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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

To study the self is to forget the self.
To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things

— Eihei Dogen