How do we talk to our children about porn? It’s one of the biggest questions we still have after making The Family Sex Show. And it's one of the subjects guardians seem to be increasingly concerned about. This episode is an offer, just one of many possible starting points for anyone wanting to begin this conversation with their children. It's been co-created with School of Sexuality Education and is for all people with caring responsibilities for children. 

This episode discusses porn, ethical decision making, sexual consent, gender norms, male gaze, racist tropes, ableism, understanding of safe sex and the use of protection.

In the episode, we mention NSPCC guidance around sexual development and behaviour in children. There's a link to that here:

https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/child-health-development/sexual-behaviour

For more information, a glossary of terms, credits, or for a transcript of the podcast, please visit www.thefamilysexshow.com 

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Yes, it’s the end of the podcast. But not the end of The Family Sex Show. And definitely not the end of the conversation. Hopefully, the next time we meet will be in a theatre near you!

Episode 12 features a quite intimate piece of audio. But we can assure you that it’s only the performers putting on a show.

For more information, a glossary of terms, credits, or for a transcript of the podcast, please visit www.thefamilysexshow.com 

If you’d like to find us on social media, you can do that @ThisEgg_ across Instagram and Twitter. We’re also using the hashtag #TFSS 

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If you made it here, you have *maybe, probably, hopefully* listened through to the whole podcast. Wow. Episode 11 is the last in our series of conversations. This sub-episode is a conversation around the themes and ideas in the Boundaries episode. If you’ve not listened to episode 10 - Boundaries, then we’d suggest you might want to, as we’ll reference it here.

Josie speaks to Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini (www.matildaibini.com @astrominx) and Ruth Elliot (www.rutheliot.com). 

Here are some of the materials and cultural references mentioned: #MeToo, Oloni on Twitter, Betty Martin’s Wheel of Consent, Re-Writing the Rules by Meg John Barker

Before you listen, we have some content descriptions for you. This episode explores broken boundaries. We talk about consent, victim blaming, shame, gaslighting, sexual violence, digital sexual intimacy and porn. We talk about BDSM, and we talk about disability. We also talk about the pandemic. There is a discussion around different levels of empathy and how that might effect sex and relationships. These sub episodes are conversations. They do not offer solid answers. Sometimes opinions are offered, but they are not necessarily finished. We invite you to keep questioning what is said, to discover what feels right for you, and what doesn’t. This is your conversation as much as it is ours.  If you’d like to listen, please listen in a way or in an environment that feels comfortable for you.

For more information, a glossary of terms, credits, or for a transcript of the podcast, please visit www.thefamilysexshow.com 

If you’d like to find us on social media, you can do that @ThisEgg_ across Instagram and Twitter. We’re also using the hashtag #TFSS

If you have time, we’d love to hear what you thought - please do leave us a review :)

Hello and thanks for coming back for more! Episode 10 is about boundaries, what they are and how they can be tested, challenged, broken or rebuilt. 

There is discussion around nakedness, and about consent. There are loud ham horn noises. We think about racism too. We think about gender-based power imbalances - there are moments when sweeping generalisations about men are made. We also talk about the pandemic, and the effects of it, particularly on people with disabilities, trans people, people who experience neurodivergencies and queer people. If you’d like to listen, please listen in a way or in an environment that feels comfortable for you.

For more information, a glossary of terms, credits, or for a transcript of the podcast, please visit www.thefamilysexshow.com 

If you’d like to find us on social media, you can do that @ThisEgg_ across Instagram and Twitter. We’re also using the hashtag #TFSS

If you have time, we’d love to hear what you thought - please do leave us a review :)

Welcome back! Episode 9 is another conversation with invited guests. This time we explore the ideas and material in the Relationships episode. If you haven’t listened to the episode 8 - Relationships, we’d suggest doing that as we reference it here.

In this episode, Josie speaks to Sophie Whitehead (@bonbourbons) and Gayathiri Kamalakanthan (@unembarrassable). 

Here are some of the references they mention: Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown, ‘Worried that Covid has stolen your sex life? Join the club’ Article by Zoe Williams in the Guardian, The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan, Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi, Decolonising Desire by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan for Almaz Ohene.

