Candice Smith – Tango is more than just another sex box

After taking sexuality studies at Harvard she learned to critically analyze porn. This was for her, like many people, her first introduction to sex ed, but she learned quickly that pornography didn’t translate into relationship success.

She dedicated herself to figuring out what makes for healthy intimacy and became an educator. After getting her masters in secondary education one of the things she really enjoyed was gamification for learning and using gamification to create bonds. Her passion project was trying to distill the science of better sex into these hands-on experiences that are fun and enjoyable to talk about and add some spice and variety into the bedroom.

Candice talks about the benefits of having playfulness in your relationships, the different types of kits they offer and why she was passionate about creating this resource for people.

She also shared about her own experience of being sexually assaulted that lead to the creation of the healing kit and working with a trauma expert to help others start the healing process.

“My body became a weapon that I used against myself. It became something where, I would put myself in an unsafe space, with people who I wasn’t necessarily sure that they would look out for me.” – Candice

Tango got started when Candice started to think about the ways we can think outside of the box to encourage adults to have healthier relationships without like saying, sit down and read this book right now. How can we make it fun for them?

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