With her wire-rim glasses and grandmotherly demeanour, Sue Johanson seemed an unlikely candidate to be Canadian TVB次元官网网址檚 foremost sex guru.

But her straight talk about anal, oral and solo sex earned her call-in advice shows a loyal following, first on the radio and later on both Canadian and American TV.

Director Lisa Rideout, who made a documentary last year about Johanson, confirmed Thursday Johanson died at age 93.

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B次元官网网址淪he was brilliant. She never reacted in a way that was judgmental or disgusted,B次元官网网址� Jane Johanson said. B次元官网网址淪ometimes she would laugh, or her eyes might lift up in wide-open surprise, but it was lovely that she treated everybody with respect. Their questions were valid, regardless, across the board, doesnB次元官网网址檛 matter what your fetish or interests might be.B次元官网网址�

But all that titillation was in service of a grander mission: destigmatizing sex.

Johanson was of the opinion that informed sex was safe sex.

She spread that message broadly, writing three books on sexuality and touring around Canada to give talks at schools.

Johanson made her name in Canada and the United States talking about sex on the radio and TV, but she got her start by setting up a birth control clinic in a Toronto high school in 1970.

In 1974, she started travelling to schools across Ontario to offer sex education and the radio show hit Toronto airwaves a decade later.

After the American version of her show started airing, she became a favourite on the American late-night talk show circuit.

During an appearance on David LettermanB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭he Late Show,B次元官网网址� Johanson charmed the host while discussing the anatomy of female pleasure.

B次元官网网址漌hat people donB次元官网网址檛 realize is that penis size does not matter, because the top two-thirds of the vagina has no nerve endings, thereB次元官网网址檚 nobody home up there,B次元官网网址� she said to a roar of audience approval.

In response, Letterman told B次元官网网址淟ate ShowB次元官网网址� band leader Paul Shaffer, also a Canadian, not to be embarrassed.

Now, a new generation of sex educators have taken up residence online instead of on TV, said Rideout, who directed the 2022 documentary.

Many of them, she said, were directly inspired by Johanson.

B次元官网网址淗er legacy lives on today,B次元官网网址� Rideout said.

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