Read My Lips A Complete Guide to the Vagina and Vulva

by Herbenick, Debby; Schick, Vanessa

• ISBN13: 9781442208001
• ISBN10: 1442208007
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Although women's genitals have long been shrouded in secrecy and taboo, a recent surge in media attention has encouraged women and men to think about, as well as to talk more openly about, the vagina and vulva. In Read My Lips the authorsboth research scientists who study sexteach readers all about the vulva and vagina in ways that are smart, provocative, funny, heartbreaking, quirky, and inspiring. The overall message is that women and men should feel familiar with and confident about their own bodies as well as the bodies of their partners.

Author Biography

Debby Herbenick, PhD, is associate director and research scientist at the Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University, and the sexual health educator for the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. Vanessa Schick, PhD, is a social psychologist at the Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
Meet the Vulva	p. 1
A Healthy, Happy Vulva: Taking Care Down There	p. 39
Vulvalicious: Vulvas and Vaginas in Bed	p. 83
How Do I Look? How We Come to Think and Feel the Way We Do about Our Vulvas	p. 115
Spraying, Dyeing, and Douching . . . Oh My!	p. 153
The Hair Down There	p. 191
Evulvalution: Vulva Culture	p. 223
Notes	p. 255
Resources	p. 267
Index	p. 285
About the Authors	p. 291
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