Closer
Notes from the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality
Published on 25. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-1-55245-323-0 (ISBN)
Description
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We think of the modern woman as sexually liberated ? if anything, we're told we're oversexed. Yet a striking number of women are dissatisfied with their sex lives. Over half of women report having a sexual complaint, whether that's lack of desire or difficulty reaching orgasm. But this issue doesn't get much press; the urge is to ignore or medicalize it (witness the quest for ?pink Viagra'). If so many ordinary women suffer from sexual frustration, then perhaps the problem isn't one that can be addressed by a pharmaceutical fix ? or isn't a problem. Maybe we need to get hot and bothered about a broader cultural cure: a reorienting of our current male-focused approach to sex and pleasure, and a rethinking of what's ?normal.'
Using a blend of reportage, interview and first-person reflection, journalist Sarah Barmak explores the cutting-edge science and grassroots cultural trends that are getting us closer to truth of women's sexuality. Closer reveals how women are reshaping their sexuality today in wild, irrepressible ways: nude meetings, how-to apps, trans-friendly porn, therapeutic vulva massage, hour-long orgasms and public clit-rubbing demonstrations ? and redefining female sexuality on its own terms.
Sarah Barmak is a Toronto-based freelance journalist and author. Her writing has appeared in Maclean's, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Canadian Business, Marketing, and Reader's Digest.
QUILL & QUIRE BEST COVER OF 2016
We think of the modern woman as sexually liberated ? if anything, we're told we're oversexed. Yet a striking number of women are dissatisfied with their sex lives. Over half of women report having a sexual complaint, whether that's lack of desire or difficulty reaching orgasm. But this issue doesn't get much press; the urge is to ignore or medicalize it (witness the quest for ?pink Viagra'). If so many ordinary women suffer from sexual frustration, then perhaps the problem isn't one that can be addressed by a pharmaceutical fix ? or isn't a problem. Maybe we need to get hot and bothered about a broader cultural cure: a reorienting of our current male-focused approach to sex and pleasure, and a rethinking of what's ?normal.'
Using a blend of reportage, interview and first-person reflection, journalist Sarah Barmak explores the cutting-edge science and grassroots cultural trends that are getting us closer to truth of women's sexuality. Closer reveals how women are reshaping their sexuality today in wild, irrepressible ways: nude meetings, how-to apps, trans-friendly porn, therapeutic vulva massage, hour-long orgasms and public clit-rubbing demonstrations ? and redefining female sexuality on its own terms.
Sarah Barmak is a Toronto-based freelance journalist and author. Her writing has appeared in Maclean's, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Canadian Business, Marketing, and Reader's Digest.
Reviews / Votes
?Closer tackles its subject with eloquence, intelligence and humour ? I recommend it to my friends of all genders, my boyfriend, my sisters, and especially the woman who started it all, my mother.'?rabble.ca?? Closer is a revelation.'?Bitch Magazine
?... an incredibly insightful exploration of female pleasure'-The Globe and Mail `Closer tackles its subject with eloquence, intelligence and humour ... I recommend it to my friends of all genders, my boyfriend, my sisters, and especially the woman who started it all, my mother.'-rabble.ca
`... Closer is a revelation.'-Bitch Magazine
`... an incredibly insightful exploration of female pleasure'-The Globe and Mail
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 118 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
186 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55245-323-0 (9781552453230)
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Sarah Barmak: Sarah Barmak is a Toronto freelance journalist and author. Her writing has appeared in Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Canadian Business, Marketing and Reader's Digest.