Managing Conservation in Museums Book

I noticed The Art of Arousal lurking in the 'art, comics, kids (!)' section of the house library about a week ago and it looked pretty intriguing. But when I got around to reading it, it was a total letdown and more. Instead of being a sort of coffee table book as I'd hoped (the only books that are both interesting and personally inoffensive), it had a bunch of text interspersed with a few famous nudes. But then when actually reading the text, the author couldn't seem to help giving sexual advice every other sentence. If I wanted some old lady to tell me 'a woman can't have an orgasm unless she really wants to' and 'when giving oral for the first time, pretend the penis is an ice cream cone' I wouldn't be reading a book on ART. Or what masquerades as a book on art, as Dr. Ruth Westheimer obviously doesn't know a thing about art history. 'Look at a couple of famous paintings you've seen a billion times, and hear my opinion on why Leonardo was a very unfortunate man for never discovering the joys of sex! Plus, see bullshit art theory and bullshit sexual how-to become one!' This is a rather more accurate tagline for The Art of Arousal. And as if the book wasn't annoying enough already, the author managed to throw in an obliviously offensive comment directed at transsexuals! This would be acceptable if it were published in the '60s or 70s, perhaps, but it's from Nineteen-fucking-ninety-three - a pretty good year for books on gender theory. Long story short, I can't see how many people would find this book pleasing. Those looking for the actual 'art of arousal' will be disappointed, those looking for a lot of glorious images they haven't seen elsewhere will be disappointed, and those looking for accurate information on the history of erotic art will be sorely disappointed.