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Sizzling Sex for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Maximize Erotic Pleasure  Hardcover. 456 pages.

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"The best, most comprehensive guide I’ve ever seen for creating great sex."
—Rachel Needle, Ph.D., Modern Sex Therapy Institutes

Michael Castleman, the world's most popular sex expert, has written the most authoritative, reassuring, and practical guide to lifelong pleasure for men and the women who love them.

Sizzling Sex for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Maximize Erotic Pleasure is the first and only truly encyclopedic sexuality guide that addresses all typical sexual issues throughout the lifespan—from the sexual implications of circumcision to the growing phenomenon of sex in nursing homes, plus the ingredients of sizzling sex, how to resolve men’s and women’s sex problems, how to overcome desire differences, a loving introduction to anal play and BDSM, what everyone should know about pornography, and much more.

Sizzling Sex for Life is also exhaustively researched, presenting state-of-the-art information and advice based on more than 2,500 research studies—more source material by far than any other sex guide.  

 "I wish every man I’ve ever known had read this book! It’s practical, positive, sexy, funny, kind, and humane. What a terrific, helpful, and reassuring resource." —Katie Kleinsasser, communications consultant, Planned Parenthood of New York City.

"One of the nation's leading health writers" (Library Journal), Michael Castleman has been at the forefront of health, wellness, and sexuality journalism for almost 50 years. His 14 books on optimal health, mainstream medicine, alternative therapies, nutrition, fitness, and sexuality have more than 2.25 million copies in print, and have earned him two “Health Book of the Year” Awards from the American Library Association. Read more...

52 Chapters of Essential Information - For Everyone at Any Age

Part I - The Ten Ingredients of Sizzling Sex

1. Why Be Sexual? Pleasure! 
2. Getting in Shape for Sizzling Sex
3. The Lifelong Joy of Self-Sexing
4. Affirmative Consent: “Yes, I Want To Be Sexual with You”
5. Gentle, Extended Mutual Whole-Body Massage
6. Sexual Coaching Made Easy
7. The Magic of Lubricants
8. Secrets of Sizzling Oral Sex
9. Novelty: Sizzling Sex Feels New and Different 
10. Sexual Fantasies: Revel in Your Erotic Imagination

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"While written for men, women who love men will also gain an enormous amount of knowledge about both their own sexuality, and male sexuality, from reading this book. This book is truly brilliant." —Laurie Mintz, Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida and author of "Becoming Cliterate" and "A Tired Woman’s Guide to Passionate Sex"

Part 2 - From Infancy to Old Age: Sexual Issues Through the Lifespan

11. Does Circumcision Reduce Men’s Sexual Sensitivity? 
12. Parent’s Guide to Toddlers’ and Preschoolers’ Natural Sexual Curiosity
13. Childhood Sex Abuse: Recovery and Sizzling Sex Are Possible
14. Age of Consent: How Old Is Old Enough?
15. Teen Pregnancies Have Plummeted, But School Sex Education Doesn’t Work—Huh? 
16. Men Who Want Sizzling Sex Must Participate Fully in Birth Control
17. Men Who Want Sizzling Sex Must Work to Prevent Spreading Sexually Transmitted Infections
18. The Virgin’s Guide to Happily Losing It
19. Today’s Young Adult “Hook-Ups” Used to Be Called Dating
 
20. 
How To Prevent Sexual Assault and Harassment
21. If a Woman You Know Gets Raped
22. “You’re Insatiable!” "You Never Want To!” How Sex Therapists Recommend Overcoming Desire Differences 
23. Sizzling Sex During Pregnancy, Nursing, and Parenting
24. Over Time, Does Sexual Quality Decline?
25. My One and Only? Infidelity and Sex Work
26.  Chronic Conditions and Disabilities: Sizzling Sex is Always Possible
27. Sex and Drugs: Many Spoil Lovemaking, But Some Enhance It
28. How Men Can Support Women Through Menopause
29. No One Is Ever Too Old for Sizzling Sex
30. How to Approach Sex Problems: From Self-Help to Sex Coaching to Sex Therapy
 

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"Sizzling Sex for Life proves that Michael Castleman is a sexuality genius."  —Joan Price, author, "Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk About Sex After Sixty."

