JANET W.HARDY

suppression of sexuality was essential to an authoritarian governme

nuclear family, which consists of parents and children relatively isolated from the extended family, is a relic of the twentieth-century middle class

Marriage today is no longer essential for survival.

we marry in pursuit of comfort, security, sex, intimacy, and emotional connection.

write your own script requires a lot of effort, and a lot of honesty, and is the kind of hard work that brings many rewards

comfort of faith and the security of community.

concluded that the existence of her clitoris was proof positive that God loved her.

female sexuality is a commodity and, like all commodities, is made more valuable by its rarity—so a woman who shares

Some people try to
validate their sexual attractiveness over and over, using sex as constant reassurance because they do not see themselves as innately attractive or lovable.

Everybody knows…” or “Common sense tells us…” Often, these phrases are signposts for cultural belief systems that may be antisexual,