether you're like a sexual person like that, and you're like into that or not, it could be fun regardless, whether it's funny or it's serious, you know, going and picking something up like there's little like sex games you can buy that are like not, you know, anything too extreme, like pretty tame, or you could if you are less tame, pick up something kind of crazy. I don't know pick up a little something perhaps But like make a night out of it, you know Make a night out of it make sort of a plan like tonight. We're gonna we're really gonna we're really gonna lean into this
Starting point is 00:15:55 We're really gonna have sex and it's gonna be fun. It's gonna be sexy night We're gonna have a sexy night and it's gonna be sexy and it's gonna be nighttime and we're gonna have a sexy night kind of fun. I think when both partners are feeling uninspired, it's not a horrible idea to just have a little sexy night. And last but not least, I do think if you're in a relationship where you have opposite sex drives, it is important, especially for the person who maybe has a higher sex drive, to be masturbating. And I know it's like, Emma, oh my God, like this is so rated R, you're talking about masturbation?
Starting point is 00:16:31 What? But like, I don't know, I think some of us are like, I'm in a relationship, I shouldn't masturbate. Like, I should just be having sex with my partner, you know? But I actually think it's totally fine. And also, I've been in relationships where we have normal, good, balanced sex, but then sometimes I'm bored and we might have sex later, but we might not. And I kind of feel like today is the day that today is a day that I need to.
Starting point is 00:17:05 And so I'll just handle it on my own. You know, like, I think it's perfectly normal and healthy and not a red flag if you need to masturbate in your relationship and you need to take matters into your own hands sometimes. I actually think it's a really healthy, like what's the alternative? Wanting to and then just like not and like holding back. I mean, I guess for some people, maybe that makes sense, but like, I don't really feel like that is necessary. You know, that's kind of a bummer, you know, or cheating. Like, okay, that's not good. I don't know. I don't see anything wrong with
Starting point is 00:17:45 it. I think it's just like, it allows you to like regulate and balance everything in your relationship. Like if, if you like to have sex more than your partner and you make up for it in masturbation, like that's not cheating, you know, unless your partner thinks that like watching porn is cheating and you need to watch porn to masturbate, then that's kind of, I guess, a different topic. But I actually think most people need porn to masturbate. I just don't, which is like a weird thing about me. And I never watch it. And it's just this weird thing about me. It's not weird, but it's just like kind of unusual and maybe less common.
Starting point is 00:18:25 But anyhow, I just have a really strong imagination. Isn't that beautiful? Yeah. Like, do it yourself. Okay? Or encourage your partner to do it themselves. You know? And perhaps you could even figure out some sort of like cute sort of thing where like, perhaps, you know, I personally hate nudes. Like I don't want any nude of me to exist. I'm very frightened of that. Because what if an iCloud gets hacked or something? I just don't even fuck around. There's not one nude of me on my phone. And I'm not just saying that to fend off iCloud hackers. I just genuinely do not have one nude photo of me on my phone. Or actually, if I do, it's not a sexual one. It's like me like in a fitting
Starting point is 00:19:06 with my stylist Jared and like we're taking a picture of pants and like my boobs are out because I don't care and we like needed to take a photo of the pants. Do you know what I'm saying? Like that's the type of nude on my phone. But like perhaps you could figure out like maybe you could take photos of something or like videos and then for your partner for when they like if they have a higher sex drive than you or if you have a higher sex drive now you can like you know you can masturbate with your partner virtually you know what I'm saying because you have a little a little pic or a little vid or you have a collection that you guys have created you know to sort of you know again remedy the imbalance there's to sort of, you know, again, remedy the imbalance. There's
Starting point is 00:19:45 a lot of stuff you can do. And it's definitely something that you can get through. Okay, moving forward. Somebody said, how often should you be having sex with your long term boyfriend? This is something that I have struggled with before being like, wait, is this normal? Is this enough? In various extremes, I've asked myself, are we having too much sex? Is this unusual? I've asked myself, are we not having enough sex? Why have we not had sex in three weeks? I've questioned, why have we not had sex in a month and why is that okay with me?
Starting point is 00:20:14 I've questioned that in a variety of ways in the past. The conclusion I've come to is there is no specific answer. Every relationship varies, right? I will say though, if you really do want to try to come up with some sort of number, I think your best option is to take an average of your and your partner's ideal frequency of sex. Okay, so let's say you're talking about on a weekly basis, on average, right? Obviously there are exceptions. Sometimes you're just tired for a few weeks.
