Sex Bible for Women: The Complete Guide to Understanding Your Body, Being a Great Lover, and Getting the Pleasure You Want

257 Pages·2008·14.368 MB·English

by  Susan Crain Bakos

TSHEEX
BIBLE FOR
WOMEN
THE
SEX
BIBLE FOR
WOMEN
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING
YOUR BODY, BEING A GREAT LOVER, AND
GETTING THE PLEASURE YOU WANT
SUSAN CRAIN BAKOS
Author of The Sex Bible

THIS BOOK is for
Marcella and Iva—
not for now, but for
someday when they are
grown. May they be
empowered in every area
of their lives, including
their sexuality.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: The Sexually Empowered Woman 11
Who Is a Sexually Empowered Woman? 17
1
THE SEXUAL RESPONSE 19
1: Your Sexual Desire and Arousal 21
2: Explaining the New Science of Desire 29
3: The Real Story on Arousal 43
4: Orgasm Explained 49
5: How His Orgasm Is Different from Yours 61
6: The Orgasm Loop 67
2
THE SEXUAL BODY 73
7: Do You Know Your Body as Well as You Know His? 75
8: The Love-Hate Body Relationship 87
9: Your Sexual Body Over a Lifetime 99
10: The Pathologizing of Female Sexuality 113
3
SEXUAL BEHAVIORS 119
11: Foreplay 123
12: Oral Sex 131
13: Intercourse 141
14: Anal Intercourse 165
15: Sexual Variations: The Sex Acts 169
16: Sexual Variations: The Partners 183
4
THE SEXUAL PASSAGES 189
17: The Early Passages 191
18: The Commitment Passages 197
19: The Middle and Late Passages 205
5
RESOURCES 211
20: Ways to Improve Your Sex Life 213
21: Sex Toys 223
CONCLUSION: Sex Is A Private Thing 233
Acknowledgments 243
About the Author 245
Index 249