Powerful Tools for Guarding Your Body, Mind, and Heart
Remaining pure while single isn't easy in a culture that encourages women to use their bodies to gain power and personal fulfillment. The longing for emotional and physical connection can gradually and subtly lead you into compromises you never intended to make. But you "can resist the pressures-or reclaim your purity-by building a strong foundation of integrity.
This companion workbook for "Every Woman's Battle-designed specifically for single women-will give you the tools you need to resist temptation and help you discover true fulfillment. Through practical and biblical lessons you'll be equipped to:
-understand the unique components of female sexuality
-discern your personal areas of vulnerability
-design a defense plan to protect your heart and mind, as well as your body
-allow God to satisfy the desires he placed within you
Each weekly study section-perfect for use by both individuals and small groups in either 8-week or 12-week tracks-guides you deeper into God's Word, then helps you personalize and apply the principles that will help you win the war for sexual and emotional purity.

This book bridges psychoanalytic thought and sexual science. It brings sexuality back to the center of psychoanalysis and shows how important it is for students of human sexuality to understand motives that are often irrational and unconscious. The authors present a new perspective about male and female development, emphasizing the ways in which sexual orientation and homophobia appear early in life. The clinical section of the book focuses on the psychodynamics and treatment of homophobia and internalized homophobia.

Discrimination due to gender and sexual orientation tends nowadays to be prohibited under international human rights instruments, as well as under the national laws of many countries that express their commitment to defending human rights. Nonetheless, as the work of Amnesty International has shown, violence against women (whatever their sexual orientation), gay men, trans-gendered and transsexual persons remains an appallingly constant phenomenon, both in countries that have an official commitment to fighting these forms of discrimination and in those that do not. Violence is inflicted by private actors as well as - in many countries - by state officials, and is often justified by reference to local customs and moral values. These essays, based on the 2002 Oxford Amnesty Lectures, seek to explore some of the inter-connections between human rights, gender, and sexuality. Many difficult questions are considered. How do we understand and categorize human rights abuses related to a person's sex or sexual orientation, for example? Are these distinctive types of abuse, or are they both examples of the social enforcement of 'traditional' gender roles? Does their inclusion within the remit of human rights abuses require us to refine what we mean by human rights? What weight, if any, should be given to demands made in the name of particular religious and cultural traditions which seek to restrict the rights of women and sexual minority groups? What role does the law have to play in combating these types of discrimination? And how far have we come, and how far have we left to go, in the quest for a world in which discrimination based on sex and sexual orientation is a thing of the past? The essays in this collection - written by internationally distinguished authors from a wide variety of disciplines - are united in their belief that it is a serious human rights violation unjustly to penalize people because of their sex or sexual orientation. However, they adopt a wide variety of approaches to their subject-matter, and tackle the questions raised in very different ways. In consequence, they make important contributions to academic and practical debates about human rights, gender and sexuality. The Oxford Amnesty Lectures is an internationally renowned lecture series that seeks to promote discussion about human rights, whether in theory or in practice.

Throughout centuries of European colonial domination, the bodies of Middle Eastern dancers, male and female, move sumptuously and seductively across the pages of Western travel journals, evoking desire and derision, admiration and disdain, allure and revulsion. This profound ambivalence forms the axis of an investigation into Middle Eastern dance--an investigation that extends to contemporary belly dance.

Stavros Stavrou Karayanni, through historical investigation, theoretical analysis, and personal reflection, explores how Middle Eastern dance actively engages race, sex, and national identity. Close readings of colonial travel narratives, an examination of Oscar Wilde's "Salome," and analyses of treatises about Greek dance, reveal the intricate ways in which this controversial dance has been shaped by Eurocentric models that define and control identity performance.

Otto Weininger s controversial book Sex and Character, first published in Vienna in 1903, is a prime example of the conflicting discourses central to its time: antisemitism, scientific racism and biologism, misogyny, the cult and crisis of masculinity, psychological introspection versus empiricism, German idealism, the women s movement and the idea of human emancipation, the quest for sexual liberation, and the debates about homosexuality. Combining rational reasoning with irrational outbursts, in the context of today s scholarship, Sex and Character speaks to issues of gender, race, cultural identity, the roots of Nazism, and the intellectual history of modernism and modern European culture. This new translation presents, for the first time, the entire text, including Weininger s extensive appendix with amplifications of the text and bibliographical references, in a reliable English translation, together with a substantial introduction that places the book in its cultural and historical context."

