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There is no greater emotional minefield for young people than the intimidating world of sex.

Your students have never seen an educational program about sexual health that goes where Cindy Pierce goes. Her uncanny fascination for bodily and sexual incidents provided the basis for her one-woman show, “Finding the Doorbell,” which played to enthusiastic audiences in New York, Colorado, Indiana, California and throughout New England. Now, she brings her messages about healthy choices, safer sex, birth control, body image, Internet porn and the unhealthy influences of alcohol to college audiences in her new campus keynote.

• Keynotes

• Ringing the Doorbell: Saner, Healthier Sex in College

Ringing the Doorbell: Saner, Healthier Sex in College

In this hilarious keynote, Cindy uses an unfiltered brand of honesty and humor to defuse the most sensitive topics surrounding sexual health. Cindy uses her social research and anecdotes from the trenches to demystify things like the impact of Internet porn, the much lamented imbalance between the sex drives of men and women, the role of alcohol in decision-making and the truly elusive nature of the female orgasm. Cindy will help students put sex in a healthy context—for those who want to make it a safe priority without letting it dominate their identity, time or emotional well being.

Students walk away with safer, saner expectations around sex. Whether she’s talking to a group of women struggling with perceived sexual norms, or playing to a room packed with rowdy football players (which she has done, and had a blast doing), Cindy is shaking people out of their comfort zones.

The language in this keynote (or workshop) is frank and unfiltered. Although we wish everyone would listen to Cindy and take her lessons to heart, we don’t recommend this program for mandatory events or for any audience where people under 17 are present.

Note from the speaker:

A big part of my message is the power of a healthy tribe—trusted role models, siblings and friends with whom we can ask anything and get reliable information. Not enough of young people have that. My honest, open approach, combined with my absolute comfort with myself, is both disarming and inspiring for young people. I create a safe environment where students can ask the most frank questions without feeling stupid or judged. I’m about lifting the weight of embarrassment off people’s shoulders. By sharing facts and anecdotes, I dispel myths that have been passed along and reinforced through generations.

Cindy's Bio

Cindy is the outspoken youngest of seven and a comic with a long history of open sex and relationship talk. She is the co-author of Finding the Doorbell: Sexual Satisfaction for the Long Haul. Her stage show of the same name played to pack audiences throughout the country.

When she’s not enlightening people about healthy sex, Cindy and her husband Bruce are innkeepers in New Hampshire. She and Bruce are parents to three great kids.