Emily Nagoski: How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime
Emily Nagoski: Como os casais podem manter uma conexão sexual forte ao longo da vida?
Emily Nagoski teaches women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies. Full bio
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with a couple of friends --
são grandes nerds,
but very sleep-deprived.
porém muito privadas de sono.
I get asked more than any other question.
que ouço mais que qualquer outra.
mantêm uma conexão sexual forte
sustain a strong sexual connection
meus amigos fazem perguntas assim
my friends ask me questions like this,
como meus amigos.
a eles algo parecido com uma resposta.
I can give them something like an answer.
pretty solid evidence
evidências bem sólidas
strong sexual connections
uma conexão sexual forte
what those two things are,
que coisas são essas,
that they are not.
que fazem sexo frequentemente.
who have sex very often.
sexo frequentemente.
have wild, adventurous sex.
fazem sexo selvagem, ousado.
who are most strongly predicted
and relationship satisfaction,
no sexo e no relacionamento,
ou não após o sexo.
ficar longe um do outro.
to keep their hands off each other.
chamam de "desejo espontâneo",
call "spontaneous desire,"
to appear out of the blue.
who illustrated my book,
que ilustrou meu livro,
as a lightning bolt to the genitals --
como um relâmpago nos genitais --
out of the blue.
e saudável de viver o desejo sexual.
healthy way to experience sexual desire.
de experienciar o desejo sexual.
to experience sexual desire.
emerge pela antecipação do prazer,
to emerge in anticipation of pleasure,
in response to pleasure.
em resposta ao prazer.
de New Jersey, Christine Hyde,
named Christine Hyde,
que usa com os clientes.
she uses with her clients.
te convida para uma festa.
invites you to a party.
e é seu melhor amigo.
it's your best friend and a party.
você começa a pensar:
you start thinking,
to put my party clothes on
pôr roupa de festa
and you show up to the party,
it's the same thing.
sexual, é a mesma coisa.
touch your partner's skin
a pele do seu parceiro
to wake up and remember,
acorde e se lembre:
que mantêm uma conexão sexual forte
who sustain a strong sexual connection
where I tell my friends
que mantêm uma conexão sexual forte --
do sustain a strong sexual connection --
at the foundation of their relationship.
como base do relacionamento.
present and available for me?
presente e disponível para mim?
é que eles priorizam o sexo.
is that they prioritize sex.
for their relationship.
coisas que poderiam estar fazendo --
things that they could be doing --
and the jobs they could be going to,
o trabalho que poderiam estar fazendo,
to pay attention to,
para dar atenção,
want to hang out with.
assistir televisão ou ir dormir.
to watch some television or go to sleep.
and create a protected space
e crie um espaço protegido
é por seus corpos na cama
is put your body in the bed
touch your partner's skin.
para priorizar o sexo, falei da festa,
I told them about the party,
na pele do parceiro,
next to your partner's skin.
I was talking to goes, "Aaagh."
so, there's your problem."
aí está o problema de vocês".
want to go to the party, necessarily.
eles não quererem ir para a festa.
of spontaneous desire for party,
do desejo espontâneo pela festa,
coloque sua roupa de festa e vá.
and show up for the party.
está fazendo certo.
you're doing it right.
é que esta era uma festa
do que tinha para comer,
what there was available to eat,
about her relationships with people
de se relacionar com as pessoas
come to dread sex.
acabam tendo um sexo horrível.
between their bodies as they need
o quanto precisarem
estipulará um espaço de 6 metros.
will make 20 feet of space.
is that space is not empty.
é que esse espaço não está vazio.
mas suas críticas não estão ajudando",
but your criticism isn't helping,"
e "Você não me apoia".
and, "You're not there for me."
esses sentimentos difíceis.
these difficult feelings.
uma metáfora realmente boba
this really silly metaphor
como porcos-espinhos adormecidos
you can find a way to set them free
um jeito de libertá-los
with kindness and compassion.
para manter uma conexão sexual forte,
to maintain a strong sexual connection,
desses porcos-espinhos adormecidos.
is crowded with these sleepy hedgehogs.
relacionamento que dura muito.
that lasts long enough.
a prickle of sleepy hedgehogs
special someone.
who sustain a strong sexual connection
uma forte conexão sexual
these difficult hurt feelings,
esses sentimentos difíceis e dolorosos,
esses sentimentos difíceis
those difficult feelings
de volta para o outro.
with the question under the question,
a pergunta dentro da pergunta,
a strong connection?"
nosso caminho de volta?"
para responder a essa questão,
to answer this question,
is sometimes, Emily,
é que, às vezes, Emily,
the science of women's sexual well-being.
a ciência do bem-estar sexual feminino.
all day, every day,
o dia inteiro, todos os dias
that I had zero -- zero! -- interest
em realmente fazer sexo.
para diversos lugares,
traveling all over,
sexual feminino.
of women's sexual well-being.
put my body in the bed,
colocava meu corpo na cama,
que apenas chorava e caía no sono.
I would just cry and fall asleep.
fostered fear and loneliness
criaram medo, solidão
I love and admire,
que eu amo e admiro,
difficult feelings there were,
de sentimentos difíceis que havia ali,
with kindness and compassion.
uma conexão sexual forte?
a strong sexual connection?
for their relationship,
para reencontrar a conexão.
to find their way back to the connection.
and researcher Peggy Kleinplatz says.
e pesquisadora Peggy Kleinplatz diz.
is worth wanting?
vale a pena querer?"
a qualidade da nossa conexão,
at the quality of our connection
of sleepy hedgehogs
de porcos-espinhos adormecidos
what it took to find our way,
o que fosse para encontrar nosso caminho,
os sentimentos difíceis e dolorosos,
of those sleepy hedgehogs,
so that we could find our way back
reencontrarmos o caminho
for our relationship.
para a nossa relação.
in long-term relationships.
em relacionamentos longos.
em nada mais romântico,
difficult feelings into our relationship.
esses sentimentos difíceis na relação.
sexual forte a longo prazo?
sexual connection over the long term?
do seu melhor amigo
of your best friend,
encontrar seu caminho de volta.
to find your way back.
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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