The Mind and Heart in Human Sexual Behavior: Owning and Sharing Our Personal Truths

by Alan P. Bell

The sexual domain is not defined by what happens between two bodies, by the dimensions of the bed, or the texture of the bedsheets, says Alan P.Bell, former Senior Psychologist at the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research. Rather, it is marked by hidden assumptions as to what should be taking place, by hidden evaluations, by echoes from the past. Contending that we do a callous injustice to the sexual moments of our lives when we take what we do at face value and fail to examine what is going on in our hearts and minds, Dr. Bell invites us to broaden our view of sexual experience toward resolving our sexual impasses.

388 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997