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But it turns out — despite all the 50 Shades drama — women have been reading erotica for a while.
Rachel Kramer Bussel is an author and editor of erotica, including books aimed at women.
In her experience, she says, it’s ‘women who buy the majority’ of erotica. She says it’s about escapism, about validating one’s own ideas, and also about getting real life ideas.
Given existing stereotypes about women’s love for romance novels in which heroines are very pretty, heroes are impossible noble and the whole debacle ends in marriage, 50 Shades’ BDSM plotline is a bit surprising.
Bussel admits some of it is “pretty explicit.’ But, she says it probably isn’t all the BDSM making 50 Shades so popular. ‘It’s BDSM second, romance first.’
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The First Definitive Guide to P-Spot Pleasure
The “discovery” of the G-spot opened up an era of sexual expansion for millions of women, and now it’s time for the P-spot to claim center stage in the realm of male sexuality. THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO PROSTATE PLEASURE: EROTIC EXPLORATION FOR MEN AND THEIR PARTNERS empowers men who may not feel confident exploring anal play to claim the prostate as an erogenous zone ripe for exploration. Men who already enjoy prostate play will find much to learn from sex educators Charlie Glickman, Ph.D., and Aislinn Emirzian, whose wisdom and warmth will be both reassuring and inspirational to readers. This manual supports all men who want to explore this powerful source of sexual fulfillment.
Some things you will find in THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO PROSTATE PLEASURE:
Inclusion of all sexual experiences and lifestyles
How to maintain prostate health
Tips and techniques about communication, massage, toys, positions, etc.
“A great addition to a largely underground history that is finally coming into the light. Everyone deserves the sex information that will make their desires consensually possible, safe, and full of pleasure.”
—from the Foreword by Dr. Carol Queen, Staff Sexologist and Historian at Good Vibrations
About the Authors:
Charlie Glickman Ph.D. is a sexuality educator, writer, blogger, workshop teacher, and university professor. He is certified as a sexuality educator by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists and was a pioneering Program Educator for Good Vibrations for sixteen years. He lives in Oakland, CA.
Aislinn Emirzian became a sex educator as a student at Smith College, and later worked with sex positive adult toy stores like Oh My Sensuality Shop in Massachusetts and Good Vibrations in California. Over the years, she has taught workshops on a wide range of topics, but prostate pleasure is her favorite! Find her at www.aislinnemirzian.com.
Catch the authors at their upcoming events:
2/26 Charlie Glickman will make a guest appearance on Sex City Radio, CIUT 89.5 FM
2/28 Charlie Glickman and Aislinn Emirzian will host an Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure workshop at She Bop in Portland. Oregon 7:30
3/1 Charlie Glickman and Aislinn Emirzian will host an Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure workshop at the Center For Sex Positive Culture in Seattle, WA 3-6pm
3/3 Charlie Glickman and Aislinn Emirzian will host an Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure workshop at Babeland, Seattle from 7:30-9:30
For future events and more information on the book, check out their website: http://www.prostatepleasureguide.net/
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