Sarah Barmak

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A History of Forgetting

A History of Forgetting

How centuries of ignorance of the female anatomy is still wreakiing havoc on women's health today - and how one woman fought back.

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This chapter explores the little understood female ejaculation as an entry point to showing how little we have understood female anatomy. The author traces undertanding of and attitudes towards … 35 $3.50 Add
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A Still Point in the Turning World

A Still Point in the Turning World

What is an orgasm, anyway? It depends on whether you ask a scientist, a poet or a mystic.

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This chapter is about describing and defining orgasms, by ordinary people, scientists, philosophers, and artists throughout history. She also considers gender similarities and differences in … 22 $2.20 Add
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About the Author

About the Author

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About the Exploded View Series

About the Exploded View Series

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Acknowledgements

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Closer

Notes from the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality

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 … 169 View
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Fear of Pleasure

Fear of Pleasure

In a sex-obsessed culture, not all of us feel at home.

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The author begins by visiting a workshop of women who have never had an orgasm. Then she expands the view to the recent discussions and interest in female sexuality, particularly the evidence … 15 $1.50 Add
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Is Pleasure Necessary?

Is Pleasure Necessary?

Is the shift toward sexual equality only about fighting for the right to get-off - or is it something more?

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In this concluding chapter, the author examines how sex for women is related to their wholeness, wellness, and creativity, and therefore, a focus on it is an essential part of the feminist … 12 $1.20 Add
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Notes

Notes

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Play

Play

Girls just wanna have fun. They're doing just that, and it's blurring the lines between therapy, porn, health care, mysticism and prostitution. Welcome to today's wild and shameless female sexual underground.

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In this chapter, the author takes a broad tour of the wide variety of ways women are exploring and learning about their sexuality, covering orgasmic meditation, experiential sex therapists, the … 62 $6.20 Add
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Works Cited

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