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NATIONAL POSTà99 BEST BOOKS OF 2016 QUILL \u0026 QUIREàBEST OF 2016 QUILL \u0026 QUIREàBEST COVER OF 2016 We think of the modern woman as sexually liberated â if anything, weâre told weâre oversexed. Yet a striking number of women are dissatisfied with their sex lives. Over half of women report having a sexual complaint, whether thatâs lack of desire or difficulty reaching orgasm. But this issue doesnât get much press; the urge is to ignore or medicalize it (witness the quest for âpink Viagraâ). If so many ordinary women suffer from sexual frustration, then perhaps the problem isnât one that can be addressed by a pharmaceutical fix â or isnât a problem. Maybe we need to get hot and bothered about a broader cultural cure: a reorienting of our current male-focused approach to sex and pleasure, and a rethinking of whatâs ânormal.â Using a blend of reportage, interview and first-person reflection, journalist Sarah Barmak explores the cutting-edge science and grassroots cultural trends that are getting us closer to truth of womenâs sexuality.àCloser reveals how women are reshaping their sexuality today in wild, irrepressible ways: nude meetings, how-to apps, trans-friendly porn, therapeutic vulva massage, hour-long orgasms and public clit-rubbing demonstrations â and redefining female sexuality on its own terms. âCloser tackles its subject with eloquence, intelligence and humour ⦠I recommend it to my friends of all genders, my boyfriend, my sisters, and especially the woman who started it all, my mother.â ârabble.ca â⦠Closer is a revelation.â âBitch Magazine â⦠an incredibly insightful exploration of female pleasure.â âThe Globe and Mail |
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