Starting point is 00:20:49 Sometimes you're fighting for a few weeks, whatever. But like on average, how often would you and your partner like to have sex? Ask each other this question. Have this conversation, okay? Let's say your partner would like five days a week and you really only want to have sex like two days a week Okay. Well then your average is What three and a half? So that means having sex like three and a half times a week, right?
Starting point is 00:21:16 So that means like having full-on sex, you know three times a week and then the half is like walking past your partner in the kitchen and like putting your finger up their butt a little bit. Or like, you know, you're about to fall asleep and maybe you just like grab a boob or something. Say like good night and like grab a little boob. That's the half. Okay. But again, you know, like even once you have that number in that average with your partner,
Starting point is 00:21:43 sometimes you're going to have sex every day because both of you are in the mood and sometimes you're going to have sex once a month because that's what you're in the mood for. There are so many variables that affect how often you have sex in a relationship that I think one of the worst things you can do is set some sort of expectation or be striving to hit some sort of quota. That's not how this works. Sex should be intuitive. You should have sex when you want to have sex. Obviously, it's complicated because there's two people,
Starting point is 00:22:09 but it shouldn't be about hitting a quota. I really think it comes down to whether or not the amount feels good to you both. If it feels good to you both, if you feel like, yeah, we have sex a lot sometimes, not a lot sometimes, and we fall into a routine and have it pretty routinely a few times a week sometimes, and I'm really happy with that. It's kind of all over the place, but it feels good and it feels intuitive, then you have no issue, right? You don't need to be questioning if you're having sex too often or not enough.
Starting point is 00:22:40 You're good. But if you're feeling like, I'm not happy with the frequency, like it feels off, it feels like it's too much, it feels like it's not enough, then you need to have conversations about it. Right? And I think it's so important to be in a relationship where you feel comfortable to have these conversations. And I think you create that by number one, not putting each other on a pedestal, but also having non-judgmental conversations routinely, ensuring that both partners are non-judgmental and routinely checking in on the uncomfortable stuff. The more you discuss it, the more comfortable
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Starting point is 00:25:18 Eligibility and member terms apply. Okay, next. Somebody said, I want to have sex for the first time, but I can't decide if I'm ready or not. It feels like a big deal to me, but I don't want to be dramatic. How do I know if I'm ready? I feel like I've answered a question very similar to this in another advice session, but I ask you to forget if I ever have given advice and hopefully my advice is even better now than it was in the past, but I can't remember. Maybe I never have given advice on it. To be honest, I don't think anyone ever feels
Starting point is 00:25:48 100% ready. So I would recommend that you let go of that expectation. Let go of the expectation that you're ever going to feel 100% prepared and ready. We're never 100% prepared and ready for something that we've never done before. You know what I mean? Like the first time you skateboard, it's okay to be nervous because you've never done it before and you don't know what to do. If you've never done something before, you're not going to know what to expect. Like it's completely normal to be like, uh, I'm not ready. You know what I mean? You just never feel ready. What makes you feel ready for something is when you've done it before and you know exactly
Starting point is 00:26:22 what to do. So this is a normal feeling. But let go of that expectation that you're ever going to feel 100% prepared, because I doubt that you will. And I also think, too, that another reason why we never feel ready is because it is a huge decision. It's okay to take this really seriously. You know, you're saying that it feels like a big deal to you, but you don't want to be dramatic. No, it's okay to be dramatic. It is a big deal. And I feel
Starting point is 00:26:52 like we live in a time now where we're told that it's not, that it doesn't matter. You know, have sex with whoever you want, as much as you want, who cares? It doesn't matter. It doesn't mean anything. It doesn't define you. All of these things in a lot of ways are true. But I do think that growing up hearing this rhetoric, you get this idea that if you take sex too seriously, it's because you're very reserved and you're very prude and this, this and that. This is a time where now, say virginity is not held as sacred. It just doesn't matter anymore. We live in more of a time of, I guess, sort of sexual liberation in a way. And I think, again, there's a lot of beauty to that. And I think that there's a lot of great that comes
Starting point is 00:27:40 from that sort of philosophy. However, I do think that it also can be a bit damaging to young people who are feeling like, wait a minute, this is a big deal to me. Wait a minute, I don't want to just have sex with whoever I want. Wait a minute, I kind of think this is a big deal. And I feel like that is one of the flaws with that sort of conversation that's happening in society and culture today. Okay? I don't know, because I experienced that. Like I'm speaking directly from experience here. Growing up, I felt like everyone was celebrating having a lot of sex with a lot of different people.
