TSHEEX BIBLE FOR WOMEN THE SEX BIBLE FOR WOMEN THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING YOUR BODY, BEING A GREAT LOVER, AND GETTING THE PLEASURE YOU WANT SUSAN CRAIN BAKOS Author of The Sex Bible THIS BOOK is for Marcella and Iva— not for now, but for someday when they are grown. May they be empowered in every area of their lives, including their sexuality. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: The Sexually Empowered Woman 11 Who Is a Sexually Empowered Woman? 17 1 THE SEXUAL RESPONSE 19 1: Your Sexual Desire and Arousal 21 2: Explaining the New Science of Desire 29 3: The Real Story on Arousal 43 4: Orgasm Explained 49 5: How His Orgasm Is Different from Yours 61 6: The Orgasm Loop 67 2 THE SEXUAL BODY 73 7: Do You Know Your Body as Well as You Know His? 75 8: The Love-Hate Body Relationship 87 9: Your Sexual Body Over a Lifetime 99 10: The Pathologizing of Female Sexuality 113 3 SEXUAL BEHAVIORS 119 11: Foreplay 123 12: Oral Sex 131 13: Intercourse 141 14: Anal Intercourse 165 15: Sexual Variations: The Sex Acts 169 16: Sexual Variations: The Partners 183 4 THE SEXUAL PASSAGES 189 17: The Early Passages 191 18: The Commitment Passages 197 19: The Middle and Late Passages 205 5 RESOURCES 211 20: Ways to Improve Your Sex Life 213 21: Sex Toys 223 CONCLUSION: Sex Is A Private Thing 233 Acknowledgments 243 About the Author 245 Index 249