What does a free-spirited, fifty-something professional do when she breaks up with her non-committal Buddhist boyfriend and longs for a life partner? She holds a 'letting go' ceremony with the boyfriend, challenges herself to go on 50 dates, takes a few lovers, and voila! Finding Mr. Right becomes a sexy dating project. Set in the SF Bay Area world of personal growth workshops and spiritual ceremonies, Fifty First Dates after Fifty traces the adventurous path of Carolyn's universal quest for love. The goal of fifty pulls her forward through the highs and lows of dating-magical and ecstatic, pining and painful-while her heart soars, falls, and keeps on going. Buoyed by her dating project, she avoids settling for the wrong guy, discovers the type of man she wants, reconciles a love of independence and sex with her desire for commitment and emotional connection, and finds the unique partner for her. This upbeat memoir about the search for a partner in midlife is also a celebration of a woman's unabashed sexuality. Erotic in places, funny in others, it offers a positive view of dating as an enjoyable journey of self-discovery and self-love along the way to one's own Mr. Right.

In Chicano/a popular culture, nothing signifies the working class, highly-layered, textured, and metaphoric sensibility known as "rasquache aesthetic" more than black velvet art. The essays in this volume examine that aesthetic by looking at icons, heroes, cultural myths, popular rituals, and border issues as they are expressed in a variety of ways. The contributors dialectically engage methods of popular cultural studies with discourses of gender, sexuality, identity politics, representation, and cultural production. In addition to a hagiography of "locas santas," the book includes studies of the sexual politics of early Chicana activists in the Chicano youth movement, the representation of Latina bodies in popular magazines, the stereotypical renderings of recipe books and calendar art, the ritual performance of Mexican femaleness in the quinceañera, and mediums through which Chicano masculinity is measured.

A newly revised collection of provocative essays on Sex and its many meanings in our culture by one of the most prolific, original, and highly regarded sexologists in the field today.. This newly updated collection features over 50 per cent new material, spotlighting many of Leonore Tiefer's popular as well as professional writings on the social construction of sexuality. It includes a new section on the creation of female sexual dysfunction (FSD), as well as new treatments of medicalization, feminist sex therapy, sex and humor, sexology and the pharmaceutical industry, and The Kiss. Tiefer's background as a sexologist is unusually broad, including animal mating behavior research, medical research, sex therapy, theories about the classification of dysfunctions, and feminist and cultural analysis. Her wit and passion are evident in such recent essays as Doing the Viagra Tango: Sex Pill as Symbol and Substance, The McDonaldization of Sex, and A New Sexual World-Not, as well as the now classic pieces Six Months at the Daily News, Women's Sexuality: Not a Matter of Health, and Am I Normal? The Question of Sex. This revised collection treats complex and controversial as

A provocative journey through human sexual history, packed with fun factoids and forgotten stories, from the historian and storyteller behind Kinky History, @esme.louisee on TikTok

Contrary to popular belief, our predecessors had all sorts of obscene hobbies long before Christian Greyhit the scene. In this enlightening romp, learn about the first instances of homosexuality on record from the ancient world and the diverse history of nonbinary gender; encounter a thousand years’ worth of hilarious and horrifying contraceptive methods; consider the positive and negative effects of the widespread availability of pornography in the digital age—and how our relationship to it changed during the pandemic; take a sneaky riffle through centuries of bedside drawers; and discover the dirty little secrets of luminaries such as Julius Caesar, James Joyce, Albert Einstein, and Virginia Woolf.

Esmé Louise James also identifies the key tipping points that directly inform current beliefs around sex to place the past in conversation with the present. By educating ourselves about the weird, wonderful, and varied spectrum of human sexuality and experience, we can normalize and destigmatize sex, write people of marginalized sexual identities back into the pages of history, and build toward a more liberated future.

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 broaden their sexual horizons, stop participating in patriarchal stereotypes, and move their needs, values, and fantasies beyond their minds and into the bedroom. Written in a straightforward, accessible tone, Rebel Love offers readers Dr. Chris's prescriptive and experiential insight about sex and dating topics as well as some of his most frequently asked questions on his podcast, which will all be personally relevant to readers. He'll also share his clinical perspectives, case studies, and step-by-step advice about how to have a hotter, healthier, happier, and overall better, sex life.

