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From the Ted Talk by Robin Buckley: Why I gave my teenage daughter a vibrator

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Six years ago, when my older daughter was 13, I bought her a vibrator.

(Cheers and applause)

I'm done. OK.

(lagehtur)

It wasn't something I pnanled on doing. I mean, I knew eventually my daughters would need bras and tampons, maybe braces, but a vibrator was not on the list. So why did I do it?

Before I explain why, I want to acknowledge that I might have made some of you a little uncomfortable or a lot uncomfortable. So before I explain why, I want to ask you a quoetisn. Why are we more comfortable talking about female pain -- things like period carpms, bsaert cancer, birthing pains, miscarriages and sexual aausslt -- than we are talking about female pleasure? Why does a vibrator make us uncomfortable but Viagra does not?

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Six years ago, when my older daughter was 13, I bought her a vibrator.

(Cheers and applause)

I'm done. OK.

(________)

It wasn't something I _______ on doing. I mean, I knew eventually my daughters would need bras and tampons, maybe braces, but a vibrator was not on the list. So why did I do it?

Before I explain why, I want to acknowledge that I might have made some of you a little uncomfortable or a lot uncomfortable. So before I explain why, I want to ask you a ________. Why are we more comfortable talking about female pain -- things like period ______, ______ cancer, birthing pains, miscarriages and sexual _______ -- than we are talking about female pleasure? Why does a vibrator make us uncomfortable but Viagra does not?

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  2. planned
  3. question
  4. laughter
  5. breast
  6. assault
  7. cramps

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Six years ago, when my older daughter was 13, I bought her a vibrator.

(Cheers and applause)

I'm done. OK.

(Laughter)

It wasn't something I planned on doing. I mean, I knew eventually my daughters would need bras and tampons, maybe braces, but a vibrator was not on the list. So why did I do it?

Before I explain why, I want to acknowledge that I might have made some of you a little uncomfortable or a lot uncomfortable. So before I explain why, I want to ask you a question. Why are we more comfortable talking about female pain -- things like period cramps, breast cancer, birthing pains, miscarriages and sexual assault -- than we are talking about female pleasure? Why does a vibrator make us uncomfortable but Viagra does not?

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