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The Smart Girl's Guide to the G-Spot
Bestselling author Violet Blue shows smart girls everywhere how to enjoy mind-blowing G-spot orgasms – with or without a partner.
“The G-spot is not a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. It is a place in your body.” — from the introduction
It’s not a myth, it’s a miracle — the G-spot, that powerhouse of female orgasm. With wit and panache, sex educator and best-selling writer Violet Blue helps readers master the sexual alphabet through “G.” Beginning with an anatomical guide and incorporating suggestions for couple-play, positions, toys, and safer sex, The Smart Girl’s Guide to the G-Spot will lead to thrilling new sensations and earth-shaking, bed-breaking, gale force climaxes. As with all her sex guides, Violet includes sections on further reading and recommended videos and DVDs, and practical information on toys and toy shopping. Any girl can unleash her own awesome orgasmic superpower with The Smart Girl’s Guide to the G-Spot.
“The G-spot is not a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. It is a place in your body.” — from the introduction
It’s not a myth, it’s a miracle — the G-spot, that powerhouse of female orgasm. With wit and panache, sex educator and best-selling writer Violet Blue helps readers master the sexual alphabet through “G.” Beginning with an anatomical guide and incorporating suggestions for couple-play, positions, toys, and safer sex, The Smart Girl’s Guide to the G-Spot will lead to thrilling new sensations and earth-shaking, bed-breaking, gale force climaxes. As with all her sex guides, Violet includes sections on further reading and recommended videos and DVDs, and practical information on toys and toy shopping. Any girl can unleash her own awesome orgasmic superpower with The Smart Girl’s Guide to the G-Spot.
129 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
About the author
Violet Blue
111 books270 followersViolet Blue has authored and edited over 40 books, including five (Bronze, Silver and Gold) IPPY award-winners, some of which are now in eight translations. Violet was a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, when Ms. Winfrey featured Violet's book on women and pornography (11/17/09). That book is also excerpted and featured on Oprah Winfrey's website, as well as in O, The Oprah Magazine.
Violet owns and operates Digita Publications (digitapub.com), an indie digital publisher of e-books and audio books. Rather than a royalty system, Digita books share all sales with the authors fairly and transparently, featuring books in both DRM-free versions and for Kindle on Amazon.
Her online sexuality blog, Tiny Nibbles, is one of the Internet's longest-running sex blogs, and has won many accolades and awards. For her day job, Ms. Blue is a journalist on hacking, crime, cybersecurity, privacy, and at-risk populations for outlets ranging from Engadget to CNET, and occasionally outlets like CBS News, CNN and O the Oprah Magazine.
Violet owns and operates Digita Publications (digitapub.com), an indie digital publisher of e-books and audio books. Rather than a royalty system, Digita books share all sales with the authors fairly and transparently, featuring books in both DRM-free versions and for Kindle on Amazon.
Her online sexuality blog, Tiny Nibbles, is one of the Internet's longest-running sex blogs, and has won many accolades and awards. For her day job, Ms. Blue is a journalist on hacking, crime, cybersecurity, privacy, and at-risk populations for outlets ranging from Engadget to CNET, and occasionally outlets like CBS News, CNN and O the Oprah Magazine.
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December 15, 2013Every Monday, The CSPH takes a look at a book or film focusing on an aspect of sexuality. This week we are featuring The Smart Girls Guide to G-Spot by Violet Blue.
Named after the sexologist Dr. Ernest Grafenberg, the G-spot is the part of female anatomy most misunderstood, with some people even doubting its existence. In this book, Violet Blue has simple, praiseworthy goals: demystify the G-spot and make you cum. Written with wisdom and wit, this book is a journey through the world of your spongy little G-spot.
Blue is keen on having you understand what the G-Spot is and isn’t. It IS a part of your anatomy, and it ISN’T a myth—just as your nipples aren’t mythological, neither is your G-spot. Your G-spot ISN’T a magic button—you are not going to cum the moment you touch it, though it IS accessible and pretty easy to find. However, it ISN’T something everyone likes to play with as some people prefer clitoral stimulation, while others find G-spot stimulation too intense or weird. There ISN’T one right way to touch it; you have to work with your own body to figure out what you love.
Personally, this book makes me wish I had a G-spot. Freud was mistaken, “penis envy” doesn’t exist, but G-spot envy certainly does: Blue describes how the G-Spot orgasm can feel like a total body orgasm. More colorfully, she describes a great G-spot session as leaving her deliciously sore, making her dogs and cats run for cover, and ruining her bedsheets. And she gives tips on how to massage it: although G-spot stimulation tends to require firm touch, it’s a good idea to start with less pressure at first, using pulses, up-and-down strokes, side-to-side motions, and even gentle circles over the areas that feel best while slowly amplifying the pressure and listening closely to your body’s responses.
