The First Sex
Title | The First Sex PDF eBook |
Author | Helen E. Fisher |
Publisher | Ballantine |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Ability |
ISBN | 9780449912607 |
Declaring that women are now "the first sex, " a noted anthropologist argues that women's cooperative spirit, patience, superior verbal ability, and gift for "web thinking" make them perfectly suited to help solve the increasingly complex problems our society faces.
The First Sex
Title | The First Sex PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Gould Davis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Women |
ISBN |
The Origins of Sex
Title | The Origins of Sex PDF eBook |
Author | Faramerz Dabhoiwala |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 513 |
Release | 2012-05-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 019993939X |
A man admits that, when drunk, he tried to have sex with an eighteen-year-old girl; she is arrested and denies they had intercourse, but finally begs God's forgiveness. Then she is publicly hanged alongside her attacker. These events took place in 1644, in Boston, where today they would be viewed with horror. How--and when--did such a complete transformation of our culture's attitudes toward sex occur? In The Origins of Sex, Faramerz Dabhoiwala provides a landmark history, one that will revolutionize our understanding of the origins of sexuality in modern Western culture. For millennia, sex had been strictly regulated by the Church, the state, and society, who vigorously and brutally attempted to punish any sex outside of marriage. But by 1800, everything had changed. Drawing on vast research--from canon law to court cases, from novels to pornography, not to mention the diaries and letters of people great and ordinary--Dabhoiwala shows how this dramatic change came about, tracing the interplay of intellectual trends, religious and cultural shifts, and politics and demographics. The Enlightenment led to the presumption that sex was a private matter; that morality could not be imposed; that men, not women, were the more lustful gender. Moreover, the rise of cities eroded community-based moral policing, and religious divisions undermined both church authority and fear of divine punishment. Sex became a central topic in poetry, drama, and fiction; diarists such as Samuel Pepys obsessed over it. In the 1700s, it became possible for a Church of Scotland leader to commend complete sexual liberty for both men and women. Arguing that the sexual revolution that really counted occurred long before the cultural movement of the 1960s, Dabhoiwala offers readers an engaging and wholly original look at the Western world's relationship to sex. Deeply researched and powerfully argued, The Origins of Sex is a major work of history.
Le Deuxième Sexe
Title | Le Deuxième Sexe PDF eBook |
Author | Simone de Beauvoir |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 791 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0679724516 |
The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.
The First Sex
Title | The First Sex PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Gould Davis |
Publisher | Penguin Group |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Addresses the superiority of women to men, giving woman her rightful place in history. Explores ancient intellectual matriarchal societies, and the brutalization of humanity when they collapsed and men became dominant.
The V-Word
Title | The V-Word PDF eBook |
Author | Amber J. Keyser |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2016-02-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1582705216 |
Losing it. Popping your cherry. Handing in your V-card. First time sex is a big unknown. Will it be candlelight and rose petals or quick and uncomfortable? Is it about love or about lust? Deciding to have sex for the first time is a choice that's often fraught with anxiety and joy. But do you have anyone telling you what sex is really like? In The V-Word seventeen writers (including Christa Desir, Justina Ireland, Sara Ryan, Carrie Mesrobian, Erica Lorraine Scheidt, and Jamia Wilson) pull back the sheets and tell all, covering everything from straight sex to queer sex, diving-in versus waiting, and even the exhilaration and disappointment that blankets it all. Some of their experiences happened too soon, some at just the right time, but all paint a broad picture of what first-time sex is really like.
Guide to Getting it On!
Title | Guide to Getting it On! PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Joannides |
Publisher | |
Pages | 722 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9781885535108 |
More irreverent than ever, the popular guide to fully understanding and enjoying sex has now been revised with new chapters such as "Sex When You're Really Old, " "When Sex Gets Boring, " and "How to Be Cool When You're Not." 65 illustrations.