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Author |
: Christine E. Gudorf |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0829810625 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780829810622 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Body, Sex, and Pleasure by : Christine E. Gudorf
Perhaps no other single moral issue today is as hotly contested, or as divisive, as sexuality. Offering a bold and hopeful vision of how Christians - and all people of goodwill - can view this explosive topic, ethicist Christine Gudorf proposes nothing less than a sweeping challenge to traditional Christian teaching on sexual roles, activities, and relationships. Deftly drawing on Scripture, natural law, historical and contemporary Catholic and Protestant theology, the social sciences, and, significantly, the lived experiences of today's women and men, Gudorf presents a carefully crafted and systematic reconstruction of Christian sexual ethics. Her aim, above all, is to engender appreciation, not rejection and shame, of our bodies and our sexuality. Contending that body, sex, and pleasure are divine gifts revealing God's grace, Gudorf emphasizes the need to understand sexual desire as a positive good, a source of love and commitment. She further explores the relationship between sexuality and reproduction, arguing that procreationism - the assumption that the sole aim and ultimate end of sexuality must always be offspring - is unjust and oppressive. Written with insight, clarity, and compassion, Body, Sex, and Pleasure is a provocative and compelling call to all women and men to reject the damaging influence of body/soul dualism - and, ultimately, to do justice to the Incarnation, the central revelations of Scripture, and human dignity.
Author |
: Ladelle McWhorter |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 1999-07-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0253213258 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780253213259 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bodies and Pleasures by : Ladelle McWhorter
Sexual identities are dangerous, Michel Foucault tells us. Categories of desire harden into stereotypes by which the forces of normalization hold us and judge us. In Bodies and Pleasures, Ladelle McWhorter reads Foucault from an original and personal angle, motivated by the differences this experience has made in her life. At the same time, her analysis advances discussion of key issues in Foucault scholarship: the genealogical critique, the status of the subject and humanism, essentialism versus social construction, and the relationships between identity, community, and political action. Weaving her own experience of coming to grips with her lesbian sexual identity into her readings of Foucault's most recent writings on sexuality and power, McWhorter argues compellingly that Foucault's texts should be read less for the arguments they advance and more for their transformative effect. By exploring bodies and pleasures—gardening, line dancing, or doing philosophy, for example—McWhorter shows that it isn't necessary to conform with socially recognized sexual identities. Bodies and Pleasures takes the reader beyond unexplored norms and imposed identities as it points the way toward a personal politics, ethics, and style that challenges our sexual selves.
Author |
: Riane Eisler |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 516 |
Release |
: 2012-01-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062030757 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062030752 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sacred Pleasure by : Riane Eisler
Riane Eisler shows us how history has consistently promoted the link between sex and violence—and how we can sever this link and move to a politics of partnership rather than domination in all our relations.
Author |
: Dr. Barbara Keesling |
Publisher |
: Orient Paperbacks |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 2010-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 8122202004 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9788122202007 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sexual Pleasure by : Dr. Barbara Keesling
This best-selling book is for anyone who wants to experience intimate, powerful lovemaking without anxiety or pressure. It starts with the first principle of intimacy: to experience deep sexual pleasure, you must explore and enjoy-openly and sensually enjoy-basic human touch and caressing. This approach is also unique because it encourages you to focus on your own sexual desire rather than looking for ways to please your partner. Being more in touch with your own enjoyment will lead naturally to greater passion, sensitivity, and pleasure for both partners. Sexual Pleasure takes the reader through a series of stimulating exercises, done alone and with a partner, to increase sensual awareness and experience sexual ecstasy. These exercises can be used by people of any sexual orientation, and by those who may have physical limitations, or who are just learning about their sexuality-anyone seeking the secrets of strong and fulfilling sex.
Author |
: Laura Delarato |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2022 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1797210742 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781797210742 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis My Pleasure by : Laura Delarato
MY PLEASURE is an invaluable guide that empowers readers to explore their bodies and cultivate a satisfying sex life, no matter their relationship status. Body positivity advocate and sexual wellness writer Laura Delarato teaches that sexual pleasure is an essential form of self-care, and it starts with loving your body and yourself. With a no-holds-barred approach, this engaging bedside book includes chapters on body image, self-love, solo play, sex toys, and partner play, and explores such topics as how to quiet your inner critic and embrace your body as it is; how to take amazing nudes; how to experiment with different forms of kink; and how to set boundaries in any situationship. Brimming with practical tips, sensual activities, and lush visuals throughout, and packaged in a luxe hardcover with a trippy foil effect on the jacket, this inclusive handbook will appeal to readers of Goop and Refinery29, owners of a Dame or Maude sex toy, fans of the body positive and sex positive movements, and anyone who seeks a self-determined, pleasure-filled life.
Author |
: Katherine Rowland |
Publisher |
: Seal Press |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2020-02-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781580058346 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1580058345 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Pleasure Gap by : Katherine Rowland
American culture is more sexually liberal than ever. But compared to men, women's sexual pleasure has not grown: Up to 40 percent of American women experience the sexual malaise clinically known as low sexual desire. Between this low desire, muted pleasure, and experiencing sex in terms of labor rather than of lust, women by the millions are dissatisfied with their erotic lives. For too long, this deficit has been explained in terms of women's biology, stress, and age. In The Pleasure Gap, Katherine Rowland rejects the idea that women should settle for diminished pleasure; instead, she argues women should take inequality in the bedroom as seriously as we take it in the workplace and understand its causes and effects. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with more than one hundred women and dozens of sexual health professionals, Rowland shows that the pleasure gap is neither medical malady nor psychological condition but rather a result of our culture's troubled relationship with women's sexual expression. This provocative exploration of modern sexuality makes a case for closing the gap for good.
