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This unique book examines the relationship between wounding and
sexuality, bringing together issues around sexuality, gender,
power, violence and representations. Drawing on a range of
disciplines including cultural and media studies, sociology and
psychology, it explores social practices such as S&M, cosmetic
surgery and extreme sports.
Now in paperback, a “refreshing. . . . accessible, engaging, and
genuinely hilarious” (Buzzfeed) series of essays―part memoir, part
manifesto―that explore coming-of-age and coming out as bisexual while
moving toward embracing and celebrating sex without shame
As a boy, Zachary Zane sensed that all was not right when images of his
therapist naked popped into his head. He sometimes imagined other
people naked, too, and without an explanation why, a deep sense of
shame pervaded these thoughts. Though his therapist assured him a
little imagination was nothing to be ashamed of, over the years,
society told him otherwise.
Boyslut is a memoir-manifesto in which Zane articulates that, even
today, we live in a world that shames people for the sex that they have
and the sexualities that they inhabit. Through the lens of his
bisexuality and much self-described sluttiness, Zane breaks down
exactly how this sexual shame negatively impacts the sex and
relationships in our lives, and through personal experience, shares how
we can unlearn the harmful, entrenched messages that society imparts to
us.
From stories of play sessions with a neighbor at age six to the first
explorations of Zane’s bisexuality in college, as well as sex-dungeon
parties, orgies, and fun with butt plugs, Boyslutis reassuring and
often painfully funny, and most potently, it is a testimony that we can
all learn to live healthier lives unburdened by stigma.
'Every man can have multiple orgasms – an can directly improve his lovemaking skills – just by learning some simple physical techniques.' 'The Multi-Orgasmic Man' reveals simple physical and psychological techniques that allow men of all ages to fulfil their dreams and their partners' fantasies by dramatically improving the quality of their lovemaking. There are no complicated theories just clear practical, amazingly effective techniques you can start using today. THE FACTS: • Men are as capable of having multiple orgasms as women. • By learning to separate orgasm and ejaculation, men can transform a momentary release into countless peaks of whole-body orgasms • Multi-orgasmic men enjoy better health, vitality and longevity Combining today's science with the power of the ancient Taoist tradition of sexual wisdom, 'The Multi-Orgasmic Man' provides easy detailed exercises and clear illustrations that can help you to enjoy the best sex of your life.
Westerners believe that love makes life worth living; that sex is a
natural desire different in kind from love; and that only cynics
reduce our love life to a calculation of economic or genetic
factors. In this volume, essays explore these and other assumptions
about the relationship between romantic love and sex. This
represents the first interdisciplinary social science study of love
and sex. Contributors ask and answer questions such as: Is love
just sex idealized, or is it a transcendent and divine emotion? Is
love a cultural construct that is shared by members of the same
culture, or is it a matter of personal taste? What keeps
promiscuous people from using condoms even when they know they are
at risk? Are black professional men so "rare" that their
conceptions of love and sex differ from those of white professional
men? Are brutal sexual fantasies an exclusively male domain, and
are they always excluded from love fantasies among "normal"
adolescents? Is divorce a culturally induced response to
evolutionary reproductive strategies that compel individuals to
maximize their genetic legacy? Are marriages or relationships less
satisfying or stable when an actual mate falls short of the fantasy
of the ideal mate? Is there a universal core to love and sex that
is camouflaged by other cultural norms such as modesty and sexual
segregation? Is rape perceived as more "acceptable" when the rapist
says he was motivated by "love"? What do cult movements and
romantic love have in common? As they attempt to answer these and
other questions, the authors extend our understanding of the
variety of ways that love and sex are conceptualized, connected, or
separated.
Romantic relationships and health are fundamental for society, but
what happens to a person's well-being when he or she chooses the
"wrong" partner? Interracial Romance and Health: Bridging
Generations, Race Relations, and Well-Being tackles this growing
public health issue, which impacts millions of people in
interracial relationships, especially young adults. With a
particular focus on a group of young adults whom he calls the
Bridge Kids, Byron Miller provides a critical examination of how
racial identity, socialization, and the partner selection process
influence whether a person becomes interracially involved. For
those that do cross racial lines for romance, Miller reveals that
the race of one's partner can have a significant impact on their
lived experiences and health outcomes. Opposing the idea that
interracial relationships are bad for society and an individual's
health, Miller argues that interracial romance has health benefits
for some, is generally good for society, and that what is truly
detrimental is the unnecessary stress people in interracial
relationships feel due to their experiences with stigma, racism,
and discrimination. Miller concludes that as the prevalence of
interracial romance grows, so does the urgency to address these
issues to protect the well-being of the Bridge Kids and others in
interracial romantic partnerships.
