When Someone You Love is Kinky

by Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt

Overview

When Someone You Love Is Kinky to help "non-kinky" folks understand and communicate with their kinky friends, partners, and relatives. Included are guidelines for dealing with the emotional turmoil of the coming-out process; brief and non-threatening descriptions of the commonest kinks (and ideas about why people enjoy them); suggestions for how to talk to your kinky friend or relative in ways that promote good communication; explanation of how kinky people keep themselves safe while exploring diverse sexualities; a glossary of commonly used terminology from the kink communities; a resource guide to help the reader find further information and support.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781890159238
Publisher:	Greenery Press
Publication date:	09/15/2000
Pages:	156
Sales rank:	814,187
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 8.75(h) x 1.00(d)

What People are Saying About This

Isadora Alman

This book should be required reading for anyone interested in expanding her knowledge of human sexuality.
— (Isadora Alman, syndicated columnist, Ask Isadora)

Editorial Reviews

The spectrum of human sexuality and behavior is culturally defined, shaped, and sanctioned. Some acts and relationships being within the norm, others being viewed as extreme or deviant. In every society, consenting adult sexual practices can vary widely as to whether they are normative or "kinky". These practices include bondage, spanking, crossdressing, erotic roleplaying, fetishism, and related activities. Marriage and family counselor Dossie Easton and writer/educator Catherine A. Liszt wrote When Someone You Love Is Kinky to help "nonkinky" folks understand and communicate with their kinky friends, partners, and relatives. Included are guidelines for dealing with the emotional turmoil of the comingout process; brief and nonthreatening descriptions of the commonest kinks (and ideas about why people enjoy them); suggestions for how to talk to your kinky friend or relative in ways that promote good communication; explanation of how kinky people keep themselves safe while exploring diverse sexualities; a glossary of commonly used terminology from the kink communities; a resource guide to help the reader find further information and support. A highly recommended addition to personal, academic, and community library human sexuality reference collections, When Someone You Love Is Kinky is sound, appropriate, informative, and serious reading.

When Someone You Love Is Kinky is a concise, and easy to read book, questions are anticipated and answered with respect. Kinky behavior is explained with dignity, and isn't cheapened.
—Lambda Book Report Marika Christian

Marika Christian