Sex drive
Subtitle: in pursuit of female desire
By: Bella Ellwood-Clayton
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 1 March 2012
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781741756661
Subjects: Desire; Sexual behavior; Sexual desire disorders; Women
Description: Is women's sexual desire in the Western world at an all time low? When it comes to women's priorities, is sex on top?

Lack of libido is women's most common sexual problem and once in a secure relationship, women's sex drive begins to plummet. Exploring what our libido is and why it is being depleted, sexual anthropologist Dr Bella Ellwood-Clayton argues that women don't want sex because they don't feel sexy. At a time when women's libidos are being threatened by the wider forces of media, marketing and medication and our increasingly pressured lives, who can blame them?

With increasing numbers of women with low libido being diagnosed as 'sexually dysfunctional', the race to create a 'pink Viagra' is on. But do we have unrealistic expectations about our sex drive? Who defines what is normal and abnormal? And could 'low libido' in fact be the natural order of things? Provocative, authoritative and engaging, Sex Drive: In pursuit of female desire is both fascinating reading and a book that is creating passionate debate.

"Fascinating research, shrewd insights, intelligence and wit ... a lucid account of the current thinking on female sexuality". - Monica Dux, social commentator
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-312) and index.
Table of contents: label: The crisis in women's sexuality
pagenum: vii; label: 1
title: Libido and the naked body
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Desperately seeking libido
pagenum: 21; label: 3
title: Sexual prime
pagenum: 47; label: 4
title: Motherfucker: merging eros and the maternal
pagenum: 67; label: 5
title: Sex models: the mystery of female desire
pagenum: 99; label: 6
title: The cover-up: 'female sexual dysfunction'
pagenum: 135; label: 7
title: Sexual zombies
pagenum: 160; label: 8
title: Libido and the ageing body
pagenum: 178; label: 9
title: Sex drugs
pagenum: 212; label: 10
title: Bringing sexy back
pagenum: 250; label: Conclusion
pagenum: 267; label: Endnotes
pagenum: 273; label: Index
pagenum: 313