#6 - Glorious, Guilty Sex: A Pleasure-Shame Paradox

10/08/2025 4 min Temporada 1 Episodio 6

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Episode Synopsis

Sex is a contradiction. Connection and performance, pleasure and guilt, novelty and boredom. Freud called sexuality the root of human motivation. Nietzsche saw desire as inseparable from suffering. Foucault argued sex is political: a form of confession, power, control. We chase the high, count bodies, fake the climax, and then sit in silence. Why? Let's confront the inherited stories about sex. More = better, love must feel like lust, fulfillment demands fantasy.(0:00) Sex is a Lie(0:12) The Paradox of Sexual Desire(0:46) Sex as a Spectrum(1:18) Why Sex Confuses Us(1:28) Freud, Nietzsche & Foucault on Sexuality(2:02) WTF(2:10) Esther Perel’s “Where Should We Begin” Podcast(2:30) Sex as a Scoreboard(2:46) Intimacy Delusion and Comparison(2:59) What’s Wrong with Modern Sex(3:17) Burning Questions About Sex(3:35) When Answers Need Deeper Questions(3:49) Advice: Presence over Performance(4:06) What Sex Should Actually Be(4:24) Growth Equation: Intimacy Without EgoWhat if meaning comes from presence, not novelty? “Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But it's usually too battered with rules to be heard.” – Jim Morrison Growth = control surrendered + self reclaimedBrick by brick, we’ll get there.3 Simple Questions to Define Your Life:https://open.spotify.com/episode/4nWC75degSXlMawZM8zIE8?si=ff2b1ae4d5214bc6-🔸 Build with me:Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠bricktomarblepodcast⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠@BricktoMarble⁠Website: ⁠⁠bricktomarble.com⁠

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