jankp's Full Review: Kim Cattrall and Mark Levinson - Satisfaction: The...
From the Introduction:
This book is not really about sex. It is about love. Loving means caring, and what is more caring than wanting our lover or mate to experience the fullest expression of his or her sexuality? Many women will privately admit that their lovers do not know how to satisfy them fully. There are men who know how to bring a woman to orgasm, even repeatedly, but they are a small minority. This book is intended to help couples achieve the deepest sexual fulfillment. However, the text and drawings in this book are of limited value without strong feelings of the heart.
Satisfaction: The Art of Female Orgasm by a nonmedical married couple, Kim Cattrall from Sex And The City and Mark Levinson, is a thoughtful, quick read that addresses everything I can think of to help couples better appreciate their sexual needs. Both authors give their unique perspectives throughout, which makes the extra-wide, 139-page book relevant for both sexes. Kim explains that she has not been as sexually expressive as the character Samantha she plays, nor has she been sexually fulfilled, until she met her husband three years ago.
She wants to “debunk the myth that attractive women with sexy images have fabulous sex lives.” Amen to that. For years she listened and talked to friends and sex therapists, but never found the answers in books about sex that detailed how and where she could achieve orgasm with her partner. Then she met Mark. As she puts it,
When a man knows what to do, it is amazing how fast you can move on to new levels of intimacy. Pp. 22
Mark relates how he was coached by his first lover who was nine years older than him and the third time she had an orgasm. He kept wondering what female orgasms were, how they came about and felt. He didn’t feel comfortable asking women questions as most men don’t, but learned from lots of experience with and observation of different women. He hopes the book will help men to become better lovers and be appreciated by their women He writes,
This book assumes that the man has the desire to fulfill the woman, and the woman wants fulfillment with him. Pp 31
So let’s look at what the contents really contain and the illustrations we’ll find.
Contents
Introduction
A Note From Kim
A Note From Mark
Every Man Can Be An Artist
Fear of the Truth
Freedom
The Cli toris
Basic Position
Circles (oral sex technique on cli toris)
Figure Eights (same)
Up-Down Flicks (same)
Left-Right Flicks (same, obviously correct clitoral stimulation is a must)
Lips And Teeth
Cli toris Twitching
Fingers
Anal Stimulation (fingers everywhere for quick, big orgasms)
Entering After Oral Sex (she’s more ready now)
Caressing Her Breasts, Nipples, Etc.
Repeated or Sustained Oral Orgasms
Turbo Tongue (need you ask?)
Man Inside
The Favorite Way (she straddles him and rocks as penis keeps touching cli toris)
Staying In And Moving (another favored position for both)
Touching the Cli-t with the Penis
Rear Entry with Him Not Moving
Woman on Top, G-Spot Stroking (G-Spot not explained, but arrows shown)
Side Entry, Lateral Stroking (good for both)
Ultra-Fast G-Spot Massage
Rear Entry, Riding High
Head at the Lips
Her Legs by Her Head (make sure it’s comfortable for her!)
She Watches, He Doesn’t
She Lies on Top
Viagra (can be added fun, but women shouldn’t change minds about sex then)
The Preview
Out of Her Vagina, Into Her Mouth
Premature Ejaculation (how to prevent it)
Communication
Abuse (look for other more helpful books on this)
Encouragement
Clean and Smooth (face shaven, watch body odor and bad breath, clean, short fingernails was emphasized earlier)
Final Thoughts
About the Authors
Index
My Recommendation
When a couple of girlfriends scanned my copy of Satisfaction, they went right out and bought their own. They, however, don’t intend to sit down with their husbands to discuss the book, but to highlight sextions (sections of a sex book) and lay it in the bathroom for their husbands to discover. I doubt they are the only ones who will use the book in such a submarine way, too! My biker sweetie doesn’t seem interested in it at all, but he’ll probably enjoy this review.
There’s a lot of great advice here that comes across in an honest, sensitive manner that is neither tasteless nor cute. They are adults talking to hopefully mature adults who don’t just want to see the pictures and red arrows for the techniques. The illustrations indeed make the necessary point, but it’s in the text that the reason for them is given.
But however important it is for men to understand that women enjoy orgasms when there’s shallow penetration, and how both of them can be satisfied, I think there needs to be good communication and trust first. What will those husbands think when they see the books in the bathroom? Will they not feel criticized? I can’t recommend the book if it’s just going to be used to make men feel inadequate and they probably will if there’s no communication.
So whether this book actually helps anyone depends on how it is presented, in my opinion. Maybe a note inside saying “I love you, honey. Let’s have some fun trying to follow the arrows tonight, okay?” would be a good way. Make it a game and he should respond, then read it later.
And whether it helps me in my languishing love life, I have no clue right now. First there must be communication and until my sweetie realizes that I love him for the beautiful person he is inside and out and not for what he can do for me, as in helping me be sexually satisfied, then this book is premature and unhelpful. Please buy the book only if there’s communication first. Thanks.
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