Starting point is 00:28:29 Whereas when my parents were kids, for example, that was less the case. It was more like being really selective and really careful was sort of what was, I guess, maybe cool back then in some ways. Definitely when my grandparents were kids. And I'm not saying either is good. I think both extremes sort of have negative impacts on young people's psyches, right? When society is too strict about sex,
Starting point is 00:29:04 a lot of guilt comes up, a lot of feeling of like, I'm impure because I did this or like, I'm forever destroyed because I did this or I've ruined my body from doing this. And I think that that's completely unhealthy. But also when the rhetoric is like, sex is just this, it can be this casual thing. It's so casual. It's so chill. It's chill. It's not that deep, y'all. It's so chill. That also is harmful because for some people that's true and for some people that's not. So I don't know. I think it can make people feel weird, myself included, when they do take this stuff seriously. So I guess the purpose of of this long winded rant is to tell you that
Starting point is 00:29:46 it's okay to take it seriously. It is a big decision. It is something that you should really think about because you might be somebody who can have sex and it's no biggie and you don't care and it's chill, but chances are you're probably not, right? Sex is incredibly vulnerable. It's one of the most vulnerable things that you can do in life. And it's very normal to be deeply affected by the experience in either a positive or a negative way. And so now that hopefully you're allowing yourself to see this as a big decision, see this as something that should be critically thought about. How do you know if you're ready? Listen, as I said earlier, you're never going to feel 100% ready, but I do think that there are a lot
Starting point is 00:30:37 of signs that you are ready. Number one, you have someone to have sex with that makes you feel 100% comfortable and safe who you can truly trust. I personally think that this is really important. You know, I've had friends who have lost their virginity to like a completely random person. I think that that is fine and that works for some people, but I wouldn't recommend it because again, sex is a really vulnerable thing and it's even more vulnerable when it's your first time and you don't really know what you're doing.
Starting point is 00:31:12 You ideally want to be with somebody who is going to take care of you, who is going to make you feel comfortable, who's going to teach you how it works. So you want someone who you're familiar with, who perhaps you're even dating, to help make the situation less intimidating and more comfortable and also more enjoyable. The other thing too is when you have sex for the first time, especially if you're a girl, it can be painful, it can be uncomfortable. You might not be able to get right into it and you need somebody who's patient with you because it just might not be like this super hot,
Starting point is 00:31:49 sexy experience the first time. Next, you need to make sure that you are the one making this choice. Nobody else is impacting your decision-making, not your significant other, not your crush, not your friends, not society. This decision should be made for you. And that's really important because there are going to be a lot of pressures around you.
Starting point is 00:32:18 Okay? People who want to have sex with you might be like, let's do it. Like, come on. You know, there might be pressure coming from there. There might be pressure coming from your friends. Maybe your friends have all had sex and you haven't. So now they're like, come on, like, you need to have sex too. Or perhaps the pressure could be coming from society.
Starting point is 00:32:36 You know, like, again, there's sort of a norm of like, well, once you're at this age, you must have had sex by now, right? And maybe you're a little bit older than that. Maybe you're in your mid-20s when it starts to become a bit less common for people to be a virgin. If you still wanna be a virgin, if you haven't found the right person yet, all good. You have the whole rest of your life to have sex, all good.
Starting point is 00:32:59 You know what I mean? Do it on your own time. Do it when you wanna do it. Make sure that you're doing it for you because that will ensure That you're as ready as you could possibly be You're not ready if you're not making the decision for you and you end up doing it when you're not ready And then you end up feeling like oh my god. I feel weird. I don't I wasn't ready, you know, I Really wasn't ready and last but not, it sounds exciting to you. Yes,
Starting point is 00:33:27 you're nervous. Yes, you're intimidated. Yes, it's a big deal. But more than anything, you're excited. You're like, okay, you know what? This is good. I really do want to do this. It's exciting. And exciting is like the main feeling that you're experiencing. It's a positive, exciting thing for the most part. There are always going to be fears and you're always going to be nervous, but you're more excited than you are nervous. Okay, next, somebody said, is it bad that I'm not a total freak in the bedroom? LOL. I feel like everyone I see loves having sex so much and my style is pretty mellow.
Starting point is 00:34:01 It's hard not to be self-conscious or feel like I won't be enough for my partner. I totally get this. I could not get this more. And I have spent so many years in relationships being like, oh my God, do I need to watch more porn and study and figure out how to be crazy and do a 360 helicopter spin on a peanut. Like, what do I need to learn? You know, what do I need to do? And I can't tell you how much this has tortured me, okay?
