Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex: But Were Afraid to Ask

by Barbara Reuben, David Reuben, David R. Reuben, et al.

Book Overview

Es sabido que en las sociedades actuales hay temas que no son discutidos abiertamente entre los componentes de las mismas por un asunto de desconocimiento, de convicciones religiosas y... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060192674
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Five Star Humor

I agree, if you collect older pop culture books, you'll love this. I was about 6 when this thing came out, and maybe 10 when I snuck iinto my brothers' room to rifle through their things and found this. Even then I knew this book was silly. Hard to believe it was written by a doctor! Example, a couple goes to the doc because they cannot get pregnant. He asks what sort of contraception they use. "What are contraceptives?" the couple asks. Boom! Right away the doc has the answer! He realizes the man has been (trying to keep it clean here) "putting it in the wrong place." How did doc come up with THAT conclusion from a seemingly infertile couple by asking only one question? Just because the people don't know what contraceptives are doesn't mean they have never used them anyway! Were people really that stupid back in the 60s? Also, this was before abortion was legal, so the stories about dead women in bathrooms (from what I remember) scared the heck out of me. Now that I'm 43 and know a lot more I might pick up another copy to have even more laughs.

informational and interesting

had no trouble reading like a novel. very interesting and humurous at times even. may not be EVERYTHING you wanted to know about sex, but it sure comes close. may even give you a little more than you wanted to know. I definitely recommend reading this!

Don't believe a word you read

If you collect old books related to this subject (Masters and Johnson, Kinsey) this one is a must for your shelves. As far as reading--I am reviewing a book I "borrowed" from my dad's library (box) and devoured. I got some great medical facts about my stuff and the stuff of the other gender, and I also got a lot of great lifestyle advice (chuckle). I read this in 1982. Disco dead, AIDS beginning, and even then I knew there were so many flawed thoughts I just continued reading for the ridiculous content. Pick one up for your collection, laugh your face off. (get a good price)

Tells it straight without pandering to political correctness

This is definately one of the most important books that I ever read as a child, and I'm going to make sure that when they're old enough my children read it too. The author has his biases--name one who doesn't. So what if he doesn't choose to be politically correct and tell everyone how wonderful and right they are? What he did 30 years ago and today was to write a book that gives straight information on the human body and the human reproductive system. It's not a manual on how to have sex nor should it be. Thanks to this book I've known about my body and about other people's bodies since I was a teenager. As a result my sex life has been better and more fufilled. If you want to teach or learn a certain kind of morality then find a better way to do it, but don't attack a book for not doing something that it doesn't try to do. If you want to learn about the physical shell you inhabit then buy this book and learn from it.

This book saved my marriage

This is more of a testimonial than a review but after 16 yearsof marriage and two children my sex life was hell! My husband and Iread this book together and found all the answers to our problems. We put our sex back together again and I guess our marriage to. This is truly the users guide to sex, relationships and sensibilities. Thank you Dr. Reuben and God bless you.