265: What We’ve Been Getting Wrong About Women’s Pleasure, With Cindy Eckert
If you’ve ever been told your symptoms were “just stress,” this episode will make you rethink why. Josie sits down with Cindy Eckert, the entrepreneur who challenged the FDA after a treatment for women’s low sexual desire was rejected again and again—despite meeting the same scientific standards as drugs long approved for men. What began as a medical breakthrough turned into a 15-year fight that exposed systemic bias in healthcare. Cindy shares the life-changing moment she realized women’s desire is rooted in brain chemistry (not emotion), her SHOCKING stories fighting the FDA (and the media), why her drug took six years to approve (Viagra took six months btw), and what it really takes to push back against institutional power. This conversation goes far beyond the pink pill or even sex–you'll learn the truth about medical gaslighting, women's sexuality, and why women deserve pleasure as their birthright.
CHAPTERS:
00:29 — Introduction: Meet Cindy
3:52 — How Cindy Started This Fight, and What We’re Getting Wrong About Women’s Desire
10:10 — The Biggest Myths About Women’s Desire, Plus the Wild Medical Questions Cindy’s Been Asked
16:20 — Cindy on the Importance of Taking Women Seriously in Medicine
25:22 — Powerful Questions That Can Help You Better Understand Your Own Sexual Desire
45:23 — Rapid Fire Questions
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