Sexual Intelligence

by Kim Cattrall

The Sex and the City star explores the mysteries of sexual desire in this provocatively illustrated companion book to the 90-minute HBO documentary special.

Genres: Sexuality, Nonfiction

144 pages, Hardcover

First published October 26, 2005

About the author

Kim Victoria Cattrall, is a British-born, Canadian-raised Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated actress. She is known for her role as Samantha Jones in the HBO comedy/romance series Sex and the City, and for her leading roles in the 1980s films Police Academy and Mannequin.

Reviews

[Starfire · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of those books that caught my eye on the library shelves as I was looking for something on non-verbal communication. I don't actually know Ms Cattrall at all (Sex in the City just isn't a me kind of show), but it looked vaguely interesting and easy to read, so I figured I'd give it a go.

My net response is that it's a very pretty book (there are some gorgeous photos throughout of people, places and assorted other stuff), and a nice little basic overview of human sexuality at a thoroughly topline level, but that most of the people I know won't actually *learn* a lot from it (which doesn't mean no-one will... it's just that I have a lot of very sexually aware friends who are, in general, far more accepting of individual differences in sexuality than would I'd expect from the general population).

Speaking of individual differences, the "Sexual Intelligence" does get brownie points from me for regarding said differences (celibate, gay, straight, bi, kinky, vanilla, fetishist, or "in-between" any/all of these) as all being part of the natural sexuality spectrum. There's no hint to me of implying that any type of sexuality is any more normal than any other, and the people who are interviewed throughout the book seem to run a nice spectrum in the individual differences field.

All up, this was a quick, fun read that didn't require too much in the way of cerebration to get through; and even if I didn't learn a whole heap of new information from reading it, I still enjoyed the experience. I'm giving it a 7/10 for the sheer pretty, and it's nice to see something this open about sex that's as accessible to the average person as this is. That said, however, it might have got a higher rating from me if it had been a little lighter on the imagery, and heavier on the content

[Cristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the book from the mythological point of view (taking the reader from Aphrodite, Cupid, the Roman phallus times that were at the highest pick up to the religious believes and penalties). It shows some of the man/woman differences and how they seek pleasure and desire. It was interesting to see the messaging from the "eyes talk", the power of perfumes and pheromones, the balance of reveal vs conceal point of view.

Mostly, I was impressed by the many book references and studies. I took away few authors/researchers names that I would like to explore more: Betty Dodson, Thomas Moore and Helen Fisher.

Also, I find it funny to read a book written by Kim Cattrall that was, like in her TV serial, related to sex...not necessarily to the city. :D

[Emre Mark]

every one could create new position in sex depend on his style .............

[Brennon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting. Titillating, without being pornographic. Fascinating history and philosophical perspectives in regard to sex.