There's Nobody Home Up There!
You silly Americans. You may have Dr. Ruth, who giggles about sex and barely even talks about it, while we have Sue Johanson, who totally rocks:
Eventually, though, you get past Johanson's age, appearance, and accent and begin to admire her knowledge, candor, and Depression-era practicality. (Got a yeast infection? No need to buy fancy creams or expensive lotions when an a few overnight applications of unsweetened, corn-starch-free yogurt will do.) Sue fields the expected questions about female orgasm ("The Venus Butterfly is ab-so-lutely the best way to reach G-spot orgasm!" Sue tells Catherine of Nova Scotia) and penis size (Sue tries to explain to Kelly of Louisville, Ky., without much success, that her boyfriend's penis—three and a half inches at full-mast—is not itself to blame for her lack of sensation during intercourse: "Honey, the top two-thirds of your vagina has no nerve endings! There's nobody home up there!")
I suspect that most viewers, when they watched The Sunday Night Sex Show for the first time, at first giggled at a septuagenarian (that's 70+ years old, folks) talking about sex. But when people got over the initial novelty of it, she had was sounded like good tips, and while she clearly prefers sex with partners over solo sex she doesn't stigmatize the later either (no word on what advice she has regarding a casual encounter with your clone). Another quote from the Slate article illustrates this:
She has a clear, if inexplicit, sexual ethic rooted in mutuality, reciprocity, and equity. It boils down to these variations on the Golden Rule: Don't make others do unto you what you would not want to do unto them, and don't make others let you do unto them what you would not want done unto you. So while masturbation gets a big thumbs-up from Johanson, once sex moves from a solo piece to an accompanied number, for Sue it's about more than individual gratification. It's about old-fangled intimacy. Andrea of Winnipeg, Manitoba, isn't satisfied by her boyfriend, but she worries that she'll get addicted to the vibrator that Sue has prescribed for her. "Oh, no," Sue reassures her. " 'Cause with the vibrator you don't get the hugging and the cuddling and the snuggling and the nibbling and the sweet nothings whispered into your ear."
She doesn't teach people on how to get laid (inverse relationship...), but she does teach people on, once you've both agreed on moving well past second base, how best to enjoy it.
