Closer: Notes from the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality - Couverture souple

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Barmak, Sarah

 
9781552453230: Closer: Notes from the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1552453235 ISBN 13 : 9781552453230
Editeur : Coach House Books, 2016

Synopsis

A provocative look at why our current understanding of female sexuality isn't getting us off.

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We think of the modern woman as sexually liberated - if anything, we're told we're oversexed. Yet a striking number of women are dissatisfied with their sex lives. Over half of women report having a sexual complaint, whether that's lack of desire or difficulty reaching orgasm. But this issue doesn't get much press; the urge is to ignore or medicalize it (witness the quest for 'pink Viagra'). If so many ordinary women suffer from sexual frustration, then perhaps the problem isn't one that can be addressed by a pharmaceutical fix - or isn't a problem. Maybe we need to get hot and bothered about a broader cultural cure: a reorienting of our current male-focused approach to sex and pleasure, and a rethinking of what's 'normal.'

Using a blend of reportage, interview and first-person reflection, journalist Sarah Barmak explores the cutting-edge science and grassroots cultural trends that are getting us closer to truth of women's sexuality. Closer reveals how women are reshaping their sexuality today in wild, irrepressible ways: nude meetings, how-to apps, trans-friendly porn, therapeutic vulva massage, hour-long orgasms and public clit-rubbing demonstrations - and redefining female sexuality on its own terms.

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À propos de l?auteur

Sarah Barmak is a Toronto freelance journalist and author. Her writing has appeared in Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Canadian Business, Marketing and Reader's Digest.

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Éditeur
Coach House Books
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1552453235
ISBN 13 
9781552453230
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
168
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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