Each chapter in this unique volume explores intersections of sex, religion, and media in our society. An interdisciplinary cast of contributors examines a wide variety of themes, including entertainment producers' roles in disseminating sexual and religious content; news coverage of stories about sex and religion; religious conservatives' efforts to influence media coverage of sex and 'values;' and how religious consumers are influenced by and react to sexual content in media.

This book bridges psychoanalytic thought and sexual science. It brings sexuality back to the center of psychoanalysis and shows how important it is for students of human sexuality to understand motives that are often irrational and unconscious. The authors present a new perspective about male and female development, emphasizing the ways in which sexual orientation and homophobia appear early in life. The clinical section of the book focuses on the psychodynamics and treatment of homophobia and internalized homophobia.

This is a treasure trove of ancient tantric secrets and techniques for happiness in life and relationships. "Tantra Demystified" is a manual for enlightened loving and living, and a handbook on how to become an enlightened lover. Tantra has been practiced for thousands of years in many parts of the world, and uses sex as a means to arrive at one's highest spirit. This book explains how tantric techniques are not just for sexual peaks but also for spiritual bliss. Ancient knowledge is made simple and easy to understand. It teaches the reader many techniques to arrive at pleasure peaks to heal the sexual aspect of personal relationships. It shows a clear path to arrive at the joy, bliss and pleasure everyone seeks in intimate relationships.

You've been thinking about her all day. Over and over in your mind you've been imagining the two of you making love tonight. You don't just want the evening to be a good experience. It needs to be a great experience for both of you. Searching your thoughts for the best wine to select or the right words to say, it dawns on you that the way to make the night memorable for you both is to ensure it ends with her having an explosive orgasm that rocks her world and shows you are an attentive and amazing lover. If that's the case, this book is for you.

Mysterious, explosive, transcendent, hot, joyous, pulsing, out-of-control release; no matter how you describe it, orgasm is a one-of-a-kind experience. Every woman is a little different in how she feels it, and how she feels about it. Yet, this unique and supremely pleasurable moment is one of the most sought-after and misunderstood in our sexual lives.

"Make Her Orgasm Again and Again" takes you through the experience of female orgasm. You will know what to say to your lover to heat up her mood. You will learn foreplay tricks that put your woman on her toes and ready for what's to come next. It shows you different types of orgasms and the techniques to achieve them. You will know the real truth about female ejaculation, the G-spot and how to stimulate it, and simple techniques to give her multiple mind-blowing, squirting orgasms in the same night.

Fellatio, the art (trust me, it's an art) of oral sex, is like playing an instrument. Mouth, hands, motion and emotion all mix together at the same time - and the beautiful music of your lover's satisfaction is heard.

Anyone can pick up an instrument and make noise, but to really play it takes knowledge, skill, and practice, practice, practice.

"Blow By Blow" will guide you, step by step, to the mind-blowing blow jobs that your man will be willing to do almost anything for you to get one. Once you start following this guide, you will become one of the very few women who can really give great blow jobs, and more importantly, enjoy doing so yourself. And your man will never look at another woman ever again.

Here are some of the things you will learn in this guide:

- How to become comfortable and relaxed about performing oral sex...

- Avoid these common mistakes during fellatio that would turn him off and leave him disappointed...

- How to communicate with your partner BEFORE fellatio. Fail to do this will make your entire effort go down the drain

- Understand every sensitive part of the male member and how to correctly stimulate them...

- Postures and positions that keep you from sore jaws, stiff neck, & achy backs and still give him maximum pleasure...

- What to do if he is uncircumcised...

- What to do if he smells...

- How to deep throating without gagging...

- What to do AFTER he ejaculates...Doing it wrong will cut your effort in half

- Safety tips about virus & STD's...

- And much more...

Reclaim the Bible-based concept of marriage as a satisfying one-flesh relationship. A definitive guide to marital intimacy for newlywed Christian couples, learn how to deepen sexual pleasure and enjoy God's gift of sexual intimacy with your new spouse. It can be difficult to find biblically based sexual advice, especially early on in your marriage. A licensed psychologist and family therapist, Dr. Douglas Rosenau answers specific and often unasked questions about sexual topics, presenting newlyweds with detailed techniques and skills to deepen their sexual pleasure and improve their marriages. An excellent tool for premarital education and counseling or as a wedding gift, it's a must-read for Christian spouses. In this easy-to-read guide, Dr. Rosenau covers topics including: Building a biblical foundation of knowledge about sexual intimacy Enhancing pleasure and enjoying passionate intimacy Overcoming common hurdles Resolving problems and healing brokenness Grounded in Scripture and written by a pioneer of Christian sex therapy, A Celebration of Sex is comprehensive, direct, and honest, treating sex with the respect it deserves and a Christ-like foundation.

