322. Marty Klein Sex Matters

Published: Feb. 7, 2023, 8 a.m.

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Shermer and Klein discuss: sex therapist and the reasons people seek therapy \\u2022 self-help sex books \\u2022 sexual orientation \\u2022 asexuality \\u2022 sex abuse \\u2022 infidelity \\u2022 monogamy \\u2022 polyamory \\u2022 trans \\u2022 homosexuality \\u2022 sex education \\u2022 the case against the sexual revolution \\u2022 sex addiction \\u2022 pornography \\u2022 the anti-pornography movement \\u2022 prostitution \\u2022 obscenity and censorship \\u2022 pedophilia.

Marty Klein has been a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and a Certified Sex Therapist in Palo Alto, California for 42 years \\u2014 over 40,000 sessions with individuals and couples. Marty is the author of seven books on sexuality, including Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want from Sex and How to Get it; His Porn, Her Pain: Confronting America\\u2019s PornPanic with Honest Talk about Sex; Beyond Orgasm: Dare to be Honest About the Sex you Really Want; Ask Me Anything: Dr. Klein Answers the Sex Questions You\\u2019d Love to Ask; and America\\u2019s War on Sex: The Attack on Law, Lust and Liberty. Marty is an outspoken critic of many popular and clinical ideas about sexuality and emotional health. Wikipedia cites him as the foremost critic of the concept of sex addiction. He is a founding editor of the Journal of Porn Studies. And each year Marty gives expert testimony in various state and federal courts. A former instructor at Stanford Medical School, Marty\\u2019s humor, insights, and down-to-earth approach are regularly featured in the national media, such as the New York Times, the New Yorker, Nightline, NPR, and the Huffington Post.

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