On Blossoming: Frank and Practical Advice on Our Bodies, Sexual Health, Sensuality, Pleasure, Orgasm, and More

by Gia Lynne

Overview

Let author Gia Lynne provides the tools for creating you with a sex positive life. Her advice on anatomy, puberty, orgasm, safe sex, and more is designed to create joy and pleasure—for men and women, young and old.

This is not your typical sex ed book. Instead of typically puritanical views on sex and puberty, On Blossoming focuses on incorporating the principles of pleasure into sex education for our youth and creates a new paradigm of human sexuality. This book takes on a taboo topic in our culture backed with a compelling mixture of research and personal experience.

Author Gia Lynne’s biggest question is, how can we expect to have sexual health if we do not learn about pleasure before our first sexual experiences? Our collective social stigma around talking about sex—most of all good sex—prevents these conversations from happening and it’s having a detrimental effect on our teens of all genders and our society as a whole. On Blossoming includes chapters on:

• Sensuality and Sexuality
• Anatomy with an Emphasis on Pleasure
• Puberty, Bodies, and, Oh, These Changing Times
• Menarche and Heat Cycles (We Really Are Mammals, After All)
• “The M-Thing” and Taking Care of Your Body
• The Big “O”
• How Do You DO?: Creating a Deliberate Orgasm
• Safe Sex and all about Latex
• Double “C’s”—Communication and Consent
• Nuts and Bolts of Friendship
• How to Talk about the Birds and the Bees

Written for people of all ages and genders, it’s time to rework the standard script of sexual education and fill in the gaps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510744912
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Gia Lynne is a pleasure-positive writer, educator, and personal coach who is dedicated to researching and teaching the craft of pleasurable living and healthy sexuality. Fascinated by human sexuality and how that connects to our quality of life, she offers a unique perspective on pleasurable living. She has degree in English Literature from UC Berkeley and is pursuing a master’s degree in Sexuality Studies.

Table of Contents

Disclaimer ix

Introduction: My Fundamentals xi

Chapter 1 Sensuality and Sexuality 1

Part 1 Exploring The Body

Chapter 2 Anatomy with an Emphasis on Pleasure 11

Chapter 3 Puberty, Bodies, and, Oh, These Changing Times 29

Chapter 4 Menarche and Heat Cycles (We Really Are Mammals, After All) 43

Part 2 Sex And Sensuality

Chapter 5 "The M-Thing" and Taking Care of Your Body 65

Chapter 6 The Big "O" 77

Chapter 7 How Do You DO?: Creating a Deliberate Orgasm 85

Chapter 8 Safe Sex and all about Latex 101

Part 3 Communication

Chapter 9 Double "C's"-Communication and Consent 117

Chapter 10 Nuts and Bolts of Friendship 131

Chapter 11 How to Talk about the Birds and the Bees 145

Conclusion 159

Resources for Continued Education 163

Works Cited 183

Notes 195

Acknowledgments 211

About the Author 213