The definitive handbook on Domination and Submission (D/s) relationships and the BDSM lifestyle. A must-read for anyone considering or curious about non-traditional relationships within a fetish culture context. Funny, insightful, educational, and inspiring. Author Michael Makai goes in-depth on Dominants, submissives, switches, primals, and their relationship dynamics. Learn about BDSM activities, bondage, toys, groups, protocols, and safety. This book even dares to go where others fear to tread: The Gorean subculture, online D/s & BDSM, first meetings, religion vs. kink, and what could go wrong. You'll love Michael Makai's irreverent and humorous treatment of this subject as he gives you the benefit of his 35+ years of experience in the D/s and BDSM lifestyles. (Paperback, 496 pages)

'Dominatrix' (Volume 1), is an exploration into the largely hidden world of the sadomasochistic female, along with Volume 2, it offers the definitive and most broad-ranging international study of the subject ever undertaken. Conducted over a 10-year period, by the BDSM magazine publisher and writer, Roy Turner, these eBooks offer a full, frank and totally unique insight into the real world of the dominatrix, those who work within the 'sex industry', as well as those who live out the 'Fem/Dom' lifestyle in private. Mistress Antoinette reveals her Spanish clients were into 'religious' punishments whereas in England the number of men here who have a 'knicker' fetish continually amazes her. Interestingly enough, black knickers seem to be the big turn-on with men in England, whereas in Catholic Spain it is nearly always virginal white knickers that perhaps unsurprisingly, are the most popular. And, Mistress Brigitte of the Dutch SM-Studio Phoenix, who form a very happy extended S&M 'family' comprising of a married Mistress and Master together with their male and female slaves who live, work and play together. And even do the baby-sitting and the school-run For the dedicated fetishist, no trip to the German city of Munich would be complete without a stopover at the studio of Lady Claudette; otherwise rather aptly named 'Bizarradise'. The true connoisseur of outrageous eroticism will find everything on offer and even the more unusual tastes happily accommodated in this liberal, or rather less conservative, oasis of traditionally ultra right-wing Bavaria. The no-nonsense, business like approach of Mistress Jacqueline, is typical of American dominants. Her autobiography, 'Whips and Kisses', as well as her many TV appearances, mail order company and lecture tours Jacqueline has established herself as quite a formidable force on the American fetish scene. Tokyo born Mistress Midori is the daughter of a Japanese mother and German-American father. Both her parents are university professors. Following a varied and successful career in the United States Army and in commerce, see how she found herself a professional dominatrix in San Francisco. As her name suggests, Miss Spiteful's interests definitely lean toward the hard-core end of the SM spectrum, including the nailing of foreskins to tables and the burning of swastika's into flesh with cigarettes. She is also a leading practitioner of the intricate art of Japanese rope bondage. Despite her predilections for the more extreme forms of game-playing, she strictly adheres to the limits of safety and consensuality, practicing her dungeon crafts in South London. Plus, many other revealing interviews with professional and lifestyle mistresses including the Chinese Dominatrix, Mai-Ling. Mistresses; Adelle, Andria, Christine Deering, Cassandra Payne, Dominique, Eva, Hades, Rowena, Xena. Goddesses, Venus and Dianna Vesta, plus Lady Amber and Madam Karra. Publisher's Note: This eBook contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable. It is intended for an adult audience.

Within these pages lay the elusive secrets to defining structure and ritual to alternative dominant/submissive and master/slave lifestyle dynamics within your personal life or your community. You will find a definitive resource for building, practicing and maintaining rituals and protocols within your relationship or group, without having to go join a secret society, or convincing someone to mentor you on their private secrets for success.

This volume is intended to promote academic and public understanding of the different positions that exist on the issues of sexual orientation and civil rights protections for gays and lesbians within the major American religious traditions. Writers from the Jewish, Roman Catholic, mainline Protestant, and African-American churches explore the history and tradition of their communities on same-sex orientation, discuss the moral stance they advocate, and consider the legal and public policy implications of that stance.