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The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort

bornamadman's review against another edition

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2.0

i think this book is for people who don't have access to the internet.

ghoulicious's review

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3.0

It makes for a good introductory book into different topics. Very general, good for completely clueless people without internet.

katiealex72's review

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3.0

Found copy of original 1972 edition in holiday house; loved the hairy protagonists, such brilliant illustrations! What a pity Alex Comfort is such a homophobe. Also....has anyone ACTUALLY had sex on a motorbike?

stjernesvarme's review

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adventurous funny slow-paced

2.0

tdt1989's review

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inspiring medium-paced

4.0

Great for couples, classic and timeless 

blksheep's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

4.0

gellyreads's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

gamewarriorsgirl's review

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informative

4.0

coley_reads's review

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3.0

One of the most important uses of play is in expressing a healthy awareness of sexual equality. Take turns controlling the game. Sexual interaction is sometime a loving fusion, sometimes a situation where each is a “sex object” – maturity in sexual relationships involves balancing, rather than denying, the aspects of arousal. Play is the way to learn. Give-and-take.
Sex should be and can be a total joy. Sex is human play. It helps us grow as people and partners. There are no rules except you enjoy it.
The starting point of all lovemaking is close bodily contact.
Don’t do anything you don’t really enjoy. Find out your partner’s needs. Seeing their partner satisfied can also be a reward.
Ingredients:
• Tenderness - a constant awareness of what your partner is feeling, plus the knowledge of how to heighten that feeling. Start very gently, making full use of the skin surface, and work up.
• Nakedness – not meaning unclothed but meaning accepting each other’s body. Relaxed = more responsive.
• Women Triggers – breast and skin first, not a direct grab at the clitoris. Hand-and-mouth work. The smell excites.
• Hormones. Testosterone = raises desire, demand, energy. Oxytocin = cuddle hormone. Prolactin = after orgasm and while breast are sucked, the need to sleep.
• Preferences
• Confidence – the more confident you are, the more you will enjoy sex. Be relaxed, knowledgeable about oneself, willing to learn about your partner, ready to ask, happy to take charge, and unwobbled by either failure or rejection, able to give and receive with pleasure.
• Cassolette – natural perfume of a clean women. Pheromones are released creating mood and attraction.
• Vulva – can be stroked, sucked, squeezed, licked, vibrated.
• Vagina – sensitive, wet when sexually excited. Explore in detail with eyes, fingers, tongue.
• Clitoris – many nerves and has erectile tissue. Many women climax when during orgasm the clit is stimulated. This organ is designed only for women’s pleasure.
• Mons pubis – the decorated pad over the female pubic bone. Nerve endings that transmit sensation when the area is moved. Place palm on the mons and strong the labia.
• Breasts – size is not related to sensitivity. Some breasts are sensitive and others are not. Going round and round the nipple with the tongue, soft kneading with both hands, gentle biting, and gentle sucking.
• Nipples – palm-brushing, licking, loud sucking. Try gentle circles with a toothbrush.
• Buttocks – major erogenous zone, less sensitive than breast because they have fewer nerves and fat. Holding, kneading, slapping, beating.
• Skin – it’s coolness, texture, tightness are triggers of sexual feelings.
o Erogenous zones – lips, earlobes, feet, buttocks, breast, genitals, navel
• Lubrication – wet naturally when aroused. Dryness could be from stress, medication, depression, hormones.
Humans have 3 sets of needs in relationships: sex, romance, attachment.
Never play “get-even” games. That is not showing love and it is pointless.
Compatibility – not whether both are in love. But whether yall share values, aims, goals, also sexual compatible. How important sex is, how much, how often.
Mutual appreciate and desire. Know that even if sex doesn’t exactly go right. Maybe something you’ve tried didn’t work. That person will still be there in the morning. Desire will still be there. There maybe dips in libido. That is ok. The relationship is not in crisis.
If you want each other, act on it. The more sex one has, the more one will want.
Love does not mean whether or not you have sex together.
Hand Work – most people discover sex with their own bodies. Flat of the hand on the vulva with the middle finger between her lips. Tip of the finger moving in and out of the vagina. Palm pressing harder on the pubis. Steady rhythm, this maybe enough, then if she in near climax, attack the clitoris and its hood with the forefinger with the thumb in the vagina. Hold her open with one hand and work gently with all fingers. Use the tongue if she gets dry. Also a good Segway to oral sex.

lunar_lapis's review

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3.0

I liked the pictures