Reviews for For women only

The average rating for For women only based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-07-22 00:00:00 Donald Duncan Nevermind the somewhat lame title, this book is amazing. I spotted it on the library shelf and decided to check it out. The most striking things I read in this book have to do with the gross inequality of scientific research dedicated to male and female sexual function and response. I read that surgically precise procedures are in place for male pelvic surgeries in order to avoid any disturbance in sexual function, but for female pelvic surgeries (like hysterectomy), the precise locations of the nerves and blood vessels that enable female sexual response are still unknown and can indeed be injured during surgery. Still unknown??? In this area, science still treats women as second class citizens! Imagine the different responses from a doctor for a male and and then a female patient who might report, "I've never had an orgasm." Women tend to believe "it's all in my head," "I'm tired and stressed out," "I have an unhealthy body image" etc. These are all generally accepted reasons behind women's diminished libido or sexual dysfunction. Outside of this book, I don't think I've ever even heard of any of the physical sexual dysfunctions that women can experience. And that's really, really sad. This book summed up the state of things today, for me, with this quote: "...a comment from a urologist from Harvard, when asked about whether female sexual dysfunction should be included as a subject in a medical study of impotence: 'I can't imagine anything more annoying than prompting a parade of unhappy women into urology offices for evaluation of their sexual problems. Do urologists really want to move in this direction? We must be getting desperate for things to keep us occupied professionally.'" The book includes information on female sexual anatomy and response (I learned some new things!) and also references same-sex couples in its examples.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-03-23 00:00:00 Carolan Fischer Considero que, a pesar de que este libro ya tiene unos cuantos añitos por lo que está en algunos ámbitos posiblemente algo desfasados —apuntando más a algunos tratamientos, cosa que tampoco estoy segura porque no soy ninguna experta en el campo que tenemos entre manos— considero que Sólo para mujeres es una lectura amena, educativa e interesante para cualquier mujer en cualquier momento de su vida e incluso creo que puede ser recomendable para los hombres que tengan interés en la sexualidad femenina —tanto si tiene problemas sexuales como si no—.