Journal of a Sex Change is an intimate look at the compelling
journey from male to female. Griggs provides us with an inside
perspective on one of the most private and complicated
transformations possible. She recounts her sex change process in
compelling detail, from the emotional decision to pursue the
surgery, to the procedure itself, to the long and painful recovery
process. How did Griggs' decision affect personal relationships,
family life and work? What was it like in the first few months
after the operation? What is it like for her now to experience the
world as a transformed woman? Thoughtful and courageous, Griggs
chronicles a journey that not only changed her physiology, but her
life.Updated with a new foreword by Judith Halberstam, Griggs' book
was originally published as Passage through Trinidad in 1996.
Pioneering, it has become a classic firsthand account of the
experience of sex reassignment.
Everything you need to know about 50 wild sex positions all in
petite, easy-to-carry around mini-book. For couples who might be
stuck in a one-position nooky rut, this mini Position Sex book
gives couples quick ideas on how to spice up their sex life and be
more adventurous in the bedroom (or any room, counter, or chair in
the house.) Each of the 50 positions offers a four-color photograph
of a wild sex position with its name, for example the Carnal
Crossbow. You'll learn how to arrange the position and details the
challenges and pleasures specific to each move. The guide features
full-color photographs of each hot, new position, as well as
acrobatic variations on good old standbys, such as the missionary
position. Lovers can take position tips with them anywhere as they
expand their bedroom repertoire.
LGBT persons face multiple challenges when entering the coming out
process, regardless of their age or place in society. Coming Out
and Disclosures: LGBT Persons Across the Life Span is a
comprehensive guide to the coming out process for LGBT individuals,
how to prepare for disclosure, and how disclosure is received in
various groups. The book examines sexual orientation and
identities; developmental models of coming out; disclosure in
adolescence, midlife, or later; coming out to parents and family
members; and disclosure outside the family. The book also provides
practitioners with guidelines for working with clients who want to
make disclosures. Coming Out and Disclosures: LGBT Persons Across
the Life Span brings together into a single source the latest
research and current thought on the experiences of LGBT persons in
a heterosexist society. This resource, which is also useful as a
supplemental textbook, can be used as a guide to practice for
professionals and can be used for in-service training and
workshops. This invaluable book has an extensive bibliography.
Topics in Coming Out and Disclosures: LGBT Persons Across the Life
Span include the meaning of sexual identity across various
populations, an overview of coming out in the heterosexist world,
detailed analysis of the coming out process, examination of the
coming out process at different ages, an overview of disclosures in
the heterosexist world, detailed analysis of disclosures to parents
and family members across various cultures, suggested interventions
based on coming out models, special issues experienced in coming
out, strategies to facilitate disclosures, and more. Coming Out and
Disclosures: LGBT Persons Across the Life Span is an essential
guide for any LGBT individual preparing to enter the coming out
process, and practitioners in the helping professions, such as
social work, counseling, and mental health.
LGBT persons face multiple challenges when entering the coming out
process, regardless of their age or place in society. Coming Out
and Disclosures: LGBT Persons Across the Life Span is a
comprehensive guide to the coming out process for LGBT individuals,
how to prepare for disclosure, and how disclosure is received in
various groups. The book examines sexual orientation and
identities; developmental models of coming out; disclosure in
adolescence, midlife, or later; coming out to parents and family
members; and disclosure outside the family. The book also provides
practitioners with guidelines for working with clients who want to
make disclosures. Coming Out and Disclosures: LGBT Persons Across
the Life Span brings together into a single source the latest
research and current thought on the experiences of LGBT persons in
a heterosexist society. This resource, which is also useful as a
supplemental textbook, can be used as a guide to practice for
professionals and can be used for in-service training and
workshops. This invaluable book has an extensive bibliography.
Topics in Coming Out and Disclosures: LGBT Persons Across the Life
Span include the meaning of sexual identity across various
populations, an overview of coming out in the heterosexist world,
detailed analysis of the coming out process, examination of the
coming out process at different ages, an overview of disclosures in
the heterosexist world, detailed analysis of disclosures to parents
and family members across various cultures, suggested interventions
based on coming out models, special issues experienced in coming
out, strategies to facilitate disclosures, and more. Coming Out and
Disclosures: LGBT Persons Across the Life Span is an essential
guide for any LGBT individual preparing to enter the coming out
process, and practitioners in the helping professions, such as
social work, counseling, and mental health.