Starting point is 00:34:33 I totally get it because I'm the same way. Like, listen, not to like give you too much information, but like, I am the same way. I'm pretty mellow, I'm pretty chill. I'm not doing anything crazy. I'm also not into it though. It's not like I am bringing nothing to the table. I am aware that I bring things to the table, but I'm not a porn star. Listen, it'd be great if I was, but my style is very far from that. I think in today's age, the age of porn, where porn is more extreme and more accessible than ever, there's more pressure than ever to be like a porn star. That applies to men and women.
Starting point is 00:35:20 It applies to absolutely everyone. A lot of the sexual standards that I feel like we have in society today are based on porn. Even though we all know that porn is exaggerated and porn is an extreme, subconsciously for whatever reason, we still sort of expect it from ourselves. We still sort of wanna live up to that fantasy, you know? And it's incredibly harmful. It's
Starting point is 00:35:46 incredibly harmful because it is extreme. It is unrealistic. It is often not enjoyable. It is often not fun. Like it's not, it's, it's entertainment. And I feel like the influence that porn has, has completely destroyed our idea of what sex is. Right? Listen, there are some couples out there that might as well start filming porn because it's up to that level. For some people, that's the vibe. But for majority of people, that is not the vibe.
Starting point is 00:36:21 You know what I mean? It's just not. And it's completely fine. It's completely fine, okay? Normal, mellow, average sex can still be really good sex. And I know everybody at home is like, who is really, you know, maybe sexually advanced is laughing at me like, yeah, Emma,
Starting point is 00:36:41 that's what somebody says who's bad at sex. Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up. There are a lot of people that just wanna have normal sex, okay, and wanna do it really well. That's great, okay? That is great. It's completely fine.
Starting point is 00:37:00 And, you know, it's sort of like, I feel like we tend to forget that our sexual identity is a part of our identity as a whole, mainly because it's something that comes out in very private settings for the most part, and because it's something that not a lot of people see. And it's also like a very different side of us that's almost like, weirdly animalistic and like not even like, you're almost in autopilot a lot of times when you're having sex. And so we tend to forget that it is a part of our identity. And what is one of the greatest pieces of advice anyone can give you about your identity?
Starting point is 00:37:38 To own it, to be yourself. The same exact thing applies to sex, be yourself. And if people don't like it, then they're not for you. If you're dating somebody who maybe really loves to have freaky sex and they're not cool with you being a bit more chill, a bit more mellow, and you maybe not being down for their freaky stuff, then you're not compatible and that's okay. I can guarantee that there's someone out there who also likes to have chill, mellow sex and you both are going to have incredible sex together, okay? And everything's going to be okay. Sex is about a connection between two people, but it is also about having a good time. And if you have a good time, you know? And if you have a good time doing chill stuff,
Starting point is 00:38:25 if you have a good time in missionary, stay there. You know, it's a classic for a reason. If you have fun having sex only in a bed, you don't wanna have sex in the car. You don't wanna have sex in the airplane bathroom. By the way, no one ever, like whoever really does that, I don't know. Mile high club, does that even exist?
Starting point is 00:38:44 Probably not, probably, I don't know. Mile high club, does that even exist? Probably not, probably, but must be rare. Anyway, if you don't wanna go out of your comfort zone, you don't have to. It's okay to know what you like and to stick to it. Is it fun to be adventurous sometimes? Sure, you know, do I think it's a bad idea to try everything once?
Starting point is 00:39:01 No, you know, I have tried stuff before and been like, eh, I didn't like that. I think if you're somebody who is a bit more mellow, perhaps it's not a bad idea to try stuff every once in a while, but if you don't like it, you don't like it. And it's okay to be mellow. So I'm sick of people feeling bad and myself even. I'm sick of myself feeling bad about not being this fucking circus performer like doing contortionist backflips onto the wiener. I'm sick of not knowing how to tie my partner up into a crazy knot with a rope and swinging them from the ceiling. I'm sick of feeling like, oh my God, should I be doing that?
Starting point is 00:39:46 I don't know. I'm sick of feeling like, wow, I'm not really making that much noise in bed. I'm not like moaning and screaming at the top of my lungs. Should I be? No, I shouldn't be because that's not who I am. That's not who I am. You know what I'm saying?
