The clitoral truth : the secret world at your fingertips

by Rebecca Chalker

Paper Book, 2000

LCC

HQ447 .C53

Status

Available

Call number

HQ447 .C53

Publication

New York : Seven Stories Press, c2000.

Description

The clitoris has been dismissed, undervalued, unexplored, and misunderstood for hundreds of years, but the truth is out there, and internationally celebrated sex educator Rebecca Chalker has found it. In The Clitoral Truth, Chalker offers the only mainstream, in-depth exploration devoted solely to women's genital anatomy and sexual response. Women readers everywhere--be they straight, gay, or bisexual--will learn about the countless sexual sensations and discover how to enhance their sexual responses in a more concrete way than ever before. Enhanced with personal accounts, comprehensive illustrations, and a thorough appendix of female sexuality resources, this book helps women and their partners understand and expand their sexual potential and work toward becoming independent sexual beings.… (more)

Media reviews

Finally! What a very refreshing and powerful book of information!
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For centuries, women's sexual anatomy has been described as "mysterious," "unknowable" and "perplexing"--harboring more riddles than the Sphinx, the pyramids of ancient Egypt and the rock formations of Stonehenge combined. Not really, counters author Rebecca Chalker. It's really quite easy to
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figure out. You just have to know where to look.
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What female body part is the size of a fingertip, has over 6,000 nerve fibers, is the key to women's sexual pleasure, and has managed to elude countless female anatomy books? Answer: The Clitoris.

User reviews

LibraryThing member justjukka
I found this book on the shelf of my favorite coffeehouse's women's studies section. Coffee and used books just go together. What initially caught my attention was the wordplay, and then the subject matter. Being an easy read, I plowed through this book in no time. And why should a book on anatomy
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and sexuality not be easy to understand? "Easy to read" does not mean "inferior information". It's something we all live with, and it is something we should all understand!

My favorite review of this book included the following (paraphrased): "All throughout school, we would go over every curve and wrinkle of the penis, but we never even heard of the clitoris..." This reviewer made me wonder, "How would men feel if they did not know where or what their penis was?" Many women are dissatisfied and unhappy with their sex lives because they don't understand their own anatomy. Some of the information in this book may make people uncomfortable or feel awkward, but it's definitely worth a look. I give it 5 stars for speaking to the reader instead of trying to talk over their head.

Seeing as I managed to read the whole book in one sitting, I set it back on the shelf for someone else to discover.
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LibraryThing member BinkaBonkaChair
EVERYONE should read this book at least once. Anyone interested in having sex with a woman, or women who think they know their bodies pretty damn well, should read this book at least twice. Fascinating from cover to cover, and even the most knowledgeable expert will learn a thing or two after
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reading this. :)
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Language

Original publication date

2000

Physical description

256 p.; 19 inches

ISBN

1583220380 / 9781583220382
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