Product Description

Over 100,000 women and men women around the world keep this classic sex manual on their bedside tables. Recommended by medical professionals, sex therapists, and sexual enthusiasts who know that when it comes to sex, there is power in information.

For all readers—women and men, heterosexual, lesbian and bisexual—this candid, upbeat guide offers expert advice on all aspects of sexuality:

How to talk about sex and keep your relationships sizzling
Clear, illustrated guide to sexual anatomy
Orgasms—G-spot, female ejaculation, and multiple orgasms for both men and women
"If you want the job done right, do it yourself"—Expanded section on masturbation
New! Sex Over a Lifetime—Growing up, coming out, pregnancy, parenting, midlife cycles, and aging
New! Teens Sexual Bill of Rights
Real stories—Hundreds of real people talk about real sex
New! Dealing with disability, depression and other medical issues
Fantasy—Favorite themes, games, and power play
Comprehensive guide to erotica…in print, on screen, and on the internet
New! Latest sex toy innovations from cyberskin to microchips
Complete guide to vibrators, dildos, lubricants, and other sex gear, and how to introduce sex toys into your sexual repertoire

Product Details

• Published on: 2002-11-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 325 pages

Amazon.com Review
Good Vibrations is a bright, convivial, women-owned sex-toy store in San Francisco, where customers of both genders and all sexual orientations feel welcome. Their book is as candid, upbeat, and friendly as the store. It is filled with information that customers ask for most frequently, tips for enhancing your sex life, and reviews of a variety of sex toys. Good Vibrations believes that "there's more sexual pleasure available than most people experience" and "achieving this pleasure should not be difficult, dangerous, or expensive."

This is a sex manual of a special sort. It starts with the basics ("Sexual Anatomy 101," "Communications," "Masturbation") aimed at teaching the reader to receive and give pleasure. Other chapters ("Lubrication," "Creative Touching," "Oral Sex," "All About Vibrators," "Fantasies") describe how to enhance the sexual experience. You'll get answers to questions you never knew to ask: how to keep dildos clean, what is "packing," what is the appeal of S/M, for example. A substantial chapter on "Safer Sex" offers techniques both expected (use a condom) and unexpected (put it on him using your mouth). Quotations from real people about their sexual pleasures lend interest and eroticism. Explicit line drawings show sex between male-female, male-male, and female-female partners, as well as solitary acts with vibrators. "In our fantasies, we dream of this book with its cracked spine and well-thumbed pages lying on your nightstand next to your vibrator, lube, massage oil and condoms," write the authors. For education and entertainment, this book is a winner. --Joan Price

From Publishers Weekly
Winks and Semans, managers of a San Francisco adult "toy" store, Good Vibrations, describe in this well-written, just-right-for-browsing compendium many of the sexual pleasures and practices some people--straight or gay--may want to know more about. But this is not an ordinary "how to have better sex" manual. Instead, it focuses on the importance of fantasy and on many props--"sex toys"--frequently glossed over in other similar books. For the simply curious or the sexually adventurous, the authors describe these toys. They also offer a cornucopia of advice and information gathered from interviews about sexual practices. An in-depth chapter on preventing AIDS is included, along with an extensive shopping guide, a list of erotic videos and a bibliography. Some readers may be repelled reading about S/M practices, power games and body piercing--or by the strong emphasis on the pleasure and "popular mechanics" of sex, rather than romance. But even those not inclined to follow authorial suggestions may find this work an excellent opportunity to look behind the closed doors of other people's bedrooms.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Wink and Semans, both saleswomen at the San Francisco sex information and toy store called Good Vibrations, have used their experience dealing with customers' questions and concerns to provide advice on the correct and safe use of sexual devices. Addressing a broad audience-heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, single, partnered, pregnant, disabled-the authors offer chapters on how to incorporate these devices into a wide range of sexual activities. With an emphasis on safe sex throughout the book, readers may find this book's focus particularly relevant in light of the growing concern over sexually transmitted diseases. Related consumer information, a chapter on the sex toy industry, and a list of resources and a bibliography and videography on human sexuality are all included. Libraries that find a demand will want to include other sex manuals such as Miriam Stoppard's The Magic of Sex (Dorling Kindersley, 1992), which covers sexual activity without using sexual devices. Recommended for adult human sexuality collections in both academic and public libraries. (Index not seen.)-Dana L. Brumbelow, Auburn P.L., Alabama
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Really helped to open up my mind
I grew up in a pretty conservative, religious home where sex was never discussed, nor was it really talked about among my like-minded friends. As a result, I wasn't comfortable with my sexuality, and any curiosity I had about anything that I might think could be considered mildy "weird" or "abnormal" was quickly brushed under the carpet. But after reading this book, I felt so liberated. "Gee, I guess there really IS a wide range of sexual proclivities out there. I guess everybody really DOES have their own kinks and desires. I guess it DOESN'T mean you are a freak." I am so grateful for having read this book....

A Perfect "First-Timer" Gift
I gave this as a bachelorette gift multiple times last year, and every friend loved it! A wonderful, tasteful guide to branching out, with lots of information to even do traditional a little better.

Excellent Starting Point
No one book can adequately cover all aspects of human sexuality. Consider this an introduction and an excellent menu to plan your erotic repast. This book offers good, well-researched, basic information in quick easy-to-read format. Start here, determine what you like and how far you are willing to go. Then search out books that concentrate on and expand your favorite subjects.