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Laura Berman · 2008
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What this book knows
Sexual disconnection is rarely about sex itself — it is about shame, identity, stress, and the stories couples tell each other.
shame
Oral sex makes me feel dirty. Despite being raised in a strict religious household, Jasmine said she had been a 'bad' teenager.
RSR-002He felt he was failing as a provider and his kids didn't need him anymore — so he didn't feel like sex.
RSR-006intimacy
It wasn't just the lack of pleasure he was worried about, but the lack of trust and intimacy he sensed from Jasmine.
RSR-014Once Nicole realized Kahlen wasn't secretly dying to be a swinger, the pressure she felt to perform was lifted.
RSR-011desire
I used to feel very confident and daring. Out of all my friends, I was the one to experiment — they used to ask me for sex advice.
RSR-003It felt good to surrender and be totally in Kyle's hands. It made me realize how controlled I am most of the time.
RSR-01215 published passages · book excerpt · lived experience
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