Text 4 to answer
questions 13 to
16.
With the blockbuster
success of Fifty Shades of
Grey, many people are curious about
dipping their toes
(not
to mention
other body parts) into more sexually
adventurous
4
waters.
I’m always careful to make clear
that while the
adventures of Ana and Christian may make
for a
compelling
7 erotic yarn,
their story is by no means an accurate
depiction
of BDSM
relationships (bondage, discipline,
dominance,
submission, sadism,
masochism), nor is “Fifty Shades”
any
10 sort of guide book.
For instruction on that topic, you’ll need
to turn
to
the works of
true sex-positive educators such as
Clarisse
13 Thorn or Tristan
Taormino and their books The S&M
Feminist and The
Ultimate Guide to Kink,
respectively.
But
there’s no denying that Fifty Shades has
sparked
16 widespread interest in how
to
improve our sex lives —
and
what better
way to do that than via a good “how-to”
book?
If you’re uncomfortable talking about
sex
to your
19 friends, doctor,
therapist or even your partner, such
books
can be an
important resource, whether they impart
new
information, help you
work through an issue, inspire
you to
22 become more
adventurous or simply turn you on
[…]
Internet: <
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/23/health/k
erner-
sexbooks/
index.html?iref=allsearch >. Access: 13
Dec. 2015,
adapted.