Part 3 - A Guide to Resolving Men’s Sex Problems 

31. Penis Size: Look Your Largest—Safely and Inexpensively
32. The Cure for Premature Ejaculation: How to Last Longer
33. Trouble Climaxing? How to Resolve Orgasm/Ejaculation Problems
34.  The Man’s Guide to Firm Erections, and How to Treat Erectile Dysfunction

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"Sizzling Sex answers all important sex questions, debunks tons of myths, explains women’s sexuality to men, and informs everyone how to have great sex." — Heather McPherson LPC-S, LMFT-S, CST, Founder of Sexual Health Alliance and Respark Therapy & Associates

Part 4 - A Man’s Guide to Women’s Sexuality

35. Men and Women: More Similar Than Different
36. A Man’s Guide to Women’s Bodies
37. Women’s Desire: Possibly Similar to Men’s But Often Different
38. Why So Many Women Have Trouble with Orgasm

39. A Man’s Guide to Women’s Sexual Pain

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"Sizzling Sex for Life is a passport to the best sex! " —New Orleans sex therapist Andrew Hancock, DSW, MSW, LCSW, CST

Part 5 - Other Ways to Play

40. A Consumer’s Guide to Vibrators
41. Other Sexual Enhancements
42. Anal Sex—Without Pain
43. Hall Passes, Threesomes, Swinging, Sex Clubs, and Polyamory: The Curious Couple’s Guide to Consensual Non-Monogamy 
44. BDSM: A Loving Introduction to Bondage, Discipline, and Sado-Masochism 
45. 
Minority Sexual Orientations, Minority Gender Identities: Lesbian/Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Non-Binary, Intersex, and Asexual 

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"Such a great book. As a parent of two teens, I really appreciated the chapters on school sex education, virginity loss, and hooking up." —sex therapist Louanne Weston, Ph.D., Fair Oaks, CA.

Part 6 - What Everyone Should Know About Pornography

46. The Main Problem with Pornography: It Misleads Men About Themselves, Women, and Lovemaking 
47. The Deep Evolutionary Roots of Porn— And Another Art Form Many Women Love 
47. How Much of Porn Is Violent? Does Porn Contribute to Sexual Assault? 
49. Porn’s Impact on Adolescents
50. The Three Differences Between Women Porn Actors and Other Women 
51. Men, Porn, and the Controversy Over “Sex Addiction”
52. The Anguish Some Women Feel About Porn

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"Sizzling Sex for Life is a wise, wonderful, gentle encyclopedia of sex—everything you want to know all in one book, including a whole lot you won’t find anywhere else." —Calgary, Alberta sex therapist David Hersh, Ph.D., founder, Hersh Centre for Sexual Wellness

Part I - The Ten Ingredients of Sizzling Sex

1. Why Be Sexual? Pleasure! There’s a good reason why human bodies do not resemble square holes and round pegs. We’re built for sex. Beyond providing children, it also feels great, and is one of life’s greatest gifts.

2. Getting in Shape for Sizzling Sex You can’t get no satisfaction if you don’t commit to health and fitness. Proper nutrition, regular exercise, stress management, and adequate sleep all contribute to physical and mental health. Is it any surprise they also enhance sex?

3. The Lifelong Joy of Self-Sexing A comedian once said, “Don’t knock masturbation. It’s sex with someone I truly love.” Knowing what turns you on when alone is the best training to fulfilling sex when you’re with someone else.

4. Affirmative Consent: “Yes, I Want To Be Sexual with You” Want authentic passion and sizzling sex? Then before clothes fall to the floor, make sure you both consent to playing together.

5. Gentle, Extended Mutual Whole-Body Massage: The “Language” of Sizzling Sex is all about touch, but sizzling sex involves touching more than just the genitals. Don’t neglect the power of playful caresses from head to toe. Let your fingers do the talking—all over. 

6. Sexual Coaching Made Easy:  How to Ask for What You Want Sure, good communication is the key to any successful relationship but how do you ask for something you’re not sure your partner is willing to give? Here’s how to make erotic requests simply, easily, confidently, and effectively. 

7. The Magic of Lubricants: Better Sex Quickly—Guaranteed It takes just 10 seconds to prove that lubricants greatly enhance lovemaking. Start the countdown. 

8.  Secrets of Sizzling Oral Sex Our mouths are the key to so many pleasures in life. Here’s how to become an expert at using yours to delight your partner more than their favorite dessert. 

9. Novelty: Sizzling Sex Feels New and Different Variety is the spice of life. Just as we add a pinch of this and a dab of that to enhance our cooking, make the bedroom another place to whip up delicious new erotic creations.  

10. Sexual Fantasies: Revel in Your Erotic Imagination In fantasy, everything is permitted and nothing is wrong. Enjoy your erotic reveries. An active imagination can activate sexual fireworks. 

"I’m confident that Sizzling Sex will be the go-to sex guide for years to come. I plan to recommend it to everyone I know." —Seattle, WA sex therapist Diana Wiley, Ph.D. 

Part 2 - From Infancy to Old Age: Sexual Issues Through the Lifespan 

11. Does Circumcision Reduce Men’s Sexual Sensitivity? Opponents insist that removing the foreskin must reduce the penis’ sexual sensitivity and weaken men’s sexual pleasure. The best research shows otherwise. 

