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Index
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A
activation
ANS response and, 29, 30, 35–37, 71, 275–76, 312–13
dopamine and, 55, 56–57, 59, 62, 223
SNS and, 102–5, 219, 283, 319
Acton, William, 144, 146
addictions, 63–64, 69–70
porn, 218–20, 223–26
Adi, 128
adrenaline, 34, 195, 302, 303
adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), 104
advertising, 162, 222
aestheticism, 155–56
aesthetic preparations, for lovemaking, 277–83
African American blues music, 168–76
Against Our Will (Brownmiller), 89
Age of Innocence, The (Wharton), 45
aggression. See also verbal aggression
and male sexual desire, 183, 226–27
Aiken, Conrad, 164
Allende, Isabel, 46
almond mandorla, 123–24
Alvergne, Alexandra, 291
Alzate, Heli, 308
Amen, Daniel G., 69–70, 297
amrita, 240, 250–51
anal fissures, 216
anal sex, 25, 215–16
Anatomy of Humane Bodies (Cowper), 140
Anatomy of Love (Fisher), 58, 222, 273–74
androgen, 58
anhedonia, 56, 113
animal (rat) research, 33, 48–49, 62–63, 64–67, 191–94, 326–27
ANS. See autonomic nervous system
antidepressants, 322, 356n. See also SSRIs
anus, “sacred spot” in, 255
anxiety, 108, 111, 120, 156, 277, 302, 305, 319, 341n
appearance, telling her she’s beautiful, 311–14
Aquinas, Thomas, 130
Arab Spring, 200–201
archetypes, male, 314–18, 320
Arendt, Hannah, 43–44
Arethusa, 129
Aristotle, 130
armpit sweat, male, 289–97
Arndt, Bettina, 83
arousal, female, 79. See also Goddess Array
ANS and, 27–29, 34–37, 188, 271–72
male scent and, 289–97
neural wiring and, 18–19, 24–25
SNS and, 28, 33–34, 102–5, 279–80, 341–42n
stress and, 30–31, 33–34, 190–92, 283
Victorian erotica and, 154, 231–32
arousal, male, 34, 79, 218, 221, 222–23, 240
Art of the Bedchamber (Wile), 240–41
Ashtaroth, 126, 127
Assange, Julian, 151
Astarte, 126, 127
attractiveness, 311–14
Austen, Jane, 314
Austin, John, 187
autonomic nervous system (ANS), 27–40
activation and response, 29, 30, 35–37, 71, 275–76, 312–13
arousal and, 27–29, 34–37, 188, 271–72
childbirth and, 31–33
emotional expression and, 120
rape and, 98–99
stress and, 29–34, 306–7
Awakening, The (Chopin), 44, 155, 285
B
Babeland (New York City), 180
Babu, Ramesh, 20–21
“bad” and “good” vaginas, 141–43
bad boys, 314–18
bad stress, 29, 31, 33–34, 190–94
Baker, Josephine, 160
balance problems, and rape, 94–98
“Banana in Your Fruit Basket” (song), 173
Barker, Louisa “Blu Lu,” 173–74
Barr, Roseanne, 189
Basson, Rosemary, 39
Baubo, 129
Beale, Bob, 295–96
Beardsley, Aubrey, 155
beautiful, telling her she’s, 311–14
Beckett, Samuel, 164
Benson, Herbert, 30
Bible, the, 127, 130, 131–32
Bingham, Clara, 188
Binik, Yitzchak M. “Irv,” 39, 284–85, 327–28, 354n
biofeedback, 281
biological consciousness, 7
birth control. See contraception
Blackledge, Catherine, 2
Blank, Joani, 183
bliss, 8–9, 61, 263, 264
Block, Melissa, 46
Blucher, Ernst, 43–44
blues music, 168–76
body odors, male, 289–97
boredom, 318–20
Brady, Sally Ryder, 289
Brain in Love, The (Amen), 69–70, 297
brain science, 5, 8, 58–60, 68–70, 195, 207, 257, 271, 283–86, 289–90, 297–98
Brain That Changes Itself, The (Doidge), 223
brain-vagina connection, 2–5, 37–39, 47–48, 113–14. See also autonomic nervous system
dopamine and, 55–60
rape and, 96–103
Braun, Gustav, 141
breast nipples, 32, 34, 241, 257, 320–21
breathing exercises, 260–61
Briggs, Jimmie, 92, 112
Brizendine, Louann, 277–78, 300
Brody, Stuart, 309
Brontë, Charlotte, 45, 72, 153–54, 285, 315
Brontë, Emily, 315
Brown, Isaac Baker, 147
Brown, Ruth, 175
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 45, 162
Brownmiller, Susan, 89
Buckingham, Marcus, 238–39
Buss, David, 322, 324
Butler, Josephine, 151
Byatt, A. S., 42
Byford, W. H., 145
C
Cadmus, 129
Cakuls, Katrine, 100–101, 194
Caldwell, Christina, 196
Cambridge Women’s Pornography Collective, 312–13
candles, 277–83
Canterbury Tales, The (Chaucer), 133
Carter, Bo, 173
castration anxiety, 156, 169
&nb
sp; catecholamines, 34, 103, 192–95, 303
Celts, 128
cervix, 16, 23, 37, 68–70
mouth of the, 18, 67–68, 78
Chalice and the Blade, The (Eisler), 125–26
chastity belts, 133, 134
chattiness, 14, 61–62
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 133
Chen, Denise, 289–90
Chicago, Judy, 179
childbirth, 24, 31–33
Chitrini-Yoni, 207
Chittenden, Maurice, 303–4
Chopin, Kate, 41, 44, 155, 285
Christianity, 128, 130–33
chronic health problems, and sexual assault, 98–106
Church Fathers, 131–33
Civilization and Its Discontents (Freud), 8
Cleland, John, 143, 230–31
cliterodectomy, 114–15, 147
clitoral orgasm, 77–79, 280–82
role of neural wiring, 18–19
clitoris, 22–25, 28–29, 38, 48–49, 67–68
in history, 134, 139–40, 142, 145, 147, 156–57, 164–65, 168–69, 170, 176–78
sacred spot massage, 249, 251–54, 308–9
slang terms for, 160, 168–69, 170, 212
vagina dualism, 78–79, 156–57, 176–77
Coady, Deborah, 15–16, 18, 100, 105–6, 107, 111, 114, 252, 310
cocaine, 61
Cole, Jeffrey, 16–20
Columbus, Renaldus, 140
Comfort, Alex, 177, 181–82
communication, 34–35, 299–302
Compass of Pleasure, The (Linden), 58, 62
condoms, 163, 322–25
confidence
dopamine and, 56–59, 61, 64
sex and creativity, 47–54
consciousness, female, 6–10. See also Goddess, the
Contagious Diseases Acts, 143, 150–51
contraception, 163, 291
conversion gait disorders, 95–98
Coolidge effect, 222
Corinne, Tee, 183
corsets, 149
cortisol, 99, 102, 104, 190
Council of Chalcedon, 132
Cowper, William, 140
creativity
confidence, sex and, 49–54
role of sexual awakening in, 41–46
vaginal injury and loss of, 112–13
cu, 197