Joan Ørting

Joan Ørting (born March 26, 1960) is a Danish sexologist, letter column editor and former TV-host.

Joan Ørting at Danish Book Fair 2014

She edited the sexual advice letter column for the daily newspaper Ekstra Bladet,[1] and has co-authored several self-help books on sexual topics. Since 2006 she has been running a school for sexologists.[2]

Joan Ørting has worked as theatre director at the children and youth theatre Gawenda in Gladsaxe, and has taught drama at several high schools. She later studied to become a certified sexologist, cognitive therapist, life-coach and meditation teacher. She also gained fame from hosting the television series Sexskolen in 2006, and has also appeared in such TV-shows as Kom til mad (2006) and Varm på is (2008).

She has a smaller role in the feature film Smukke dreng (1993) and hosts the bestselling educational DVD Femi-X and Beyond (2004).

Joan Ørting is married to author Carsten Islington[3] and lives at Langeland in southern Denmark.[4]

She got fired from Ekstra Bladet in 2011.[1]

Books
  • Har du lyst? (2003)
  • Varm weekend - sex hele året (2008)
  • Ta' mig (2008)
gollark: I mean, it's in giant turqoisey brush font, and not a spreadsheet or something.
gollark: I just read the rainbow massbreed document. I like the idea... but aaargh my eyes that document is so annoyingly formatted.
gollark: Pretty sure christmasses are genderlocked anyway?
gollark: And they'll try and sell you stuff for *next* Christmas.
gollark: Even after Christmas there'll still be Christmassy adverts and stuff.

References
  1. Jensen, Maiken Hvidtfeldt (12 July 2011). "Joan Ørting fyret fra Ekstra Bladet" (in Danish). TV2. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  2. Norgaard, List Schou (6 December 2013). "Joan Ørting: Porno gør os til ensomme onanister" (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. Dreyer, Martin Christian (13 February 2015). "Joan Ørting og Carsten Islington holder ærligt foredrag" (in Danish). Fyens Stifttidende. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  4. Pedersen, Malene Dybdahl (30 December 2013). "Her er Joan Ørtings Langeland" (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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