Sex and the Single Ladies

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Sex and the Single Ladies

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Should you stock up on birth control and beer for the coming feminist backlash? Is there a modern-day conspiracy to force women into marriage? Should you make sure to pee before you have sex? All this and more revealed as Rebecca Traister, the bestselling author of "All the Single Ladies," joins Jaclyn for a romp through the sexual politics of female singlehood.

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Unscrewing up the sexual culture. Host Jaclyn Friedman and a rotating cast of whipsmart guests untangle the politics and culture of sex, and help out real-world sex advice-seekers.

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