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“If I had a choice between having sex and reading a good book, the book wins. I notice I put in the adjective ‘good’—and that leaves me wondering if I’m not trying to put a better face on things. I still want people to read this and think, ‘Well, of course. If it’s a good book.’ But my boyfriend—the man I would eventually marry—would take even bad sex over a good book.”
--From I’d Rather Eat Chocolate
Joan is hardly ever in the mood. Kip is always in the mood. Does that sound like any couple you know?
Joan Sewell is a funny, brave new writer who dares to reveal that sex in her house does not look anything like the sex you see in movies. When she learns that her husband, Kip, would have sex five or six times a week if he could have as much sex as he wanted (compared to her once or twice a month), Joan decides she’d better pluck up her sex drive before she ends up on the fast track to divorce court. I’d Rather Eat Chocolate is the witty, provocative chronicle of her search for a lift to her libido and what happens when none of the expert advice works.
First she tries sexy underwear—until her husband realizes she is cheating on her thongs by wearing cotton panties. Then she reads that for stressed-out wives, a husband who does housework is the ultimate aphrodisiac—until she realizes that she is actually the slob in the relationship and the mess hasn’t decreased Kip’s sex drive any. When she reads John Gray’s advice to women to offer “quickies” if their husbands want sex and they are not in the mood, Joan realizes that this is the ultimate male trump card so she can never again say no to sex. Her fantasies begin to involve smothering John Gray with a pillow.
Joan Sewell is scrappy, fearless, and hilarious, the “I Love Lucy” of low libido. Her memoir is laugh-out-loud funny. But it has a serious vein, too. How Joan and Kip work it out, and what they do when they “do it,” will give every woman hope that she can be true to herself and have a happy marriage.
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I'd Rather Eat Chocolate: Learning to Love My Low Libido Reviews
I'd Rather Eat Chocolate: Learning to Love My Low Libido Reviews
| 12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:  Funny and well written, but puzzling (from a male perspective), This review is from: I'd Rather Eat Chocolate: Learning to Love My Low Libido (Hardcover) I read this book on a intercontinental business trip on a recommendation from a female friend. It was good for this purpose because its really a page-turner and puts some pretty common sexual dynamics into sharp focus. The author makes a pretty good case that she (and so many other women) shouldn't be judged as flawed because they are barely interested in sex. She also thinks the conflation of love=sex is a BS guilt trip to get wives to put out more lest they be withholding love from their spouses. I get it. I feel sorry for her and her husband, but I get it. But there's something I really, really didn't get: if sex is NOT a form of love, and if it is such an infinitesimally low priority for her, then why does she care if her husband gets it elsewhere? If I take her at her word that she doesn't care about sex hardly at all, then why does she need to control her husbands sex life, including (and this made me a bit angry) putting restrictions on his... Read more 39 of 49 people found the following review helpful:  Subversive in Pink, This review is from: I'd Rather Eat Chocolate: Learning to Love My Low Libido (Hardcover) Joan Sewell's memoir, "I'd Rather Eat Chocolate" could not be more timely: Redbook magazine just printed a survey sating that 70 percent of women would choose chocolate over sex. The author finds herself squarely in that camp. It's not jthat she has no libido (she masturbates)or can't orgasm through intercourse, etc. Her husband has skills, but sex is such a low priority that if left up to her, she'd never get around to initiating it with an actual partner. Like me, she fakes lust until she can't fake it anymore. Her sexual compromise with her husband is unlike any I've seen. She admits that this part is not supposed to be example for everyone. But that's what it takes for Joan to feel autonomy over her own body (that's important to her)while giving Kip the sex he hasn't been having at all during their platoic stalemate. A small part of the book, this part does seem incomplete. But it's a start in breaking the iceberg that developed between them. (And you've got to have... Read more 18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:  I hear it all the time, This review is from: I'd Rather Eat Chocolate: Learning to Love My Low Libido (Hardcover) I'm only twent-four and have been living with my boyfriend for two years. I've had sex with other guys and surprisingly, most of them have been skilled in the sex department. But still I'm not as close to being as horny as them or even like Joan Sewell says, as horny as all the women that are on TV and movies now. I feel it's secret I have to keep. Because like the author says, having a libido lower than I guy seems to be a reflection on me. I am a confident and I think pretty well adjusted woman in other areas. For me not wanting sex is not from a psychological hangup (though I'm getting one now from being "undersexed". I read this book in throughout the night and into the morning. This woman could have been my clone. She's funny, smart, and outrageous. Her solution is not for everybody. I just went to her website today and wrote her an email. Maybe I'll find more details about how she got from her sexual stalemate to where she is now in her marriage. All in all a great... Read more |
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