Secrets of the Sexually Satisfied Woman: Ten Keys to Unlocking Ultimate Pleasure [Hardcover]

Jennifer Berman (Author), Laura Berman (Author), Alice Burdick Schweiger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 13, 2005

The nation's leading experts on women's sexual health offer up the secrets to female sexual satisfaction using data culled from their groundbreaking new survey ot since The Hite Report twenty-five years ago has female sexuality been so comprehensively addressed and analyzed. In Secrets of the Sexually Satisfied Woman, Drs. Laura and Jennifer Berman topple common misconceptions and reshape conventional wisdom based on their revolutionary and highly anticipated National Women's Sexual Satisfaction Survey. Extrapolating from the study results, the Bermans address the psychological and medical factors that affect sexuality while providing expert, accessible advice on how women can improve their sex lives and enhance sexual pleasure. The Bermans are not afraid to take on topics that make most people blush, and this book is sure to be an essential resource for women throughout the country.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The Berman sisters, coauthors of the bestselling For Women Only, return with this more ambitious but less successful treatment of women's sexual pleasure and health. The doctors adopt a prescriptive writing style in their "mind-body approach" to the numerous influences on sexual satisfaction, including communication, self-esteem, emotional health, chronic diseases, arousal and orgasm problems, family upbringing, and social attitudes. The comprehensive range of topics aren't sufficiently addressed, however; many treatments leave readers feeling merely teased. For instance, while the authors suggest Kegel exercises, they don't provide instructions on how to perform them. They assert that many women don't achieve orgasm from intercourse, yet they fail to discuss oral sex in any practical sense. And while one might expect the doctors—Laura is a sex therapist; Jennifer is a urologist—to provide the most insight in the chapter on the various health problems that affect sexual function, this is one of the most disappointingly sparse parts of the book. Their National Women's Sexual Satisfaction Survey is by far the book's most original contribution, but the findings are awkwardly integrated into the text. While the Bermans' tone is woman-centered and sex-positive, this work is largely disappointing. (Apr.)
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About the Author

Dr. Laura Berman is a clinical assistant professor of OB/GYN and psychiatry at the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University and is the founder and director of the Berman Center in Chicago, which specializes in sexual medicine and menopause management. She lives in Chicago.

Dr. Jennifer Berman is assistant professor of Urology and director of the Female Sexual Medicine Center at the UCLA Medical Center. Her medical practice focuses on individually tailored management of female gynecologic, urologic, hormonal, and sexual function problems. She lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion (April 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786869194
• ISBN-13: 978-0786869190
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #998,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Self Help Book Written by Urologist and Therapist, December 10, 2005

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Cassie "A Gentle Soul" (West Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secrets of the Sexually Satisfied Woman: Ten Keys to Unlocking Ultimate Pleasure (Hardcover)

This book is more of a self help book than one that unlocks the ten keys to pleasure. Despite the title it doesn't give you 10 secrets to anything profound. Of course communication matters and it helps to feel good about yourself and the relationship. You also should probably address your past issues and have enough lubrication but this is sex ed 101 for most women. One fun quote, "whether you have had one, ten, or twenty sexual parnters, you feel okay about it".

It isn't a "bad" book just mistitled. The bulk of the book is in chapters (relationship health, emotional well being, addressing your past, etc)are typical of a self help book although they cover some hormonal treatments (viagra for women). Neither author is a GYN and the MD Jennifer is actually urologist so just be aware of your sources. They are great on TV and media mavens but they need a better editor and real content.

Their profound conclusion? That orgasm isn't the end all to women's sexual pleasure and the context matters.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dynamic Duo, February 22, 2006

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sara "sara" (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secrets of the Sexually Satisfied Woman: Ten Keys to Unlocking Ultimate Pleasure (Hardcover)

Just picked this book up at my neighbor's yard sale. She read it, loved it, and sold it to me. I read the Berman Sisters first book and found it really informative. It actually changed my life because I went, with book in hand, to my doctor and got help. I was in menopause at age 38 and didn't know it. The Secrets book again makes me realize I'm not alone, and the word "normal" is relative to ME... not Samatha on Sex and The City. I commend the Bermans on their efforts and their dedication to helping women such as myself. If I could afford it, I'd fly to their clinic at UCLA to get a tune up every week.

15 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nuveen Basilis, April 18, 2005

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Nuveen Basilis (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secrets of the Sexually Satisfied Woman: Ten Keys to Unlocking Ultimate Pleasure (Hardcover)

I thought the book was great. I like having one comprehensive "go-to" for questions that come up in the confusing area of pleasure when kids, jobs, husband all seem to be at odds with it! I really enjoyed the chapters that focused on the emotional and relationship health side of things. The information about sexual empowerment was also a must for anyone who feels as though breast-feeding and exhaustion have brought this side of your life to an end. An excellent resource.