Sex and Romance For Women

Chapter 1
The Best You'll Ever Have : What Every Woman Should Know About Getting and Giving Knock-Your-Socks-Off Sex
by Shannon Mullen, Valerie Frankel
I'm not quite so typical anymore. Most American women don't sell sex toys for a living. But more are joining me every day because lots of women buy them-or should. I've learned that much since the creation of Safina, the company I founded to provide sex

The Search for Sensual Vitality
Kathy Smith's Flex Appeal: Look Great and Feel Sexy at Any Age
by Kathy Smith
TWO YEARS AGO, having just turned fifty, I set out to write a book about sex. Easier said than done! After exploring the swarm of midlife changes our bodies go through for my book Moving Through Menopause, I'd become aware that questions of libido and sex

Passion Quests
Sex Lives of Wives: Reigniting the Passion
by Holly H. Hollenbeck
Just what are married women in their thirties, forties, and fifties doing to keep the passion alive in their marriages? In her search to answer that question for herself, Holly Hollenbeck put together a "Passion Seekers" support group.

The Illusion of Sexual Individuality
Perfectly Normal: Living and Loving with Low Libido
by Sandra Pertot, Ph.D
Sexually, we like to think that we have it together, that we are more sophisticated and sexually aware now than at any other time in history. Yet, as we have seen, the current stereotype of normal, desirable sex is still quite narrow and rigid.

The Power of Sexuality
What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex
by Hilda Hutcherson, M.D.
It was billed as the greatest day of my life by the man who was to be my husband. The room was toasty warm and filled with the sweet fragrance of roses. Soft music played. I'd planned for months for this moment.

Foreword
The Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Edition
by Eve Ensler
I come from the down there generation. That is, those were the words-spoken rarely and in a hushed voice-that the women in my family used to refer to all female genitalia, internal or external. It wasn't that they were ignorant of terms like vagina, labia

The Kama Loutra: How I Came to Teach the Sexuality Seminars
How to Be a Great Lover: Girlfriend-to-Girlfriend Totally Explicit Techniques that Will Blow His Mind
by Lou Paget
Gathered in a boardroom in an elegant midtown private club, ten to fifteen women, ranging in age from early twenties to mid-fifties, stare at the table center. The table itself is laid with silver flatware, linen napkins, and fresh flowers.

Avoid Becoming a Statistic
Sex Lives of Wives: Reigniting the Passion
by Holly H. Hollenbeck
When I first approached women about their experiences with sex in their long-term relationships, many insisted that all they could contribute was 'everything you would want to know about missionary style.'

When Is It My Time?
Sex and the Seasoned Woman : Pursuing the Passionate Life
by Gail Sheehy
My first glimpse of what I came to recognize as a seasoned woman came in a chance encounter at an Oakland restaurant. A popular entertainer who was seated at the next table overheard me talking with my husband about my book.

Most of us think everyone else has a better sex life
Great Sex for Moms : Ten Steps to Nurturing Passion While Raising Kids
by Valerie Davis Raskin, M.D.
We may be doctors or patients, stay-at-home moms or utilizers of daycare, firefighters or librarians. Whether we've been married for decades or are single moms, moms for days or for decades, most of us think everyone else is enjoying a more erotic

The Six Passion Quest Dead Ends
Sex Lives of Wives: Reigniting the Passion
by Holly H. Hollenbeck
After much complaining and crying into our beers about our sex lives, my friends and I decided we all needed a little kick in the butt, something to once again motivate us to really put some effort into making love.