10 - COVID-19, Sex, & Relationships
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03/30/20 • 31 min
It seems like all anyone can talk about these days is the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. One way I thought I could add a voice of reason to the discussions about COVID-19 is to talk about some of the information about COVID-19, sex and relationships that I have seen circulating around on the internet. Like things about sex boosing your immune function. Spoiler alert, we don't actually know! I will also talk about New York City’s safer sex memo, and some research on relationships and on loneliness.
Before I dive into the research, I talk about studies on COVID-19 sex and relationships that you can participate in right now! And also Jeremy and I talk about our pandemic and social-isolation coping.
Sex and Immune Function! What do we know? Do we know things? Let's find out!
Find the script for this episode with notes and references at https://www.doweknowthings.com/episodes
Links to research studies mentioned in the show:
- Kinsey Sex and Relationships study: https://knsy.in/COVID-19
- Love in the time of COVID: https://loveinthetimeofcovid.me/
- The COVID-19 Interpersonal & Social Coping Study https://copingstudy.com/covid
NYC Health PDF on Safer Sex https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-sex-guidance.pdf
Other awesome podcasts and people mentioned in this episode in order of appearance:
- Feminist Survival Project https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feminist-survival-project-2020/id1485281031
- Clementine Morrigan https://www.clementinemorrigan.com/
- Polyvagal Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/polyvagal-podcast/id1452037362
- Atlantic Podcast Summit https://atlanticpodcastsummit.com/
- Pickle Planet Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pickle-planet-podcast/id1426985559
- Constellate Stories Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/constellate-stories/id1496662547
- Turn Me On Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/turn-me-on/id1200938612
- Momgasm Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/momgasm/id1457742717
- Serena Haines https://www.instagram.com/sdh_rewilding/
Music and editing Jeremy Dahl www.palebluedot.ca
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It seems like all anyone can talk about these days is the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. One way I thought I could add a voice of reason to the discussions about COVID-19 is to talk about some of the information about COVID-19, sex and relationships that I have seen circulating around on the internet. Like things about sex boosing your immune function. Spoiler alert, we don't actually know! I will also talk about New York City’s safer sex memo, and some research on relationships and on loneliness.
Before I dive into the research, I talk about studies on COVID-19 sex and relationships that you can participate in right now! And also Jeremy and I talk about our pandemic and social-isolation coping.
Sex and Immune Function! What do we know? Do we know things? Let's find out!
Find the script for this episode with notes and references at https://www.doweknowthings.com/episodes
Links to research studies mentioned in the show:
- Kinsey Sex and Relationships study: https://knsy.in/COVID-19
- Love in the time of COVID: https://loveinthetimeofcovid.me/
- The COVID-19 Interpersonal & Social Coping Study https://copingstudy.com/covid
NYC Health PDF on Safer Sex https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-sex-guidance.pdf
Other awesome podcasts and people mentioned in this episode in order of appearance:
- Feminist Survival Project https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feminist-survival-project-2020/id1485281031
- Clementine Morrigan https://www.clementinemorrigan.com/
- Polyvagal Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/polyvagal-podcast/id1452037362
- Atlantic Podcast Summit https://atlanticpodcastsummit.com/
- Pickle Planet Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pickle-planet-podcast/id1426985559
- Constellate Stories Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/constellate-stories/id1496662547
- Turn Me On Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/turn-me-on/id1200938612
- Momgasm Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/momgasm/id1457742717
- Serena Haines https://www.instagram.com/sdh_rewilding/
Music and editing Jeremy Dahl www.palebluedot.ca
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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9 - What's a Kegel Anyway?
Media targeted at women, including magazines, YouTube channels, and TV shows, seem to regularly trumpet the importance of doing Kegel exercises. Raise your hand if you have been told to or felt like you should do Kegels at some point in your life!
Kegel exercises are the flexing and releasing of the muscles a specific set of muscles in your pelvic region. These exercises are supposed to strengthen the area around the vagina so you don’t pee when your sneeze, so your uterus doesn’t fall out of your vagina after you give birth, and so you can tightly grip a penis inside of you.
Are Kegels the miracle exercise they are made out to be? And are cisgender women the only ones who are supposed to Kegel? Find out on this episode of Do We Know Things? where I talk to Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist Katie Kelly about all things pelvic floor, including if we really need to do Kegels, childbirth, and peeing when we sneeze.
Kegel exercises, what do we know? Do we know things? Let's find out!
Find the script for this episode with notes and references at https://www.doweknowthings.com/episodes
Interview with Katie Kelly. Her websites are: https://katiekellypt.ca/ and https://motherhoodlink.ca/
She also posts great content on her instagram accounts @ptkatiekelly and @motherhoodlink
Comment from Amanda Boss
Music and editing Jeremy Dahl www.palebluedot.ca
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Next Episode
11 - To Pee or Not to Pee
Yet another episode on messages women get from the media! This time I am looking at whether or not people with vaginas need to pee after sex to prevent urinary tract/bladder infections. Most people I know are aware of the peeing-after-sex rule for the care and keeping of the urinary tract. But, is this true? Does peeing actually help stave off the agonizing hell of a UTI? If you have ever read any sort of media targeted at women, you will definitely think the answer is yes! But what does the research say? Listen now to find out. I will also delve into to other UTI-related topics like what causes them? And can you drown a UTI in cranberry juice to cure it?
Urinary tract infections! What do we know? Do we know things? Let's find out!
Find the script for this episode with notes and references at https://www.doweknowthings.com/episodes
Music and editing Jeremy Dahl www.palebluedot.ca
Script assistance by Matt Tunnacliffe
Thanks to Dr. Jennifer Tomes for consulting on cognitive biases.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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