What People Keep Asking Me about Sex and Relationships

For more than twenty-five years Isadora Alman was known as the go-to gal for frank, factual sex advice seasoned with more than a hint of humor and compassion, by the tens of millions who read her weekly column in newspapers across the country. As Jeremy Klein said in Et cetera, "Reading Isadora, like making love, will teach you many strange and wonderful things about yourself and other people. And like good sex, reading Isadora is an experience that could become habit-forming." Among the more than 70 entries, manu drawn from her highly-successful blog, "Sex and Sociability," at Psychology Today Online, she touches on: What Do You Mean by Sex? How Important Is Sex? What Is Bad Sex? 10 Things Women Need to Know about Sex and Relationships 10 Things Men Need to Know about Sex and Relationships The Dos and Don'td of Looking for Love, or The Sweetie Search Making Connections The Right Way to Bring Romance into Your Life Being Fat Finding a Date or Mate When You Are No Longer Young Saying No Gracefully Touch: Positive, Negative, and Ambiguous Once More into the Wonderful World of Sex Initiating Sex: Hey, Babe, You Wanna? Is Oral Sex Real Sex? Good Kissing? Sex: The Myth of the One Right Way Did You Have an Orgasm? Did I? The Secret of Good Sex Unnatural Sex? Am I Normal? Expressing Your Wants vs. Making Demands Fulfilling Your Sexual Fantasy Sex After Sixty Sexual Problems with No Ideal Solutions Loss of Libido Being a Couple Should Your Mate Really be Your Best Friend? Monogamous vs. Open Relationships Jealousy, the Green-Eyed Monster How to End a Relationship-And How Not to Starting Again Talking to Children about Sex Plus the book's revealing Introduction: What I've Learned From 60 Years Of Sex "Isadora Alman is chicken soup for the sexually bewildered, an erotic cornucopia for inquiring minds who need to know, and a true queen among queens. Many people] owe a debt to Ms. Alman's warm and understanding heart." -San Francisco Review of Books "Isadora is a first-rate sex communicator. Her intelligence, humor, and generosity nurture the erotic potential in all of us." -Betty Dodson, author Sex for One "Isadora Alman's writing is terrific - witty yet empathetic, informative, entertaining." -Marc and Judith Meshorer, co-authors Ultimate Pleasure: The Secrets of Easily Orgasmic Women "Isadora is sharp, witty, fresh and authentic when it comes to love and sex. We sexologists rate Alman as one of our best." -Dr. Sol Gordon, author Falling In Love Again