EP 5 - Virginity and Marijuana: The Myths and The Meaning feat. Riley Webster - a podcast by Leah Tidey

Today on the show, I answer your questions about virginity (like, does masturbation count?!), what that means and how religion can make it that much more complex. I also share my interview with the lovely and brilliant, Riley Webster, all about intimacy, and intentional cannabis use. Riley has worked in the cannabis industry, is a yoga teacher and a writer, has studied Reiki, massage, Ayurveda and is the host of The Kismet Collection podcast!

Resources from the Show!

The Kismet Collection: https://open.spotify.com/show/4qC44FJ0FAOaY07Cvn25wt?si=9bPUVlHARMm7zFj-LIqpSA

Can Cannabis Use Really Help Your Sex Life?: https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/opinion/2019/10/28/can-cannabis-help-your-sex-life.html

How Does Cannabis Actually Affect Sex?: https://www.self.com/gallery/how-cannabis-affects-sex

How Religion Screws With Our Sex Lives: https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/matty-silver/how-religion-screws-with-our-sex-lives_a_23206909/

9 of the Biggest Lies Christianity Tells Us About Sex and Marriage: https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/05/christianity-lies-sex-marriage/

The Uncomfortable Truth About Sex in a Christian Marriage https://hopejoyinchrist.com/uncomfortable-truth-sex-christian-marriage/

Academic Resources

Allen, P. G. (1992). Pushing up the Sky: How the west was really won. The sacred hoop: Recovering the feminine in American Indian traditions: With a new preface (pp. 194-208). Boston, MA: Beacon Press.

Carpenter, L. M. (2010). Gendered sexuality over the life course: A conceptual framework. Sociological Perspectives, 53(2), 155-178. doi:10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.155

Cha, S., Masho, S. W., & Mezuk, B. (2016). Age of sexual debut and cannabis use in the United States. Substance use & Misuse, 51(4), 439-448. doi:10.3109/10826084.2015.1110177

Jackson, D. (2016). Aging men’s embodied selves: Rethinking aging men’s relationships with their aging bodies. Exploring Aging Masculinities: The Body, Sexuality and Social Lives (pp. 38-55). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137527578.

Smith AMA, Ferris JA, Simpson JM, Shelley J, Pitts M, and Richters J. (2010). Cannabis use and sexual health. Journal of Sex Medicine, 7, 787–793.

Vissing, Y. (2018). “Sexual debut education: Cultivating a healthy approach to young people’s sexual experiences.” In S. L. Blair & P. N. Claster (Eds.) Gender, sex, and sexuality among contemporary youth: Generation sex (First ed.). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing.

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