12. A Parent’s Guide to Toddlers’ and Preschoolers’ Natural Sexual Curiosity It’s natural for kids to “play doctor.” No need to worry about it. This chapter tells anxious parents how to answer children’s sex questions effectively, comfortably, and confidently.  

13. Childhood Sex Abuse: Recovery and Sizzling Sex Are Possible Recovery from abuse isn’t easy, but with professional help and patient, understanding partners, survivors of childhood sexual trauma can overcome early-life horrors and enjoy deeply fulfilling sexual relationships. 

14. Age of Consent: How Old Is Old Enough? The age at which people can legally consent to sex has varied throughout history. Once it was as young as seven. Romeo’s Juliet was 13. Today, it’s usually 16 to 18. 

15. Teen Pregnancies Have Plummeted, But School Sex Education Doesn’t Work—Huh? Conservatives credit abstinence-only school sex education. Liberals credit programs that teach teens about all the birth control methods. Both are mistaken. The real credit goes to parents discussing their sexual values with their children. 

16. Men Who Want Sizzling Sex Must Participate Fully in Birth Control A comprehensive guide to contraceptives.  

17. Men Who Want Sizzling Sex Must Work to Prevent Spreading Sexually Transmitted Infections A comprehensive guide to STIs. 

 18. The Virgin’s Guide to Happily Losing It For everyone, sexual initiation is often fraught. This chapter can make the process easier and happier.  

19. Today’s Young Adult “Hook-Ups” Used to Be Called Dating The older generation always thinks young adults are out of control—often forgetting what they did as they came of age. Meet-up apps and hooking up sound new and threatening to the parents of today’s twenty-somethings. Actually, the kids are all right.  

20. How To Prevent Sexual Assault and Harassment Rape and sexual harassment are horrible crimes¬—and usually preventable. Recent studies show how to minimize the danger. 

21. If a Woman You Know Gets Raped How to help women recover from sexual trauma 

22. “You’re Insatiable!” "You Never Want To!” How Sex Therapists Recommend Overcoming Desire Differences Desire differences are the #1 sex problem long-term couples face. Sex therapists have developed a simple, effective approach to resolving them. 

23. Sizzling Sex During Pregnancy, Nursing, and Parenting Lovemaking created the baby, so why give it up during pregnancy and after your bundle of joy arrives? Regular sex can make you a better parent. 

24. Over Time, Does Sexual Quality Decline? Myth: Long-term sexual relationships always go from hot to cold. Reality: You can easily coax those embers back to flames. Here’s how. 

25. My One and Only? Infidelity and Sex Work Think you know what proportion of men and women cheat on their spouses? How many men patronize sex workers? The research might surprise you. 

26. Chronic Conditions and Disabilities: Sizzling Sex is Always Possible When there’s a will, there’s always a way.  

27. Sex and Drugs: Many Spoil Lovemaking, But Some Enhance It A comprehensive guide to the erotic impact of drugs: over-the-counter, prescription, and recreational (legal and illicit). 

28. How Men Can Support Women Through Menopause Be a loving man. Help her cool hot flashes and the other discomforts of menopause.  

29. No One Is Ever Too Old for Sizzling Sex Erotic pleasure has no expiration date. Age slows people down, but simple adjustments can keep your pleasure full speed ahead. 

30. How to Approach Sex Problems: From Self-Help to Sex Coaching to Sex Therapy Most sexual difficulties can be resolved happily. This step-by-step guide shows you how.  

"Wow! Great book! Sizzling Sex for Life is an entire sexuality library between two covers. Lively, comprehensive, amazingly rich, and totally reader-friendly, this compendium of sexual history, evidence-based research, and engaging, practical advice proves that Castleman is our go-to source for everything sexual." —Patti Britton, Ph.D., past president of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, an Therapists 

Part 3 - A Guide to Resolving Men’s Sex Problems 

31. Penis Size: Look Your Largest—Safely and Inexpensively If no one’s complaining why are you worried? Seven out of eight women think their men are just fine, so make the most of what you’ve got without being defrauded by the bogus products offered on the Internet. 

32. The Cure for Premature Ejaculation: How to Last Longer You can last as long as you’d like. Even if you’ve suffered PE for years, this simple, enjoyable guide helps more than 75 percent of men learn bombproof ejaculatory control. 

33. Trouble Climaxing? How to Resolve Orgasm/Ejaculation Problems It gets almost no publicity so it’s men’s secret sex problem. But at some point in life, around 10 percent of men have trouble coming. How to work up to climax.

34. The Man’s Guide to Firm Erections, and How to Treat Erectile Dysfunction Everything men—and women—need to know about raising and maintaining erections, and treating erection problems. 

