Encore Episode: What Does Sex Have to Do with Happiness?

By: Susie Bright

Narrated by: Susie Bright

[Contains explicit content] Today's show looks at three different outcomes of sex. Does having sex promote happiness? Is prostitution really forced on women? And what happens to a wife who is denied sex? First, Susie looks at how America has turned to using the gosh-darn-happy face when confronted with personal illness. She reads from a Psychology Today article by Ariel Gore, who kept a journal to track what made her happy. Susie wonders how sex figured into that equation. Then, another acclaimed publication has tackled sexual trafficking in the UK. Guardian reporter Nick Davies wrote some controversial articles claiming that the media and politicians were lying about the existence of trafficking. The prostitutes must actually like being in their oldest of professions? Nothing forced here? Finally, from the mailbag, Susie gets a letter from a new mom who wishes her husband yearned for hot sex the way she does.

You can send your confidential queries and comments to [e-mail]. [Encore Episode, December 3, 2021]

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Critic reviews

"Highly addictive." (Jezebel.com)

"The avatar of American erotica." (The New York Times)

"Maybe the best sex writer in America, period." (Boston Phoenix)

"Let's face it. She's not boring." (The Los Angeles Times Magazine)