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"""Why does great sex so often fade for couples who claim to love each other as much as ever? Can we want what we already have? Why does the transition to parenthood so often spell erotic disaster? Does good intimacy always make for good sex?"" Ether Perel takes on these tough questions, grappling with the obstacles and anxieties that arise when our quest for secure love conflicts with our pursuit of passion. She invites us to explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire, and explains what it takes to bring lust home. In her twenty years of clinical experience, Perel has treated hundreds of couples whose home lives are empty of passion. They describe relationships that are open and loving, yet sexually dull. What is going on? In this explosively original book, Perel explains that our cultural penchant for equality, togetherness, and absolute candor is antithetical to erotic desire for both men and women. Sexual excitement doesn't always play by the rules of good citizenship. It is politically incorrect. It thrives on power plays, unfair advantages, and the space between self and other. More exciting, playful, even poetic sex is possible, but first we must kick egalitarian ideals and emotional housekeeping out of our bedrooms. While ""Mating in Captivity ""shows why the domestic realm can feel like a cage, Perel's take on bedroom dynamics promises to liberate, enchant, and provoke. Flinging the doors open on erotic life and domesticity, she invites us to put the ""X"" back in sex."

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"""A charming blend of wit and wisdom...this book will give you a fresh perspective on long-term love.""--Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia) ""An elegant sociological study, complete with erudite literary and anthropological references.""--Daily Telegraph (London) ""An excellent book, full of provocative prose and entertaining case illustrations.""--Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy ""Her advice is refreshingly counterintuitive.""--Salon.com ""Mating in Captivity...articulates a poignant and unacknowledged modern crisis for the first time.""--The Evening Standard (London) ""So honest it hurts.""--Irish Times ""This is a brave book...refreshing.""--The Times Higher Education Supplement ""Well argued points written with considerable eloquence.""--Jerusalem Post"

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