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The Joy of Sex
- 50th Anniversary Facsimile Edition
- De: Alex Comfort
- Narrado por: Becky Hindley, Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 2 h y 35 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
A best seller since it was first published in 1972, Alex Comfort's classic work celebrates human physical intimacy with such authority and clarity that a whole generation felt empowered to enjoy sex. It was groundbreaking and unique in the wide range of subjects it discussed and in its reassuring authority and sense of fun. No other book has come close in providing such a wise, witty, uninhibited - sometimes delightfully eccentric - guide to lovemaking. And the original illustrations are absolutely iconic.
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3 out of 5 stars
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a little disappointed
- De Anonymous User en 06-17-19
- The Joy of Sex
- 50th Anniversary Facsimile Edition
- De: Alex Comfort
- Narrado por: Becky Hindley, Jonathan Keeble
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Revisado: 12-21-20
This book has some good stuff in it, but it struggles to understand what it wants to be. It shifts back and forth between a practical sex manual and an anthropological review of human sexuality. If I'm trying to explore my sexuality via a book, I don't want to here about Sumatrians putting peebles down their urethra; that's not at all useful to me.
Another problem I have with this text is its treatment of BDSM. The author talks at length and in detail about bondage and discipline, and that's goo stuff. Dominance and Submission is mentioned, but not given it's full treatment. Often the author talks about submission in a very traditional patriarchal women-as-submissive sort of way. The author flat out kink shames practictioners of Sado-masichism, calling them sociopaths.
Safewords (safe grunts?) are only mentioned in the context of gaging. Otherwise, the author expects the reader to divine the differences between a "no" born out of extasy versus a "no" relinquishing consent.
Overall it's a disappointing representation of BDSM.
I read this because of its role in a supreme court case. If you too are here for historical purposes, I can recommend this. If you are looking for practical sex advice, you will be better served elsewhere.
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