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  • Part I: IT BEGINS
    • Chapter 1: Facing the Problem
      • What is Sex?
      • Persephone Calls
    • 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 12: Arousal

Chapter 12: Arousal

What turns me on? How do I get turned on? What if I don’t?

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 concept of rights changes women’s conceptions of self, allowing them to see themselves as stronger and to consider directly their own needs. When assertion no longer seems dangerous, the concept of relationships changes from a bond of continuing dependence to a dynamic of interdependence. Then the notion of care expands from the paralyzing injunction not to hurt others to an injunction to act responsibly toward self and others and thus to sustain connection.

— Carol Gilligan