May 10, 2022
Through her experience of dating younger men, Cindy Gallop realized that when we don’t talk openly and honestly about sex, porn becomes sex education by default in not a good way. Determined to do something about her realization, Cindy launched a website in 2009 and gave a TED talk that went viral and in turn revolutionized her platform, her mission and her website. Cindy is the founder and CEO of Make Love Not Porn: Pro-Sex, Pro-Porn, Pro-Knowing the Difference. In 2013 she turned Make Love Not Porn into the world’s first user generated, human curated social sex video sharing platform. Socializing and normalzing sex in order to make it easier to talk about, to promote consent, communication, good sexual values and good sexual behavior. Make Love Not Porn’s mission is to end rape culture by spearheading the social sex revolution. Cindy says the revolutionary part isn’t the sex but the social. Cindy speaks at conferences globally and consults, describing her approach as, “I like to blow shit up, I am the Michael Bay of business.”
What You Will Hear in This Episode:
Cindy’s series of happy accidents
How Make Love Not Porn was created.
TED talk impact and intention.
Fear of what other people will think.
Being authentic and true to yourself by living and working your values.
The social sex revolution and mission.
Normalizing sex and ending rape culture through Make Love Not Porn.
Public response to the platform.
Early education, age appropriate content.
Investing and investors.
Quotes
“We don’t have enough role models in our society for women and for men that demonstrate you can live your life very differently from the way that society expects you to and still be amazingly happy.”
“Fear of what other people will think is the single most paralyzing dynamic in business and in life. You will never own the future if you care what other people think.”
“I believe that everything in life starts with you and your values.”
“We (Make Love Not Porn) are the antidote to toxic masculinity.”
Mentioned:
Facebook: @cindy.gallop @MLNPTV
https://bonniemarcusleadership.com/
https://web.facebook.com/bonnie.marcus/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonniemarcus
https://twitter.com/selfpromote
https://www.instagram.com/self_promote_/
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