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Starting point is 00:40:39 Somebody said, how do I tell my partner if he isn't making me come when we are intimate? I don't want to fake an orgasm because I will keep having to do that, but I don't want him to be really self-conscious. Girl, I have been here. Oh, have I been here before? Yeah, I have. I've been here before. I mean, it's hard for me to give advice on this without feeling like a hypocrite, because I fully dated somebody once, and for the entire relationship, they never once made me come. And I never faked it. I never once faked it. But we also never talked about it. And to this day, I don't know if they think I was, I don't know.
Starting point is 00:41:25 Like, it's kind of wild to me. Like, in retrospect, I'm like, Emma, what the fuck? Like, what? What are you doing, girl? What the heck? What a bummer. Like, that's a huge bummer. It was a catastrophe and it was completely miserable.
Starting point is 00:41:45 You can still have decent sex and not come from it, especially as a woman, right? Because it's a bit tougher. It's a bit more complex down there. It's also a bit more complex emotionally. I think it's a different sort of situation. It requires a bit more communication, right? Like in terms of heterosexual sex, I think for the man, it's a bit easier because it's just the act of sex itself makes the man come, right? Whereas that's not always the case for women. Women need often a bit
Starting point is 00:42:18 more, you know? They need a different type of attention, perhaps, depending on the woman's anatomy. And I know I'm somebody that I've never in my life, TMI perhaps, TMI perhaps, should I say it? Should I say it? I'm scared. I'm going to say it. I've never in my life had an orgasm from sex. I haven't. I just don't think it's my anatomy. Or maybe I just haven't figured it out. But yeah, I require a bit, like we all require a different type of attention. So, you know, it doesn't necessarily mean that your sex with your partner is bad. It doesn't mean that your partner is bad at sex,
Starting point is 00:42:55 necessarily. It might, it might mean that they're a bit inexperienced, they have no idea what they're doing, but it also might not, right? I really am sad that, you know, it is so touchy and it is so insulting to tell your boyfriend, like, you're not making me come. It sucks that there's this sort of stigma around it that it's insulting to the man if he can't do it.
Starting point is 00:43:21 Because I like to give the man the benefit of the doubt, okay? That either your anatomy is different than any anatomy that they've dealt with before or that they just don't have enough experience and they don't know what to do. And it is a little bit complicated, right? It is a bit more complicated. It sucks that it's so uncomfortable to have a conversation about it. And I've never been able to have a conversation about it. I've never been able to figure out a way to solve it. And I've never been able to have a conversation about it. I've
Starting point is 00:43:45 never been able to figure out a way to solve it. I went through an entire relationship and never fucking figured it out. And so what would I do differently if I were to experience that again? Well, number one, I would be stressed out. I would be stressed out because this is a stressful thing. It is very stressful. Even though I feel like I'm older and wiser now than I was when that happened to me and I was in that relationship, I still now putting myself back in my old shoes. I'm like, Oh God, it's so, it's so uncomfortable. I honestly understand not wanting to just sit down and have a conversation about it. Listen, is that ideal in a lot of ways? Yes, because being able to just sit down and fucking be like, listen, I need to teach you
Starting point is 00:44:32 how to make me cum because it's a little complicated and everybody's body is different and the female anatomy varies and I need to show you what I like, you know? And here's how it works and let's get on the same page. Is that ideal? Sure. But I do understand that it's a bit challenging, especially if you've been with your partner now for like multiple months, potentially even years, and you're like, how do I bring up now after we've had sex hundreds of times that I've never come. It's almost like every time you have
Starting point is 00:45:06 sex and you don't come, it gets worse, right? It gets harder to bring up. It gets more awkward. It gets more confrontational. The risk of it hurting your partner's feelings gets higher. I really do think the best way, if I were to go back, okay, and do it all over again in that one particular relationship, I would have tried to have made it a hot thing during sex and been like, do a little more of that, buddy. Let's do a little bit more of that. Oh, when you just did that like that, more of that. I'm somebody who doesn't like to talk very much during sex. It's just not my thing. Every once in a while I'm sparing. So it would be out of my own comfort zone.
Starting point is 00:45:48 But it's better than fucking starting a full conversation being like, hey buddy. Well number one, never call your boyfriend buddy unless you want to absolutely destroy him. Mentally, it's just like, don't do that. But yeah, I mean, it's better than sitting down and having like a weird, awkward conversation about it where now, you know, they're like being faced with some really bad news and it's just awkward.