Author |
: Holly Richmond |
Publisher |
: New Harbinger Publications |
Total Pages |
: 246 |
Release |
: 2021-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781684038442 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1684038448 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reclaiming Pleasure by : Holly Richmond
Go beyond surviving to reclaim your sexual self. If you have experienced sexual abuse, assault, harassment, or rape, you may feel disconnected from your sexual self—even if you’ve overcome the initial trauma of your experience. You are a survivor; but surviving is just the beginning. This book explores what comes next. Written by a psychotherapist and grounded in cutting-edge research, Reclaiming Pleasure picks up where other sexual trauma recovery books leave off. It offers practical tools to help you cultivate a sense of safety, security and trust in order to reclaim the vitality, pleasure and great sex you deserve. The book will also serve as your compass on a journey toward the rediscovery of desire, letting you explore what you want from others and for yourself. This groundbreaking book will help you: Understand the lasting mental, physical, sexual, and relational impacts of sexual trauma Move beyond feelings of shame Reclaim pleasure and reignite passion in your life Surviving is merely the first step in the process of recovery from sexual trauma. With this sex-positive and empowering guide, you are invited to take your recovery to the next level. You’ll feel emboldened by the desire for better sex, healthier relationships, and a more connected, pleasurable life.
Author |
: Stella Resnick |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2018-07-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317301356 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317301358 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Body-to-Body Intimacy by : Stella Resnick
This book presents an integrative, growth-oriented approach to therapy with couples that demonstrates the dynamic interplay between partners’ emotional issues and their sexual difficulties. It offers a model for relational and sexual enhancement that focuses as much on partners’ present, nonverbal body-to-body communications as on their words. Dr. Stella Resnick draws on research from interpersonal neurobiology, sexology, positive psychology, and Gestalt therapy, and shares a rich assortment of therapy vignettes to demonstrate the transformative power of pleasure and how a focus on body-to-body intimacy can heal emotional wounds from the past and encourage greater presence, empathy, authenticity, playfulness, and sexual pleasure between intimate partners. The therapeutic process is explored in four related spectrums: the Problem-Transformation Spectrum, the Attachment-Sexuality Spectrum, the Pain-Pleasure Spectrum, and the Cognitive-Somatic-Experiential-Behavioral-Spectrum. Part I lays the theoretical foundation for the work. Part II examines the early attachment bond between parent and child and its effects on adult capacity for emotional closeness and sexual pleasure. Part III offers methods for resolving painful emotional issues underlying many sexual difficulties. Finally, Part IV describes the procedure for moving from a cognitive reframing of the problem to a somatic focus on the body and tracking present-moment emotional interactions to the repair of relational injuries that nurture transformational change. Also included is a series of process-oriented exercises and a handout that therapists can use in their own practice. Body-to-Body Intimacy will enable couples and sex therapists to expand their practices and enrich their clients’ sexual and relational dynamics. This book also contains valuable information that will be appreciated by anyone interested in a greater understanding of a growth-oriented therapeutic process for couples and what can be achieved together by gaining a deeply loving and sexually fulfilling intimate love relationship.
Author |
: David Bell |
Publisher |
: Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages |
: 172 |
Release |
: 2001-07-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0815628986 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780815628989 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pleasure Zones by : David Bell
How does a subculture appropriate space within the dominant culture? What is the city's relationship to the body? Geographers from England and New Zealand apply queer theory in their consideration of the human body as a vehicle for understanding relationships between people and place. These provocative essays examine the body as an entity constricted by gender, sexuality, race, class, nationality, and disability. They also look at sexual identity as it relates to communities, and how humans "do" gender through regulated practices such as heterosexuality. Pleasure Zones tackles topics such as the politics of gay men's health; the relationship of sex and death to the city; erotic urban landscapes, and how public policy labels lesbians. Each essay attempts to reconcile queer theory and social and cultural theory with the discipline of geography. The result is an illuminating and accessible look at the formation of personal and collective identities. Building on two decades of geography that recognizes the body as a politicized site of struggle, and applying the perspective of the sexual dissident, Pleasure Zones brings a fascinating variety of human experiences into sharp relief.
Author |
: Jonathan Clark |
Publisher |
: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages |
: 40 |
Release |
: 2016-07-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1535394226 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781535394222 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Erogenous Pleasure Zones of the Female Body by : Jonathan Clark
Most men would like their female partners to experience the maximum possible pleasure during sex. On the other hand men tend to be rather simple and straightforward creatures when it comes to pleasure and go straight in there without paying attention to foreplay and the pleasure zones. This is a really big and basic mistake and one that many men make - especially (but not only) when they are young and sexually inexperienced. While there's no formula that will please each individual woman, there are a few general ground rules that you can follow. So what's a man to do if he wants new ways to give his sexual partner real pleasure? No matter who you're with it's nice to spice up your sex life with some new moves that she is likely to find pleasurable. If you're doing the same things in bed time after time, things are bound to become a little stale. That's why you need to mix things up and surprise your partner. The pleasure or 'erogenous' zones are placed all over the female body and are easy to find and stimulate. Your partner will love you for it - and I assure you that you will get back at least as much extra pleasure as you give. It's time to go on an erogenous zone exploration! One easy clue to where the erogenous zones are placed is that they are the areas that women draw attention to with perfume and jewellery and other adornments. This is like a sexual signal to men to draw their eyes to these places - the neck (with a necklace or choker), the ear lobes (with ear rings). The most obvious example is the use of lipstick to redden the lips - this echoes the reddening of the vaginal lips when sexually excited and is a really basic female human signal of availability (or at least possible availability) for sexual contact. From her head all the way to her toes, here is a selection of the top erogenous zones to turn her on and give her maximum pleasure.