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The Pleasure Wound: How Patriarchal Conditioning Taught Women to Fear Their Own Joy
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- Aug 24, 2026
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Send us Fan Mail High-achieving women weren't born afraid of pleasure, they were trained into it. In this solo episode, Hope breaks down the pleasure wound: the deep nervous system pattern that links joy, rest, and desire to guilt, shame, or danger. Pulling from history and modern patriarchal conditioning like purity culture and diet culture, Hope traces exactly how women were taught that wanting things and receiving them was unsafe. If you've ever felt guilty for resting, needed to "earn" a ...