The One Where I Talk To Founder & CEO Of Make Love Not Porn, Cindy Gallop

My guest on the podcast this week is the remarkable Cindy Gallop.

Cindy is an entrepreneur, advertising consultant, keynote speaker, and coach. Renowned for her outspoken advocacy, and for living in a truly authentic way, Cindy is the founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, the world’s first human-curated, user-generated social sex video sharing platform, socialising sex to promote consent, good sexual values and behaviour. She has revolutionised how we think about sex and relationships by challenging many of the outdated societal norms.

She lives in New York City and is single and childfree.

Topics that we cover are:

• Cindy’s gradual realisation that she had no desire to get married or have kids;
• her thoughts on those people who might be happier alone were they not living their lives dictated by societal norms;
• the time Cindy stripped down to her underwear for an interview at the age of 62, and the positive reactions she received;
• the ways in which the societal narrative negatively impacts girls and young women growing up;
• how not wanting to be in love is incredibly time efficient and removes a layer of bullshit from your life;
• why so many people are stuck in miserable relationships;
• living authentically, and how Cindy has managed to let go of the fear of what other people think;
• Cindy’s take on the secret to happiness;
• some of the great benefits of being single;
• her take on ageing, and how she coined the hashtag ‘say your age’;
• how Cindy encourages women to challenge ageism;
• her thoughts on the narrative around single women ‘dying alone’;
• what success means to Cindy;
• how she ended up dating younger men, and her experiences of doing so for many years;
• how she has discovered that many, many younger men want to date older women — not just sleep with them;
• MakeLoveNotPorn, Cindy’s unique social sex-tech platform designed to promote good sexual values and behaviour;
• the sex education product, makelovenotporn.academy, that Cindy is also working on for use in schools and homes;
• how she has struggled for years to get funding to support her business;
• how each and every video is watched by a member of Cindy’s team before it’s accepted;
• how MakeLoveNotPorn is proving to be a revelation for men in particular, where they can be open, emotional and vulnerable around sex.

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