Like all good sex educators, she has lots of tips on how to buy lube and sex toys. Not every toy labeled as a G-spot toy is useful for this purpose, as this tends to be one of those labels that sex toy manufacturers slap on their toy to make it sell, so be careful! G-spot toys should be firm, slightly curved, and built in a sort of “come hither” shape. If you’re curious about what’s on the market, you can check out The CSPH’s Center Stage Sexual Aid series of posts on a variety of toys. Blue recommends getting toys made of hard materials like silicone, glass, hard plastic, or metal which are both firm and easy to clean. Porous materials can retain bacteria in their tiny nooks, leaving you potentially open to infection, especially if these toys are used by multiple partners. Also water-based lubes are nice because they clean up easily with water and are easily flushed from the body, without needing to worry about staining fabric.
This is a helpful little book: it teaches you anatomy, how to buy sex toys, how to make yourself cum, how to talk to your partners, it even gives you some erotica for a masturbation aid. If you ever want to learn everything there is to know about your G-Spot, pick up The Smart Girls Guide to G-Spot. And if anyone wants to sell me their G-spot, I’m buying.
Named after the sexologist Dr. Ernest Grafenberg, the G-spot is the part of female anatomy most misunderstood, with some people even doubting its existence. In this book, Violet Blue has simple, praiseworthy goals: demystify the G-spot and make you cum. Written with wisdom and wit, this book is a journey through the world of your spongy little G-spot.
Blue is keen on having you understand what the G-Spot is and isn’t. It IS a part of your anatomy, and it ISN’T a myth—just as your nipples aren’t mythological, neither is your G-spot. Your G-spot ISN’T a magic button—you are not going to cum the moment you touch it, though it IS accessible and pretty easy to find. However, it ISN’T something everyone likes to play with as some people prefer clitoral stimulation, while others find G-spot stimulation too intense or weird. There ISN’T one right way to touch it; you have to work with your own body to figure out what you love.
Personally, this book makes me wish I had a G-spot. Freud was mistaken, “penis envy” doesn’t exist, but G-spot envy certainly does: Blue describes how the G-Spot orgasm can feel like a total body orgasm. More colorfully, she describes a great G-spot session as leaving her deliciously sore, making her dogs and cats run for cover, and ruining her bedsheets. And she gives tips on how to massage it: although G-spot stimulation tends to require firm touch, it’s a good idea to start with less pressure at first, using pulses, up-and-down strokes, side-to-side motions, and even gentle circles over the areas that feel best while slowly amplifying the pressure and listening closely to your body’s responses.
Like all good sex educators, she has lots of tips on how to buy lube and sex toys. Not every toy labeled as a G-spot toy is useful for this purpose, as this tends to be one of those labels that sex toy manufacturers slap on their toy to make it sell, so be careful! G-spot toys should be firm, slightly curved, and built in a sort of “come hither” shape. If you’re curious about what’s on the market, you can check out The CSPH’s Center Stage Sexual Aid series of posts on a variety of toys. Blue recommends getting toys made of hard materials like silicone, glass, hard plastic, or metal which are both firm and easy to clean. Porous materials can retain bacteria in their tiny nooks, leaving you potentially open to infection, especially if these toys are used by multiple partners. Also water-based lubes are nice because they clean up easily with water and are easily flushed from the body, without needing to worry about staining fabric.
This is a helpful little book: it teaches you anatomy, how to buy sex toys, how to make yourself cum, how to talk to your partners, it even gives you some erotica for a masturbation aid. If you ever want to learn everything there is to know about your G-Spot, pick up The Smart Girls Guide to G-Spot. And if anyone wants to sell me their G-spot, I’m buying.
November 12, 2013
I wasn't crazy for this book, but I thought it was good overall. I didn't really learn much, but I did pick up some ideas, and the list of resources for shopping was pretty good. If you want to learn more about what's in the book (it's brief), it's under the spoiler bit.
I liked how she went about everything. She didn't write clinically or in an overly enthusiastic kind of way. It was written very conversationally. There were a lot of "slang" terms for genitals used in this book, and I think the "F bomb" was dropped a few times, so if those offend you, you might want to pass on reading this one.
The short erotic stories that were included were ok. Not amazing, but not bad. I think I only actually liked one of them and thought the others were "meh," but that's a personal preference.
Overall, it was a pretty good book for someone inexperienced.
I liked how she went about everything. She didn't write clinically or in an overly enthusiastic kind of way. It was written very conversationally. There were a lot of "slang" terms for genitals used in this book, and I think the "F bomb" was dropped a few times, so if those offend you, you might want to pass on reading this one.
The short erotic stories that were included were ok. Not amazing, but not bad. I think I only actually liked one of them and thought the others were "meh," but that's a personal preference.
Overall, it was a pretty good book for someone inexperienced.
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June 26, 2008Despite the title, sorta dumbed down so far.
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December 7, 2010Excerpts on the author's site give more anatomical details than I've read anywhere else. Are there illustrations to match the descriptions?
March 28, 2012
(review copy from the publisher, review coming)
April 7, 2012
This book is an informative read. It may teach you some things you never knew about yourself. If you have problems in this area or would like to spice it up, then I recommend.
January 3, 2019
Wish the language was more inclusive (less "girls" and more "people with a g spot"). Otherwise a straightforward and easy-to-follow book.
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