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Sex as a bargaining chip in loving relationships

The misconceptions that arise from pornography

Men and women’s perspectives on relationships

Everyone achieves orgasm in similar ways

Explaining men and women’s sexual behaviours

Sexual behaviours compensate for responsiveness

Misunderstandings over how orgasm is achieved

Women have varying degrees of sexual willingness

Women are often disappointed with casual sex

The idea that women are naturally aroused with a lover

Women attract men by sexualising themselves

The sexual politics of women competing over men

Sex as a competitive sport and erotic entertainment

Women are not respected for being promiscuous

Prostitution generally involves men paying for sex

The sex industry focuses on male gratification

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Differences between men and women’s responses

How we know that someone has had an orgasm

Women mistake emotional sensations for orgasm

Similarities between men and women’s responses

The male psychology of seeing a lover as a sex object

Mental arousal combines with a thrusting instinct

The mental focus required to achieve orgasm

Arousal is psychological and arises in the mind

Orgasm is an instinctive response to erotic stimuli

Orgasm is a one-off release of sexual tension

Justifying evolutionary and biological precedents

Providing sex information without political bias

How we know that female orgasm is uncommon

Women only orgasm when alone not with a lover

We (not a sex toy or lover) cause our own orgasm

How we know that female masturbation is rare

The kind of stimulation that leads to orgasm

Women’s fantasies are sexually explicit scenarios

How women masturbate themselves to orgasm

Educated men masturbate more than other men

How men masturbate themselves to orgasm

How anyone achieves orgasm when they are alone

How we know women do not orgasm with a lover

Why couples don’t discuss female arousal

Women fake orgasm to reassure men’s sexual ego

Women make conscious effort to respond sexually

The erotic pleasure a man enjoys from sex

Men are aroused by seeing and stimulating genitals

Only men are aroused by the prospect of sex

Understanding a man’s need for erotic turn-ons

An arousal trigger is either an object or a concept

Some people enjoy abstract eroticism and fantasy

Asking young women to define female sexuality

Difficulties in assessing women’s sexuality

Sex without consent is rape regardless of intent

Child sexual abuse, incest and paedophilia

Domestic violence and emotional abuse in the home

The idea that intercourse should cause female orgasm

Sexual insults, bullying and habitual harassment

Sexual scenarios tend to be biased in men’s favour

Male propaganda: saying women should enjoy sex

Intercourse is a territorial act of male dominance

Penetration is what makes sex erotic and taboo

The significance of nudity and being touched

Consent is vital even within loving relationships

Why sex education is vital today more than ever

Why women cannot orgasm through intercourse

How we know that the vagina is not a sex organ

Women’s orgasm claims do not result in more sex

Women unsure about orgasm

Women are often unsure about orgasm during sex

Women are naturally sexually passive with a lover

The receiver of intercourse need not be aroused

Intercourse is totally defined by male responses

How we know that women do not have a sex drive

Sex drive: a need to ejaculate through intercourse

Intercourse is an act of mating and impregnation

Intercourse involves reproductive risk for women

Intercourse needs to continue until ejaculation

Intercourse is the heterosexual lovemaking act

Why women feel inadequate about their bodies

Why men feel inadequate over penis size

How the male and female sexual roles differ

Diversity: our sex, our personality and our gender

Reproduction involves more than just intercourse

Alfred Kinsey’s research findings (1948 and 1953)

Men have typically led the research into sexuality

Sexual pleasure need not always focus on orgasm

Why women do not orgasm from cunnilingus

Sexual pleasure is defined by sociable activity

Only some men are motivated to offer foreplay

A man needs to make sex exciting for a woman

Sexual techniques that may pleasure a woman

How a couple can bring variety to intercourse

A man wants a partner to make love to his penis

Sexual techniques that may pleasure a man

How to make the most of sexual pleasuring

Jane Thomas’ unique approach to sexuality research

Why couples struggle to communicate over sex

How a woman can interest a man in having sex

How a man can have relationship sex more often

The role of relationship therapists and counsellors

Anorgasmia, preorgasmia and vaginismus

Premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction

The misunderstandings behind sexual dysfunction

The story behind the G-spot myth (1982)

Rejection of research based on talking to women

Platonic love is just as powerful as sexual love

The romantic pleasure a woman enjoys from sex

Women drive the need for dating and romance

Women do not need to be like men to be valid

Ego means men overlook what women contribute

Men’s sex drive can cause them to be insensitive

Sex is an emotional bonding mechanism for men

Men’s sexual satisfaction relies on having a lover

Sexual attraction and commitment to a relationship

Understanding the value of non-sexual intimacy

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Lesbianism focuses on longer-term relationships

Male homosexuality focuses on casual sex

Orientation is defined by who we are attracted to

Men cannot accept that women are unresponsive

Characteristics of low sexual responsiveness

Factors that are believed to affect male responsiveness

Characteristics of high sexual responsiveness

Sexual responsiveness is a male characteristic

Responsiveness varies between individuals

Sexual responsiveness and orientation

Shere Hite’s research findings (1976)

Bill Masters and Virginia Johnson’s research (1966)

Over time women often become focused on family

Young women tend to focus on their attractiveness

At puberty girls develop a child-bearing capacity

Men tend to focus on opportunities for intercourse

Young men tend to focus on enjoying their arousal

At puberty boys develop a reliable arousal cycle

The internal anatomy involved in reproduction

The female erectile sex organ (or phallus)

The male erectile sex organ (or phallus)

Human sexual anatomy and development

The influence of religious beliefs on sexuality

Responsibility for contraception and abortion