The Erotic Lives Of Women

Feelings of guilt and shame still shroud much of women's sexual experience. The Erotic Lives of Wo-men encourages women to break the vicious circle of fear and silence that keeps them from exchanging their erotic knowledge and experiences. The American photographer Linda Troeller and the German journalist Marion Schneider have interviewed 35 women from different backgrounds, ages, and cultures about their fantasies, fears, and adventures. A French teacher, a Brazilian professional singer, a North American film director, a Moroccan housewife: they all share the most intimate parts of their lives with the reader in these revealing interviews. Linda Troeller photographed the women acting out their sexual dreams and personae. The Erotic Lives of Women empowers women to pursue a dialogue on their sexuality beyond both age-old repression and media-driven exhibitionism. An unusually frank book that affirms women's right to find a voice of their own to talk about their bodies, delights, and desires.