Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life

by Emily Nagoski

But something happens between that joyful day when every inch, every ounce, every roll, and every bump of a girl’s body is celebrated as perfect and lovable precisely as it is… and the day she hits puberty.

An orgasm’s value comes not from how it came to be or whether it meets some arbitrary criteria but from whether you liked it and wanted it.

Suffering is not a virtue and pleasure is not a sin. We’ve been lied to all our lives.