Joan Ørting (born March 26, 1960) is a Danish
sexologist
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, letter column editor and former TV-host.
Biography
She edited the sexual advice letter column for the daily newspaper ''
Ekstra Bladet
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and has co-authored several self-help books on sexual topics. Since 2006 she has been running a school for sexologists.
Joan Ørting has worked as theatre director at the children and youth theatre Gawenda in
Gladsaxe
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, 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 and lives at
Langeland
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Denmark
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She got fired from ''Ekstra Bladet'' in 2011.
Books
* ''Har du lyst?'' (2003)
* ''Varm weekend - sex hele året'' (2008)
* ''Ta' mig'' (2008)
References
External links
Joan Ørting homepage*
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1960 births
Danish sexologists
Living people