Showing titles in Human Sexuality

Psychologists often paint a picture of human mating as visceral, instinctual. But that's not the whole story. In courtship and display, sexual competition and rivalry, we are also guided by what Glenn Geher and Scott Barry Kaufman call Mating Intelligence - a range of mental abilities that have evolved to help us find the right partner. Mating Intelligence is at work in our efforts to form, maintain, and end relationships. It guides us in flirtation, foreplay, copulation, finding and choosing a mate, and many other behaviors.

After infidelity, relationships can become strained as both partners lose trust and faith in each other. Author Tammy Nelson helps couples regain trust, romance, and intimacy after infidelity by redefining the monogamy contract. The new monogamy contract is an explicit relationship agreement created after the affair that allows each partner to safely share their desires, expectations, and limitations. After an affair, it's impossible to go back to the way the relationship was before, but this book offers the chance for a new beginning.

‘It’s the kind of book that makes you wonder, ‘why wasn’t this written before?’ It could change lives’ EVENING STANDARD ‘Turns everything you’ve been taught about sex on its head’ RUBY RARE What lies are we told when it comes to sex? What impossible expectations pollute our...

‘Like Louis Theroux channelling Margaret Atwood’ – New Statesman ‘A tour of the lurid fringes of the tech world’ – The Times ‘A moreish page-turner of a book’ – Herald Imagine if it was possible to have the perfect sexual relationship without compromise, eat meat without...

Leading Dominatrix and BDSM expert Alicia Zadig takes you on a provocative, eye-opening journey into the erotic world of Female Domination and male submission. Zadig explains the psychology behind male submission and answers the question: Why do men crave surrendering to a dominant woman? Hear from the men themselves as they reveal their most intimate desires. Learn why so many secretly fantasize about being dominated by a woman. Delve into their experiences with Dominatrices and see what keeps them coming back for more.

Pleasure explores the ways in which women have been systematically disconnected from their bodies throughout history and the transformative power of reclaiming that connection through pleasure. From the cultural mythology of sex as something women give and men take, to the historical demonization of female pleasure through witch trials and religious doctrine, Pleasure traces the ways in which women's bodies have been turned into religious battlegrounds. Yet, it also reveals the radical, healing power of reclaiming pleasure as an act of resistance and joy.

Sarah and Kayla invite you to put on your purple aspec glasses - and rethink everything you thought you knew about society, friendship, sex, romance and more. Drawing on their personal stories, and those of aspec friends all over the world, prepare to explore your microlabels, investigate different models of partnership, delve into the intersection of gender norms and compulsory sexuality and reconsider the meaning of sex - when allosexual attraction is out of the equation.

Jamie Cooper's book "How to Talk Dirty to Women with 300 Word-by-Word Examples: A Guide for Couples" is a fun and useful method for improving intimacy and communication in relationships. This book delves into the art of dirty language, assisting listeners in removing obstacles and creating new opportunities for confident, consenting, passionate expression. Jamie Cooper offers a thorough examination of the psychological and emotional advantages of foul conversation as a means of fostering intimacy in relationships.

In questo saggio, Perel spiega alle coppie la formula per conservare la passione sessuale: esamina le proprie esperienze giovanili, prende in considerazione quanto la maternità e la paternità finiscano per mettere in secondo piano l'amore fisico e come l'infedeltà sia un rischio sempre presente. Affronta con franchezza l'argomento, trattando anche situazioni e punti di vista abitualmente lasciati sottotraccia in quello spazio del non detto che spesso circonda il sesso, l'amore, il matrimonio.

Gillian Anderson präsentiert in WANT eine spektakuläre Bestandsaufnahme der weiblichen Sexualität – mit Stimmen von Frauen aus der ganzen Welt! Diese bahnbrechende und sensationelle Erkundung stellt Fragen – und liefert Antworten. - Was wollen Sie, wenn niemand zuschaut? - Was wollen Sie, wenn die Lichter aus sind? - Was wollen Sie, wenn Sie niemand verurteilt für das, was Sie sich wünschen?

Not Gay thrusts deep into a world where straight guy-on-guy action is not a myth but a reality: There's fraternity and military hazing rituals, where new recruits are made to grab each other's penises and stick fingers up their fellow members' anuses; online personal ads, where straight men seek other straight men to masturbate with; and, last but not least, the long and clandestine history of straight men frequenting public restrooms for sexual encounters with other men.

Evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents takes listeners on a journey from silent crickets to lesbian albatrosses to bonobos who kiss, revealing what this incredible array of sexual diversity can teach us about our own. Amusing, enlightening and meticulously researched, Lents convincingly shows that diverse genders and sexuality have evolutionary functions far beyond procreation. The Sexual Evolution is a perspective-altering book that advocates understanding and demolishes biases held by even the most open-minded among us.

Sexual issues are incredibly common - yet very poorly understood. Women complain of low desire. Men lose their erections. Or they prefer to stay at home and masturbate to their favorite porn. Couples quietly suffer in sexless marriages for innumerable years. They only talk in hushed voices about their humdrum, tedious sexual routines. People who are deeply in love and attracted to each other are baffled as to why their sex lives aren’t thriving. Sex therapists, doctors, and other experts each present their own separate solutions to these issues.

For readers of Ace and Belly of the Beast: A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality--and an incisive interrogation of the sex-obsessed culture that invisibilizes and ignores asexual and A-spec identity. Everything you know about sex and asexuality is (probably) wrong. The notion that...

This raw, untold memoir reveals the real story not covered in Netflix's Orgasm Inc. The story shows how intelligent people get trapped in high-control groups. How the same methods used to help people can be weaponized to control them. How trauma and transformation can be impossible to separate.

***** 'A sexy, messy, necessary look at polyamory' -Advocate 'All the makings of a juicy beach read-romance - sex, deception, and twists - except it's an account of a real-life open relationship.' -VOGUE Rachel Krantz is a 27-year-old journalist living in Brooklyn when she meets Adam, who is...

A memoir of hope, faith and love, Samra Habib's story starts with growing up as part of a threatened minority sect in Pakistan and follows her arrival in Canada as a refugee, before escaping an arranged marriage at 16. When she realised she was queer, it was yet another way she felt like an outsider. So begins a journey that takes her to the far reaches of the globe to uncover a truth that was within her all along. It shows how Muslims can embrace queer sexuality and families can embrace change.

An inviting and informative guide to sex for seniors—“an important resource for anyone who wants to keep pleasure and sensuality in their lives” (Candida Royalle) Joan Price is talking out loud about a subject that is often ignored or ridiculed in our society: later-life sexuality. In...

Experience the Power of Pleasure to Nourish Your Life Did you know that sex can be ecstatic, delicious, and spiritually awakening all at the same time? That men can be multi-orgasmic? And that you can experience an orgasm in your whole body? While most of us only know a fraction of what sexual...

A groundbreaking look at the science of attachment and compatibility, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about love and attraction and revealing the real keys to lasting connection and deeper relationships. Modern media and culture have taught you a vast array of inaccurate ideas about...