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Summary: I couldn't put it down and I couldn't stop laughing.
Review: I had to steal the original version of this book in 1972 from my parents room and that made me heroine of my class at school. The updated version didn't make me a heroine but I was amazed at all the things I really didn't know after all those years. I work in the arts and I have a lot of very close gay friends and I read them passages from the book and although they didn't like to admit it they agreed with every word (reality bites). I really think this book will help us to understand our sexual problems and deficiencies -- even though we insist we don't have any. I really spent a great weekend reading this book.
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Summary: Broke many barriers, but some parts are inaccurate.
Review: I read the original version of this book as a curious teenager. I became the envy of the neighborhood with my ability to answer my school chums "dirty" questions. This book was a very important release that shocked prudes everywhere and flew off the bookshelves at the same time. Alot of the information was factual, but alot was biased, especially about gay people. This certainly had an impact on America's homophobia in general. Still, I'm thankful I had this book to learn from when young instead of the lies and misinformation when you "learn" about sex like all the guys did.
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Summary: Pulp fiction
Review: I recall reading my brothers copy of the first edition of this book. Even then, as a gay 13 year old growing up in a provincial city, I knew Reubans mechanistic view of homosexuals was blatant dishonesty driven by personal disgust. If American sexually is warped, it's in part because of this ridiculous book.
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Summary: Highly disappointing
Review: I remember reading the original version of this book as a teenager some 30 years ago and thinking I was well-informed on the topic of sexuality. Was I ever wrong! When I read parts of this updated version, I was shocked. It seems the good doctor is uncomfortable with anyone outside of heterosexual married couples. Anyone practicing any form of sexual expression he doesn't quite understand is either lonely, maladjusted, or a sociopath. <sigh>Among his claims: People into SM are out to recruit you, gays are all promiscous, and that menopausal women become "masculinized." Frankly, I became so disgusted after reading half of the book, I didn't read any further. Dr. Reuben's prejudices are obvious and it is a shame they clouded what might have been a good reference book. There are many other good books about sexuality on the marketplace that are worth your money. Sad to say, this isn't one of them.
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Summary: Snotty stuffy tonalities which turn me off
Review: I rented a copy of this book from my local library. I was not happy with what I found. Throughout this book the author uses a know it all "snotty nosed" tone to everything he says. It's really irritating. One particularly good example of the bad nature of this book is on the back dust jacket that comes with the hard cover eddition. It says "how a man can actually grow a new foreskin and why he shouldn't." Then in the relevant section in the book he goes on to state that circumcision is merely an option open to parents. This is an abusive and absurd view. If you want to know anything about how to be sexually turn off and repulsed and angred, and how to get a sick feeling in your stomach, go ahead and get this book.
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Summary: Homophobia Revived
Review: In the early 1970's I first read the first edition of this book. In particular, the chapter on gay male sexuality was appalling. Filled with stereotypes and ignorance and treating bathroom sex as typical of how gay men relate sexually, I will never forget it. In his latest edition there is almost no improvement in his treatment of male-male sexuality. To him, gay men are still denizens of bathrooms and bathhouses. He does not seem to conceive of the idea that two men could manifest physical love to each other. From a mechanical standpoint he is also laughingly and hopelessly mis-informed. Why did the publisher revive this homophobic work?
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Summary: Homophobia Resurrected
Review: In the early 1970's I read the first edition of this book. The chapter relating to gay mens' sexuality was simply error filled, mean spirited and focused on impersonal bathroom sex. It was with some trepidation that I read this unneeded resurrection. Of course my worst fears were confirmed. In this enlightened age this so called "sex expert" continues to portray gay men as sex obsessed denizens of bathrooms and bathhouses. There is no attempt to convey the idea that gay men might love each other and care for each other while making love. His thesis that male-male sex is some how limiting is preposterous. What was the publisher thinking when they resurrected this homophobic tripe?
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Summary: An odious book
Review: It may be 1999, but you'd never know it from this horrible book, supposedly "updated." In this new edition, Reuben STILL paints a picture of gay people as promiscuous and incapable of forming lasting relationships. Sure, some are--but then, so are some straight people. To portray all gay people this way is as wrong and hateful as depicting all black people as murderers. The book does, though, go some way to explaining where homophobia and homohatred come from.
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Summary: Not at all right
Review: My parents gave this book to me when I was 14. I guess they thought they were doing the right thing, but now that I'm 37, I understand a lot more things. This book filled my head with so much wrong information! This might be a good title if you're curious about others, but it is not really about sex as much as it is about thinking sex is icky. The number one thing I get from this book is that Dr. Reuban doesn't like the types of relationships many people have. He doesn't like single people who have not yet found a life-partner; he doesn't like teenagers discovering their sexuality in any manner; he doesn't like the elderly who might not feel old; he doesn't like gays, he seems not to like black people, etc. Please buy a sex positive book before you buy this piece of misinformation. "The Joy of Sex" is more honest, descriptive and accurate.
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Summary: A mesmerizing collection of all new sexual data.
Review: The all new edition of Dr. Reuben's classic work goes far beyond the birds and the bees. Funny, witty, irreverent and highly factual, this new book will entertain and inform readers well into the next century. An important point - there is no comparison with the original book of the same title. The information contained in the current work is all new, updated - only the title remains the same.
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