Sexual Intelligence

by Kim Cattrall

Book Overview

The Sex and the City star explores the mysteries of sexual desire in this provocatively illustrated companion book to the 90-minute HBO documentary special.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821261754
• ISBN13: 9780821261750
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Bulfinch Press
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.0" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Excellent, artistic insights.

Plenty of books have been written exploring sexual behavior and health, but SEXUAL INTELLIGENCE is something different: it does into the HBO special of the same name and it explores the origins of sexual desire, delving into both history and health to consider sexual behavior patterns from eye contact to kissing and beyond. From behaviors of particular sexual orientations to human body reactions, SEXUAL INTELLIGENCE pairs color photos throughout with excellent, artistic insights. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch

Kim Cattrall Sexual Intelligence

Recommended not only for women, but especially men. Men be a 5 star lover to the woman in your life, read the book.

Very Informative

Miss Cattrall is beautiful and makes her points well. Informative and Entertaining.

Surpisingly delightful

After perusing the fine contours of the figure on the cover of this book, one will eventually open it and find, surprisingly, a very interesting read. It is not the frivolous, banal, and empty self-indulgent prattle that one usually finds from celebrities these days. Instead, the author has allied herself with people that have the needed expertise and quotes recognized researchers. However, it is not an advice manual, but instead attempts to present to a general audience a rational view of human sexuality, to develop a notion of what the author calls `sexual intelligence.' And who says there cannot be a science of sex? Many of the standard methodologies appear: geometry via the cylinders, cones, triangles, and spheres of all different sizes; physics via friction and the large expenditures of energy; biology via the flow of blood and the abundance of neuronal synapses. One supplements this science with aesthetics: with poetry, art, and imagination. The result is a complex picture, but one definitely worth examining, and of course eventually indulging oneself in: any real science requires experimentation. For its size, the book is full of interesting information and some surprises. One would like a more detailed reference list, but if one overlooks this oversight it is worth the time. Important contemporary issues arise in the discussion early on. One of these concerns the belief that the ability to get and maintain a rigid cylinder via the use of the big-pharm potions of lust does not imply one will optimize one's pleasure. Sexual pleasure is the result of carefully planned choreography as much as it is a spontaneous random walk. Typically the cylinder enters the triangle, but it can also walk into the other hallways. Sometimes the fit is tight, sometimes loose, and sometimes momentary. Geometry again is the final arbiter. And do the holders of the XX chromosomes have needs identical to the holders of the XY? Not really, writes the author, the XX has "more plasticity" than the XY, and when indulging in fantasy has a greater likelihood to create "complex narratives". To most readers, these claims will not be new, and are in fact very believable. Experience with the XX reinforces these beliefs, as does a reading of the history in this book (albeit very brief). As expected, many photos of the author decorate the inside of the book. They do not detract from the case she is presenting, but they do serve to distract (in a delightful way of course). The other photos included in the book are also tastefully done and serve to remind the reader of the cultural context in which sex has been displayed. This will no doubt not be the last book written by a celebrity on sex, but it does stand out from the rest in its attempt to present a case that is based on what is known in the scientific and historical community, even if the discussion is brief. Further refinement of what is presented is needed if one is to develop a more detailed notion of sexual

I love it

I love seeing Kim Cattrall naked on the front cover of this book. Kim Cattrall books talks about sex. How it is suppose to be done right. How you pick up on a guy. This book also has pictures of Kim Cattrell inside. This book is just like the sheo "Sex in the City."