True Secrets of Lesbian Desire: Keeping Sex Alive in Long-term Relationships

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Stendhal examines the "shadow" in lesbian relationships that descends when women bond so completely that the intimacy becomes a merging, obliterating the space between individuals where desire lies. Lesbian bed death, the topic of so many comediennes, is examined and reined in, no longer an inevitable result of a solid relationship. True Secrets of Lesbian Desire casts an eye on the myths that burden us all.

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True Secrets of Lesbian Desire: Keeping Sex Alive in Long-Term Relationships

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Overview

Stendhal examines the "shadow" in lesbian relationships that descends when women bond so completely that the intimacy becomes a merging, obliterating the space between individuals where desire lies. Lesbian bed death, the topic of so many comediennes, is examined and reined in, no longer an inevitable result of a solid relationship. True Secrets of Lesbian Desire casts an eye on the myths that burden us all.

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What People Are Saying

Alix Dobkin
Tracking all these mutual quests for honest relationships, Stendhal's small and beautiful volume almost made me wish to be in one myself. I'll keep it handy, should the occasion arise.
—singer/songwriter
Carol Queen
What a compassionate and useful little book, so full of heart and good sense. Renate Stendhal brings to her work deep understanding about intimacy that will benefit any couple ready to take the next step in love and passion.
—Ph.D., author of Exhibitionism for the Sky
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon
Renate Stendhal's unique words of wisdom are wonderful, and have an important message for everyone.
—co-authors of Lesbian/Woman
Merryl A. Sloane
Renate Stendhal's book contains a passionate message in a deceptively small package. It is full of gentle wisdom, insight, encouragement, and, most important, hope.
—GreatSexSecretDesires.com
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781556434754
  • Publisher: North Atlantic Books
  • Publication date: 10/20/2003
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 120
  • Sales rank: 513,444
  • Product dimensions: 5.55 (w) x 7.51 (h) x 0.43 (d)

Meet the Author

Renate Stendhal is a coach and counselor for individuals and couples, with a private practice in Berkeley and San Francisco. She has published several books, including Sex and Other Sacred Games and the award-winning photobiography, Gertrude Stein in Words and Pictures.

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Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Preface to the Second Edition xi
I. A Woman Appeared 1
An Approach 1
"Whence Speakest Thou?" 4
Entering 9
Unspeakable Depth 12
II. The Thirty-Six Colors of Erotic Desire 18
Getting Down to It 18
Birds of a Feather 20
On Dangerous Ground 23
"Sex Is Magic" 26
I'd Rather Die than Tell Her 29
A Possibility 32
Clues from Childhood 35
The Coolest Game 39
Now What? 43
Back to Square One 47
The Helpmate 51
Polymorphously Perverse 55
Intimate Passion 66
III. Truth as Aphrodisiac 70
IV. True Confessions 79
The Icing on the Cake 79
Explorer in an Unknown Land 89
Why Have Sex? 93
"Mature Sex" 101
Selena's Secret 107
Unshaming the Body 110
An Erotic Practice 115
Books Mentioned in the Text 119
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