Human Sexuality

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807001547Author Gail DinesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm

How do we experience attraction?What does love mean to us?When did you realise you were ace?This is the ace community in their own words. Drawing upon interviews with a wide range of people across the asexual spectrum, Eris Young is here to take you on...

'Funny, kind, generous and smart - I could have done with the wisdom of Flo Perry far sooner' Dolly AldertonWe talk about feminism in the workplace and we talk about dating after #MeToo, but women's own patriarchal conditioning can be the hardest enemy...

A groundbreaking guide to sexuality that dispels the stale cultural attitudes about sex that leave too many feeling inadequate, and offers an expansive, attachment-based framework to free us and develop bolder, more satisfying relationships with our...

An illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary medieval people. The medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was possible to die from having too much-or too little-sex, while the Roman Catholic Church...

From award-winning journalist Beth Ashley comes a groundbreaking investigation into the history of slutshaming, how it continues to affect us today and what we can do to fight it.Whore. Hoe. Jezebel. Harlot. Slut. Five words. One meaning.But what exactly...

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The very first book pick for Reese Witherspoon's YA Book Club! '[A] super funny, joyful story that'll have you reliving your high school prom days!' - Reese's YA Book Club. Liz has always believed...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Men are responsible for all unwanted pregnancies. Why? Ovulation is involuntary. Ejaculation is not. It is also true that...- Men are 50 times more fertile than women- Birth control is hard to access, use, and comes with...

Women are in a bind. In the name of consent and empowerment, they must proclaim their desires clearly and confidently. Yet sex researchers suggest that women's desire is often slow to emerge. And men are keen to insist that they know what women-and their...

'Sea State marks the arrival of a gifted and exciting new voice' Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZE ...

In this searching, elegant essay, critically acclaimed writer Katherine Angel examines the place of fathers in contemporary culture with her characteristic mix of boldness and nuance, asking how the mixture of love and hatred we feel towards our...

In The Wisdom of Whores, epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani brings honesty, wit and startling pragmatism to the tawdry front lines of sex and drugs. She explains how we could shut down HIV in most of the world with a few simple steps, with less money than...

Throughout our country, atrocities are taking place in doctor's offices and hospital operating rooms. Physically healthy children and adolescents are being permanently disfigured and sometimes sterilized. Those youth say they're transgender, and we-their...

'the song soil sweat of it knowing nothing of / a binary bondage a bountiful mess of myself / everything under the sun is changing all the / time all my skin soft lovers flocking to the / river';Olivia Douglass’ new pamphlet takes us into the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356996281Author Neha BhatFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins India

Described by Oliver Sacks as 'one of the best scientist-writers of our time', Robert M. Sapolsky here presents the human animal in all its quirkiness and diversity.In these remarkable essays, Sapolsky once again deploys his compassion and insights into...

The medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was possible to die from having too much - or too little - sex, while the Roman Catholic Church taught that virginity was the ideal state. Holy men and women committed themselves to lifelong...

'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' - HeraldImagine if it was possible to have the perfect sexual relationship without compromise,...

For nearly a decade, Brazil has surpassed Thailand as the world's premier sex tourism destination. As the first full-length ethnography of sex tourism in Brazil, this pioneering study treats sex tourism as a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that...

A delightfully thought-provoking study of why we have sex, from award-winning psychoanalyst Darian Leader'It was just sex.'It's a familiar claim. But is it really possible?The old idea that sexuality is a smouldering, animalistic force within us,...

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Peek beneath the bedsheets of nineteenth-century Britain in this affectionate, informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality during the reign of Queen Victoria. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behaviour, and...

Unmasking the lies behind the selling of porn as 'just a bit of fun' Big Porn Inc reveals the shocking truths of an industry that trades in violence, crime and degradation. This fearless book will change the way you think about pornography.About the...

Peek beneath the bedsheets of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain in this affectionate, informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality during the reigns of Georges I-IV. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male and female...

In Rebel Love, podcasting phenom/sex therapist Dr. Chris Donaghue reveals how traditional love and dating rules are outdated and toxic, and he refuses to pathologize those whose sexuality doesn't fit in a neat little box. Dr. Chris encourages readers to...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE*It's the eighteenth-century and Celine is in trouble'A terrific novel'FINANCIAL TIMES'A radically beautiful new novel'SHEILA HETI, author of Pure ColourParis, 1775: Celine's husband is mostly absent. Her parents...

"So to the person that broke my heart in 2021 by way of a casual voice-note. Thank you."Told from the perspective of some of the finest contemporary Black writers and thinkers, MANDEM is an ode to the moments in our pasts that shape us, and gratitude at...

To mark the 20th anniversary of the lifting of the British Armed Forces gay ban' on 12 January 2020, this book brings together a selection of LGBTQ servicemen and women who have served in the Armed Forces since the Second World War. Their stories are...

Can a commitment to free speech be reconciled with the regulation of pornography? Easton explores and evaluates the feminist and liberal arguments to establish that it can. A text invaluable to anyone interested in this, the thorniest of issues.About the...

Arriving in New York with a failing relationship and a body she felt out of touch with, Stephanie Theobald set off on a 3,497-mile trip across America to rebuild her orgasm from the ground up. What started as a quest for the ultimate auto-erotic...

At a time when women are more vocal than ever about our lives, there's one last taboo.We need to talk about porn.'Briskly confronting...porn is an inescapable part of the environment we all share and should be talked about honestly... this book is an...

Out now: the new book by Dr Fern Riddell, a powerful and entertaining history of sex. Revised and updated. __________These are the facts: throughout history human beings have had sex. Sexual culture did not begin in the sixties. It has always been...

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Subjectified is a book about subjects, objects, and verbs. It is also a book about clothing-optional resorts, masturbation circles, and sex parties. Suzannah Weiss takes the reader through her adventures as a sex and relationship writer to explore how we...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999882327Author Guts PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Guts PublishingPublisher Guts PublishingWeight(grams) 192gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

A discourse on the connection between sex, eroticism and love in literature by the Nobel Prize-winning poet and essayist.About the AuthorThe celebrated poet and essayist, Octavio Paz was born in 1914 in Mexico City. Paz began to write at an early age,...

Lust, romance, attachment... Antatomy of Love explores such questions as whether monogamy is natural, why we choose certain partners and why we might cheat on them. In this completely revised edition, anthropologist Helen Fisher adds a host of new data...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935408499Author Paul B. PreciadoFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone Books

A FRANK, FUNNY AND EMPOWERING CELEBRATION OF FEMALE PLEASUREAn orgasm will help you sleep and keep you looking younger, it doesn't cost money and isn't a scarce resource. So why is it that, like the pay gap, there is an 'orgasm gap' between women and...