Starting point is 00:46:13 I think it's better to be like, oh yeah, do it more like that. Or the only challenge is if your partner is in, like say, in the case of a heterosexual relationship, giving you head, you know? And sometimes, if they're not going down there to do that, a lot of women, that's how we come, you know? That's how we get to have our moment.
Starting point is 00:46:38 And some guys just don't really wanna do it. Some guys just don't wanna go down there, and they kinda have to, if they want to make their girly pop come. And so perhaps there's like, during sex you're like, maybe you ask or like in a hot way, like be like, hey, why don't you go down there?
Starting point is 00:46:57 You know? It's tough, it is tough. Or you can even make it like into a full like, maybe experiment with some role play, and pretend to be teachers and teach each other. Maybe you could even start by being like, hey, why don't you teach me how to give you head? Why don't you teach me?
Starting point is 00:47:17 And then, and then, you can be like, now let me teach you. Do you see what I'm saying? It's like a total trick. It's a total trick, but you win because you get to teach your boyfriend how to figure it out down there. You see what I'm saying? But my last suggestion is also try to figure out
Starting point is 00:47:35 if there's a way that you can, I've heard this works for some women being on top. You can choose your own destiny in a way and you're a bit more in control I've never found that to work for me. I really just don't like being on top very much It's okay, but it's not my favorite and it also just like doesn't mainly because it like doesn't I don't enjoy it like my Personal Anatomy it just has never Works that well for me for some reason. I
Starting point is 00:48:05 Don't know. Anyway, but supposedly that can be something that works. So maybe try that. It hasn't worked for me, but could work for you. But I think the best idea is to pretend like you're like, be like, why don't you teach me how to do this? And then your boyfriend's going to be like, well, you're already really good. And be like, no, I want to learn from you. And like pretend to be like a sexy student, not in like a creepy way, but like in like a you're
Starting point is 00:48:30 teaching me how to do this. And then, you know, it could be hot for you guys. Maybe try that. Okay. That's all I have for today. That's it. I'm done talking now. That is all of the advice that I have. And you know what? Now you give me advice, okay? Shoot me at little DM at anythinggoes, at Emma Chamberlain on all social media, and just give me some fucking sex advice now. What should I do to be more of a sex symbol in my life, okay? It's weird, like even when I wear like a risqué outfit or something, I still don't feel like it's
Starting point is 00:49:07 sexual. It's so weird. I don't know. It's so fascinating. They should study me, scientifically. How can someone show tit but be so not sexual? I have to fart. See?
Starting point is 00:49:23 I just farted. And that's like, that just adds to the non-sexual lore. Anyways, okay, enough, enough, enough. I'm done. That's all for today. Thank you all for listening and hanging out. If you enjoyed it, tune in Thursdays and Sundays. I'm here talking to you.
Starting point is 00:49:40 You can stream anywhere you get podcasts or watch on Spotify and YouTube Find anything goes on social media at anything goes find me on social media at Emma Chamberlain and find my coffee company at Chamberlain coffee and find Chamberlain coffee online at Chamberlain coffee calm and in store at Target sprouts whole foods and Some other ones go on the store locator online to find out if we're in a store near you That's all I have for today. I had a lot of fun, as always. And I truly love and appreciate you all. And I will be talking to you very, very, very soon in a few days.
Starting point is 00:50:17 Don't miss me too much, baby. I'll be back. This is why I can't, again, I don't have sexual energy because I'm like I'm like having sex and I'm like actually I'm not saying anything. Maybe that's the problem. No, but if I were to say something I'd be like OMG like wait like this is like silly like we're being silly right now. Oh my god, like I feel like I have to fart a little I'm like holding it in stop wait can I like fart and then I would like up and stop the sex and get up and
Starting point is 00:50:45 walk into the corner and fart because that's what I do once I get comfortable with my boyfriends is that I don't fart next to them and I refuse to let them, I don't want to fart near them because of course there's just, that's just where I draw the line. Although sometimes we can't control it, but I like to get up and go into the corner of the room and fart in the corner of the room and then leave it there and then walk back. If I was truly being myself during sex, I'd start doing that shit during sex. And this is the problem. Or I would be like, oh my God.
Starting point is 00:51:15 Like, if I got flipped over, isn't it? I'd be like, oh my God, hi again. That's the vibe. It's a catastrophe. It's a catastrophe. Please give me, like send me help. Send help. Send advice. Yeah, that's it. I'm done talking now. You probably know a little bit too much about me after this episode,
Starting point is 00:51:32 but whatever. Okay. Talk to you later. Bye.

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