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In What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire, critically acclaimed journalist Daniel Bergne disseminates the latest scientific research and paints an unprecedented portrait of female lust: the triggers, the fantasies, the mind-body connection (and disconnection), the reasons behind the loss of libido, and, most revelatory, that this loss is not inevitable.

Bergner asks: Are women actually the less monogamous gender? Do women really crave intimacy and emotional connection? Are women more disposed to sex with strangers and multiple pairings than either science or society have ever let on? And is “the fairer sex” actually more sexually aggressive and anarchic than men?

While debunking the myths popularized by evolutionary psychology, Bergner also looks at the future of female sexuality. Pharmaceutical companies are pouring billions of dollars to develop a “Viagra” for women. But will it ever be released? Or are we not yet ready for a world in which women can become aroused at the simple popping of a pill?

Insightful and illuminating, What Do Women Want? is a deeper exploration of Daniel Bergner's provocative New York Times Magazine cover story; it will spark dynamic debates and discussions for years to come.

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“This book should be read by every woman on earth... a must-read for anyone with even a remote erotic interest in the female gender.”--Salon.com (Salon.com)

“...Shatters many of our most cherished myths about desire.”--The Atlantic (The Atlantic)

“Daniel Bergner has written a keenly intelligent book about a subject that often exceeds our intelligence: What Do Women Want?” (Gay Talese)

Totally engrossing.”--New York magazine (New York magazine)

“Fascinating.... Threatens to disrupt all the modern stereotypes of female sexuality.”--Slate (Slate)

“At last, we have a new perspective on the wilds of female desire, in rousing tableaux, as women, men, sexologists, bonobos, erotic gurus, and many others provide frank, vivid answers to the question that has haunted [us] for far too long: What do women want? The answer will fascinate all.” (Diane Ackerman, author of A Natural History of Love)

“Accessible and informative prose . . . this page-turning book will have readers questioning some of their most ingrained beliefs about women, men, society, and sex.” (Publishers Weekly)

“It’s everything you wanted to know about sex but didn’t know to ask. Daniel Bergner upends long-standing myths about women and sex—everything from nature of attraction and pursuit to prevalence of taboo fantasies to monogamy itself.” (New York Post)

“What Do Women Want? adds both steam and explosives into the national conversation-or preoccupation-with what it means to be a woman today.” (Vogue)

“Bergner lays out the history of this brainwashing and then debunks it in his entertaining new book, What do Women Want?. He recaps ingenious studies that have plumbed our desires, including those we deny or hide from ourselves.” (Elle)

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When it comes to sex, common wisdom holds that men roam while women crave closeness and commitment. But in this provocative, headline-making book, Daniel Bergner turns everything we thought we knew about women's arousal and desire inside out. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with renowned behavioral scientists, sexologists, psychologists, and everyday women, he forces us to reconsider long-held notions about female sexuality.

This bold and captivating journey into the world of female desire explores answers to such thought-provoking questions as: Are women perhaps the less monogamous sex? What effect do intimacy and emotional connection really have on lust? What is the role of narcissism—the desire to be desired—in female sexuality? Are political gains for women ("No means no") detrimental in the bedroom? And is the hunt for a "female Viagra" anything but a search for the cure for monogamy?

Bergner goes behind the scenes of some of the most groundbreaking experiments on sexuality today and confronts us with controversial, sometimes uncomfortable findings. Incendiary, profoundly insightful, and brilliantly illuminating, What Do Women Want? will change the conversation about women and sex, and is sure to spark dynamic discussion for years to come.

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Ecco; 1St Edition edition (June 4, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061906085
ISBN-13: 978-0061906084
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 155 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #78 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Sexual Health > Women's Sexual Health
- #297 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > Sexuality
- #425 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Sexual Health > General

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Think what he's got to say is important, but ...

June 15, 2017

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Think what he's got to say is important, but...after reading the book am left with the impression that it could be condensed down to a short newspaper article, or perhaps a few paragraphs...

The gist of it as I gather:

1. our collective social story that women's sexual/arousal wiring is very different, if not opposite to that of men (i.e. their sexuality is emotional/security/relationship based, not promiscuous, not visual, etc.) is belied by the research (of involuntary chemical and anatomical reaction to stimuli...);

2. and, that women's sexual arousal is in large measure driven by observation of men's uncontrolled arousal with themselves as object -- what turns them on more than anything is observing how a man finds them so attractive that he loses control of himself (no news here...)

3. and, that the social programming is so strong that many woman are not consciously aware (i.e. have repressed...) of the underlying basis of their own emotional and sexual arousal.

Read the cliff notes...

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rexin

An erudite and carefully written account of female sexuality.

August 6, 2018

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Having spent more than forty years in the study and treatment of male and female sexual expression or lack thereof,I found this book to a thorough representation of what is happening in the fields of research of the last twenty years.The writing is indeed a labor of love and well worth reading by any person fascinated by the question of understanding female sexual desire,
I am reminded of the words of a female colleague and coworker who said that male sexuality could be explained in words written on the back of a postage stamp but for women one would need all the pages of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. This book that can serve as reference book for those in the field of teaching and treating sexual relationships,

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Vern N.

Facts could have been condensed on 30 pages

March 22, 2017

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The book contains some interesting information, but quite some writing seems to have the purpose to fill the pages. Lengthy description what apparel, hair, beard, etc. the researcher has, isn't relevant stuff. I would have considered interviews with women a more interesting subject.

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Robert E Hersh

Interesting read

August 2, 2018

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Lots of questions but few answers. This is not the Authors fault of course, the subject matter is not well funded and attracts few takers. The book is well written and I believe that most lay people will find it easy enough to follow. I know that I learned a lot and would love to learn more.

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Very good

November 11, 2017

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Excelent analysis of women, and general, human sexuality.
With references and differents areas of scope, from psyche to biochemicals and testimonials.

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Arlenerichards89

Worth reading

August 21, 2014

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This is a balanced and current view of research on female sexuality. Readable and well written, it makes the case for understanding female sexuality as biologically as well as socially driven It almost but not quite reaches the psychoanalytic insight that sxuality is fueled by aggression as well as tenderness for women as well as for men. More attention to modern psychoanalytic theory rather than just rellying on antique Freud would have strengthened the book.

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Mona

Interesting!

March 15, 2016

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This was such an interesting read. I loved the scientific perspective and it confirmed many things I already knew or suspected to be true.

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Marian Hanganu

Science based, will change your paradigm on female sexuality.

August 9, 2015

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Very good, science based and well written. I already expected that kind of conclusions, so I was not shocked, but I was delighted by the serious, documented argumentation of thr author.

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