Sex outside the lines : authentic sexuality in a sexually dysfunctional culture
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Dallas, Texas : BenBella Books, Inc., ©2015.
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It’s socially acceptable to spend a day watching sports or sitcoms, but it’s shameful and embarrassing to admit to the same about erotic media. Why is it that sex is so often deemed “inappropriate” and considered something we must keep private or even ignore?Our culture is afraid of sex. We feel the need to label what is normal and what isn’t, and as a result, we live in a relational and sexually unhealthy culture. In reality, far more harm is caused by labeling sexual expression as “obscene” than by celebrating it.In Sex Outside the Lines: Authentic Sexuality in a Sexually Dysfunctional Culture, Chris Donaghue, PhD, explores and challenges the negative ideals that have warped society’s view of sex. Sex Outside the Lines is not a dogmatic rule book, but a valuable guide to help you on your journey to sexual self-discovery and, most important, self-acceptance. Donaghue encourages you to not only explore your capacity for pleasure, but to be proud of it and to take a look at how you could be living.In his years of training in sex and couples therapy, Donaghue has developed highly successful methods for freeing clients from sexual hang-ups, enabling them to let go of shame and embarrassment. The goal isn’t to be “normal”—there is no such thing. Donaghue pulls apart cultural phobias with a sex-positive therapy practice, as well as a kind of sexual deprograming that helps people see and accept that the desires they have—even if they don’t align with society’s expectations—are actually natural, healthy, and part of having a great sex life.Sex Outside the Lines addresses our diversity, challenges conventional psychiatric wisdom as classifying perfectly normal behavior as disorders, and disregards conventional advice from leading experts. It isn’t advocating a “liberal” approach to modern concepts—it is seeking to redefine them altogether.

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Published
Dallas, Texas : BenBella Books, Inc., ©2015.
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Book
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xii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Is Your Sex Life "Normal"? Boy meets girl. The connection is electric. They fall in love, marry and have amazing sex. Soon there are children, and then grandchildren. They grow old, loving one another for the rest of their lives. What's wrong with this picture? Absolutely nothing, if you are one of the relatively small group of people whose lives work out this way. What's wrong is that we've defined this as "normal," which makes most of us "abnormal." In Sex Outside the Lines, Dr. Chris Donaghue describes the holes in society's definition of "normal," taking a sharp eye to institutions such as marriage, cheating, virginity, identity, and sexual orientation. He also examines all the ways that accepting society's "truths" have led to the demise of long-term relationships and sexual pleasure. All of this misinformation is showing up in your bedroom and preventing you from having the sex life you're entitled to. In Donaghue's years of training in sex and couples therapy, he has developed highly successful methods for freeing clients from sexual hang-ups, enabling them to let go of shame and embarrassment. Donaghue pulls apart cultural phobias with a "sex positive" therapy practice, a kind of sexual deprograming that helps people see and accept the desires they have-even if they don't align with societal expectations-are really natural, healthy, and part of having a great sex life. "-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Liberate sex and get naked
Why we're scared of sex
Sex education is dangerous
The damage of psychology
The primacy of sexual compatibility
The fantasy of marriage
Relational sex crimes
The myth of sexual dysfunction
No identity, gender, or sexual orientation
The future of sex and relationships.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Donaghue, C. (2015). Sex outside the lines: authentic sexuality in a sexually dysfunctional culture . BenBella Books, Inc..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Donaghue, Chris. 2015. Sex Outside the Lines: Authentic Sexuality in a Sexually Dysfunctional Culture. Dallas, Texas: BenBella Books, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Donaghue, Chris. Sex Outside the Lines: Authentic Sexuality in a Sexually Dysfunctional Culture Dallas, Texas: BenBella Books, Inc, 2015.

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Donaghue, C. (2015). Sex outside the lines: authentic sexuality in a sexually dysfunctional culture. Dallas, Texas: BenBella Books, Inc.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Donaghue, Chris. Sex Outside the Lines: Authentic Sexuality in a Sexually Dysfunctional Culture BenBella Books, Inc., 2015.

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