What Do Women Want?: Adventures in the Science of Female Desire

desire

• 'It's like a pregnancy of wanting. It's that it's always there. Or always ready. And so much can set it off.'

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• 'Those barriers are a testament to the power of the drive itself. The drive must be so strong to override all of that.'

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erotic-as-power

• 'There was strength in sliding on the lace thong. He would be riveted. She had that power. An alertness spread through her body.'

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• 'I am absolutely in control all the time. In bed, fantasy allows me to feel out of control while being in control.'

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embodiment

• 'My body would respond, but the pleasure was like the pleasure of returning library books. My body was a room I didn't want to mess up.'

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• 'In summer, no matter what I do, it gets dark. In summer, I can't even look at myself.'

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