 Wonderful sex does more than melt both body and soul; it brings power, energy, and deep satisfaction to all aspects of our lives. In this unique book, women who consider themselves highly sexually responsive talk in intimate detail about what gives them the greatest pleasure. They redefine sex—based on how women really experience sexual pleasure—confirming what every woman knows instinctively, while creating a new language that every woman will understand.
Based on extensive one-on-one interviews conducted by Dr. Ogden with hundreds of women, this thought-provoking, wise, and unprecedented book transforms how we view sex by giving us new ways to think about sexual pleasure.
Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal:
Originally published in 1994 and updated in 1999, this classic exploration of terra femina redefined sex based on how women really experience sexual pleasure. Therapist Ogden (The Heart and Soul of Sex) interviewed hundreds of women over decades, seeking those who self-identified as loving sex and focusing on positives. For the book, she created six composite "easily orgasmic" women whose stories evoke different qualitative aspects of sex: lust and connectedness, satisfaction, extragenital pleasure, orgasm via fantasy, nurturing, and intimacy. These affirmative portraits, plus Ogden’s commentary, broaden readers’ understanding of female sexuality beyond stereotypes, whether from pop culture, sexology, macho patriarchy, or feminism. The complex, regenerative power of pleasure that she describes offers women hope that it is good and healthy to "love sex." All public and academic libraries should have this book. However, this edition has changed little since 1999, so collections with that edition need not add this one. We can all hope for a completely new version of Ogden’s seminal study, spotlighting women now in their twenties through their forties.—Martha Cornog, Philadelphia for Library Journal
“Ogden’s celebration of female sexuality places her in the tradition of Lonnie Barbach, Shere Hite, and Betty Dodson.”—Kirkus
“An affirmative guide for both women and men, enriched by smart clinical insights.”—Publishers Weekly
The Journal Of Sex Research
"A masterpiece of affirmation-refreshing, moving, and extraordinarily liberating. For sexuality professionals, for our students, patients, and clients, for anyone who loves women, and especially for any woman who loves sex (or wants to love sex), Women Who Love Sex is the freshest breath of air to come along in years."
Canadian Journal Of Human Sexuality
"This book is a remarkable contribution to the literature on female sexuality. Ogden sets out to destroy stereotypes of female sexuality, whether they are found in pop culture, the world of professional sexology, or in current, politically correct 'feminist' ideology. She succeeds by situating women's sexual phenomenology within an appropriate, theoretical context and by substantiating her propositions with empirical support."
Wardell B. Pomeroy, Ph.D., co-author of the Kinsey Reports:
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female "An innovative approach. A truly significant contribution to the way in which we think about human sexuality."
Mary Krueger, Ph.D., Founding Director of the Bowling Green State University Women's Center
"In my work with college women, I am witness to the wrestling match between young women's evolving self-definition and the relentlessly constricting messages imposed upon them by society. Women are warned about sexual negativity, but by refusing to acknowledge that women also possess the capacity for deep sexual joy, we have allowed only half the truth to be told. Women Who Love Sex tells the long-denied other half of that truth. Reading it was extraordinarily freeing, both for me and my students."
Naomi B. Mccormick, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York at Plattsburg, and author of Sexual Salvation
"This is a warm, innovative book, full of sexual poetry from women's own stories about their lives. Ogden has an important message. Sex, especially woman-affirming sex, is about a whole lot more than intercourse and orgasm. It is about trust, sharing, spirituality, love, whole-body sensuality, and letting go of restrictive sex roles and oppressive sexual scripts."
Charlotte Kasl, Ph.D., author of Women, Sex, and Addiction
"Fascinating, affirming, and down-to-earth.
Gina Ogden skillfully weaves together women's stories with insight and wisdom to explore the magnitude of women's sexual experiences-their power, importance, and connection to spirituality. This book will get a lot of women talking about sex!"
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