This book examines the enactment of gendered in/equalities across
diverse Cultural forms, turning to the insights produced through
the specific modes of onto-epistemological enquiry of embodied
performance. It builds on work from the GRACE (Gender and Cultures
of Equality in Europe) project and offers both theoretical and
methodological analyses of an array of activities and artworks. The
performative manifestations discussed include theatre,
installations, social movements, mega-events, documentaries, and
literary texts from multiple geopolitical locales. Engaging with
the key concepts of re-enactment and relationality, the
contributions explore the ways in which in/equalities are
relationally re-produced in and through individual and collective
bodies. This multi- and trans-disciplinary collection of essays
creates fruitful dialogues within and beyond Performance Studies,
sitting at the crossroads of ethnography, event studies, social
movements, visual studies, critical discourse analysis, and
contemporary approaches to textualities emerging from post-colonial
and feminist studies.
A moving and pioneering celebration of the male bisexual self that
addresses biphobia in our society In today's sexual world, both
straight and gay and lesbian communities still often refuse to
accept the reality of bisexuality. Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which
Way confronts head-on the limiting views that bisexuality is a
transitional phase of sexual evolution or a simple refusal to
accept being either homosexual or straight. This pioneering
collection of moving personal essays by bisexual men and those who
love them explores what it means to be bisexual in today's
monosexually oriented society. The millennial shift in sexual
perspectives draws more and more men to come out as being attracted
to both women and men. Bisexual and bi-curious men will find
comfort and camaraderie in these stories about coming out, its
impact on family and marriage, evolving perspectives on bisexuals
within the LGBT community, and the building of acceptance and
affirmation for bisexuality and polyamory. The nearly three dozen
essays in Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way are told in the honest
words of bisexuals, confirming the validity of their place in the
world while illustrating that there are more bi men than anyone
ever realized. These diverse and pioneering men's stories reveal a
long-disguised and unconventional truththat bisexuality is a valid
lifestyle that does not threaten either sexual camp. Each
contributor to this collection affirms the innate fluidity of self,
sexuality, family, and community, and proclaims that sexuality is
truly diverse in its predispositions and creativity. Bi Men: Coming
Out Every Which Way separates its essays into four parts: coming
out and personal realization of bisexual nature bisexuality's
effects on family and marriage an examination of the shifting
viewpoints of bisexuality within gay communities ways in which
bisexuals can affirm and respect their own desires and celebrate
their sexual selves These intimate stories address: biphobia
monosexual prejudice the impact on marriage family issues coming
out to self, spouse, and family political and community issues
religious and spiritual concerns Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way
is a vibrant, reassuring call to bisexuals, the bi-curious, or
anybody who knows and loves a bisexual/bi-curious man, to read and
more completely understand the unique issues of being bisexual
while providing the ultimate affirmation of bisexuality's
existence.
A moving and pioneering celebration of the male bisexual self that
addresses biphobia in our society In today's sexual world, both
straight and gay and lesbian communities still often refuse to
accept the reality of bisexuality. Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which
Way confronts head-on the limiting views that bisexuality is a
transitional phase of sexual evolution or a simple refusal to
accept being either homosexual or straight. This pioneering
collection of moving personal essays by bisexual men and those who
love them explores what it means to be bisexual in today's
monosexually oriented society. The millennial shift in sexual
perspectives draws more and more men to come out as being attracted
to both women and men. Bisexual and bi-curious men will find
comfort and camaraderie in these stories about coming out, its
impact on family and marriage, evolving perspectives on bisexuals
within the LGBT community, and the building of acceptance and
affirmation for bisexuality and polyamory. The nearly three dozen
essays in Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way are told in the honest
words of bisexuals, confirming the validity of their place in the
world while illustrating that there are more bi men than anyone
ever realized. These diverse and pioneering men's stories reveal a
long-disguised and unconventional truththat bisexuality is a valid
lifestyle that does not threaten either sexual camp. Each
contributor to this collection affirms the innate fluidity of self,
sexuality, family, and community, and proclaims that sexuality is
truly diverse in its predispositions and creativity. Bi Men: Coming
Out Every Which Way separates its essays into four parts: coming
out and personal realization of bisexual nature bisexuality's
effects on family and marriage an examination of the shifting
viewpoints of bisexuality within gay communities ways in which
bisexuals can affirm and respect their own desires and celebrate
their sexual selves These intimate stories address: biphobia
monosexual prejudice the impact on marriage family issues coming
out to self, spouse, and family political and community issues
religious and spiritual concerns Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way
is a vibrant, reassuring call to bisexuals, the bi-curious, or
anybody who knows and loves a bisexual/bi-curious man, to read and
more completely understand the unique issues of being bisexual
while providing the ultimate affirmation of bisexuality's
existence.
