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Why everything the media tells us about sex is wrong ...

Is there any truth to the epidemic of sex addiction? Are our children really getting sexualised younger? Are men the only ones who like porn? Brooke Magnanti looks at all these questions and more - and proves that perhaps we've all been taking the answers for granted.

Brooke Magnanti is no stranger to controversy. As Belle de Jour she enthralled and outraged the nation in equal measure. Now her real identity is out in the open, Brooke's background as a scientist and a researcher can come to bear in her fascinating investigation into the truth behind the headlines, scandals and moral outrage that fill the media (and our minds) when it comes to sex.

Using her entertaining and informed voice, Brooke strips away the hype and looks at the science behind sex and the panic behind public policy. Unlike so many media column inches, Brooke uses verifiable academic research. This is fact not fiction; science not supposition.

So sit back, open your mind and prepare to be shocked ...



Trade Review
A book that is as entertaining as it is erudite...a timely, persuasive read * The Observer *
An important book... exactly the kind of level-headed analysis that could help to dispel some of the hysteria surrounding the sex industry * The Times *

The Sex Myth: Why Everything We're Told is Wrong

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    Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
    Publication Date: 31/01/2013
    ISBN13: 9781780220895, 978-1780220895
    ISBN10: 1780220898

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Why everything the media tells us about sex is wrong ...

    Is there any truth to the epidemic of sex addiction? Are our children really getting sexualised younger? Are men the only ones who like porn? Brooke Magnanti looks at all these questions and more - and proves that perhaps we've all been taking the answers for granted.

    Brooke Magnanti is no stranger to controversy. As Belle de Jour she enthralled and outraged the nation in equal measure. Now her real identity is out in the open, Brooke's background as a scientist and a researcher can come to bear in her fascinating investigation into the truth behind the headlines, scandals and moral outrage that fill the media (and our minds) when it comes to sex.

    Using her entertaining and informed voice, Brooke strips away the hype and looks at the science behind sex and the panic behind public policy. Unlike so many media column inches, Brooke uses verifiable academic research. This is fact not fiction; science not supposition.

    So sit back, open your mind and prepare to be shocked ...



    Trade Review
    A book that is as entertaining as it is erudite...a timely, persuasive read * The Observer *
    An important book... exactly the kind of level-headed analysis that could help to dispel some of the hysteria surrounding the sex industry * The Times *

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