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Did you all know "Dr." Emily Morse is not actually a doctor?
"Dr" Emily has a podcast called "Sex with Emily" and is a frequent contributor to major media magazines, like Glamour, Cosmopolitan, PopSugar, Haarper's Bazaar - -you know, the usual Conde Nast circuit.
“Dr.” Emily is not a medical doctor, not certified by any kind of licensure board, nor does she have a doctorate AT ALL.
She's been advertising herself as a Doctor of Human Sexuality and a Sex Therapist - but turns out she's neither of these things. She's just a lady with a podcast, trying to sell you products.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Morse#cite_note-RTM_Dec11-4
From doing some background research, she has an undergrad degree in psychology and political science, and then a “certificate as a doctor in human sexuality” from an unaccredited now defunct for-profit diploma mill school that was shut down by the State of California in 2014:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Advanced_Study_of_Human_Sexuality
To date, there is no record of her having any education or examination toward being a licensed therapist. No record of her ever being a therapist (which would be illegal for her to practice in most states, given that it requires licensure).
She is advertising herself in ways that are HIGHLY misleading if not outright fraudulent.
We've been critical of her before because she is one of the main purveyors of the "Porn is Good" mantra and a bunch of other terrible sex advice.
She was also clocked as a fraud by the CallHerDaddy podcast subreddit from someone who is ACTUALLY studying to be a sex therapist:
https://old.reddit.com/r/CallHerDaddy/comments/k9li2p/my_rant_about_emily_morse/
Oddly, She was just profiled in the New York Times with glowing reviews and this was barely mentioned:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/style/emily-morse-masterclass-instagram-podcast.html
But she DOES talking about realizing she could "leverage her platform to sell products"
So basically these people are the equivalent of "Holistic Nutritionists" who create fake credentials to sell you supplements you don't need, sponsored by dubious companies trying to sell you gimmicks and products that won't work.
The entire "Sexology" industry is looking to be one giant scam, sponsored by porn and sex toy companies, and this is why women's sex education is one big giant mess.
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