Getting Off: A Woman's Guide to Masturbation

by Jamye Waxman

Overview

Masturbation is like tuning a radio -- you don't know what frequencies you'll enjoy until you play with the knobs. Masturbation has a complicated stigma attached to it; everybody is doing it, but not everybody talks about it. Some were told that touching oneself would cause cute kittens to die, some were told masturbation led blindness. Getting Off: A Woman's Guide to Masturbation is here to debunk those masturbation myths, and reinforce the truth.

Masturbation is a totally natural and normal way for women to connect with and find pleasure in their bodies.

Fun, informative, and illustrated, Getting Off provides women with a wealth of masturbation knowledge -- its history, the mechanics of it, the joys of sexy toys -- plus clear, concise tips on getting off.

Foreword by Betty A. Dodson

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580052771
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	11/02/2007
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

In addition to being a sex writer, author, blogger, video host, producer and director, Jamye Waxman, M.Ed., is a well-known and sought after educator and lecturer in the field of human sexuality and relationships.

Table of Contents

Contents


Introduction

Chapter 1. The Anatomy of Orgasm: On Going Down&Getting Off

Chapter 2. What’s Your Pleasure: Techniques for Getting Off—Alone or Together

Chapter 3. The Buzz: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Vibrators

Chapter 4. Self Love and Sex Toys: Beyond the Vibe

Chapter 5. Self-Fulfilling Fantasies: Fuel for Desire

Chapter 6. The Stigma of Solo Sex: If It Feels So Right, Can It Really Be Wrong?

Chapter 7. The Good, the Bad,&the Ugly: A History of Female Masturbation
Chapter 8. The M Word: Masturbation Goes Mainstream
Chapter 9. Enticement: Masturbation Resources Keeping It Simpler Than Before

Editorial Reviews

A 2003 Australian study outed via New Scientistand even Doonesbury implied that men's regular orgasms-coupled or solo-could discourage prostate cancer. Women, too, stand to benefit from ménage à moi with better sexual self-knowledge as well as discovering techniques that work alone or with a partner. This contemporary blend of pep talk, how-tos, solid information about sex toys, scientific details, and sociohistorical perspectives aims to equalize the gender payoff. References anchor the facts and statistics, plus an excellent resource list rounds out the volume. Degreed in sex education, Waxman writes sex-advice columns for three magazines and interned in New York's femina-friendly sex shop Babeland. The scientific, historical, and cultural background takes this beyond Sadie Allison's Tickle Your Fancy, which nonetheless ranks high as a manual owing to better illustrations. The classic for both sexes is Betty Dodson's Sex for One, with Dodson's exquisite drawings. Recommended nonmanuals include this reviewer's The Big Book of Masturbationand the more scholarly Thomas Laqueur's Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation. Recommended for public libraries.
—Martha Cornog

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