The Sex You Want: A Lovers' Guide to Women's Sexual Pleasure - Paperback

by Lisa Douglass (Author)

So many women are dissatisfied with their sexual relationships -- even all these years after the "sexual revolution" -- but what is it that women really want? In The Sex You Want, authors Lisa and Marcia Douglass answer this age-old question and much more, touching on subjects that include: how women's sexuality is influenced by societal forces; how women can fall into unhealthy sexual patterns; and how the way we talk about or censor discussions on sex affects our everyday practices, and offer ways to reverse the damaging consequences. With a detailed description of the female anatomy and a section on how to achieve the utmost in orgasmic pleasure, The Sex You Want will help women take control of their sexuality in ways that will not only change how they relate to their bodies, but how they live in the world. This new paperback version is illustrated and comes with a revised introduction. "A smart, new sex guide . . . A step toward helping women own and appreciate their bodies." -- Glamour

Back Jacket

Not since The Joy of Sex has a book exploded sexual myths and attacked the status quo in the way Are We Having Fun Yet? does. So many women are dissatisfied with their sexual relationships - even all these years after the "sexual revolution". But what is it that women really want? Authors Marcia and Lisa Douglass answer this ever-present question in their groundbreaking book, revealing for the first time how women really like their sex, and what men can do to satisfy their female partners more fully than ever before. By explaining how women's sexuality is influenced by societal forces (such as the images of women portrayed in the media and of what a female body is "supposed" to look like in America), they explain why it has been so difficult for women to come into their erotic own. They show how we fall into sexual patterns that are taken for granted, and how men and women can reverse those patterns for more and better quality pleasure. They discuss how language - in particular how we talk about or censor discussions about sex - affects our everyday practices, in ways many readers will have never realized. Are We Having Fun Yet? provides a detailed explanation of the female anatomy, with new discoveries about little-known areas for stimulation. A complete discussion of how to achieve the utmost in orgasmic pleasure is also included. Finally, the authors show how women can begin a true sexual revolution by talking openly about sex and by demanding sex on their own terms. Are We Having Fun Yet? will help women take control of their sexuality in ways that will change not only how they relate to their bodies, but how they live in the world.

Author Biography

MARCIA DOUGLASS, PH.D., is a sociologist who received her doctorate from the University of California, San Diego. She teaches and writes on gender, race, class, and sexuality and gives workshops for women on a new view of sex and relationships. She lives in Oakland, California. LISA DOUGLASS, PH.D., is an anthropologist and the author of The Power of Sentiment. She is a university lecturer and a past recipient of several research grants, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Research on Woman and Gender at Stanford University. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.