Canadian television host Sue Johanson — who enraptured a generation with straightforward sex advice — is dead at 93. .CBC News reported Thursday Johanson died in a long-term care home in Vaughan, ON, surrounded by her family. .She was best known for hosting the Canadian call-in radio and television show Sunday Night Sex Show, which led to successful American spinoff Talk Sex with Sue Johanson. .She was born in Toronto and began her career as a nurse. During the 1970s, she opened a birth control clinic at her daughter’s high school and ran it for almost two decades. .Sunday Night Sex Show premiered as a live call-in program on Toronto radio in 1984, with a TV version of it airing on W Network from 1996 to 2005. Talk Sex with Sue Johanson began in 2002 and concluded in 2008. .She offered people advice on topics from how to use a sex toy, ways to spice up the bedroom, and navigating the taboos of sex with her signature candour and humour..The CBC provoked outrage in 2020 with an Instagram post telling Canadians how to go about choosing the right sex toy for themselves. .READ MORE: Taxes hard at work: CBC gives Canadians sex toy advice.The post talks about getting the proper vibrators for people who have mobility issues, suffer from arthritis, or are going through menopause or hormonal changes..“If you’re reading this, you’re probably interested in enhancing your sexual pleasure — or are at least a little curious about tools that can help with that,” said Canadian author Michelle Bilodeau.
Canadian television host Sue Johanson — who enraptured a generation with straightforward sex advice — is dead at 93. .CBC News reported Thursday Johanson died in a long-term care home in Vaughan, ON, surrounded by her family. .She was best known for hosting the Canadian call-in radio and television show Sunday Night Sex Show, which led to successful American spinoff Talk Sex with Sue Johanson. .She was born in Toronto and began her career as a nurse. During the 1970s, she opened a birth control clinic at her daughter’s high school and ran it for almost two decades. .Sunday Night Sex Show premiered as a live call-in program on Toronto radio in 1984, with a TV version of it airing on W Network from 1996 to 2005. Talk Sex with Sue Johanson began in 2002 and concluded in 2008. .She offered people advice on topics from how to use a sex toy, ways to spice up the bedroom, and navigating the taboos of sex with her signature candour and humour..The CBC provoked outrage in 2020 with an Instagram post telling Canadians how to go about choosing the right sex toy for themselves. .READ MORE: Taxes hard at work: CBC gives Canadians sex toy advice.The post talks about getting the proper vibrators for people who have mobility issues, suffer from arthritis, or are going through menopause or hormonal changes..“If you’re reading this, you’re probably interested in enhancing your sexual pleasure — or are at least a little curious about tools that can help with that,” said Canadian author Michelle Bilodeau.
