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Mating in Captivity Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

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ISBN-10: 0060753641

ISBN-13: 9780060753641

Edition: 2007

Authors: Esther Perel

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One of the world's most respected voices on erotic intelligence, Esther Perel offers a bold, provocative new take on intimacy and sex. Mating in Captivity invites us to explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire, and explains what it takes to bring lust home. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience as a couples therapist, Perel examines the complexities of sustaining desire. Through case studies and lively discussion, Perel demonstrates how more exciting, playful, and even poetic sex is possible in long-term relationships. Wise, witty, and as revelatory as it is straightforward, Mating in Captivity is a sensational book that will transform the way you live…    
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Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/10/2017
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

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 by 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
Notes
Bibliography
Index