Surprisingly enough this was a great book! Not to read all at once, but to pick at bits and pieces throughout High School. Then once college came along and the parts were relevant - ALL of my friends and their boyfriends, and their boyfriends friends borrowed it.

Yeah its a sad version of my mother's "maturation" book. But hey at least I can't say I wasn't well informed.

PS very clinical. NOT porno style. I'd recommend it to every pre-teen, teen, college student & adult.

Got it from a friend just before I got married. Very educational.

Sex is not only about positions

Sex also became very wide science with too much varieties for this frustrated civilization


Dating is considered as a part of sex so chapters about it is there


There is alot of things related to safety of sex like talking about contraceptions and sexually transmitted disease which is tremendously important to know about


Foreplay and afterplay and how to make the sex more emotional and less mechanical


Now we admit the homosexuality as  a variation of sex so LGBT culture made the sex thing more complicated


Even From non religious point of view still monogamy is the best for safety although not always the most enjoyable relationships


Myths about maturbation are all demolished here

Thanks god and of course the author

It made me remember my shock at my 4th year in medical school reading a book about behavioral science and read in the definition of masturbation that it is a normal human activity


Also there is a talk about sex for old and sex for disabled people


There is a full chapter which had great details about sexually transmitted infections or diseases it is nearly a medical one like this in my gynacology book but of course more simplified


Another amazing part is the talk about male sexual diseases like erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation and others


Poor performance in my point of view in the part of legal aspects as it explained the laws but with little details about justifications behind every one

Für erfahrene 20jährige nicht viel neues. Ausserdem scheint mir die Wahl der Autorin, eine eher konservative Jüdin, nicht die beste Wahl dafür zu sein. Für andere Leute gute Allgemeinlektüre.

GREAT educational book with practical information, humor, and words of wisdom from Dr. Ruth. She tells it like it is!

Super generic. Covers everything from birth till death. Waste of time. Avoid it

I guess it could be something for teenagers mostly, as a sex education guide but generally, almost everything contained here is pretty basic and I dare say, conservative at times.

This is a really important book which should be part of every family's library and it should also be taught in schools. I can't believe that sex is still not part of compulsory education in Bulgaria. What are we waiting for? This is really basic knowledge for everyone over 15 (or even younger). Leaving this book somewhere hidden in the shelves of bookstores where few would probably think to reach for it is a recipe for disaster. There is only so much you can learn about sex on your own or with your partners. Sexual and mental health go hand in hand and they should both be taught and not neglected. It's sad really. The book might be a tease, funny at times, helpful, but most of all sad. Especially in countries in which such important topics are still taboo.

I don't remember any other book which made me laugh so hard...

Really good book! I just wished that Dr. Ruth didn’t say such disgusting and horrible comments about men and rape. On page 82 of the hard cover book, she said “And while a man can rape a woman, the reverse is not true…” which is absolutely absurd. The men that I personally and closely know who have been sexually abused, assaulted, and/or raped, reading that almost made me leave the book. She says since woman can’t make them achieve an erection, so obviously they can’t rape right? A woman can’t force a man into sex so obviously it isn’t rape if it’s forced unwanted sex, right? To the man who I know who have gone through therapy and mental treatments to try and get some control of themselves after experiencing such trauma; it’s truly horrible that I had to read that. Dismissing a man cannot be raped by a woman. As a woman who has been there for her husband when he has flashbacks of his sexually abusive childhood and the only thing I can do is hold him, it’s absolutely draining and saddening.
And how she continues to say throughout the book about how she’s more concerned for women to be raped on a date or to be raped in public. The same happens for men. At some point I kept skipping over the parts that spoke of rape because reading it all just infuriates me. To Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, you had wonderful points that opened my eyes and educated me, but learn that men can be raped.

Está muy bien, la educación sexual es muy importante, pienso que la autora en algunas cosas es demasiado ortodoxa y necesita algo de actualización pero si es recomendable.