dorian@cutebook.club reviewed Sexual Intelligence by Marty Klein
My review of 'Sexual Intelligence'
This is a fascinating book. I picked it up at a whim because of course that title is interesting. Klein has a really warm writing style and I found myself liking him more and more throughout the book. Klein really loves sex, and all the quirks, oddities, and variety of human sexual expression. His enthusiasm made the book a really fun read, and his exploration of the differences between men and women are some of my favorite. To paraphrase, there aren't any. Klein lays bare (pun intended) all the ways in which sex is work, and how the emotional vulnerability and connection that is quite often what people really want from sex requires concerted effort and change on our part. The lessons this book holds have very little to do with sex. We all want (and need) genuine human connection. Sometimes that connection involves sex, but most of the time …
This is a fascinating book. I picked it up at a whim because of course that title is interesting. Klein has a really warm writing style and I found myself liking him more and more throughout the book. Klein really loves sex, and all the quirks, oddities, and variety of human sexual expression. His enthusiasm made the book a really fun read, and his exploration of the differences between men and women are some of my favorite. To paraphrase, there aren't any. Klein lays bare (pun intended) all the ways in which sex is work, and how the emotional vulnerability and connection that is quite often what people really want from sex requires concerted effort and change on our part. The lessons this book holds have very little to do with sex. We all want (and need) genuine human connection. Sometimes that connection involves sex, but most of the time it doesn't. It's an immensely valuable skill to look at ourselves and discover the ways in which our habits and inclinations caues us to act in ways that cut us off from other human beings. Genuine connection requires vulnerability, and it requires us to give up our daydreams of perfect encounters, and to run the risk of failure. Engage with those three things and it will transform your relationships.