The Mammoth Book of Love and Sensuality

516 Pages·1997·64.391 MB·English

by  Caroline Rey

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The Mammoth
Book of
Love and
Sensuality
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ISBN 0-7867-0374-1
Note
This book is not a substitute for your doctor’s or health professional’s advice, and
the publishers and authors cannot accept liability for any injury or loss to any
person acting or refraining from action as a result of the material in this book.
Before commencing any health treatment, always consult your doctor.
Printed and bound in the EC
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Contents
Learning to Love 7
Pleasing Your Partner 61
Understanding Orgasm 101
Positions for Lovemaking 137
Imaginative Lovemaking 187
A Time and Place for Loving 225
Alternative Lovemaking 263
Problem Solving 305
Relationships 353
A to Z of Love Play 409
Index 503

CHAPTER 1
A
8 LEARNING TO LOVE
sexual journey with a new partner is a voyage of
discovery which has a vast potential for excitement,
sensuality and promise. Of course, the route will
vary from time to time and the sex will vary from
the ecstatic and memorable to the routine and predictable. For, in
any couple’s life together, there are sexual milestones and each
new phase brings forth rewards of its own.
The time from first meeting to actual intercourse varies
enormously from couple to couple. But whatever their situation,
the first time they make love is a unique experience and one that
they will remember all of their lives.
The first few months of a relationship between lovers are
often described as the “honeymoon” period. This is the period
when a couple cannot have too much of one another. Often every
moment spent apart is regarded as wasted. And it is during this
period that a couple lay the foundations of the kind of sex life
that they will have together.
Each partner will have different expectations for when they
make love, for each human being’s sexuality is unique and
individual. What they will be united in is the hope that it will be a
perfect experience, perhaps with each of them coming together at
the same moment.
For many lovers, however “good” they are technically, this is
unlikely to be the case. The chances are that both will be over¬
anxious to impress the other and to please them, all of which is a
potential recipe for sexual disaster.
And because each of them is not yet familiar with the
other’s sexuality, the chances are that they will misjudge the
other’s feelings. The woman may believe that the man is more
sexually experienced than he really is, and the man may be
surprised to find a more, or less, sexually assertive woman than