Ep 4 - The Petting Zoo, the Bishop, and the Bedroom: A Story of Sexual Awakening
Episode notes
What if your first kiss came after college—and still wasn’t the most shocking thing about your story?
In this raw and revealing episode, Siren welcomes Mary, a late bloomer with a past that reads like a plot twist. From surviving childhood abuse and growing up in a physically reserved LDS household, to discovering sex in a college dorm (thanks, thin walls), Mary opens up about the silent scripts that shaped her sexuality—and how she rewrote them.
Married, Mormon, and a business owner, Mary spent years believing her desires were wrong, her body was too much, and pleasure wasn’t hers to claim. But with courage, clarity, and a dash of sarcasm, she takes us through her slow awakening: awkward wedding nights, misunderstood biology, bisexual stirrings, and honest conversations with her husband about fantasies they never tho ...