The Science of Orgasm - Hardcover

Komisaruk, Barry R.; Beyer-Flores, Carlos; Whipple, Beverly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080188490X ISBN 13: 9780801884900

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Winner, 2007 Bonnie and Vern L. Bullough Book Award, Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality

This fascinating and comprehensive book is the first to explore the complex biological process leading to orgasm. Here, sexuality researcher and nurse Beverly Whipple, coauthor of the international best-selling book The G Spot and Other Discoveries about Human Sexuality, joins neuroscientist Barry R. Komisaruk and endocrinologist Carlos Beyer-Flores to view orgasm through the lenses of behavioral neuroscience along with cognitive and physiological sciences.

The authors explain how and why orgasms happen, why they fail to happen, and what brain and body events are put into play at the moment of orgasm. No topic is left unexplored, as the book describes the genital-brain connection, how the brain produces orgasms, how aging affects orgasm, and the effects of prescription medication, street drugs, hormones, disorders, and diseases.

Covering every type of sexual peak experience in women and menfrom intense to phantom―this informative and entertaining work illuminates the hows, whats, and wherefores of orgasm.

About this title

About the Author

Barry R. Komisaruk is a professor of psychology at Rutgers University. Carlos Beyer-Flores is head of the Laboratorio Tlaxcala in Mexico. Beverly Whipple is Professor Emerita at the College of Nursing, Rutgers University.

Review

"In considerable but lucid detail, three researchers from different fields address every aspect of the science behind orgasms, from why they feel so good to whether transsexual men with surgically created vaginas can have them."

(New Scientist)

"Approach the book with any question you can conjure about the whys and wherefores of orgasm and you'll receive a minutely detailed answer that incorporates findings from the latest sex research."

(Psychology Today)

"Behind its tongue-in-cheek 'plain brown wrapper' cover, this unique book offers a thorough compilation of what modern science, from biomechanics to neurochemistry, knows about the secrets of orgasm."

(Publishers Weekly)

"Those with real faith in science as an exit route from dysfunction might want to check out The Science of Orgasm."

(Elle)

"The authors cast gimlet eyes over such subjects as multiple and phantom orgasm, as well as the biological process and the effects of various drugs on it. A most stimulating read. "

(Gay Times)

"A neuroscientist, an endocrinologist and a sex researcher team up to create an impressively comprehensive book about orgasms. In intimate detail, authors Barry R. Komisaruk, Carlos Beyer-Flores and Beverly Whipple... discuss the history, mechanics, physiology and neurochemistry of this most mysterious of physical events."

(Los Angeles Times)

"Twenty-five years after she made the G-Spot famous, Professor Beverly Whipple is still probing the mysteries of the female orgasm. She has shifted her focus higher up the body―to the brain―exploring the areas that light up when women climax."

(Sydney Morning Herald)

"Important information about sexuality... Highly recommended."

(Choice)

"There are very few books on this subject area and the book is highly commended. It is certainly one to add to the personal library of clinicians working in human sexuality."

(Journal of Sexual Relationship and Therapy (UK))

"This is a very easy book to read... There are very few books on this subject area and the book is highly recommended."

(Kevan R. Wylie Sexual and Relationship Therapy)

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 080188490X
• ISBN 13: 9780801884900
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376