Translator: Peter van de Ven
Reviewer: Ellen Maloney Okay. Anyone remember who talked to you
about sexual pleasure? Does anyone talk to us
about sexual pleasure? (Laughter) Did we learn it in sex education class? Or did we just learn about STDs
or how not to become pregnant? Did our parents talk to us about pleasure? No. (Laughter) Now, as babies, all we know is pleasure. Hands down the pants, it just feels good! It has nothing to do with sex
until somebody says, "Don't touch yourself!
Don't touch yourself." Then as we get older, if we're teenagers
and we express an interest in sex, what are we called? Sluts, right? And we still, even today, surprisingly, even today, we still hear
those kinds of comments. We celebrate male gratification,
but we shame women for the same. We still have negative
messages that come to us, from our families,
from our culture, from religion; they're still out there. And then, as we grow up
into adults and have relationships, we're magically supposed to love it. (Laughter) I cannot tell you how often
I see women in my office - and that's women of all ages - who come in saying
they have an issue with orgasm. Either because they're not seeing
fireworks and they expect it, or because they're not having
orgasms with intercourse, and they come in saying,
"I have a problem." And then I ask them about their
own pleasure when they self-pleasure, and they say, "Okay,
no problem with that." But yet, they still think
they have a problem with orgasm. Then there's the issue of desire -
another common issue. Desire is not constant, for most of us. It doesn't stay static
throughout a life cycle; it fluctuates. And sometimes quite, quite drastically. Unfortunately, I all too often
see women who come and see me because - or talk to me, even -
who tell me they see sex as a chore, something that they have to give, not something that they share, not something that they even take. That usually happens when one partner
has a lot more desire than the other. And in situations like that, women will avoid sex,
they'll avoid intimacy, it leaves them feeling frustrated,
it leaves them feeling lonely, it leaves their partners
feeling frustrated and lonely, and they wonder: what's wrong with me? Do I not love my partner? Am I not attracted to my partner? But of course, when we start talking,
they are attracted to their partner, they do love their partner, in fact, when they have sex,
they do enjoy it. So, what's the problem? Obviously, if you're
in a lousy relationship, or a dysfunctional relationship,
or you're resentful with your partner, you're not going to have
any desire for your partner. But what about those of us
who are in relationships that are happy - generally speaking. What's going on? What's going on is that we need
to understand how desire works in women. Mostly women, I'm going to tell you - not that it doesn't
change like that for men, but I would say about
75% of women and 25% of men. Desire for women is no longer spontaneous
in long-term relationships - for the most part. And long-term relationships,
that could be at any age. And studies have shown us,
a long-term means six months to 18 months, when that in-lust feeling
kind of goes away. So, we lose that spontaneous desire, the feeling of being horny,
that feeling below the belt, and it starts to matter more
above the neck, really - or above the waist,
the heart and the head. And our desire becomes more responsive, which means when our partner
stimulates us, we respond to that stimulation
and our desire kicks in. That's what triggers the desire.
So what do we do? We have to commit to it;
we have to choose sexuality. You have to choose it,
knowing that it's good for you, knowing that you're
going to feel good with it, and that it gives you pleasure. But it's a conscious effort
to choose sexuality. I'm going to give you a little example, which will give you an idea -
at least it works for me. So, how many of you here
love going to the gym, especially, like, before your day. Alright, a couple of people. I mean, really, those are
the gym rats in the room. Most of us, I think most of us it takes quite an effort
to get going to the gym, right? So your alarm goes off at - I don't know -
five or six o'clock in the morning, and you know you got to get
that workout in before the day, you get out of bed, you're, like,
oh, do I have to go to the gym? Then you get your gym clothes on,
once you have those on, you're not going back to bed,
you generally go. So you go to the gym, you work out.
That workout always feels good. It feels good, you feel energized,
you say, wow, that was great, I got to do this again
tomorrow, I love it. Okay. Tomorrow comes and your alarm bell
goes off at five am. Are you going to spring out of bed? No! Even though you loved it, right? You don't have a spontaneous
desire to go to the gym. (Laughter) Make sense? Alright. The next step to achieving
a good sexuality is an understanding of our bodies. There's mostly ladies here, right? How many of you - and I want
a show of hands, be honest - if we lined up
all your vulvas in a lineup, that's like the whole bit part,
we line them all up naked, how many of you would be able
to pick yours out? (Laughter) Okay, a handful. There's a few guys -
I see a couple of guys in the room. If we lined up the penises, I guarantee you, every single one
would pick them out, right? (Laughter) I knew it. (Applause) As women, we are blessed with an organ that is
only for sexual pleasure. That's it. It's called the clitoris. As you can see here, it's not just
the little tip that you feel; it is an entire structure. 75% of us, women, will not, cannot orgasm
through intercourse alone. Doesn't matter if he's thrusting
for 10 minutes or 10 freaking hours: (Laughter)
it's not going to work, okay?! We need clitoral stimulation
to get us there; that's really important. And interestingly,
the latest research shows that the women who have
orgasms through intercourse, the distance between the vaginal opening
and the clitoris is shorter, so they're getting more pressure. So the clitoris has to be involved. Make sense? Okay. But yet, I see women all the time, when I tell them these two facts - that desire is responsive
rather than spontaneous, that they will not orgasm
through intercourse - the sense of relief,
the look of relief is really priceless. And they're like, "You mean,
you mean I'm normal? You mean, all this time? I thought there was
something wrong with me ... " So retain those two facts
if you will, today. Important. We are more normal than we think. Sexual health is a human right, according to the
World Health Organization, and that involves sexual pleasure. Giving up on sex hurts us, hurts our relationships, hurts us physically, even. Studies show us that people
who engage in sex regularly live longer, look better, feel better,
and have better relationships. So you don't want to give up on that. So what is the secret? The secret is understanding - there's really no big secret,
to tell you the truth - but the secret is understanding that sexuality, our sexuality,
is ever-evolving; it changes: what feels good at one time
may not feel good at another time. Our desire may be high one time,
not so much another time, within relationships, within ourselves. So this is the most important
thing to retain: that it evolves. We must reclaim pleasure. We must prioritize our pleasure. That's an attitude shift.
That's what we need. Thank you. (Applause)
The secret is to ignore women and do as you please men.