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We live in a world in which almost every public image—every interaction—carries an element of sexual desire. And yet it is nearly impossible for us to talk openly and honestly about sex. Talk Dirty to Me is author Sallie Tisdale's frank, funny, and provocative invitation to the conversation we've been waiting for—but have been too afraid to start.
Sallie Tisdale shuns the dry style of academics and takes us on a journey through gender and desire, romance and pornography, prostitution and morality, fantasies and orgasm. She guides us through her field research of peep shows, XXX stores, and even the pornography collection of the British Library. Interweaving her own personal feelings, experiences, and revelations, she presents a brilliant, fascinating, and wholly original portrait of sex and sexuality in America, while encouraging us to explore and create our own "intimate philosophies."
We live in a world in which most public images and interactions carry an element of sexual desire, yet it is nearly impossible for us to talk openly and honestly about sex. Talk Dirty to Me--a frank, funny, enlightened, and arousing portrait of sexuality in America--is the conversation we've been waiting for but have been afraid to start.
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Daniel Hubert
reviewed Talk dirty to me on February 24, 2009
Talk dirty to me
When I started reading this one I fairly devoured the book. However, it became clear to me early on that I shared a temperament that was not very similar to that of Tisdale's. I like sex, but I also like other things. I don't obsessively categorize my sexual fantasies, nor do I spend my time reading erotica just for the sake of reading erotica. I didn't go into this book expecting to be titillated; instead I was hoping for, as the book said, a philosophical approach to sex.
However, the entire book ended up being about Tisdale's philosophical approach to sex, and while I will give her props for being open-minded and sex-positive, there were a few ideas she put forth that hit a sour note with me. The one I remember most is her idea that prostitutes and sex workers perform a service of sexual healing. Nw, I don't doubt that there are some sex workers who do approach their work in this way. (After all, if there is one thing I've learned in my three decades on this planet, it's that anytime you generalize about a group of people, you are probably going to be wrong.) But I also don't doubt that there are some sex workers who look at their work as a job that happens to pay really well, and I also don't doubt that some sex workers do their job because they have no other choice.
If you are looking for an exploration of sex as it is in one woman's mind, than this is the book for you. If you are looking for something a bit more academic skip it.
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