"Sizzling Sex for Life is a fun, insightful, easy-to-read book that helps anyone understand sexual issues and create a more pleasurable sex life." —New York City sex therapist Mimi Gelb, MS, LMFT, CST

Part 4 - A Man’s Guide to Women’s Sexuality

35. Men and Women: More Similar Than Different Women may be from Venus and men from Mars but when it comes to lovemaking, everyone is from the planet between them, Earth.  

36. A Man’s Guide to Women’s Bodies Fact: Men don’t like to ask for directions. But some trips are much more fun when you have a map and take the slow, scenic route. 

37. Women’s Desire: Possibly Similar to Men’s But Often Different All sexual desire is not created equal. Most women do not experience lust the way men do. What men should know. 

38. Why So Many Women Have Trouble with Orgasm Men come during 95 percent of partner sex experience, but for women, depending on the study, only 50 to 75 percent. The myth is that women are more emotionally complicated so more can go wrong. Actually, women’s orgasms have more to do with the erotic stimulation they receive. 

39. A Man’s Guide to Women’s Sexual Pain Many women suffer sexual pain, but few mention it, which leaves men in the dark. What causes it. How to cure it.

"Sizzling Sex is wonderful, provocative, fiercely intelligent, and witty—quite possibly the only self-help sexuality guide any man will ever need." —Torrance, CA sex therapist Nazanin Moali, Ph.D., host of The Sexology Podcast

Part 5 - Other Ways to Play

40. A Consumer’s Guide to Vibrators More than half of adult U.S. women own at least one vibe. Some men feel threatened, but the best carpenters use power tools. Vibrators enhance solo and partner sex. 

41. Other Sexual Enhancements What lovers should know about lingerie, dildos, penis sleeves, cock rings, ben-wa balls, anal toys, and BDSM gear. A gourmet guide. 

42. Anal Sex—Without Pain Anal play is an acquired pleasure, but it’s becoming increasingly popular. If lovers know what they’re doing, it need not cause discomfort or pain. 

43. Hall Passes, Threesomes, Swinging, Sex Clubs, and Polyamory: The Curious Couple’s Guide to Consensual Non-Monogamy Aficionados say it enhances libido, prevents boredom, adds spice, and deepens couple intimacy. Is it right for you? 

44. BDSM: A Loving Introduction to Bondage, Discipline, and Sado-Masochism With negotiation, trust, and clear mutual consent, kinky play can add an exciting dimension to your sex life. 

45.Minority Sexual Orientations, Minority Gender Identities: Lesbian/Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Non-Binary, Intersex, and Asexual Ten percent of the population is not exclusively heterosexual and cis-gendered (the gender assigned at birth). A roadmap to the new, 21st century identity landscape. 

"I can imagine this being bedside reading for many individuals and couples who want to become better lovers." —New York City psychoanalyst Julaine Maxwald

Part 6 - What Everyone Should Know About Pornography

46. The Main Problem with Pornography: It Misleads Men About Themselves, Women, and Lovemaking It’s fine to enjoy pornography and self-sex to it. But leave it on your screen. For real-life sizzling sex, do the opposite of what you see in porn.  

47. The Deep Evolutionary Roots of Porn— And Another Art Form Many Women Love Porn reflects men’s evolutionary mission. Romance fiction reflects women’s. The two genres appear wildly different. Actually, they’re remarkably complementary. 

48. How Much of Porn Is Violent? Does Porn Contribute to Sexual Assault? Only 2 percent of porn is violent. It’s less violent than many TV shows, movies, and video games. Many people believe pornography contributes to sexual assault. If that’s true, then since 1996 when porn exploded on the internet, the rape rate should have soared. Actually, in the U.S. it’s decreased 58 percent, with similar declines in many other countries.   

49. Porn’s Impact on Adolescents Porn critics argue it promotes teen promiscuity and sexual irresponsibility. Actually, since porn flooded the internet, teens have become less sexually active, and if they are, more likely to use condoms. 

50. The Three Differences Between Women Porn Actors and Other Women Many believe that the women in pornography are disproportionately survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Actually, the best research shows this is not the case. But the women in porn and other women differ in three surprising ways. 

51. Men, Porn, and the Controversy Over “Sex Addiction” So-called “sex addicts” don’t watch any more pornography than other men. They just feel more distressed by it. Sex addiction is usually the result of upbringings that demonized masturbation.

52. The Anguish Some Women Feel About Porn One-quarter of women feel dehumanized by porn. But 75 percent—three times as many— don’t. They may not love it, but they don’t consider porn a threat to their self-esteem or relationships.  

"Sizzling Sex for Life is the most practical, authoritative, and comprehensive sexuality guide ever written." —Eli Coleman, Ph.D., chair of the Human Sexuality Program, University of Minnesota, the nation’s largest sexuality training program.