This sub-episode explores themes of gender, sexuality, bodies, pleasure, relationships and boundaries. In this sub-episode, we talk about  friendships and the breakdown of friendships. We talk about grief and loss, family dynamics, sexual and romantic relationships, porn, online  and digital intimacy, touch, the pandemic and also loneliness. We talk about racist and misogynistic tropes, monogamy and nonmonogamy, heteronormativity and also romanticism.  These sub episodes are conversations. They do not offer solid answers. Sometimes opinions are offered, but they are not necessarily finished. We invite you to keep questioning what is said, to discover what feels right for you, and what doesn’t. This is your conversation as much as it is ours.  If you’d like to listen, please listen in a way or in an environment that feels comfortable for you.

For more information, a glossary of terms, credits, or for a transcript of the podcast, please visit www.thefamilysexshow.com 

If you’d like to find us on social media, you can do that @ThisEgg_ across Instagram and Twitter. We’re also using the hashtag #TFSS

If you have time, we’d love to hear what you thought - please do leave us a review :)

Hey! Episode 8 focuses on relationships. Romantic relationships and friendships, parent-child relationships and other dynamics. Relationships with other people, and your own relationships with yourself. Beginnings, middles and ends. 

This episode contains swearing, descriptions of physical sexual intimacy, and mentions drug use. There is also the exploration of objectification, hypersexualisation, racial prejudice and racial profiling. We explore parent-child dynamics and parenthood. If you’d like to listen, please do so in a way that feels comfortable to you.

For more information, a glossary of terms, credits, or for a transcript of the podcast, please visit www.thefamilysexshow.com 

If you’d like to find us on social media, you can do that @ThisEgg_ across Instagram and Twitter. We’re also using the hashtag #TFSS

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Welcome back! Episode 7 is the third in a series of conversations with invited guests This conversation uses the Pleasure episode as a starting point. If you haven’t listened to the episode 6 - Pleasure, we’d suggest doing that as we reference it here.

In this episode, Josie chats with invited guests Selina Thompson (www.selinathompson.co.uk @SelinaTLtd) and Sreena Pluck. 

Here are some of the people, materials and cultural references they mention: Audrey Lorde speaking about the Power of The Erotic, Toni-Dee Paul, Angela Carter, Fan Fiction and Erotic Fan Fiction, Lois Weaver, Frottage: Frictions of Intimacy Across the Black Diaspora by Keguro Macharia, Sex in the City, Peg the Patriarchy Met Gala T-Shirt, Oh Joy Sex Toy, Aorace In The Dungeon, omgyes.com, Oblivion Eggs.

In this sub-episode, we explore themes of gender, sexuality, bodies, pleasure, relationships and boundaries. This sub-episode is mostly centred around pleasure. We talk about play parties and BDSM. We reference vaginal discharge, antidepressants, alcohol and drinking. We talk about trauma and the body as a site of trauma. Specifically, we talk about vaginismus. We talk about sexual assault. We talk about different forms of oppression, particularly racism and misogyny. We mention the effects of menopause on sex. We mention homophobia and some homophobic language is used. We mention Tubal ligation. We talk about ‘phases in sexuality’. We mention sex work and porn. We talk about different attitudes towards sex, particularly culutral differences and how that can effect your own identity and place within certain communities. These sub episodes are conversations. They do not offer solid answers. Sometimes opinions are offered, but they are not necessarily finished. We invite you to keep questioning what is said, to discover what feels right for you, and what doesn’t. This is your conversation as much as it is ours. If you’d like to listen, please do in a way that feels comfortable for you.

For more information, a glossary of terms, credits, or for a transcript of the podcast, please visit www.thefamilysexshow.com 

If you’d like to find us on social media, you can do that @ThisEgg_ across Instagram and Twitter. We’re also using the hashtag #TFSS

Hiya! And welcome back. Episode 6 is centred on pleasure. Putting the good stuff at the forefront of conversation and knowing why we might say yes, so we know when to say no. 

This episode talks about nakedness, genitalia, and body fluids. There is a celebration of masturbation. It is also OK not to masturbabte. We are not saying everyone must masturbate. We all find pleasure in different things. We explore vaginismus as well as hetronormative expectations of pleasure. We also explore one’s relationship to porn and the idea of ‘coming out’. If you feel like you’d like to listen to this episode, find somewhere you feel comfortable to do so.

For more information, a glossary of terms, credits, or for a transcript of the podcast, please visit www.thefamilysexshow.com 

If you’d like to find us on social media, you can do that @ThisEgg_ across Instagram and Twitter. We’re also using the hashtag #TFSS

If you have time, we’d love to hear what you thought - please do leave us a review :)