My Story

Show Notes

00:00 Introducing Michelle Fischler

00:24 Modeling vulnerability 

00:43 Building Trust

00:50 Master’s Degree in Social Work

00:54 Oppression and disparities in power

01:07 South Africa during apartheid

01:12 Sun City

01:17 Anti-oppressive framework

01:20 Racism

01:31 Complicit in ongoing systems of racism, inequality, and injustice

01:42 Current knowledge and research on sex is based on White people

02:22 Advocate for more diversity in the sex therapy field

03:20 Moved from Toronto to South Africa at age 5

03:33 Hedonistic playground for adults

04:04 International boycott against South Africa's apartheid regime

04:16 Lived with extravaganza dancers

05:18 Father was a Jewish Holocaust survivor

05:55 Taught by nuns in a convent

06:48 Dream career was to be an extravaganza showgirl dancer

07:13 Shamed by the nuns

08:23 Internalized shame

08:56 Shame into adulthood

09:52 Challenge these shame beliefs

10:54 Sue Johanson and Dr. Ruth Westheimer

11:31 Sex with Sue 

12:08 Sexuality starts from a young age

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13:05 Show is produced by Katie Jensen at Vocal Frye Studios

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