Sex self-help books: hot secrets for great sex or promoting the sex of prostitution?

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Tyler, Meagan (2008) Sex self-help books: hot secrets for great sex or promoting the sex of prostitution? Women's Studies International Forum, 31 (5). pp. 363-372. ISSN 0277-5395 (print) 1879-243X (online)

Abstract

Authors of current sex self-help literature often adopt pseudo-feminist language in their work, and frequently claim that it promotes women's interests. A number of commonly recommended sex self-help books were analysed to test this notion. A critical feminist analysis of the texts suggests that far from promoting women's pleasure and sexual empowerment, this literature promotes the (active) sexual servicing of men by women. Drawing on previous feminist work in this area, it is proposed that current sex self-help literature should therefore be understood as advocating the sex of prostitution as an ideal for women to follow in their heterosexual relationships.

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Item type	Article
URI	https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/8559
DOI	10.1016/j.wsif.2008.08.007
Official URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2008.08.007
Subjects	Historical > FOR Classification > 2002 Cultural Studies Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Social Sciences and Psychology
Keywords	ResPubID19633, ResPubID22536. feminism, Passionate Marriage, intimacy, relationships, pornographic, pornography, gender inequality, sexology, sexuality, sexual practices, sexual growth
Citations in Scopus	20 - View on Scopus
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