Freeing Sexuality
Park Street Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-64411-541-1 (ISBN)
Exploring sexual customs, beliefs, practices, and identities from a wide variety of perspectives, Dr. Miller shares his fascinating interviews with 20 experts ranging from clinical psychologists and researchers to sex workers and polyamory educators. We learn from sex therapists, relationship experts, and tantric sex teachers, such as Dr. Lonnie Barbach, Dr. Stella Resnick, Katherine Rowland, and Diana Richardson, about the importance of communication, how to keep sensuality alive, and how to generate fulfilling and sustainable intimacy in relationships. Looking at sexual identity and non-monogamy, we hear from Dr. Ritch Savin-Williams on sexual identification and gender fluidity, Sumati Sparks on open relationships and polyamory, Janet Hardy, author of The Ethical Slut, on sexual freedom, and Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens on the possibilities of ecosexuality.
Revealing the inner workings of the sex industry, we hear from current and former escorts and sex workers on the stigmas and dangers of sex work and the need to decriminalize it, including Norma Jean Almadovar, former LA policewoman and current president of the prostitute’s union Coyote. Dr. Ogi Ogas, author of A Billion Wicked Thoughts, speaks about using data science and computational neuroscience to uncover true statistics about our sexual desires. We hear from Paulita Pappel on porn as a mirror for society, Faith Jones on escaping a sex cult, Maeve Moon on recovering from sexual trauma, and Dr. Laura McGuire about the broad impact of teaching consent.
Validating the extraordinary range and diversity of our sexual thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, the author gathers voices that help us free our sexuality from the past, accept our natural urge for physical pleasure, and open us up to sexuality as a power for health, healing, and happiness.
Richard Louis Miller, MA, PhD, has been a clinical psychologist for more than 50 years. He is host of the podcast Mind Body Health & Politics. The founder of the nationally acclaimed Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program and the creator of the legendary Health Sanctuary at Wilbur Hot Springs, he has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan and Stanford University and an advisor on the President’s Commission on Mental Health. The author of Psychedelic Medicine and Psychedelic Wisdom and coeditor of Integral Psychedelic Therapy, he lives in Northern California.
Foreword by Dr. Lea Lis
INTRODUCTION
How We All Got Here
SEXPERTS
1 Stella Resnick
Keeping the Sensuality
2 Katherine Rowland
Bridging the Gender Gap in the Bedroom and the Boardroom
3 Lonnie Barbach
How Communication Keeps Sex Alive
4 Diana Richardson
Slow Sex: The Path to Fulfilling and Sustainable Sexuality
5 Ogi Ogas
Data Science Uncovering Our Sexual Desires
GENDER IDENTITY & NON-MONOGAMY
6 Ritch Savin-Williams
Sexual Identification and Gender Fluidity
7 Letha Hadady
Ménage à Trois
8 Sumati Sparks
Open Relationships and Polyamory
9 Janet Hardy
The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures
10 Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens
Assuming the Ecosexual Position
THE SEX INDUSTRY
11 Maggie McNeill
The Honest Courtesan
12 Norma Jean Almodovar, Carol Leigh, and Veronica Vera
Three Perspectives from Sex Workers
13 Veronica Monet
Confessions of an American Escort
14 Maeve Moon
Profiting from Trauma
CONSENT
15 Paulita Pappel
Alternative Porn as a Mirror for Society and a Political Act
16 Faith Jones
Escaping a Sex Cult
17 Laura McGuire
Teaching Consent and Its Broad Impact
AFTERWORD
Awakened Con-sensuality
Acknowledgments
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.11.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Rochester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 494 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64411-541-7 / 1644115417 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64411-541-1 / 9781644115411 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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