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What Men Really Want In Bed: The Surprising Secrets Men Wish Women Knew About Sex
What do men wish women knew about sex? The answer's not as simple as you think! In What Men Really Want in Bed, 200 men from all backgrounds and walks of life reveal frank, surprising truths about sex and what really turns them on (and off), including: The most exciting thing a lover has ever done to them in bed; What kinds of things their partners do that make them feel special and appreciated; How they really feel about oral sex; What they wish their wives and girlfriends knew about seduction, foreplay, masturbation, intercourse, sexual positions, body image, and more.
- GenresNonfictionSexuality
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Cynthia W. Gentry
21 books31 followersCynthia W. Gentry didn’t set out to write about sex, although anyone who knew about the Barbie-doll nudist camps she staged as a child might disagree. When she was nine, she self-published a book of short stories full of ghost stories and tales of talking animals, like the lion cub whose mother told her that if she roared, no one would ever want to marry her. The cub roared anyway.
The author of seven nonfiction books on sex and relationships, Cynthia continues to be fascinated by the psychology of desire. Her work has been translated into French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Cynthia lives with her husband, son, and two cats in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she received her B.A. in English from Stanford University and a master’s in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. She enjoys reading, movies, good food, and running (so she can continue to eat good food).
The author of seven nonfiction books on sex and relationships, Cynthia continues to be fascinated by the psychology of desire. Her work has been translated into French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Cynthia lives with her husband, son, and two cats in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she received her B.A. in English from Stanford University and a master’s in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. She enjoys reading, movies, good food, and running (so she can continue to eat good food).
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May 21, 2017
Uzvarētāja bezjēdzīgo grāmatu kategorijā. Ja nu, protams, nebija parodija. Tad gan viena lieliska pērle pēc otras. "Grimaces and screams of pain (from him) are good clues that you're probably holding his penis too hard."
August 30, 2015
This book gets one star for having well-laid out graphics (of rather useless information) and proper grammar.
However, as one can guess by the give-away title (there are not surprising facts in this book - very few facts at all) and the glossy pages, this book is about as informative as a glamour magazine.
If I don't like a book, I generally don't say much about it, but this is crap and there is so much better out there. Start with Sheet Music or Pasionista or BY TALKING TO YOUR PARTNER because reading this book, you'll just read a lot of "men like..." followed by varying and often opposite "facts" and "tips." that are not universal "men" things but just a random sampling of things they found interesting.
The authors designed an online survey that could not be less official and did nothing to control for or even note factors of age/rage/religion/geography/culture. They say "We are not scientists," but purport to be giving facts based on research.
NEWP. Just a book cleverly written by someone who maybe likes sex, but can't possibly be interested in helping people have good sex, if this is the level of information she's putting into the world. The only truly "secret" information was the section on men giving oral sex - which seems to be a subject of much misinformation so just get She Comes First and save yourself weeding through the sexist, ridicuous, rape-culture ridden information in this book.
TL;DR - This books tells you that a diversity of men will have a diversity of opinions. If you didn't know that, sex is not your problem, your worldview is.
However, as one can guess by the give-away title (there are not surprising facts in this book - very few facts at all) and the glossy pages, this book is about as informative as a glamour magazine.
If I don't like a book, I generally don't say much about it, but this is crap and there is so much better out there. Start with Sheet Music or Pasionista or BY TALKING TO YOUR PARTNER because reading this book, you'll just read a lot of "men like..." followed by varying and often opposite "facts" and "tips." that are not universal "men" things but just a random sampling of things they found interesting.
The authors designed an online survey that could not be less official and did nothing to control for or even note factors of age/rage/religion/geography/culture. They say "We are not scientists," but purport to be giving facts based on research.
NEWP. Just a book cleverly written by someone who maybe likes sex, but can't possibly be interested in helping people have good sex, if this is the level of information she's putting into the world. The only truly "secret" information was the section on men giving oral sex - which seems to be a subject of much misinformation so just get She Comes First and save yourself weeding through the sexist, ridicuous, rape-culture ridden information in this book.
TL;DR - This books tells you that a diversity of men will have a diversity of opinions. If you didn't know that, sex is not your problem, your worldview is.
June 12, 2009
No major surprises here, although it was nice to see conventional wisdom, funny side comments, and statistics side by side in a book about sex.
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