Emily Nagoski became a sex educator primarily to enhance her graduate school candidacy through volunteer work. Her experience in educating peers about sexual health, including topics like consent and contraception, profoundly influenced her identity. She found joy in witnessing the positive effects of normalizing sexual communication. Nagoski strives to empower individuals with confidence by helping them understand their bodily truths, relationships, and cultural backgrounds. She emphasizes that true joy comes from accepting and loving these truths about oneself and one's sexuality.
I became a sex educator for the nerdiest possible reason. When I got to undergrad, I knew I was gonna be going to grad school for something, I had no idea what, but I knew I needed volunteer work on my resume to look like a good grad school candidate.
I could see the impact it was having, people's faces changing as they saw someone talking about condoms and sexual communication as if it were just, you know, talking about nutrition or stress management or sleep.
When I say that I teach people to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies, what I mean by that, confidence for me is knowing what is true about your body, your sexuality, your life history, your relationship, your culture, your family of origin.
Joy is loving what's true, loving what's true about your body, about your sexuality, about your family of origin, about your relationship.
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