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How to think more about Sex

Paperback • 2015

How to think more about Sex

By Alain De Botton

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Sex is the most intimately human experience there is. It can also be the most confusing. Our desire to be together conflicts with our desire to avoid vulnerability and appear 'normal', leaving us detached, desensitised or embarrassed. Covering topics including adultery, lust, pornography and impotence, Alain de Botton argues that 21st century sex will always be a balancing act of trust versus risk, and of primal desire versus studied civility. By examining sex from a subjective - rather than sci...Show more

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9781447202271

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2015

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How to think more about Sex

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