Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence
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Esther Perel, a psychotherapist on erotic intelligence, has written Mating in Captivity to explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire. She explains what is necessary to bring lust back into the home.
The book:
- Examines the complexities of sustaining desire
- Offers case studies and discussions
- Demonstrates how exciting, playful, and poetic sex is possible in long-term relationships
It also addresses how the modern ideology of love sometimes collides with the forces of desire.
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If you have a question or problem, ask us:Table of Contents/ List of Topics Covered:
- Introduction
- From Adventure to Captivity: Why the Quest for Security Saps Erotic Vitality
- More Intimacy, Less Sex: Love Seeks Closeness, but Desire Needs Distance
- The Pitfalls of Modern Intimacy: Talk Is Not the Only Avenue to Closeness
- Democracy Versus Hot Sex: Desire and Egalitarianism Don’t Play the Same Rules
- Can Do! The Protestant Work Ethic Takes On the Degradation of Desire
- Sex is Dirty; Save It for Someone You Love: When Puritanism and Hedonism Collide
- Erotic Blueprints: Tell Me How You Were Loved, and I’ll Tell You How You Make Love
- Parenthood: When Three Threatens Two
- Of Flesh and Fantasy: In the Sanctuary of the Erotic Mind We Find a Direct Route to Pleasure
- The Shadow of the Third: Rethinking Fidelity
- Putting the X Back in Sex: Bringing the Erotic Home
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Book options include:
- $9.36 Hardcover
- $10.73 Paperback
- $11.04 Kindle
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