Table of Contents
Preface ix
1 Body Parts
Who Has What and How It Works 1
#1 Bigger Penises Are Better 1
#2 Vaginas Are Dirty, Ugly, and Smell Bad 6
#3 Male Circumcision Is Dangerous and Completely Unnecessary 14
#4 The G-spot Is the Most Orgasmic Part of a Woman’s Body 22
#5 Testosterone Is the Main Predictor of Sex Drive in Men, and You Can Always Add More 26
#6 Everyone Is Born Either Male or Female 31
2 Orientation and Identity
Who We Are and Who We Want 41
#7 You Can Tell If Someone Is Gay Just by Looking at Him/Her 41
#8 No One Is Really Bisexual 44
#9 Most Transgender Individuals Get Surgery 49
#10 Homosexuality Can Be Cured 55
#11 Same-Sex Relationships Are Inherently Different from Those Between One Man and One Woman 64
#12 Children of Same-Sex Parents Have Psychological Issues and Usually End Up Gay 69
#13 Most Child Molesters Are Gay Men 77
3 Sexual Stats
Who Has Sex? How Often? How Hot? 83
#14 Single People Have the Best Sex Life Since They’re Not Tied Down 83
#15 Married Sex Is Boring, and Boring Sex Is Bad 87
#16 Grandma Doesn’t Have Sex (and I Doubt that Mom Does Either) 91
#17 Young People Are Sexually Wild, Promiscuous, and Irresponsible 97
#18 Anal Sex is Not Normal 102
4 Performance
Lights, Camera, Orgasm 110
#19 The First Time You Have Sex Is One of the Best and Most Meaningful Events of Your Life 110
#20 Good Sex Always Ends With Simultaneous Orgasms 117
#21 No Partner of Mine Has Ever Faked an Orgasm 123
#22 Women Want to Be Dominated in Bed, Rough Sex Is the Most Fun 126
#23 Only People Who Aren’t Getting Any Masturbate 129
#24 Not Horny? Horny Goat Weed Can Help 132
5 Conception and Contraception
Illusions and Delusions 137
#25 She’s Not Going to Get Pregnant if We Just Do It This Once 137
#26 The Pill and Other Birth Control Methods are Actually Dangerous to a Woman’s Health 141
#27 Withdrawal Is Just as Good as Any Other Contraceptive Method 151
#28 Condoms Don’t Work Very Well, Plus They Take All the Fun Out of Sex Anyway 156
#29 Abortion Causes Breast Cancer and a Host of Mental Health Issues 162
6 STIs and Protection
The Risks of Romance 167
#30 There’s a Cure for HIV and AIDS 167
#31 STIs Are No Big Deal as Long as You Take Your Medicine 174
#32 HPV Vaccines (and Other Prevention Methods) Turn Girls into Sluts 183
7 Relationships
Dating and Desire 190
#33 Hooking Up Never Leads to a Relationship 190
#34 If You Feel Attracted to Someone Else, There Must Be Something Wrong With Your Relationship 194
#35 Most Female Fantasies Revolve Around a Love Story 196
#36 Men Cheat, Women Rarely Do 203
#37 Most Couples have Matched Sexual Appetites 211
8 When Sex is Unhealthy
Sex and Trouble 216
#38 Jealousy Is Romantic 216
#39 Alcohol Makes Sex Better 220
#40 Alcohol and Sex Are a Harmless Combination 225
#41 For Girls, Sometimes Sex Just Hurts 229
#42 Men Under 40 Rarely Have Trouble With Erections 234
#43 People Can Get Addicted to Sex, Just Like They’re Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs 241
#44 She Was Asking For It, and Other Common Myths About Sexual Assault 248
#45 Pornography Is Dangerous 253
9 The Not-So-Private Side of Sex
Sex, Society, and the Law 262
#46 Sex Education Makes Kids More Sexually Active 262
#47 Men Who Have a Lot of Sex Are Studs, Women Are Sluts 270
#48 Sexting is a Dangerous Epidemic Among Teens 276
#49 If Sex Is Consensual, It Can Never Be Illegal 283
#50 The Struggle for Gay Rights Is Over 292
Index 301