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    • Chapter 1: Facing the Problem
      • What is Sex?
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    • Chapter 2: Getting Programmed
      • We Love You But….
      • Struggling Toward Compassion
      • The Knack
    • Chapter 3: Biology’s Clout
    • Chapter 4: The Consequences
      • Am I a Masochist?
      • Buying the Victim Role
        • Intimidation
        • Am I My Craziness?
      • Persephone Regrets
      • Avoidance Giving Up
  • Part II: CHANGING IT
    • Chapter 5: Healing the Culture
    • Chapter 6: The Art of the Self
      • Right Ego
      • Lysistrata?
      • Beyond Projection
      • Recycling Hurt
    • Chapter 7: Reframing Religion
    • Chapter 8: The Practice of Body
    • Chapter 9: Relationship
      • Relationship Expectations
      • When He Raises His Voice
      • A Perfect Pair
  • Part III: OWNING SEX
    • Chapter 10: Hunting Tantra
    • Chapter 11: Sex I Want
      • The Ground Opens
      • Beyond Al-Ith
    • Chapter 12: Arousal
      • Delightful Magic
      • Seventh Wave
    • Chapter 13: Orgasm
      • Gift of the Wind
  • Part IV: CHOOSING
    • Chapter 14: Centering
    • Chapter 15: Direction
      • I Choose Life
    • Chapter 16: Re-vision
    • Chapter 17: No Wrap
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Persephone's Choice

Persephone’s Choice

Re-visioning the Victim Goddess

Persephone's Choice > Part III: OWNING SEX > Chapter 11: Sex I Want

Chapter 11: Sex I Want

So what do I want in sex?  What do I want to get from sex?

Part III: OWNING SEX

  • Chapter 10: Hunting Tantra
  • Chapter 11: Sex I Want
    • The Ground Opens
    • Beyond Al-Ith
  • Chapter 12: Arousal
    • Delightful Magic
    • Seventh Wave
  • Chapter 13: Orgasm
    • Gift of the Wind

Additions & Updates

  • New Section: Am I a Masochist?
  • Four pages added on relationship struggles
  • Better Than Praise

Random Quote

The popularity of victimhood … remains a rich subject for sociologists and political scientists. Like contestants on “Queen for a Day,” Americans of various persuasions assert competing claims of victimhood, vying for attention and support. The intense preoccupation with addiction and abuse reflects an ominous sense of powerlessness that infects gender and race relations, and notions of justice and heroism, as well as our view of the self.

— Wendy Kaminer / I’m Dysfunctional, You’re Dysfunctional