Books Details
Author : Katherine Rowland Pages : 304 pages Publisher : Seal Press Language :
ISBN-10 : 1580058361 ISBN-13 : 9781580058360
Books Descriptions
Women in America experience far less sexual pleasure than men. What is to be
done? For every three orgasms an American man has, studies show, a woman
has one. Up to 40 percent of American women experience the sexual malaise
clinically known as low sexual desire. For too long, this deficit has been
explained in terms of women's stress, age, or poor body image. In The Pleasure
Gap, Katherine Rowland rejects the idea that women should settle for less. We
should take inequality in the bedroom as seriously as we take it in the workplace
and understand its causes and effects. Drawing on extensive research and
interviews with over one hundred women and sexual health professionals,
Rowland argues that the pleasure gap is neither medical malady nor
psychological condition but rather a result of our culture's troubled relationship
with women's sexual expression. This provocative exploration of modern
sexuality makes a case for closing the gap for good.
