Tlaleng Mofokeng > Quotes

“How do we reclaim the use of language? Can we get to a point where in SeSotho or isiXhosa women can speak about their genitals without offense given or taken based on the experience of how such words are used & weaponized against us”
― Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure

“Whatever that detail is, it cannot just be assumed that when you touched her vagina and it was wet, it meant she wanted to have sex.
Consent does not work that way.”
― Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure

“There's this obsession with a man's erection and ejaculation, in that sex starts with his erection and ends with ejaculation.
There is not much else in-between that is affirming for women or for the person receiving that penis.”
― Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure

“Its never too early to give children the guidance and to create or make your relationship with them a safer space.

When your child has questions or in some cases can articulate their sexuality/gender experiences, handle them with respect and affirmations.”
― Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure

“From all walks of life, the characters depict real human experience and I found myself affirmed by the series (Pose Fx) in more ways than it just being pure entertainment.”
― Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure

“It (Pose Fx) is incredible in showing how pop culture can be so important in affirming people and experiences, and being deliberate and unapologetic about centring people and those whose voices continue to be marginalised because of their gender, age and class.”
― Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure

“Your vagina is a self-cleansing machine, meaning that there is no need to use soaps or detergents. Dr T at LadyBits March 2015.”
― Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure