What are the motivations and desires behind relationship choices and sexual behaviour? Are they very different for those with Asperger Syndrome (AS) than for anyone else? Does having extreme sensitivity to physical touch or an above average need for solitude change one's expectation of relationships or sexual experience? Many people on the autism spectrum have limited knowledge of how to establish or conduct sexual relationships: drawing on extensive research with people on the autism spectrum, the book openly explores such questions. For the first time people with AS discuss their desires, needs and preferences in their own words. AS attitudes to issues such as gender, sexual identity and infidelity are included, as well as positive advice for developing relationships and exploring options and choices for sexual pleasure. This accessible book is an invaluable source of information and support for those with Asperger Syndrome and couples in which one or both partners has Asperger Syndrome, as well as counsellors and health and social care professionals.

This volume weaves together theological ideas with personal insights on sexuality in today's world. It wrestles with the division between the two and attempts to bridge the gap.

Research concerning sexual and gender minority (SGM) health has flourished in recent years in conjunction with a period of intense social, political, and legal discourse about SGM persons. While this attention has increased understanding and recognition of SGM experiences, recent advances have often been met with resistance and backlash rooted in social stigma and long histories of discrimination. This volume of Advances in Medical Sociology showcases rich theoretical and empirical contributions on SGM health and wellbeing. The chapters address a variety of topics, drawing from classic and contemporary sociological frameworks and constructs, and reflecting intersecting interdisciplinary approaches to SGM health. Research presented in this volume provides an in-depth focus on sexual and/or gender minority populations, as well as the diverse sub-populations within them; theoretical and empirical explanations for SGM health disparities and resilience; aging and life course perspectives on the health experiences of SGM persons; health in the context of critical relationships in the lives of SGM persons; and the experiences of seeking general and specialized health care among SGM. The time is ripe for deeper examinations of the social determinants of SGM health, and this volume seeks to begin filling existing gaps in the literature.

A unique blend of sex magic and the Law of Attraction, this easy-to-use and practical book shows you how to use sexual energy to get anything you want. Popular author and magician Skye Alexander teaches you to direct your innate creative force to attract good health, prosperity, and happiness. From intensifying your sensuality to heightening your power of attraction, you'll discover the fun and powerful secrets of sex magic. This book enables to learn about magical environments; rituals and spells; visualization; breathing techniques; athames, candles, and other tools; sexual positions; casting glamours; tying magic knots; tarot spellworking; amulets and talismans; and, the Great Rite.

A true story of submission, dominance, bondage and fabulous sex. Having split up with her Dom, Max, Sarah sets about finding a new Master. She has put her profile up on personal sites that specialise in BDSM when she gets a phone call from Maddie, a Dominatrix who, with her husband Roy, often hosts BDSM parties. What better way to find a new Master than at a masqued BDSM party? Dressing up is the order of the evening. Sarah goes along with some trepidation - it's hard to go to any party alone, let alone one where you show up in a corset, high heels and very little else. Just when Sarah is thinking of leaving she meets Adam in the garden. He's been having the same thoughts. Still masked they really hit it off and have a great evening together, which involves retiring to one of the playrooms Maddie has arranged. After a fabulous night together Adam and Sarah agree it would be good to meet again. But a few days pass and he doesn't ring. Has Sarah fallen for the wrong man again? Bold, evocative and thrilling, this gripping short story provides a fascinating insight into the scandalous adventures of a real life submissive.

'Every day, thousands of women enter acting classes where most of them will receive some variation on the Stanislavsky-based training that has now been taught in the U.S. for nearly ninety years. Yet relatively little feminist consideration has been given to the experience of the student actress: What happens to women in Method actor training?'

An Actress Prepares is the first book to interrogate Method acting from a specifically feminist perspective. Rose Malague addresses "the Method" not only with much-needed critical distance, but also the crucial insider's view of a trained actor. Case studies examine the preeminent American teachers who popularized and transformed elements of Stanislavsky s System within the U.S. Strasberg, Adler, Meisner, and Hagen by analyzing and comparing their related but distinctly different approaches.

This book confronts the sexism that still exists in actor training and exposes the gender biases embedded within the Method itself. Its in-depth examination of these Stanislavskian techniques seeks to reclaim Method acting from its patriarchal practices and to empower women who act.

'I've been waiting for someone to write this book for years: a thorough-going analysis and reconsideration of American approaches to Stanislavsky from a feminist perspective ... lively, intelligent, and engaging.' Phillip Zarrilli, University of Exeter

'Theatre people of any gender will be transformed by Rose Malague s eye-opening study An Actress Prepares... This book will be useful to all scholars and practitioners determined to make gender equity central to how they hone their craft and their thinking.' Jill Dolan, Princeton University

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'If you only read one book this year, Guilty Women won't disappoint. It will leave you breathless' The Express 'Guilty Women's stamped it's razor sharp, blood-stained stiletto heel firmly in the lead to be 2022's book of the year' The Daily Mirror Can they get away with murder? On a beautiful island off the English coast, four TV actresses gather. Their fifth member is missing - and only they know why she was killed. As the secret between them threatens to come out, tensions on set run high. The women are determined that the show must go on - no matter what it costs. But one of them is on the edge of telling the truth - and no show in the world could survive this scandal... All of the women have something to hide - but the question is, are they all guilty? The cast of RUTHLESS WOMEN is back - but this time they're in trouble... PRAISE FOR GUILTY WOMEN: "You'll laugh, cry, be shocked and left wanting more... Guilty Women is an unmissable read. Pure escapism. 5 stars!" Ok! Magazine "Revenge, murder, sex and greed... Guilty Women has it all. Blake's latest novel proves she's here to stay as the new queen of the blockbuster novel. Jackie Collins would have loved it" Bella Magazine "Not for the faint hearted! An unputdownable, revenge and lust filled romp of a read that you won't want to end!" Heat Magazine "The perfect killer thriller with sexy scenes that'll keep you reading late into the night" Notebook Magazine "If you only read one book this year, then Guilty Women won't disappoint. It will leave you breathless" The Express

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Om vir die eerste keer te menstrueer kan vreemd wees – en om vrae daaroor te vra nog vreemder.

Dit hoef egter glad nie so te wees nie!

Hierdie boek beantwoord al tieners se vrae en kwellinge, soos hoe krampe voel en wat jy moet doen as bloed jou klere vlek. Daar is gevallestudies, persoonlike vertellinge en vrae van regte tieners met antwoorde van regte kenners.

Winner of the 2009 Smart Marriages(r) Impact Award

Think all sex should be earth shattering? The quality of most couple sex doesn t measure up to the much distorted image of the perfect romantic love/passionate sex encounter portrayed in popular culture. In Discovering Your Couple Sexual Style: Sharing Desire, Pleasure, and Satisfaction, renowned marital and sex therapist Barry McCarthy and his wife Emily McCarthy urge couples to ignore what they see on TV, in books, or online, and discover their own unique sexual style.

The McCarthys offer three guidelines for sexual satisfaction: develop positive, realistic sexual expectations; explore sensual and sexual options; and communicate sexual desires. With this foundation, couples can take a straightforward survey to determine which of four couple sexual styles best fits their relationship. Based on three years of research and treating more than 4,000 individuals and couples, Discovering Your Couple Sexual Style provides information, guidelines, exercises, and case studies that will help readers find their own sexual voice and develop a mutually satisfying sexual style. "

For Aspie girls and women, dating and sexual relationships can be confusing, intimidating and potentially dangerous. Even if actively avoiding romantic relationships or sexual encounters, a lack of understanding about acceptable social interaction between men and women can leave Aspies vulnerable to negative experiences. It is vital, therefore, that the facts and unwritten rules about sexual conduct and relationships are clearly laid out for girls and women on the spectrum. Understanding that Aspies need explanations to be explicit and unambiguous, Debi Brown, a female on the spectrum, presents the truth about sex and relationships, shares her personal insight and provides practical strategies for staying safe in many different situations. As she guides Aspies through the unwritten safety rules around dating, relationships and sex, her advice will empower females on the spectrum, allowing them to build up their knowledge, recognise and report abusive behaviour, understand boundaries, develop relationship skills and work towards a safe independence. Covering topics such as boyfriends, sex, pregnancy and rape, this book includes advice on building a support network, saying 'no', self-esteem and emotional healing and will prepare Aspie girls and women to make independent, informed and safe decisions when interacting with men. Written with warmth, honesty and understanding, this is essential reading for every Aspie girl and woman, from age 13 upwards. It will also be a valuable source of insight and advice for parents, friends, professionals and anyone else supporting a female on the autism spectrum.

Lights on or lights off? Why? Does the thought of public sex turn you on? Where? Playful and provocative, this collection of 100 sex questions is a sure-fire way for lovers to turn up the heat in the bedroom. With a range of thought-provoking conversation starters that fall into one of three categories - X, XX, or XXX - these cards allow users to choose just how intimate they want to get.

From a two-time nationally award-winning sexuality researcher. Whether your sex life is going well, or it has been full of discouragement and frustration, The Art of Intimate Marriage provides a road map to overcoming challenges and experiencing the beauty of sex as God intends.

Taoist techniques for replenishing our internal energy with universal cosmic energy
- Shows how to transform excess sexual energy (Ching Chi) into self-healing energy
- Presents advanced Cosmic Healing Chi Kung practices, which gather the limitless resources of Cosmic Chi for healing
- Explains how opening of the three tan tiens to the six directions allows personal consciousness to connect directly to higher sources of energy
Taoists consider our sexual energy to be the creative force that we can use to regenerate the body's internal energy, but we must learn how to harness excess sexual energy and transform it into chi, or life-force energy. When we circulate the sexual energy in the Microcosmic Orbit--a continuous energy loop that runs up the spine and down the front of the body--we transform it into self-healing energy that can be stored in the organs and the three tan tiens: energy centers in the brain, the heart center, and the lower abdomen. "The Alchemy of Sexual Energy" builds upon Microcosmic Orbit practices discussed in "Healing Light of the Tao."
The more we open the flow of our internal energy the more capable we are of connecting to the cosmic energy that exists outside ourselves in the universe. By learning to open the three tan tiens to the six directions, the Taoist practitioner combines mind power with extension of chi to draw cosmic energy into the body. This energy, too, can be stored in the three tan tiens and used as needed for healing. When we learn to flow in this way with the energy of the Tao, life ceases to be a struggle.

A fascinating study of human intimacy from the bestselling author of The Naked Ape and The Human Zoo. One of the best chronicles of human intimacy--from the handshake through the twelve stages that people pass through on their way to the total sexual embrace.

Techniques of Pleasure is a vivid portrayal of the San Francisco Bay Area's pansexual BDSM (SM) community. Margot Weiss conducted ethnographic research at dungeon play parties and at workshops on bondage, role play, and flogging, and she interviewed more than sixty SM practitioners. She describes a scene devoted to a form of erotic play organized around technique, rules and regulations, consumerism, and self-mastery. Challenging the notion that SM is inherently transgressive, Weiss links the development of commodity-oriented sexual communities and the expanding market for sex toys to the eroticization of gendered, racialized, and national inequalities. She analyzes the politics of BDSM's spectacular performances, including those that dramatize heterosexual male dominance, slave auctions, and US imperialism, and contends that the SM scene is not a "safe space" separate from real-world inequality. It depends, like all sexual desire, on social hierarchies. Based on this analysis, Weiss theorizes late-capitalist sexuality as a circuit-one connecting the promise of new emancipatory pleasures to the reproduction of raced and gendered social norms.

Love, sex and desire . . . how do we experience them? How do we relate them to the opposite sex? In 24 short chapters Alina Reyes writes in a range of styles: she can be erotic, poetic, humorous and candid. She describes her fantasies and her relationship with her own body. Alina Reyes also examines the social pressures, which lead to the premature deaths of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, and which contribute to widespread attitudes of machismo and/or shame. A serious examination of the nature of desire and how it fits in with the strictures of society.

Alina Reyes, one of the first female authors of erotica, has written several novels including the bestseller "The Butcher" (1988), which sold 500,000 copies in her native France.

From advertising to health education campaigns, sex and sexual imagery now permeate every aspect of culture. Striptease Culture explores this 'sexualization' of contemporary life, relating it to wider changes in post-war society. Divided into three sections, Striptease Culture first traces the development of pornography, following its movement from elite to mass culture and the contemporary fascination with 'porno-chic'. In part two McNair considers popular cultural forms of sexual representation in the media. Moving from backlash elements in straight male culture and changing images of women to the representation of gays in contemporary film and television shows such as Ellen or Queer as Folk, McNair argues that the high profile of sexuality in contemporary culture, rather than evidence of moral decline, is a positive expression of post-war liberalism and the advance of feminism and gay rights, as well as a key contributor to public health education in the era of HIV and AIDS.
In part three, McNair turns to the uses of sexuality in contemporary art, examining the artistic 'striptease' of Jeff Koons and others, who have used their own naked bodies in their work. McNair also considers how feminist and gay artists have employed sexuality in the critique and transformation of patriarchy. In a concluding chapter, McNair considers the implications of the rise of striptease culture for the future of sexual politics.

A tantric massage practice for awakening and honoring male creative energy and allowing a man conscious, loving contact with his own masculinity
- Empowers men to expand and deepen their experience of arousal and sensuality
- Demonstrates how deep relaxation is important to a strong and lasting erection
- Shows how the lingam connects a man to his dynamic strength while the prostate is linked to his more receptive side
"Lingam" is the Sanskrit word for the male generative organ, the penis. In India, the lingam is revered as an expression of Shiva's clarity, symbolizing the fine sword that differentiates between truth and falsehood. The goal of a lingam massage is to provide a man conscious, loving contact with his own masculinity. Western cultural expectations around sexual "performance" have created sexual difficulties for many men, including erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation. Through loving touch, lingam massage provides the deep relaxation that supports sustained erection, putting a man in touch with less familiar aspects of his sexuality, including the energetic responses of his perineum, prostate gland, and anus.
Lingam massage is not simply a hands-on technique but involves the conscious direction of energy throughout the body. It allows men to savor longer, deeper orgasms and teaches taoist and tantric practices for conserving sexual energy. Over time, as his consciousness deepens, these practices give a man complete control over his ejaculation.

Sexuality remains a neglected and largely taboo area within practice, but it can be a demanding aspect of social work. Social workers may be familiar with the importance of issues such as racism and ethnicity, but sexuality is also a very significant part of people's lives, closest relationships and sense of identity. This valuable resource introduces the topic, using a combination of perspectives to consider sexual diversity and examining related issues across the life course, including sexual orientation, disability, HIV, sexual abuse, mental health and sexual exploitation.

This is not your typical birds-and-the bees discussion. Inside this book is an exploration of the real questions you have about sex and your sexuality-all the ones you're too afraid to ask out loud (especially to your parents. Shudder.). Drawn from actual questions and with totally honest answers about what is and isn't okay to look at, think about, and do, this book breaks down what God really has to say about keeping your clothes on. Let's face it, the sex talk you got and the messages you hear at church aren't always that helpful when it comes to what is really going through your mind (or bothering you elsewhere) in real life. And asking those questions is not exactly easy when you want a real answer instead of, "You'll go blind." But in these pages, no topic is off-limits, and the answers you'll see are a real discussion of what you want to know (and exactly what the Bible does and does not say on the topic), or even what it means if you've already experimented. From pre-marital sex to masturbation to the temptations of porn and what it means to be a technical virgin-and questions about homosexuality-Questions You Can't Ask Your Mama About Sex is a go-to handbook for the things you need to know but don't want to ask out loud. Questions You Can't Ask Your Mama About Sex: comes from authors with decades of experience on the topics of relationships and sex, who have been featured on The TODAY Show, Good Morning America, The Daily Show, Anderson Cooper 360, as well as in The New York Times and Buzzfeed uses a straight-forward approach to answer over 50 questions teens have asked goes beyond "how far is too far?" to look at the nuances and real things you wonder about and face-done though straight-forward and honest discussion

The premise of this book is simple: When it comes to sex, dating, and relationships, sometimes we get in so deep the only way out is to start over again. In Part One, Ian Kerner introduces the basic underpinnings of the Detox program. Just as a physical fast, or change in diet, will rapidly alter your metabolism and natural body chemistry, so too will a sex/dating detox impact your neurochemistry, enabling you to reset, rewire and, ultimately, rejuvenate your love life. Not only will it help readers to turn off the noise and find peace of mind, it will help them transform that new mindfulness into actions that reverberate throughout every aspect of their lives.Part two is programmatic, and is divided into sections for couples and singles. Kerner lays out a course of action for to follow over a focused 30-day period that includes quizzes, diagnostics, self-reflection assignments, and exercises. Those in a relationship will learn to see themselves through their own eyes rather than their partner's. They will come to understand their sexual history as more than just a series of physical encounters, but rather as connected experiences in which the whole is so much greater than the sum of its parts.For singles, the "Dating Detox" will give then a give a chance to step off the dating treadmill, catch their breath, and recover inner strength for the road ahead. In Part Three, Kerner focuses on rejuvenation (and re-connection). Those in a relationship will experience the 'thrill of the chaste' and learn how to touch their partner with a renewed sense of passion and possibility. Singles will recalibrate their aspirations to connect to potential mates from a place of strength and self-knowledge that will eventually bring long-term compatibility.