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Good Vibrations Guide to Sex:

The Most Complete Sex Manual Ever Written
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Cleis Press, Nov 7, 1998 - Health & Fitness - 360 pages
This completely updated edition with new illustrations adds new tips and anecdotes that could only be told by two women with over fifteen years of experience working at America's leading sex toy store. The book offers explicit, expert advice on sexual anatomy, oral sex, anal sex, S/M, masturbation, and sex and aging, and up-to-the-minute tips on exploring sex online, the buzz on the latest sex toys, and a guide to the best adult books, videos, and DVDs on the market. This third edition of the classic sex manual coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Good Vibrations stores.
  

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Contents

About Good Vibrations
1
Whats Between These Covers
2
Our Contributors
3
Who We Are
4
How to Use This Book
7
Joint Blank
8
Sexual SelfImage
9
Body Image
10
Vibrators and Partners
154
Common Questions about Vibrators
157
Candida Royalle
159
Penetration
160
Anal Penetration
170
Intercourse Enhancers
176
Safer Sex
180
Intercourse without Penetration
181

Attitudes about Sex and Pleasure
12
Confidence Boosters
13
On the Road to a Soaring SelfImage
15
Annie Sprinkle
16
Sexual Anatomy 101
17
Male Anatomy
22
Male and Female Anatomy
28
The Sexual Response Cycle
29
Desire
30
Gender versus Anatomy
33
Orgasm
35
Sex and Your Doctor
40
Sex Over a Lifetime
42
Coming Out
50
FamilyBuilding
51
Midlife Changes
56
Senior Sex
57
Disability
58
Medical Issues
59
Depression
60
Surviving Sexual Abuse and Assault
61
Maturity Has Its Rewards
62
Communication
65
Prerequisites to Good Communication
67
Improving Communication
68
Common Concerns
72
Troubleshooting Problem Areas
75
Benefits
80
Jack Morin
81
Masturbation
82
Historical Perspectives
86
Why Is Masturbation Still a FourLetter Word?
87
Masturbation and the Next Generation
89
How Do I Love Me? Let Me Count the Ways
90
Women
93
Men
95
Masturbation and Partners
97
Masturbators Unite
101
Betty Dodson
102
Lubrication
103
Whats in a Lube?
104
Buying a Lubricant
106
Lubes and Anal Play
107
Lubes and Safer Sex
108
Last Lube Words
109
Creative Touching
110
Tips and Techniques
112
Variations
115
Sensate Focus
118
Oral Sex
120
Inhibitors
121
Cunnilingus
123
Fellatio
125
SixtyNine
127
Tips and Techniques
128
Rimming
129
Nina Hartley
132
Vibrators
133
A Brief History of Vibrators
134
Why Would I Use a Vibrator?
135
Playing with Vibrators
136
Electric Vibrators
141
Battery Vibrators
144
Buying a Vibrator
152
Dildos
183
Dildo Dos
185
Styles
186
Buying a Dildo
191
Playing with Dildos
193
Dildos and Genderplay
199
Marilyn Bishara
200
Anal Toys
201
Once More with Feeling
202
Vibrators
203
Buying an Anal Toy
205
Tristan Taormino
207
Fantasies
208
Popular Themes
209
Enjoying Your Fantasies
214
Acting Out Fantasies
216
Concerns about Fantasies
222
What Now?
224
Books Magazines and Videos
225
Books
226
Magazines
231
Comix
232
SIR Videos
236
Enjoying Porn
239
A Note on Censorship
241
Susie Bright
242
World Wide Web
243
Sex Information and Education
246
Community
248
Erotic Entertainment
249
Chatting Cybersex and Romance
251
Privacy
254
The Communications Revolution
255
Society for Human Sexually
256
SM and Power Play
257
Lets Define Our Terms
258
Whats the Appeal of SM?
262
Getting Started
263
Toys and Techniques
266
Emotional Issues
274
Where Sex Toys Come From
275
Adult Novelty Manufacturers
276
Entrepreneurs
278
Susan Colvin
280
Safer Sex
281
Condoms
285
Dental Dams
288
Gloves
289
Risk Management
292
Beyond the Guidelines
294
Sex for Fun
296
Censorship
297
Obscenity and the Law
298
SelfCensorship
301
What You Can Do
303
Kat Sunlove
304
Endnote
305
Lets Talk About SexTake Our Survey
306
Resources
309
Bibliography
317
Videography
325
Index
329
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About the author (1998)

Cathy Winks, author of the best-selling "The New Good Vibrations Guide to Sex" & "The Woman's Guide to Sex on the Web" & contributor to the Hip Mama Web site, has spent more than ten years writing & speaking about sex & working at the "Good Vibrations" sex-toy store. She lives in San Francisco.

Anne Semans, author of the best-selling "The New Good Vibrations Guide to Sex" & "The Woman's Guide to Sex on the Web" & contributor to the Hip Mama Web site, has spent more than ten years writing & speaking about sex & working at the "Good Vibrations" sex-toy store. She lives in San Francisco.

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