The Sexuality and Catholicism Episode
A human sexuality podcast.
They Talk Sex · Elle Stanger
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Show Notes
What might healthy spirituality and sexuality look like for Catholics? Let’s meet Sister Shannon who specializes in pleasure and shame-less education and self help for her online audiences, and opposition to her work.
1:00 she’s been deactivated online 3x
3:00 sexual support for Catholics: there is a need
6:00 common questions: masturbation, family shame
9:00 imagine Mother Mary as a single mother
12:00 How do folks relate to Catholicism and sexuality?
15:00 “widen your knees” instead of “spread your legs”
17:00 The Old Testament had erotica in it! “Song of songs”
22:00 Sister Shannon’s current best contact info is [email protected]
25:00 the church does not let gay people get married or women be priests - don’t beg the hierarchy
26:00 God is non-binary?
30:00 who is reporting Shannon’s IG online?
34:00 Mary Magdalene wasn’t a sex worker, sorry
37:00 abstinence “education” results in a lot of shame and guilt
40:00 bad experiences motivated Elle to find better ones
45:00 Richard Rohr, Lavonne Briggs
49:00 God probably doesn’t care if you have multiple sexual partners
52:00 this show can be surprisingly unsexy :)
55:00 does God approve of Jesus-memes?
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