Episode · The Shawn Ryan Show · 2025-10-20
Books mentioned on #246 Vanessa Marin - Sex Doctor Explains Why Bad Sex Destroys Marriages and How to Prevent It
Vanessa Marin is a licensed psychotherapist with 20 years of experience specializing in sex therapy, holding bachelor’s degrees in human sexuality and sociology from Brown University and a master’s in counseling psychology.
Shawn Ryan discussed Sex Talks by Vanessa Marin. Vanessa Marin criticized Kamasutra.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Sex Talks
Discussed“and then we got into only 9% of yes women enjoy sexual intercourse but let's talk about let's talk about the how do how do we start the conversations you know in in your in your book acknowledgement connection desire pleasure exploration”
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Kamasutra
The Kamasutra by Vātsyāyana is a classical ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered the primary Sanskrit guide to human sexual behavior and romantic love.
Critiqued“So, the Kama Sutra is mostly positions. Um, and there are some that work and a lot that don't. Okay. Oh yeah, I would, you know, if it if it interests you to check that out, the text out from more of a historical standpoint, sure. But I don't find it to be the greatest resource personally.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Sex Talks
“A best-selling author of the book Sex Talks: Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life.”
Plugged Sex Talks
“But one of the things that we go over in sex talks is a model that Xander and I came up with called the initiation styles.”