Emily Nagoski: How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime
Emily Nagoski: Comment font les couples pour entretenir le désir à vie
Emily Nagoski teaches women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies. Full bio
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with a couple of friends --
but very sleep-deprived.
mais extrêmement fatigués.
I get asked more than any other question.
que tout le monde me pose :
sustain a strong sexual connection
pour entretenir le désir dans leur relation
my friends ask me questions like this,
pourquoi on me demande ça souvent,
I can give them something like an answer.
je peux leur donner un début de réponse.
pretty solid evidence
strong sexual connections
toujours autant de désir
what those two things are,
à mes amis,
that they are not.
ce que ces couples ne sont pas.
who have sex very often.
qui font l'amour très souvent.
très souvent.
have wild, adventurous sex.
complètement débridés sexuellement.
who are most strongly predicted
and relationship satisfaction,
remplie et satisfaisante -
ou non après l'amour.
to keep their hands off each other.
de se toucher.
call "spontaneous desire,"
appellent le « désir spontané »,
to appear out of the blue.
who illustrated my book,
as a lightning bolt to the genitals --
éclair au niveau des parties génitales -
out of the blue.
healthy way to experience sexual desire.
et saine d'expérimenter le désir sexuel.
to experience sexual desire.
d'expérimenter le désir sexuel.
to emerge in anticipation of pleasure,
par anticipation au plaisir,
in response to pleasure.
en réponse au plaisir.
named Christine Hyde,
dans le New Jersey,
she uses with her clients.
qu'elle utilise avec ses clients :
invites you to a party.
t'invite à une fête.
it's your best friend and a party.
c'est ta meilleure amie, et une fête.
you start thinking,
plus tu te dis :
to put my party clothes on
porter mes habits de soirée
and you show up to the party,
et tu vas à cette fête,
it's the same thing.
touch your partner's skin
la peau de ton partenaire,
to wake up and remember,
et se rappeler :
who sustain a strong sexual connection
qui gardent la flamme dans leur relation
where I tell my friends
j'explique à mes amis
do sustain a strong sexual connection --
qui arrive à garder ce désir sexuel --
at the foundation of their relationship.
sur une solide amitié
sur de la confiance.
present and available for me?
émotionnellement parlant ? »
is that they prioritize sex.
qu'ils font du sexe une priorité.
for their relationship.
pour leur relation.
things that they could be doing --
tout ce qu'ils étaient en train de faire
and the jobs they could be going to,
le boulot qu'ils faisaient,
to pay attention to,
want to hang out with.
avec qui ils voulaient sortir
to watch some television or go to sleep.
juste regarder un film ou dormir.
and create a protected space
une zone de confort
is put your body in the bed
est de vous mettre dans le lit
touch your partner's skin.
toucher celle de l'autre.
I told them about the party,
j'ai parlé de l'exemple de la fête,
next to your partner's skin.
I was talking to goes, "Aaagh."
à faire : « Aaagh »
so, there's your problem."
« D'accord, voilà ton problème. »
want to go to the party, necessarily.
le fait de ne pas vouloir aller à la fête.
of spontaneous desire for party,
de désir spontané,
and show up for the party.
et aller à la fête.
you're doing it right.
c'est que tu t'y prends bien.
what there was available to eat,
about her relationships with people
au milieu des autre personnes
come to dread sex.
par appréhender faire l'amour.
between their bodies as they need
entre leurs corps
will make 20 feet of space.
va laisser six mètres d'écart.
is that space is not empty.
c'est que cet espace n'est pas vide.
de mois, ou plus,
but your criticism isn't helping,"
mais critiquer ne m'aide pas »,
and, "You're not there for me."
et « Tu n'es pas là pour moi ».
these difficult feelings.
des années de ressentiment.
this really silly metaphor
cette métaphore bête
comme des hérissons endormis
you can find a way to set them free
de pouvoir les libérer
with kindness and compassion.
avec bienveillance et compassion.
to maintain a strong sexual connection,
à garder ce lien sexuel,
is crowded with these sleepy hedgehogs.
de ces hérissons endormis.
that lasts long enough.
dans toutes les relations longues.
a prickle of sleepy hedgehogs
de hérissons endormis
special someone.
qui gardent un fort désir sexuel
who sustain a strong sexual connection
these difficult hurt feelings,
ce type de ressentiment,
those difficult feelings
with the question under the question,
se sont posés une question sous-jacente,
a strong connection?"
« Comment maintenir un lien puissant ? »
to answer this question,
la réponse à cette question,
is sometimes, Emily,
the science of women's sexual well-being.
la science du bien-être sexuel féminin,
all day, every day,
tous les jours.
that I had zero -- zero! -- interest
je n'avais pas du tout - du tout ! - envie
traveling all over,
pendant des mois
of women's sexual well-being.
put my body in the bed,
me mettre au lit,
I would just cry and fall asleep.
je finissais par m'endormir en pleurs.
fostered fear and loneliness
à nourrir de la peur, de la solitude
I love and admire,
que j'aime et que j'admire,
difficult feelings there were,
qui se trouvaient là,
with kindness and compassion.
avec bienveillance et compassion.
a strong sexual connection?
un fort lien sexuel ?
for their relationship,
c'est important pour leur couple,
to find their way back to the connection.
pour retrouver le lien qui les unit.
and researcher Peggy Kleinplatz says.
sexologue/chercheuse Peggy Kleinplatz.
is worth wanting?
« Quel type de sexe en vaut la peine ? »
at the quality of our connection
la qualité de notre lien
of sleepy hedgehogs
de hérissons endormis
what it took to find our way,
de tout faire pour nous retrouver,
of those sleepy hedgehogs,
des hérissons endormis,
so that we could find our way back
retrouver le chemin
for our relationship.
in long-term relationships.
dans un couple, après des années.
difficult feelings into our relationship.
ressentiments au sein de mon couple.
sexual connection over the long term?
après plusieurs années ?
of your best friend,
dans les yeux,
to find your way back.
le choix de vous retrouver.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Emily Nagoski - Sex educatorEmily Nagoski teaches women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies.
Why you should listen
Emily Nagoski is a sex educator and the author of the best-selling Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life. As she writes: "As an undergrad at the University of Delaware, I wanted some volunteer work for my resume, so I got trained as a peer sex educator, going into residence halls to talk about condoms, contraception and consent. Though I loved the brain science I was studying in my classes (BA in psychology, minors in cognitive science and philosophy), it was my work as a sex educator that made me like who I am as a person. So that's the path I chose. I went to Indiana University for an MS in counseling and PhD in health behavior, completing a clinical internship at the Kinsey Institute, then went on to work at Smith College, where I taught a class called Women’s Sexuality.
"That first semester at Smith, I asked my students, as the last question on the final exam, 'What's one important thing you learned?' Half the students answered simply, 'I'm normal.' I decided that day to write Come As You Are, to share the science and sex positivity that helped my students know they're normal."
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