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The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities Paperback – December, 1997

by Dossie Easton (Author), Catherine A. Liszt (Author)

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At last a comprehensive, no-holds-barred guide for anyone who dreams of having all the sex and love and friendship they want. Here are the skills you need for successful - and ethical - sluthood, from scheduling dates to handling jealousy, finding partners to resolving conflict, raising children to caring for your health. If you've ever envisioned a universe beyond traditional lifetime monogamy, this is the book for you.

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Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: Greenery Press; 1st edition (December 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1890159018
ISBN-13: 978-1890159016
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (115 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #70 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Sexuality
- #146 in Books > Self-Help > Sex
- #1591 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences

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Want multiple lovers? Read this or else!

Bydarklock@obscure.orgon April 13, 1998

Format: Paperback

Like other reviewers, I've bought many copies of this and give or loan them out to friends, lovers, and people I'm interested in. Rather than duplicate other reviews in their glowing general praise (which would be easy), I'll go a step further and strongly suggest getting this book not because it will help you find multiple lovers or because it's a good read, or because it's full of helpful advice on relationships in general, but rather because without the advice and insight in this book polyamory is *really* hard to pull off. This book gives you many of the lessons you might not learn otherwise except by having dismal relationship failures and painful breakups. (These may still come anyway, but The Ethical Slut will help you avoid them, and cope if they happen). I can't recommend this highly enough. However, I would add the slight caveat that the somewhat hedonistic approach of Easton & Liszt can be balanced out fairly well by a follow-up reading of Anapol's Polyamory: The New 'Love Without Limits'. Anapol's work is not as "fun", and gets tediously naggy along "spirituality" lines that are very hippyish and and full of newage, but the message she conveys include a lot of responsibility and cooperation memes that are not as prevalent in Easton & Liszt's book. The two-book combo is really a must.

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Sex & Love with many is NOT wrong if everyone agrees.

ByP.W. Readeron June 30, 2000

Format: Paperback

I've seen so many failed marriages due to infidelity that recently I began to wonder what I was in for if I ever took that big step. After all, I didn't seem any better than the couples I knew, and certainly I'd been attracted to many different people, both male and female. Thats when I found this book.
This is a great read for people with feelings like mine...it gives a great account of the guidelines you need if you ever choose to enter into polyamory. Several good points are emphasized: love and sex are not necessarily the same, one may be an expression of the other but they CAN be completely separate. Love, sex and pleasure are not limited qualities people have...you can love someone else and make love to them without depriving your "primary" partner of the same feelings and actions. Drawbacks are also discussed, including time constraints, jealousy, respecting privacy and property of all your lovers, and coming out to your kids about your relationship (most actually think its pretty cool because there's always someone to talk to).
I read this book aloud with my girlfriend because we had always been curious about poly-type relationships. We asked ourselves many questions, and when we finally attended our first party, we were able to talk more afterwards and decided we loved it...and yet we could still be committed to each other! And we're still going strong...thanks to this and other wonderful resources that provided a basis for us to try new things!

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A must read for people curious about the sexual freedom.

ByA customeron March 3, 1999

Format: Paperback

For years I have tried to explain many of the topices covered in this book to new couples testing the waters of the swinging lifestyle. Now I have a book that I can recommend that covers most of the areas extremely well. An additional benefit of this book is that is is written by two women in the lifestyle. Many other books written on the subject are written by men and are looked at by women readers as just another man trying to convince women to be more sexually promiscuios. The only area that I wish the authors would have spent more time on is the subject of nurturing your primary partner and relationship while introducing them to the new way of living. All in all, this is the very best book I've found concerning open relationships and swinging. I would recommend it to anyone.

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Something less than honest

ByChristopher Weaveron February 2, 2006

Format: Paperback

Although I appear to be in the minority among reviewers, I was greatly disppointed in this book. It starts out by addressing the idea that "ethical" and "slut" only appear to be contradictions and purports to guide people at reconciling the two terms--to be "polyamorous" while at the same time building a relationship of respect and caring. If it followed through on this premise, it would be a good book.

I thought it failed to deliver. It seemed to spend a lot of time patting itself on the back for being so open and for daring to suggest an alternative lifestyle. But I wouldn't have picked up the book in the first place if I weren't ready to consider (intellectually at least) alternatives to monagomy. Aside from offering fairly glib and superficial advice (don't have loud sex within hearing distance of your primary partner), it doesn't really grapple with the problems--physical, emotional, financial--that come with open relationships. I'm not saying that pursuing open relationships isn't possible. I'm saying that this book is not an honest look at the problems and difficulties that might come up in such relationships. It's less than honest, and that's a disappointment coming from someone who claims to care about ethics.

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Makin' it real!

ByA customeron May 12, 1999

Format: Paperback

I don't detect an anti-male bias at all in this book and find it fairly realistic. There are some things that won't suit everyone, but it presents the wide range of possibilities. Sticky issues like coming out, family, kids, etc. are addressed, which is refreshing. It's a whole life we're talking about here, not just Saturday night. I think mono/exclusive couples could learn a lot about handling jealousy, communication skills, and conflict resolution from this book, those chapters were excellent. The etiquette and respect the authors advocate need to be taken to heart because there are a lot of rude people out there! Rudeness is a definite unschwinggg. Anyway, this book is not about playing out fairy tale or porn flick roles, but being real with real people, with communication and respect and radical yet gentle honesty. Wish I had it when I was 18!

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Very good book. Funny! Nice read!

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Gives one a new perspective

Gives one a new perspective and how women are more and more allowed by society to actually enjoy sex.

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I love it!

Published 11 months ago by Cheryl Mason

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Great book on human sexuality and exploring relationships outside of standard two-person monogamy. Very funny and insightful.

Published 1 year ago by Franklin Burg

and it has been a great book.

Came in a timely fashion, and it has been a great book.

Published 1 year ago by Kristen Mclean

... a lot of typos so far but I'm definitely happy I bought this book after Rupaul recommended it

I found a lot of typos so far but I'm definitely happy I bought this book after Rupaul recommended it. A good start for anyone interested in polyamory.Read more

Published 1 year ago by Stephanie

she loved it.

Ordered this for a friend, she loved it.

Published 1 year ago by JRP

Not saying its bad, but just not quiet what I expected

Lost interest in reading it. Bought it for my g friend. Not saying its bad, but just not quiet what I expected. Im very liberal and was a little disappointed.

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