Painful sex

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We all want sex to hurt so good, but what do you do when it just plain hurts? For heaps of people, bodily issues like endometriosis or vaginismus, or even stress and anxiety can leave you feeling like sex is always going to suck. But it doesn't have to — we're looking at how to turn pain into pleasure with sex therapist Tanya Koens and triple j Good Nights' own Bridget Hustwaite, who talks on how she navigates sex with endo.

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