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Unspoken Desires: Real People Talk About Sexual Experiences and Fantasies They Hide from Their Partners [Hardcover]

Iris Finz (Author), Steven Finz (Author)
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March 9, 2000
Iris and Steven Finz have the uncanny knack of getting people to talk about intimate details of their sex lives. For more than a decade, they have been interviewing people from all segments of society and, with the permission of their subjects, passing the stories along to their readers.

Their books about the sexual experiences and fantasies of real people have become standard night table fare in bedrooms all around the world. Readers use them, not only to put erotic sparks into their own relationships, but also to develop a better understanding of the sexual behavior of others.

In Unspoken Desires, the Finzes describe the secret erotic thoughts and practices of people who are unwilling to discuss them with their partners. They relate the story of an architect who dreams of being the prize in a poker game, forced to provide sexual services to the winners each time her husband loses; an office worker who invested two weeks' salary in a complicated sex machine and spends his lunch hours watching women amuse themselves with it; a housewife who has a clandestine lesbian affair with a childhood friend, another who dreams of being a high-priced call girl, and a third who keeps a collection of erotic toys with which to satisfy herself when her military husband fails to do so.

They tell of a real estate broker who once auditioned for a role in a porno movie; a computer nerd who sends strangers videotapes he has secretly made of himself and his wife having sex; and a public defender who is happily married, but spends her evenings in mutual masturbation sessions with a female friend.

In all, they present a total of 29 stories that are likely to change your ideas about what is normal and what nice people do.

"We make passionate love every night, and every time we do, I visualize my husband with my cousin. It's gotten to the point where I don't think I can enjoy our lovemaking without picturing the two of them." -Elizabeth, 28 year old legal secretary

"I liked the way they called me 'Slave' and ordered me around. I even liked calling them 'Mistress.' Sometimes, when I'm with my wife, I close my eyes and remember that glorious afternoon when I was a sex slave to three young women, one right after another." -Artie, 42 year old steel worker

"I kept my hair cut short and took every possible opportunity to pass myself off as a boy. Even in college, I would take a bus to the next town and walk shirtless in the streets on warm days." -Colleen, 27 year old designer

"I still keep the window shades open. I still know that every time Maureen and I are making it the chances are our friends and neighbors are watching every move we make. I still perform for them a little and try to get Maureen into spots that will give them the maximum view." -Karl, 31 year old auto mechanic

"Whenever I get one of those basketball players on my table, you can't imagine how magnificent these men look and what effect they have on me. My head is filled with thoughts of all the erotic things I could do if I weren't so inhibited." -Roberta, 48 year old massage therapist


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Still another volume of sexual fantasies, helpfully subdivided into threesomes, prostitution, exhibitionism, etc., from the apparently insatiable Finzes (Erotic Confessions, 1998, etc.). A construction worker who lets a charity auction off six hours of his time ends up serving as a sex slave to three women; a flat-chested young woman passes herself off as an unshirted male on a public beach; a peeping Tom is discovered (by his wife) watching a neighboring couple through a telescope. No, it's not Penthouse Forum; it's a group of two dozen forbidden fantasiesmost of them (if the authors are to be believed) acted out in real lifethat the Finzes have brought together to show us that our own most secret longings are not so unusual after all. If the analysis provided by the Finzes doesn't cut much deeper than what you'd likely find at your local hairdresser or barber shop, it has to be said that the people who get their hair cut alongside you probably aren't nearly so forthcoming about their erotic fantasies (although the Finzes suspect they have fantasies of their own). ``We will not attempt to offer any explanation for the attractions our informants described,'' they sagely warn in introducing their chapter on garment fetishes (a woman who cherishes memories of her leather orgies as a biker, a maintenance worker who collects panties from the college dorms he works in). Their sole therapeutic recommendation: Consider sharing your fantasies with your mate. Or, better yet (in a stunning example of the closed feedback loop), send them to the Finzes, who supply their Website, e-mail, and snail-mail addresses so that you can help them work on their next installment. The ideal pillow book for readers who, caught up in the authors' bland assurances that there's nothing wrong with fantasies, don't stop to think about how sleazy the Finzes' own project is. -- Copyright ©2000, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About the Author

Iris and Steven Finz are the authors of The Best Sex I Ever Had, What Turns Us On, and Erotic Confessions. They have written dozens of erotic novels and numerous articles on sexuality. They live in The Sea Ranch, California.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press; 1st edition (March 9, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312253443
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312253448
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #822,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good clean fun, January 26, 2001
Unspoken Desires by Iris & Steven Finz is a well-written informative book about regular people's `taboo' sexuality. With each interviewee having a different take on just what taboo is. It is about sexual desires, acts and fantasies that people keep secret from their partners. They put stories in this book that seemed to follow regular themes. There is a wide range of personality types and their corresponding kinks represented in this book. They range from Mary, who was brought up in a Convent after her parents died, and has some pretty tame ideas about what is taboo in her story titled "Shameful Desire", to Olga who likes to exhibit herself graphically in front of a web cam. This was a thoughtfully written, sexy, well-put together book. The stories in it not only titillate but they also educate by presenting a wide range of sexual fantasies and realities from normal people. It is a good book and a decent addition to any collection.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good crotch-wetting sexy reading!, February 5, 2002
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This is good one-handed reading. The authors have put together about three dozen stories that cover the subject. Of course some appeal more than others, but many get right "down there" and really get the juices flowing. The stories mostly don't require a suspension of credibility on the part of the reader, and cover subjects that excite and titilate many who wouldn't want or have the guts or inclination to pursue.
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