Make Your Own Sex Toys: 50 Quick and Easy Do-It-Yourself Projects Book

I had high hopes for the book, and Faye Flam really came through. This was a really interesting look at sex and how it is a part of our culture. It also involves a lot of biology, but is really accessible and written for non-science types.

For example, where did sex come from? How long ago did sexes evolve? How was the first penis formed? It turns out there are more than two sexes, and more than two sex chromosomes in the plant and animal kingdoms.

Do other animals have sex for pleasure? Are other animals gay? I was surprised to learn that some of the more kinky relationship arrangements that humans make, such as triads and open marriages, are also out there in the animal kingdom as well.

When I was trying to decide whether or not to buy it, I flipped through and came to the start of a chapter that made reference to Maureen Dowd's "Are Men Necessary?" I've always had a hard time with Maureen Dowd; the first article of hers that I ever read I thought was a parody partly because I thought her name was meant to be a pun (More Endowed?). Well, I hadn't thought there was anything insightful to be said about her work, and Faye Flam did a good job of it. She kept it brief and relevant to the topic at hand, too!

Definitely an interesting read and well worth the time.