8 #JustLikeYou: Aerospace engineer turned Startup founder Sheta on intimacy, dating, sex and rape in India
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👩🏽🚀 Today we have the honour to talk to Sheta, who was born in India and has lived across 11 cities around the world. Sheta studied aerospace engineering but decided life isn't only about studying. She attained her Harvard Business degree, continued in consulting, worked at Nike, founded her own female health startup in India, and is now back to consulting again. Sheta is also a certified yoga instructor and is all about health and wellness.
🥛 We'll talk about the best kept Indian secrets to live a long and prosperous intimate life, whether arranged marriages are underrated and what she learnt about female health and wellness from running her own female wellness business in India.
💬 Sheta's favourite self-love quote: "No person is the same: not our brains, our bodies or what we bring to the table. Everyone's unique. You are special."
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On our #bigsisteradvice talk with Sheta:
02:35 Sheta's study & career track: aerospace engineer, business degree & her own start up AndMe that has been recently sold
05:08 Sheta on her first orgasm experience and Indian school
06:35 Culture, parents and friends on sex and intimacy in India
07:52 Media in India that cover sexual health & the taboos on sex in Indian media. Sheta gives examples of highly scrutinized movies in India
10:00 Does religion play a big role in the taboo against sex as well? Kama Sutra originates from India and it is displayed in temples.
12:12 China's openness to sex and sexuality
14:10 Kama Sutra in India: is it actually practised in India?
17:57 What is the best-kept secret in Indian culture to maintain a healthy sex life?
18:13 Sex before marriage and turmeric lattes on the wedding night for enhanced potency and powers
20:04 We read that 80-85% of people in India opt for arranged marriages versus love marriages and they feel that those are superior and that those actually last longer than "love marriages". What is your POV on this?
23:15 How media portrays romance and happiness in love. There's more to life than striving towards a perfect marriage
24:38 The nuances of dating in India vs the west: how you don't date in India, but you meet each other through hanging out in the same friend groups and checking out each other family's backgrounds
25:15 Women's safety in India
27:30 Rape incidences in India
28:26 What make men in India think that rape is "normal"? And the disbalance between men and women
29:50 Why did you start AndMe, your female health and wellness start-up in India?
35:00 Was there any push back to you starting your own female health start up in India?
38:20 Why we need to practice, learn and discuss sexual health more.
42:00 What do you want all girls to know: do a regular health/physical/skin/hair/sexual check up on yourself to review and optimize. Take a score check every 3-6 months.
45: Your favourite self-love quote. From neuroscience and scientific pov our brains are constituted differently. Know that about yourself. Nobody is an impostor. Everyone's unique. You're spec