Explore the common groundand the important differencesbetween
bisexuality and transgenderism! This book, guaranteed to provoke
debate and discussion of sexuality and gender, is the first devoted
exclusively to the relationship between transgenderism and
bisexuality. Combining the work of scholars and activists,
professional writers and lay people, Bisexuality and
Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others proesents ideas,
thoughts, feelings, and insights from a variety of contributors who
are committed to understandingand deepening our understanding
ofgender and sexuality. You'll find scholarly essays, narratives,
poetry, and a revealing interview with four male-to-female
transsexuals, two of whom are married to women who also participate
in the discussion. In addition, the book includes insightful
chapters by well-known advocates of transgenderism, including
Jamison James Green, Coralee Drechsler, and Matthew Kailey. The
editors of Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the
Others make the provocative but crucial claim that the larger queer
community looks at B and T lives as mere add-ons to L and G. In
this book they focus attention on bisexuality and
transgenderismmoving the margins to center stage and exploring how
sexuality, gender, desire, and intimacy are constructed and
circulate in our society. The book's inclusion of voices and
scholarship from Eastern cultures challenges our understanding of
sexuality and gender constructions all the more, giving this
collection a global scope. Here is a sample of what Bisexuality and
Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others examines: biphobia and
transphobia within the United States' gay and lesbian community the
bi/trans and subversive aspects of the works and images of cultural
icons Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bernhardt how bisexual and
transgendered identities are socially constructed through
relationships the false promise of pomosexual playwhy the concepts
of postmodern sexuality fail to rewrite the construction of gender
why swingers who practice bisexual and transgender behavior are
often disdained and marginalized by other GLBT people suicidal
thoughts and other mental health concerns of bisexual males and
females, as well as transgender people Eastern perspectives on
sexual/gender identitieswith revealing chapters on gender identity
in Japan and Indonesia
I wrote this book to dispel all the myths that people are born
gay..You will find on this journey with me, that God can and will
do anything you ask of him. If you are sincere. This is a great
tool to educate others on how this particular sinful spirit works,
and how it destroys the lives of our loved ones..It also gives you
the hope, that through Jesus Christ a man or woman can change his
or her life to a place of sexual purity.
At long last, here is the definitive practical guide to sexuality
materials in libraries and an annotated bibliography of nearly 600
recommended books for school and public libraries. Cornog and
Perper, the preeminent experts on sexuality materials for
libraries, provide guidelines for materials selection, reference,
processing, access, programming, and dealing with problems of
vandalism and censorship. The bibliography, organized into 5 topics
and 48 subtopics, annotates a collection of recommended books and
nonprint materials on sexuality information for children and
adults, most published since 1985. Recommended works represent a
wide variety of views, including Christian and conservative. Part I
offers detailed guidance for selecting and processing sexuality
materials, including vertical files, audiovisuals, and periodicals,
and for doing reference on sexuality topics; lists a full range of
topics and viewpoints that libraries should collect; addresses a
variety of processing and access issues such as cataloging,
programming, and vandalism; discusses how to deal with censorship
issues relating to sexuality materials in the library; and reviews
the history of libraries and sexuality materials. Part II, the
annotated bibliography, is organized into 5 broad topics-sexuality
and behavior, homosexuality and gender issues, life cycle issues,
sex and society, and sexual problems-which are then divided into 48
subtopics. Each title is compared and contrasted with similar
titles. Titles for young people include grade level
appropriateness. Specialized acquisition sources are also listed
for each of the 48 subtopics. Cornog and Perper point out that the
key to selection of materials is balance and representativeness of
a wide range of viewpoints. They have gone to great lengths to
provide a wide variety of materials and viewpoints and to seek out
interesting and valuable materials from large and small publishers
and organizations. This is the definitive guide on sexuality
information for public and school libraries.
Love is one subject that is never discussed by parents with their
children. In most cases, it is discussed when the children are
already involved in "steady relationships" or when they have
already been bitten by the "love bug". Redefinition of love and
educating children about it might be one of the answers in dealing
with some of the sexual horrors our children are exposed to. All
over the world there is an on-going debate as to who is responsible
to educate our children about sex and sexuality. All education
systems (formal, informal or religious etc.) should play a key role
in ensuring that all children, irrespective of their individual
backgrounds and situations are informed and empowered to make
healthy and safe choices regarding sex and sexuality. Society is
torn apart, almost to destruction and I therefore believe we have
to work together to rebuild our society. This book is written for
young people who are starting to realise the sexual qualities of
their bodies. The main purpose is to educate them about sex and
sexual immorality (sex without commitment). The whole of society is
immersed in sexuality and sex is undergoing a revolution in our
society. It is relentlessly being examined by the actions of our
children who are drawn to the celebrity culture through all media,
where sex and sexuality are commercialised and cheapened.
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