Customer Reviews

Sex for Dummies

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A good book for people with very little sexual experience or knowledge. If you are looking for a hands-on guide for techniques to practice on your partner, then this is NOT the book you want to get.

If you want a book which teaches you techniques and offers constructive suggestions on how to improve (or, I suppose, get started) in your sex life, you'll want to skip this one. Go grab a copy of the Kama Sutra or Joy of Sex for this kind of reference.

On the other hand, if you're a complete newbie to sex and/or would rather focus on the technical aspects such as diseases, pregnancy, and topics of a similar nature, this might be a good book for you. There's probably nothing here that you won't find on any free web site or even in the Johns Hopkins Family Health Book (which, for twice the price, you get everything under the sun instead of focusing only on sex-related topics).

So save yourself some time and money and avoid this book altogether.

Wow, was I way off base! Thank you Dr. Ruth for setting me straight.

Seriously, though, I love this book. It treats a very important topic in a direct but humorous way; it's crammed full of useful bits of information; and it doesn't have all of those soft-core porn images that the other books seem to delight in. Describing the acts is good enough for me, there's no need for a book to be full of stunt rumps to get the point across.

First, let me say I love the For Dummies series. But this book is no good - if you are looking for a book on improving your sex life like I was. It reads like a sex ed book and there isn't much information to help you spice up your sex life. (Granted, if you are a virgin this may provide some info.) This volume isn't even as humorous as many other "for dummies" books. Books like "The Joy of Sex" and those by Anne Hooper are much better.

So, find a copy of this book in the library, otherwise skip it.

I have studied sex more than most but it only took the first few pages in Chapter 1 for me to learn something new. Very easy to read and great reference.

Very informative if you have no other books pertaining to sex but much like other books, nothing unique. Written in an interesting manner.

Dr. Ruth Westheimer has helped pioneer media psychology as a psychosexual therapist. Her book covers a wide array of topics on sex from the basics to maintaining healthy sexuality. The book is well written, non-judgmental, easy to read and informative.

The Re-Discovery of Common Sense: A Guide to: The Lost Art of Critical Thinking

This book is very clear and understandable. Everything you ever wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask.

Who better to write a book with a title like this one. It's not intended to be a guide to the married couple, but for a guide to the pre-sexual youngster it's wonderful. Most (if not all) of us start out quite mystified by the other gender. (And in a lot of ways that never changes.) Most of us then stumble our way through the whole dating process, the first introductions to sex with a lot of hear-say information.

Finally, here's a book, not for dumb people, but for people who just don't have the knowledge they need quite yet. Highly recommended.

As a medical doctor specializing in adolescent and adult Psychiatry, I have found Dr Ruth's book extremely valuable as a non-threatening resource. Having met with her in May 2001 in New Orleans at the Annual American Psychiatric Association's meeting May 5-10th, I was amazed at her insights about Human Sexuality. Masters and Johnson brought to the Field of Medicine the Physiology of Sexuality, but Dr Ruth carries it to the next level of important knowledge re: Human Intimacy. It is not a "how to" book with the misguided concepts of the Hugh Hefner "Sex is a Triumph of Mechanical Engineering". Instead, she is down to earth, practical, and non-threatening...so that her readers learn and enjoy the basic realities that human sexuality need not be a "competitive sport" nor do couples need to adhere to their culteral expectations of the "Myth of the Mutual Orgasm"....I have had so many individuals and couples leave my office...seeing the book on my bookself...and perhaps at first laughing, only to purchase the book and devour it in the privacy of their own home. I have found it a valuable springboard in working with individuals and couples with sexual dysfunction. As for the person - Dr Ruth - she is delighful, empathic, great sense of humor, and is extremely well informed with the current scientific knowledge of Human Sexuality David L Bransford MD