Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It

  ***WINNER, 2019 CONSUMER BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD!***
Given by the Society for Sex Therapy & Research to recognize the best book for enhancing understanding of human sexuality and solving sexual problems.
**Two studies published in the Journal of Sexual & Relationship Therapy found that reading this book enhances sexuality. Women orgasm more, improve their body image, and become more sexually satisfied. Men learn how to pleasure women and become better sexual communicators.**
We've been thinking about sex all wrong. Mainstream media, movies, and porn have taught us that sex = penis + vagina, and everything else is just secondary. Standard penetration is how men most reliably achieve orgasm. The problem is, women don't orgasm this way. We've separated our most reliable route to orgasm–clitoral stimulation–from how we feel we should orgasm–penetration. As a result, we've created a pleasure gap between women and men:

• 50% of 18-35-year-old women say they have trouble reaching orgasm with a partner
• 64% of women vs 91% of men said they had an orgasm at their last sexual encounter
• 55% of men vs. 4% of women say they usually reach orgasm during first-time hookup sex

In Becoming Cliterate, psychology professor and human sexuality expert Dr. Laurie Mintz exposes the broader cultural problem that's perpetuating this gap, and what we can do about it. Pulling together evidence from biology, sociology, linguistics, and sex therapy into one comprehensive, accessible, and prescriptive book,