Why Rushing to Intercourse Is Ruining Your Sex Life | Susan Bratton
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Tracy Duhs interviews intimacy expert Susan Bratton about the importance of sex as a health protocol and the misconceptions surrounding female pleasure.
When was the last time you thought of sex as a health protocol? Not a nice-to-have. Not a reward. An actual pillar of longevity — right up there with sleep, nutrition, and exercise. Because according to my guest this week, that's exactly what it is. This week, I sat down with Susan Bratton, intimacy expert to millions and the woman who coined the term "sex span." Susan's sex life didn't even take off until her early 40s — after years of absorbing a culture that got almost everything about female pleasure completely wrong. What she discovered on the other side changed everything. Here's what blew my mind: the female body needs 20 to 30 minutes to reach full erectile function. Full stop. Most women have never once experienced it — because they've spent their whole lives on the male timeline. She dropped a bomb about orgasms, too: there are over 20 kinds the human body is capable of, from nipples, feet, lips, throat — not just the obvious places. She also revealed that by the time you're 40 or 50, you have half the nitric oxide you had at 20 — and that's directly tanking your blood flow, your pleasure, and your brain function. The fix is simpler than you think. After…
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