The Gift Of Sex

by Penner, Clifford & Joyce

• ISBN13: 9780849944154
• ISBN10: 0849944155
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-11
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

Here's an ideal guide for understanding your own sexuality and the sexual relationship in marriage with all its pleasure, drive, frustration, and fulfillment. Clifford and Joyce Penner's vast clinical experience leads you to explore the deep, powerful, and mysterious aspects of your sexuality. With more than 350,000 copies in print, this bestseller is newly revised and updated to include the latest information on sexuality and intimacy and to address issues such as Internet pornography and other sexual addictions. Sensitive and forthright, The Gift of Sex is ideal whether you are newlyweds or have been married for years. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Dr. Clifford and Joyce Penner are sexual therapists, educators, and authors. Joyce, a registered nurse and clinical nurse specialist, holds a master's degree in psychosomatic nursing and nursing education from UCLA, and is currently Associate Pastor of Congregational Life at Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena. Clifford, a clinical psychologist, earned an M.A. in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and holds a Ph.D. from Fuller's Graduate School of Psychology

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
1. Is This Book for Me?	1	(6)
2. Why All the Confusion?	7	(12)
A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE
3. Sexuality Is a Gift from God!	19	(8)
4. What the Bible Says About Our Sexuality	27	(8)
THE PHYSICAL DIMENSION
5. Our Bodies	35	(8)
6. Discovering and Sharing Our Bodies	43	(20)
7. How Our Bodies Work	63	(7)
8. Our Bodies' Sexual Response	70	(23)
THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE
9. Getting Interested	93	(8)
10. Having Fun	101	(7)
11. Initiating	108	(10)
12. Meshing Your Worlds	118	(6)
13. Pleasuring	124	(14)
14. Special Treats That Add Pleasure	138	(6)
15. Stimulating	144	(8)
16. By Invitation Only	152	(4)
17. Letting Go	156	(9)
18. Affirmation Time	165	(4)
19. Cleaning Up	169	(6)
WHEN SEX ISN'T WORKING
20. Why Sexual Problems?	175	(14)
21. Differing Sexual Needs	189	(8)
22. Never Enough Time	197	(7)
23. You Want to Do What?	204	(22)
24. I Don't Love Him Anymore	226	(8)
25. Birth Control Gets in the Way	234	(4)
26. I'm Not Interested	238	(14)
27. Not Enough When You Need It: Erectile Dysfunction	252	(16)
28. Too Soon, Too Fast: Premature Ejaculation	268	(16)
29. Less Arousal or No Release: Some Women's Frustrations	284	(19)
30. Pain Reduces Pleasure	303	(8)
31. Pornography and the Internet	311	(14)
ENHANCING THE SEXUAL EXPERIENCE
32. Inviting God into the Bedroom	325	(3)
33. Build Sexual Passion and Intimacy	328	(6)
34. A Plan for Change	334	(7)
35. Going for Help	341	(5)
36. Questions and Answers	346	(7)
37. Final Words	353	(4)
Sexual Enhancement Exercises	357	(1)
Illustrations	358	(1)
Notes	359	(2)
References	361	(4)
Index	365