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5.0 out of 5 stars
Enlightening and reassuring, February 7, 1998
By A Customer
This review is from: Women Who Love Sex: Women Who Love Sex (Paperback)
The title of this book (which hints at bad porno flicks) doesn't begin to do it justice. Ogden's research points out that, while 'sexual satisfaction' is defined as genital orgasm for both sexes, in fact women experience it very differently from men, as a more diffuse and 'cosmic' sensation. Labeling the male paradigm 'normal' and anything else 'not really an orgasm' has caused women to think of themselves as non-orgasmic when in fact they're perfectly normal women; it's led men to believe that women are hung up on foreplay and not the Real Thing. Ogden's conclusions are important and enlightening for both men and women, straight and gay, and reassuring for women who wonder whether their reactions are 'weird.' The anecdotal format of the book makes it frustrating to read at times, but it's definitely worth the effort.
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