"Deserving Desire is a fascinating read, offering insight into women’s sexuality as they age from adolescence through adulthood and beyond."
Elizabeth A. Armstrong
University of Michigan
"The sexual subjectivity of women has been a black box, glimpsed into, yet never fully opened up for examination. With Deserving Desire, Beth Montemurro joins a small group of excellent writers who help us understand what a complex ... Read moresubject sexuality is for women. The honest and in-depth interviews in this book encourage women to think about why sex has been considered shameful, and they illustrate how women can create good sexual lives on their own terms. Montemurro is to be congratulated for the quality and sensitivity of her work."
Pepper Schwartz
author of The Normal Bar: The Surprising Secrets of Happy Couples
"This is fascinating book. As a result of thoughtful interviewing, it is full of insights into the dynamics of women’s sexual lives and relationships. Montemurro uses her original, developmental model to bring some order to the material and to highlight enduring themes. This book is a should read for researchers and scholars interested in women’s sexuality in U.S. society. It is an important application of the life course perspective to sexuality. It is the first book to address female sexual subjectivity throughout life in depth." to discussions of a number of issues in these courses.
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