As someone who grew up scared of her own body well into her mid-twenties, I've learned how powerful it can be to give ourselves the chance to truly learn about our own bodies. Knowledge is pleasure!
Sexuality is a basic human need that’s been stigmatized for women for too long. I’m proud to be working with a great team to change the conversation.
I had two interests in college: Gender Studies and Computer Science. I hoped to be able to combine them one day but never actually thought I’d be that lucky. Turns out I am, god bless Lioness.
If you told me ten years ago I would be working on a team of mostly women, actively destigmatizing female pleasure and getting to write while I do it…well, I probably would have cried and told you to stop lying. Any yet, here I am, doing the damn thing day after day with some of the coolest, smartest, and most passionate people I’ve ever met. It doesn’t get better than this!
...but research on sexual pleasure hasn’t advanced much since then. This research doesn't exist in a bubble. It affects our personal understanding of our own unique bodies and pleasure—which is as essential of a human need as eating, sleeping, and breathing.
Our mission at Lioness is to advance our knowledge and understanding of pleasure and provide access to knowledge for people to use on their own terms. There's so much more to learn, and we've barely gotten started. Despite the progress we've made, taboos around sexual pleasure are alive and well and still holding us back.
Together, we can make a difference and change the way the world understands pleasure for women—and pleasure for everybody.