Exhibitionism for the Shy: Show Off, Dress Up, and Talk Hot [Paperback]

Carol Queen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2002

Exhibitionism as a consensual erotic pleasure and a means to overcome shyness and body image issues. Featuring suggested exercises and discussions of erotic dress, talk, personas and roleplay, involving your partner, exhibitionism and the sex industry, and more. Interviews include Annie Sprinkle, Nina Hartley, Candye Kane, Juliet Anderson, Vanessa del Rio, Lily Burana, Shar Rednour, and others. Updated version (in press) will include a new chapter on Internet exhibitionism and new interview material with Margaret Cho, Violet Blue, Audacia Ray, and Brian Alexander.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Carol Queen is a writer and educator with a doctorate in sexology. She is a former columnist for Playboy and the author of three previous books and editor of seven more, including Five Minute Erotica. She is an owner of Good Vibrations, a women-owned sex toy and book emporium, and she lives in San Francisco, California, where she also directs the center for sex and culture. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Down There Press (September 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940208164
• ISBN-13: 978-0940208162
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,034,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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66 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go ahead -- read it, February 18, 1998

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Eileen Galen (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Exhibitionism for the Shy: Show Off, Dress Up, and Talk Hot (Paperback)

It's difficult to write a punless review of this surprisingly serious book, which is deep, kind-hearted, and important. Queen's a reverential philosopher of sex, and she knows something about shyness, too. She admits it takes a good therapist to overcome this stuff, but lets us in on what she does know that might help! She never trivializes or minimizes her readers' hangups; she's a teacher of the best sort. Queen is experienced in all areas -- she's done everything -- and knows and respects human sexuality of all stripes. She wants to teach its happiest and best expression to her readers. Along with some comparatively unusual practices are words of amazing wisdom. Good ideas for ways to think about, talk about, and practice masturbation and safe sex with panache. I might not follow her advice word for word (I'm still too shy), but I loved this book.

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Basically about stripping your own inhibitions, April 3, 2003

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TammyJo Eckhart "TammyJo Eckhart" (Bloomington, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Exhibitionism for the Shy: Show Off, Dress Up, and Talk Hot (Paperback)

Carol Queen is now a famous sex educator who describes herself as a recovering shy person. In 13 chapters and 3 appendices she helps us understand what holds us back from exploring and fully enjoying our sexuality and offers exercises we can use to move into a more fulfilling passionate life with ourselves and with others. This book will not teach you how to strip or how to seduce someone until you feel comfortable with yourself first. An excellent book that offered me some advice I have tried to put into practice in my own life. I'm getting a little less shy every day and it feels good.

50 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book, September 18, 2000

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T. Wisher "tlynn" (Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Exhibitionism for the Shy: Show Off, Dress Up, and Talk Hot (Paperback)

If you are the least bit shy regarding your sexuality then this is the book for you! I have seen an enormous increase in my own self confidence (so has my husband!) She breaks down barriers in your shyness and gives you options on how to break out of that mold with ideas, strategies, and examples. I like the way she gives you several options of an exercise. There were some I didn't feel comfortable with but she gave variations so that you can work with it. I definately recommend this to anyone who wants to develop sexual self confidence.