Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict – Book Review
By Irene Vilar. The cover of book Impossible Motherhood is simple but alluring. It traces the outline of a woman with two lines, with the title and sub-title ‘Testimony of an Abortion Addict’ located...
View ArticleYour Daughter’s Bedroom – Book Review
By Joyce T. McFadden. In a word, the impression that this book leaves is bold. It is a rare treat to read something related to parental sex education that doesn’t pussyfoot around the tough parts. It...
View ArticleI’ll Show You Mine – Book Review
By Wrenna Robertson. Although this is not the first such publication of its kind, it is a welcome addition to the resources available to educated women and men about intrinsic female sexuality. I know...
View ArticleSex For One: The Joy of Self-Loving – Book Review
By Betty Dodson. Sex For One, in its third rewrite, is a guide to masturbation, intertwined with memoirs of Betty Dodson’s sexual development. Listening to some people’s sexual tales is just a form of...
View ArticleMy Secret Garden: Women’s Sexual Fantasies – Book Review
By Nancy Friday. This is an old book – it was first published in 1973! – but it does not feel old. It spells out women’s fantasies, play by play, leaving you feeling that absolutely everything goes....
View Article50 Ways to Make a Buck
Sex sells. No news there. And yet, there is always someone able to make more money off selling a new angle of sex. As if we haven’t seen it all already. The latest fad is 50 Shades of EVERYTHING. From...
View ArticleRewriting the Rules – Book Review
By Meg Barker. Trying to embark on as mammoth a task as writing an Integrative Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships as the by-line goes, is incredibly ambitious but a good attempt was made, albeit in...
View ArticleWomen Who Love Sex: an Inquiry into the Expanding Spirit of Women’s Erotic...
By Gina Ogden. Here is that book that will really get you thinking that there is more to sex than meets the eye, and even the genitalia, for that matter. For those women who are ready to take orgasming...
View ArticleThe Cultural Context of Sexual Pleasure and Problems – Book Review
Sexuality is intrinsically linked to its cultural context and without understanding each person’s cultural environment, one can hardly know how to help them with their sexual concerns or problems. This...
View ArticlePurple Leaves, Red Cherries – Book Review
By Tania Elfersy & Andrea Katzman. Sex and the new mother: the ultimate Catch 22. While it may be the one thing your body doesn’t miss in those first months (or more!), it is definitely something...
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