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Sex Outside the Lines

Authentic Sexuality in a Sexually Dysfunctional Culture

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Sex Outside the Lines

By: Chris Donaghue PhD
Narrated by: Michael Hinton
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In Sex Outside the Lines, Dr. Chris Donaghue describes the holes in society's definition of "normal", taking a sharp eye to institutions such as marriage, cheating, virginity, identity, and sexual orientation. He also examines all the ways that accepting society's "truths" have led to the demise of long-term relationships and sexual pleasure. All of this misinformation is showing up in your bedroom and preventing you from having the sex life you're entitled to.

In Donaghue's years of training in sex and couples therapy, he has developed highly successful methods for freeing clients from sexual hang-ups, enabling them to let go of shame and embarrassment. Donaghue pulls apart cultural phobias with a "sex positive" therapy practice, a kind of sexual deprograming that helps people see and accept the desires they have - even if they don't align with societal expectations - are really natural, healthy, and part of having a great sex life.

©2015 Chris Donaghue (P)2015 Tantor Sexual & Reproductive Health Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Personal Development Psychology Marriage Love, Dating & Attraction
Enlightening Perspectives • Thought-provoking Analysis • Very Good Narration • Educational Content • Progressive Concepts

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Sometimes the language was difficult to follow, had to rewind often, but the general concepts came across, so progressive, so enlightened! Acknowledges and breaks down all social norms that we except as rules and suggests modern and approachable alternatives for sex and relationships. 🙌🙌

Eloquent and inspiring! May have to reread

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I'd never heard of Chris Donaghue until he was interviewed on a podcast, discussing this book, which I've now listened to three times and read once in print. He extends many critiques of marriage and heteronormativity which were made in the 1970's, but with modern theory and the inside experience of a humane therapist who has been backstage in the sausage factory of what passes for sexual "expertise" among front-line counselors.

His belief in the positive value of sexuality and the right of all people to sexual fulfillment has me thinking in exciting new ways that make me more accepting of others. All others. A thought-provoking read worth thinking on for months to come.

One of My Favorites for 2015

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What did you like best about Sex Outside the Lines? What did you like least?

I love the ideas, concepts, and topics. Great book club book, but the recording is consistent and distracting.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Michael Hinton?

Someone who could have fun with the text. The reader is boring but the recording inconsistency is the big issue.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No! yes on the topic, but the book would need a complete rewrite to be story driven.

Any additional comments?

Buy the physical skip the audio unless dyslexic like me than consider letting JAWS read it or Adobe. The recording is just trash at best.

Great book, Terrible Audio

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Just one long opinion piece, most of which I agree with, but devoid of practical advice. I doubt anyone who purchases this book thinks our society’s moral judgment of sexuality and non-traditional families is appropriate. I personally was looking for, and was guided to this book, for useful advice on cultivating personal acceptance for my own sexuality. Even though the author is a therapist, I got zero I could act on. Pretty much a waste of time. The narration could easily be AI for the complete lack of expression- check this guy’s pulse!

Basically learned nothing except the term “teledildonics.”

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This book is an excellent, thought-provoking challenge to today’s oppressive status quo. Read it and expand your box!

Expand your box

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