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Closer : notes from the orgasmic frontier of female sexuality / Sarah Barmak.

Title
Closer : notes from the orgasmic frontier of female sexuality / Sarah Barmak.
Author
Barmak, Sarah
Publication
  • [Toronto, Ontario] : Coach House Books, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Description
165 pages; 20 cm.
Summary
"A provocative look at why our current understanding of female sexuality isn't getting us off. 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."--
Series Statement
Exploded views
Uniform Title
Exploded views.
Subject
  • Female orgasm
  • Women > Sexual behavior
  • Sexual excitement
  • Sex (Psychology)
  • Sex (Biology)
  • Libido
  • Sexual instinct
  • Orgasme féminin
  • Femmes > Sexualité
  • Excitation sexuelle
  • Sexualité (Psychologie)
  • Sexualité (Biologie)
  • Libido
  • Instinct sexuel
  • eroticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9781552453230 (paperback)
  • 1552453235 (paperback)
  • 9781770564398 (e-pub.) (canceled/invalid)
  • 177056439X (e-pub.) (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781770564404 (pdf.) (canceled/invalid)
  • 1770564403 (pdf.) (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781770564565 (mobi.) (canceled/invalid)
  • 177056456X (mobi.) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2016416021
OCLC
  • 920018909
  • SCSB-11638476
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library