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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
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Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
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Interesting read, really the first and only of it's kind. I think an updated version would be fascinating; I suspect there would be far fewer fantasies about interracial relationships this far out from America's legalisation of interracial marriage. A more diverse sampling would be interesting; there are only a handful of sapphic women, and of course no transgender or asexual/aromantic women included. Some of the authors analyses felt off-base or not particularly revelatory, although of course you have to allow for the time period. Sexology has progressed a bit since then. I appreciated Friday's commitment to not judging her participants; fantasies are one thing but reading about someone fucking their actual irl dog is another. Even if you privately clutch some pearls doing so in print would compromise the whole project, but it's harder than one would think to suspect your personal mores, as certain reviews have demonstrated.
My kingdom for an updated version with better sampling and a wider range of participants!
My kingdom for an updated version with better sampling and a wider range of participants!
dark
sad
slow-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Picked up this book because Gillian Anderson mentioned it in her foreword for "want". Took me way too long to finish it.
Was an interesting insight on women's' sex and sexuality in the mid-late 1900s. Would recommend it to someone who is interested in the topic, but likely not to anyone else.
Was an interesting insight on women's' sex and sexuality in the mid-late 1900s. Would recommend it to someone who is interested in the topic, but likely not to anyone else.
adventurous
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
A richly entertaining combination of the psychology behind women's sexual fantasies, and a rich cornucopia of women's actual fantasies themselves. I enjoyed it.
Quite erotic at times, this book details sexual fantasies that prove my mother's generation were not as prudish as we may think. (Although repressed is another matter)
My only criticism of this book is that the fantasies tend to be similar in type. I am also a bit shocked at the amount of fantasies involving the family dog. They were a bit too much, but it takes all types.
My only criticism of this book is that the fantasies tend to be similar in type. I am also a bit shocked at the amount of fantasies involving the family dog. They were a bit too much, but it takes all types.
medium-paced
Pre read to reading Want by Gillian Anderson.
This book feels very much of its time but also still relevant for today.
This book feels very much of its time but also still relevant for today.
If anyone says that women are less naturally sexual than men, give them this book.it was kind of disturbing to read at times, but its uncensored nature is one of its greatest strengths. People are horny, whether it seems right to you or not.
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This book was the first of its kind. Unlike Alfred Kinsey’s research, the author took her samplings from a larger, random audience of participants. Friday includes fantasies from all walks of women, across various continents and of different ethnicities.
From a scholar of human sexuality’s standpoint, it is organized as well as it could have been for the time in which it was written. At some points while reading, there is a bit of a disconnect between the author’s drawn-out words and the provided fantasies. Toward the end it all came together, though. The afterward helps debunk a lot of the common neigh-sayer reviews, even like the ones seen on this app.
The chapter on guilt seems to be the most timeless portion of the book, but that might just be my perspective. At times the text seemed to be never-ending, but I appreciate all the hard work that went into publishing it. (all puns intended…)
From a scholar of human sexuality’s standpoint, it is organized as well as it could have been for the time in which it was written. At some points while reading, there is a bit of a disconnect between the author’s drawn-out words and the provided fantasies. Toward the end it all came together, though. The afterward helps debunk a lot of the common neigh-sayer reviews, even like the ones seen on this app.
The chapter on guilt seems to be the most timeless portion of the book, but that might just be my perspective. At times the text seemed to be never-ending, but I appreciate all the hard work that went into publishing it. (all puns intended…)