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“Feminists think they‘re fighting a society that has wronged them, in reality they are fighting human nature.” -Venker and Schlafly

We finished listening to this one while driving through Iceland today. Since I am a language teacher I found the chapters about the history of slang words (e.g. cunt) very interesting. In general the book gives a more funny and interesting overview rather based on exciting incidents than on science but that is completely fine.

Loved this one far more than I initially thought I would.
Although it is non-fiction, this book is incredibly well written and engrossing. It is striking how thoroughly and honestly women's complex emotions are illustrated through the stories of just three women. In a way, this novel can be enlightening both for men and women regarding the state of womanhood and sex in the American society and not only.

This book was infuriating to read. Don‘t get me wrong, I liked it. But the content had me fuming. Especially Maggie‘s story. I don‘t know, THE PAIN that was inflicted on these women by the men was something I felt so deeply while reading this. “Women‘s desires” is an interesting choice to describe the book. It read more like “suffering at the hands of men” but ok. Lots more I can say about it!

Much of what we take for granted about human sexuality is downright weird by the standards of the rest of the animal kingdom. This book tries to look at why and how these practices evolved.

It's an interesting how others might see us account. The book dates from 1997 and it particularly shows when talking about sex that cannot result in procreation such as during pregnancy etc., without any mention of homosexuality in our and other species.

Full of information, anecdotes and pictures. This was interesting, sometimes eye-opening and definitely funny. I like Lister's humour.

#YellowNFShelf

Someone recently asked why I wouldn't shelf a novel with a yellow spine with the other yellow books. I explained the #YellowNFShelf and we got talking about books and linguistics and swearing. 😁

Today I started the tagged book (bought a copy two years ago 🙄🙈) and was reminded of Wordslut (and a buddyread with @squirrelbrain), which is how the #YellowNFShelf came into being.

As for the tagged book, it has a much more satisfying explanation ⬇️

“Rare is the man who can share Napoleon‘s steadfast ardor in savoring a woman‘s cassolette (the French word for perfume box and used colloquially to describe a woman‘s unique scent; the sum total of her effluvia; her aromatic signature) and exult, free of prejudice, in the powerful rush of pheromones.

Don‘t wash, I‘m coming home!” (Napoleon to Josephine, on his way back to Paris from the front.)”