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    Aesop's Foibles. YES.: I'm alternately wheezing from uncontrollable laughter, and going, Huh! Glad I'm not the only one. re: anal. Not something I'm really interested in, at... more »
    Jack_Burton: I'll have to check out this new version... I, like many bookish, Jezzies, I'm relieved to find, read it when I was very young. A lot has changed since... more »
    devilchyld22: The Joy of Sex is such a better book in my opinion. 300 pages of awesomeness. more »
    Witchtit: Your low productivity advisor: When I was 9, I stole one of my mother's dirty book. The book's character mentioned how her lover's semen tasted like burnt almonds. Six years later, ... more »
    pleppy: Let's take a minute to recognize that the "McCain just doesn't get it" line is actually Michael Douglas' line in the American President. Damn you Bob... more »
    YourScreenplaySucks: I wonder if the new version has dropped the 70's hirsute hippie chic and updated all the models with Brazilians, collagen injections, and platinum blo... more »
    TheFormerJuneBronson: My parents have a copy of the original edition, and I used to sneak it as a child. I could never own a copy myself; it's too much like spying on my pa... more »
    Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: I need a good sex book on female on top. My ex of eight years didn't prefer that position, and I really feel I am not as skilled in it as .. other thi... more »
    morninggloria: I'm getting on the waiting list for The Joy of Abstinence. It's one page long. The one page says, "You don't have to worry about being pregnant." more »
    Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: But what about the illustrations?? Those hairy, graphic, horribly realistic things put millions of kids off sex 'til at least their late teens. more »
    sportz.star: Sex on horseback sounds uncomfortable and smelly. more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): It's super funny that the ultimate sex guide ignored the clit. Yup, written by a man! more »
    Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Haha, a gourmet guide to lovemaking. I love it when people call sex "making love", I always think of elves somewhere, actually making love. Ok, I'm odd. more »
    tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock: What exactly are the tactful ways to take a woman's virginity? (overlooking the obvious bit where 'taking' is sort of ridiculous.) more »
    LindsayC: doctoral hilarity ensues: There was a family who lived down the street from me who had this book on the bottom shelf of their bookcase. I used to go there before school sometim... more »
  • #dirtybooks

    The (New) Joy of Sex

    If you're still using Alex Comfort's 1972 The Joy of Sex as your guide to such topics as "frigidity," having sex on horseback, and "tactful ways to take a woman’s virginity," it's time to update.
  • #inbrief

    Joy To The World