Dr Nagoski is a sex health therapist and educator. In this book she explores the research behind women's sexual wellbeing and enthusiastically promotes the strategies for improving women's sex lives. Dr. Nagoski is a believer that women, in the great majority of cases, have normal sexual function but have been told that they are not normal because of social messages from pornography on the one side, and religion/moral strictures on the other. She also gives information about physiology and psychology of sexual function using both clinical and popular terminology. She talks about sexual stimuli in terms of "accelerators" and "breaks" and asserts that if women can come to understand their personal accelerators and breaks, they can learn to create the context the will allow them to escape inhibition and have full and satisfying sex lives.
The book is written in and upbeat, witty, and affirming tone that makes what could be an awkward subject very palatable. Readers should be aware that Nagoski accepts all non-harming modes of sexual expression as normal and healthy and often sees as old-fashion religious restrictions on sexual expression. Despite this, I think that almost all women and most men would find the book helps them understand their own sexual functions and attitudes better. I, frankly, wish I had read this book earlier in my life and feel that if I had it would have had a positive affect on my relation with my spouse. I will be recommending it to all my female friends. (2021, 400 p.)
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