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My Secret Garden
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My Secret Garden (1973) (edit title/settings)

Women's Sexual Fantasies

by Nancy Friday (Author) (edit contributors)

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When it first appeared, My Secret Garden created a storm of outrage and exhilaration. Women who read it were astonished to find in its pages the hidden content of their own sexual fantasies. More outspoken, graphic, and taboo-shattering than any book before its time, My Secret Garden ... read more

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There is no plot to this book, it is an episodic collection of alleged sexual fantasies provided by women themselves. The collection are very well documented and divided into various sections depending on their subject matter. They are analyzed after they are related, but this analysis is not... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

There is no plot to this book, it is an episodic collection of alleged sexual fantasies provided by women themselves. The collection are very well documented and divided into various sections depending on their subject matter. They are analyzed after they are related, but this analysis is not as scientific as it is alleged to be. Published initially in1972, it is the first of a series of books published by Nancy Friday herself. The information located in these books has to be taken by the reader with a sense of patience and understanding. Are these stories real? Are these truly intimate female sexual fantasies, or are these just fabrications using what Ms. Friday may think what other women are thinking. She never puts that theory to rest. Yet she does start an interesting dialog between women and others may actually have these fantasies and what they mean to the women who admit they are involved with them. It did seem to trigger a few months if not a few years of controversy.The problem is that not many of the current people involved with the research and therapy of women who are disturbed by their own fantasies and the women who have fantasies are no longer aware that this and the rest of these volumes even exist. The read is interesting and it was eye opening for me. If you have not read this you should. If it is true. It will help you come to terms with these feelings. If you love women it is a compendium of truly interesting women's fantasies, and should be read by those who love them.

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In my mind, as in our fucking, I am at the crucial point: . . .

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Forward by "J"
Chapter One: "Tell Me What You Are Thinking About." He Said
Chapter Two: "Why Fantasize When You Have Me?"
Frustration
Insufficiency
Sex Enhancement
Foreplay
Approval
Exploration
Sexual Initiative
Insatiability
Daydreams
Masturbation
The Lesbians
Chapter Three: The House of Fantasy
Room Number One: Anonymity, or, "Taken by the Faceless Stranger"
Room Number Two: The Audience
Room Number Three: Rape, or, "Don't Just Stand There, Force Me!"
Room Number Four: Pain and Masochism, or, "Ouch, Don't Stop!"
Room Number Five: Domination, or, "How Humiliating! Thank You."
Room Number Six: The Sexuality of Terror, or, "Help, I'm Out of Control, Thank God!"
Room Number Seven: The Thrill of the Forbidden, or, "No, You Must Not!....Here, Let Me Help You."
Room Number Eight: The Transformation Room, or, "Life Can Be Beautiful."
Room Number Nine: The Earth Mother Room
Room Number Ten: Incest
Room Number Eleven: The Zoo
Room Number Twelve: Big Black Men
Room Number Thirteen: Young Boys
Room Number Fourteen: The Fetishists
Room Number Fifteen: Other Women
Room Number Sixteen: Prostitution, or, "Sadie Thompson Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
Chapter Four: "Where Did a Nice Girl Like You Get an Idea Like That?"
Childhood
Sounds
Women Do Look
Seeing and Reading
Random Associations
Chapter Five: Guilt and Fantasy, or, Why the Fig Leaf?
Women's Guilt
Men's Anxiety
Chapter Six: Fantasy Accepted
"Of Course, I Fantasize, Doesn't Everyone?"
Fantasies That Should Be Reality
Acting Out Fantasies, Pros and Cons
Sharing Fantasies
Chapter Seven: Quickies
Afterword: "In Defense of Nancy Friday" by Martin Shepherd, M.D., Psychiatrist

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  1. Nancy Friday (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Trident Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1973
ISBN: 0671271016
Page Count: 361

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Reading Level: Adults

This is not a book for just anyone to read yet I will say that young adults who have a resource person to confide in should read this so they may get an interesting insight into their own feels before they become saturated with guilt or fear of their own feelings and sensations.

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