cover image Sexploration: The Ultimate Guide to Feeling Truly Great in Bed

Sexploration: The Ultimate Guide to Feeling Truly Great in Bed

Jane Bogart. Penguin Books, $15 (275pp) ISBN 978-0-14-303685-2

This guide will not transform the reader into a ""physically programmed sex god/goddess/robot,"" writes self-proclaimed ""sexpert"" Jane Bogart, nor will it reveal the secrets to achieving the ultimate orgasm. Rather, the author helps readers delve into their personal histories to discover what turns them on (and off) and how to communicate these revelations to a partner. Bogart, a lecturer and professor, employs worksheets, charts, quizzes and checklists as prompts for readers to reflect on past sexual experiences and to describe what worked and what didn't; these self-assessment questions range from ""Describe your first kissing experience"" to selecting a response that best describes the reader's views on group sex, role-playing and watching pornography. Bogart dishes advice alongside whimsical illustrations depicting body parts and techniques (such as ""Using a dental dam"") and testimonials from individuals of all ages, genders and sexual orientations. It's clear from chapter titles such as ""A Penile Pilgrimage"" and ""Voyage to the Land of Vulvas and Vaginas"" that Bogart considers sex a journey, rather than something to be conquered or achieved, and this book is a viable road map for curious explorers in search of uncharted sexual terrain.