An ancient Hindu text, the Kama Sutra dates back to between 400 BC to 200 AD, and is regarded by many as an authoritative encyclopedia of human sexual behavior, and in specific, a canonical inventory of descriptively named positions and accompanying steps for sexual intercourse and other methods of sensual pleasures for the benefit of both partners. …
The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women
The United States is obsessed with virginity from the media to schools to government agencies. In The Purity Myth, Jessica Valenti argues that the country’s intense focus on chastity is damaging to young women. Through in-depth cultural and social analysis, Valenti reveals that powerful messaging on both extremes ranging from abstinence-only curriculum to “Girls Gone Wild” …
Contemporary relationships are in a state of rapid evolution. These changes can and should empower people with the opportunity to develop partnerships based on their own sexualities, understandings, and agreements. This makes it possible to create what Kenneth Haslam, founder of the Kinsey Institute’s Polyamory Archive, has called designer relationships.”Designer relationships may encompass: people who bond emotionally but …
Mars and Venus in the Bedroom: A Guide to Lasting Romance and Passion
Can you keep the fires of passion burning?Men and women have very different physical needs. But Dr. John Gray explains how both can make small but important adjustments in their attitudes, schedules, and techniques so that their partners are happy in the bedroom — and outside of it.Written with the understanding and unique insight that can come only …
What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex
“This book is a wonderful new resource that bridges sexual health and psychotherapy clearly and confidently. Its clear organization makes it very user-friendly for the non-sex therapist. I look forward to using it in my own work as well as for teaching and training.” Douglas Braun-Harvey, MA, MFT and Certified Sex Therapist Co-Founder, The Harvey Institute: Improving …
Your Drugs and Sex: How Prescription & Non-Prescription Drugs Can Affect Your Sex Life
More than 400 drugs are in this book, are yours? Maybe your sex life isn’t what it used to be. Maybe it isn’t even what you hoped it would be at your age. Or perhaps you have disappointed your partner on more than one occasion by not being able to perform sexually as hoped or expected. …
“As a sex writer, Jesse Bering is fearless―and peerless.” ―Dan Savage”You are a sexual deviant. A pervert, through and through.” We may not want to admit it, but as the award-winning columnist and psychologist Jesse Bering reveals in Perv, there is a spectrum of perversion along which we all sit. Whether it’s voyeurism, exhibitionism, or your run-of-the-mill foot …
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE THAT PARENTS WILL WANT FOR THEIR TEENSThis thorough, concise guide offers straight talk about: • The male and female body as it changes and matures. • Teen relationships: what it takes to create happy, supportive, positive, and meaningful connections with family, friends, and others. • Identity empowerment: how to be …
For couples looking to spice up their sex life or just looking to have a bit of fun, Kama Sutra: A Position a Day is packed with tips and erotic know-how about how to perfect and enjoy each …
What do Americans love almost as much as sex? Talking about it. In their letters to Penthouse magazine, the nation’s hottest forum for contemporary sexual issues, they reveal everything that goes on behind closed bedroom doors-as well as in the back and front seats of cars, locked corporate offices, and airplane rest rooms, not to mention on kitchen …