A short YouTube monologue by Vanessa Marin (uploaded April 24, 2024) arguing that although many women ask men to be more emotionally vulnerable, women themselves often struggle to be emotionally intimate during sex. Marin notes common distractions and self-conscious thoughts women report during sex and issues a challenge: try being more vulnerable and intimate during sex to encourage reciprocal vulnerability from partners.
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So you want more emotional vulnerability from your man, but are you actually the one who's struggling with vulnerability? Recently, my husband Xander made a video about how sex is one of the primary ways that men express vulnerability. If you missed that, definitely make sure to scroll back and watch it. As I was listening to Xander share his thoughts about sex and connection from a guy's perspective, I started thinking that it's actually us women who really struggle to express emotional intimacy during sex. Between honest what was it really like for you the last time you were having sex? If you're like most women, you were probably thinking about your to do list, thinking self conscious thoughts about your own body or hoping that he would hurry up so you could just go to sleep already. Not exactly vulnerable or intimate, right? We complain about men not being vulnerable, open and intimate outside of the bedroom, but then we get into the bedroom and we struggle to be vulnerable, intimate or open ourselves. So can you take this as your challenge to try to be more intimate during sex? I promise you your partner will notice and you may even inspire him to be more vulnerable outside of the bedroom.