In Masters of Sex, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier offers an unprecedented look at William Masters and Virginia Johnson, their pioneering studies of intimacy, and the sexual revolution they inspired. Masters and Johnson began their secret studies in a small Midwest laboratory, and soon became the nation’s top experts on sex. Over the course of more than forty years, they analyzed and explained the secrets of orgasm, emotional fulfillment, and sexual dysfunction. But they divorced after twenty years amid a clash of success, betrayal, and jealousies.Weaving interviews with the notoriously private William Masters and the ambitious Virginia Johnson, Maier offers a titillating portrait of the legendary couple. Entertaining, revealing, and beautifully told, this groundbreaking book sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire and intimacy, and their complicated roles in the American psyche.
Author(s): Thomas Maier
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Basic Books
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 432
Tags: Библиотека;Соблазнение, любовь, секс, отношения;Для двоих;Секс;Секс-путеводители;
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
PHASE ONE......Page 14
1. Golden Girl......Page 16
2. Heartland......Page 27
3. Mrs. Johnson......Page 35
4. Never Going Home......Page 43
5. A Wonder to Behold......Page 52
6. The Fertility Expert......Page 60
7. The Good Wife......Page 70
8. Academic Freedom......Page 79
9. Through the Peephole......Page 89
PHASE TWO......Page 98
10. The Matrix......Page 100
11. The Experiment......Page 108
12. Volunteers......Page 116
13. Noah......Page 129
14. Masks......Page 134
15. Leaving School......Page 147
16. A Matter of Trust......Page 154
17. Revealing Secrets......Page 163
18. The Human Response......Page 169
PHASE THREE......Page 182
19. The Excitement of Release......Page 184
20. Focusing Feelings......Page 189
21. Sexual Healing......Page 198
22. Surrogates......Page 209
23. Playboys and Patrons......Page 224
24. Repairing the Conjugal Bed......Page 232
25. The Scent of Love......Page 239
26. Betrayals......Page 246
27. The Marriage Compact......Page 252
PHASE FOUR......Page 260
28. Feminist Movement......Page 262
29. The Business of Sex......Page 273
30. The Pleasure Bond......Page 281
31. Guide to the Stars......Page 291
32. Conversion and Reversion......Page 302
33. The Promise of a Future......Page 320
34. Beauty and the Beast......Page 328
35. Crisis......Page 340
36. Breakup......Page 352
37. For the Roses......Page 360
38. Couples......Page 366
39. In Memoriam......Page 375
40. Forget-Me-Nots......Page 388
A Note on Sources......Page 398
Notes......Page 400
Selected Bibliography......Page 412
About the Author......Page 418
B......Page 420
E......Page 421
F......Page 422
H......Page 423
J......Page 424
L......Page 425
M......Page 426
N......Page 427
P......Page 428
S......Page 429
T......Page 431
Z......Page 432
