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Alicia M. Walker

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Associate Professor of sociology at Missouri State University.

Her latest book, Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons in Building a Happier Life, explores what kink can teach all of us—yes, even the vanilla among us—about trust, communication, connection, and radical honesty. Drawing on in-depth interviews with over 2,400 kink practitioners, the book debunks common myths and reveals how BDSM relationships often model the kind of intentionality and emotional clarity many people crave. Smart, surprising, and deeply human, Bound by BDSM is for anyone who's ever wondered what kink is really about—and what they might learn from it without ever picking up a whip.

Her second book, Chasing Masculinity: Men, Validation, and Infidelity, looks at men's expe Associate Professor of sociology at Missouri State University.

Her latest book, Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons in Building a Happier Life, explores what kink can teach all of us—yes, even the vanilla among us—about trust, communication, connection, and radical honesty. Drawing on in-depth interviews with over 2,400 kink practitioners, the book debunks common myths and reveals how BDSM relationships often model the kind of intentionality and emotional clarity many people crave. Smart, surprising, and deeply human, Bound by BDSM is for anyone who's ever wondered what kink is really about—and what they might learn from it without ever picking up a whip.

Her second book, Chasing Masculinity: Men, Validation, and Infidelity, looks at men's experience with infidelity and their perceptions and motivations. Men reported a tremendous need for praise and validation from romantic partners, and believed their wives to be disinterested and disappointed in them. This book analyzes men’s experiences and perceptions regarding their participation in infidelity and offers a glimpse into the inner workings of their most intimate relationships, as well as the ways men negotiate marriages that fall short of their expectations. Like her previous book, this challenges commonly-held assumptions about infidelity.

Her first book, The Secret Life of the Cheating Wife: Power, Pragmatism, and Pleasure in Women's Infidelity, is about women's navigation of outside partnerships alongside primary partnerships, and gives voices to women's lived experiences. The book has been discussed in articles published in The New York Times, and CNN, among others.

Before receiving her PhD in sociology at the University of Kentucky, Alicia earned a MEd in educational leadership from Texas State University, and a BA in English from the University of Tampa.
She is primarily interested in intimate sexual relationships, gender and sex,
sexual behavior and identity. In particular, she's interested in closeted behavior. Her research strives to uncover the underlying dynamics of intimate relationships to understand their quality, content and forms of those ties, and the impact they have on quality of life for the individual as well as others in their social network, as well as the impact of gendered expectations on our behaviors and attitudes, and our own understanding and navigation of our behaviors and attitudes.

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family (adult children, husband, mother) with whom she is close, and her beloved rescue dog, Harvey. She also enjoys traveling, great movies, playing cards, and collecting statues of the goddesses of love, marriage, and fertility (as they relate to her work). ...more

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	The Secret Life of the Cheating Wife: Power, Pragmatism, and Pleasure in Women's Infidelity 3.45 avg rating — 38 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“As a society, we so revere monogamy that we make snap judgments based on its practice, but those judgments are merely stereotypes without basis.”
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