“Thank you, Dr. Miller, for calling out the cultural hypocrisy that creates mass psychological abuse. You help us see through the shaming and religious fear mongering that distorts and perverts our sexual and erotic birthrights. Those who delve into the pages of <i>Freeing Sexuality</i> will be blessed with their revolutionary insights into sexual terrain unfettered by shame. And they will benefit from your reasoned perspectives as an esteemed psychologist. Your readers now possess access to a paradigm shift that can liberate and heal their connection to self, to those they love, and to their broader community.”

Veronica Monet, author of Sex Secrets of Escorts and founder of the Shame Free Zone

Explores the full spectrum of sexual beliefs, practices, and identities.

Exploring sexual customs, beliefs, practices, and identities from a wide variety of perspectives, Dr. Miller shares his fascinating interviews with 20 experts ranging from clinical psychologists and researchers to sex workers and polyamory educators. We learn from sex therapists, relationship experts, and tantric sex teachers, such as Dr. Lonnie Barbach, Dr. Stella Resnick, Katherine Rowland, and Diana Richardson, about the importance of communication, how to keep sensuality alive, and how to generate fulfilling and sustainable intimacy in relationships. Looking at sexual identity and non-monogamy, we hear from Dr. Ritch Savin-Williams on sexual identification and gender fluidity, Sumati Sparks on open relationships and polyamory, Janet Hardy, author of The Ethical Slut, on sexual freedom, and Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens on the possibilities of ecosexuality.

Revealing the inner workings of the sex industry, we hear from current and former escorts and sex workers on the stigmas and dangers of sex work and the need to decriminalize it, including Norma Jean Almadovar, former LA policewoman and current president of the prostitute’s union Coyote. Dr. Ogi Ogas, author of A Billion Wicked Thoughts, speaks about using data science and computational neuroscience to uncover true statistics about our sexual desires. We hear from Paulita Pappel on porn as a mirror for society, Faith Jones on escaping a sex cult, Maeve Moon on recovering from sexual trauma, and Dr. Laura McGuire about the broad impact of teaching consent.

Validating the extraordinary range and diversity of our sexual thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, the author gathers voices that help us free our sexuality from the past, accept our natural urge for physical pleasure, and open us up to sexuality as a power for health, healing, and happiness.
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Explores the full spectrum of sexual beliefs, practices, and identities
Foreword by Dr. Lea Lis

INTRODUCTION
How We All Got Here

SEXPERTS

1 Stella Resnick
Keeping the Sensuality

2 Katherine Rowland
Bridging the Gender Gap in the Bedroom and the Boardroom

3 Lonnie Barbach
How Communication Keeps Sex Alive

4 Diana Richardson
Slow Sex: The Path to Fulfilling and Sustainable Sexuality

5 Ogi Ogas
Data Science Uncovering Our Sexual Desires

GENDER IDENTITY & NON-MONOGAMY

6 Ritch Savin-Williams
Sexual Identification and Gender Fluidity

7 Letha Hadady
Ménage à Trois

8 Sumati Sparks
Open Relationships and Polyamory

9 Janet Hardy
The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures

10 Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens
Assuming the Ecosexual Position

THE SEX INDUSTRY

11 Maggie McNeill
The Honest Courtesan

12 Norma Jean Almodovar, Carol Leigh, and Veronica Vera
Three Perspectives from Sex Workers

13 Veronica Monet
Confessions of an American Escort

14 Maeve Moon
Profiting from Trauma

CONSENT

15 Paulita Pappel
Alternative Porn as a Mirror for Society and a Political Act

16 Faith Jones
Escaping a Sex Cult

17 Laura McGuire
Teaching Consent and Its Broad Impact

AFTERWORD
Awakened Con-sensuality

Acknowledgments

Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781644115411
Publisert
2024-01-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Park Street Press,U.S.
Vekt
494 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
416

Biographical note

Richard Louis Miller, MA, PhD, has been a clinical psychologist for more than 50 years. He is host of the podcast Mind Body Health & Politics. The founder of the nationally acclaimed Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program and the creator of the legendary Health Sanctuary at Wilbur Hot Springs, he has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan and Stanford University and an advisor on the President’s Commission on Mental Health. The author of Psychedelic Medicine and Psychedelic Wisdom and coeditor of Integral Psychedelic Therapy, he lives in Northern California.