The Menopausal Minute

The Menopausal Minute

Solo Sex Isn’t Sad

It’s Sacred.

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Allie Theiss, MSc CSC ABS
Aug 14, 2025
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If self-pleasure was a Netflix genre, it’d be “feel-good drama”—heavy on the feel-good.

And yet, the number of people who still treat solo sex like some sort of tragic, last-resort act? Wild. As if touching your own body means you’ve somehow “settled.” Newsflash: knowing your own body is the opposite of settling—it’s leveling up.

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