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    Girl Boner: The Good Girl's Guide to Sexual Empowerment
    Girl Boner: The Good Girl's Guide to Sexual Empowerment
    Girl Boner: The Good Girl's Guide to Sexual Empowerment
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    Girl Boner: The Good Girl's Guide to Sexual Empowerment

    Written by August McLaughlin

    Narrated by August McLaughlin

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    “Equally fun, risqué, and informative, this is a welcome addition to sexual health literature.” – Publishers Weekly

    In a culture where female empowerment is used to sell everything from sex toys to soap, most sex education continues to bypass pleasure. The results are stark―we’ve grown accustomed to slut- and prude-shaming and allowed others to dictate how a “good girl” is meant to feel, act, and look.

    In Girl Boner: The Good Girl’s Guide to Sexual Empowerment, August McLaughlin offers an unfiltered blend of personal narrative and practical tips on relationships, solo play, journaling, gender issues, and more. From the perks of “Jilling off” to the 7 types of ‘gasms, Girl Boner will “empower you to own your sexual self and enjoy … your whole life a great deal more.”

    So, what exactly is a girl boner? We dare you to find out.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateDec 4, 2018
    ISBN9781721332953
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    August McLaughlin

    August McLaughlin is a nationally recognized health and sexuality writer, author and host and creator of Girl Boner® and Girl Boner Radio. Her work appears in DAME Magazine, the Huffington Post, LIVESTRONG.com and more. Known for melding personal passion, artistry and activism, August uses her skills as a public speaker and journalist to encourage other women to embrace their bodies and selves, making way for fuller, more authentic lives. augustmclaughlin.com

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    • 4/5
      Would recommend to any and all womxn, not just self-described "good girls." I appreciated the author's gender inclusivity, the scope of sexual wellness topics covered, and her personal anecdotes. This was a joy to read and really felt like having a heart-to-heart with funny, sincere friend over a glass of wine. Thanks for this, August.
    • 4/5
      A fully comprehensive and inclusive guide to female sexuality. This book offers advice on relationships, pleasure, and mental/physical health as well as combating cultural mores and traditional roles that are indoctrinated into girls in their youth. Trauma is covered. Eating disorders are covered. Kinks, toys, and sexual positions are covered.I'm pretty sure that there are few questions about sex and sexuality that this book can't at least begin to answer for you.
    • 2/5
      I received a hard cover copy of this book from 'Early Reviewers'.Does the world really need this book?Note to the author: in the acronym LGBTQ, the Q stands for 'questioning', not 'queer'.
    • 3/5
      Great guide to femaile sexuality. I listen to August's blog and this is a nice comprehensive option when I have a quick question.
    • 5/5
      I was not aware of the blog that prompted this book before receiving it so I was in for a real treat. The author addresses very important topics in women's sexual lives with a frankness that I enjoy. The use of humor in the book also lightens the mood of a topic that even now is hard for some people to grasp. As a middle-aged woman I found the book to be an accurate representation of things most women go through. The chapter on gender identities with the interviews of folks from various backgrounds helped immensely explain a life situation that I have a hard time understanding. I am passing this book onto my 20-something daughter and will also share it with my teenage daughter as well. Absolutely worth a read!
    • 5/5
      Despite the title, this book was not written solely for girls and women but also with intersex, trans, and nonbinary people in mind. I think the author makes a good faith effort to be inclusive of the many groups of people who may benefit from her work, although she does often revert back to framing things around women's experience specifically. While no one book can be wholly comprehensive, the book covers more ground than I expected it to (content ranges from a birth control comparison chart and sex toy shopping tips to reflections on how stress, eating disorders, and religion can affect a person's sex life) and is heavily sourced.
    • 4/5
      This book is aimed at a female audience. The book covers many topics that are relevant to strengthening a woman's sexual experience. The author is honest and knowledgeable. The author has also overcome many of the societal, cultural, and religious limitations and taboos. She is respectful and tries to be helpful. I recommend this book to women.
    • 5/5
      I received a free copy of this book from Library Thing's Early Reviewer's Program. Thank you Library Thing and the publisher.This book should be in the library of every woman and available to every girl! There is so much good info in here! It covers topics like identifying lady bits and how they work, how to care for them, what is consent and how it works, STI's, gender and orientation terms and definitions, talk about sex toys, positions, and so much other important and sometimes hard to come by and hard to discus info!This book is easy and fun to read, relatable, and informative. I enjoyed it, and learned some things. If I had a daughter, this would be available for her to read.
    • 5/5
      Fantastically easy to read with the most useful diagrams of any sex-ed book I've ever come across. McLaughlin is trans-inclusive at every turn, refuses to body-shame, normalizes without excluding and generates a healthy mix of 80% anatomically correct-20% euphemism while speaking about the body. There are reflection promps, Frisky Facts, and a whole lot of scienctific research scattered throughout the book evenly to help keep it from feeling too dense or confusing. My BIGGEST recommendation is for this to become the standard Health Class book across America. Then we might finally stem the tide of the current date-rape/#MeToo culture that seems to be present in even the highest reaches of our country.
    • 4/5
      Upon concluding an interesting experiment, Teiresias reported that women received “thrice three” the sexual satisfaction over men. In August Mclaughlin’s book, “Girl Boner, The Good Girls Guide To Sexual Empowerment”, which I received from Library Thing, Teiresias’s claim is apparently confirmed. Mclaughlin tackles an interesting but often difficult subject with a frank tenderness and intimate knowledge. Using numerous personal accounts as well as experiences from many others, the author discusses subjects ranging from masturbation to abuse, STI’s, porn, positions, toys, BDSM, and others. While trying to be inclusive of all gender identities, Mclaughlin carries it a bit too far so that it sometimes becomes tedious and a distraction from the books original theme. It appears at times to be only page filler. Perhaps “LGBTOA+ Boner” would be better served as a sequel where gender identities could be explored in depth and exclusively. However, the work is well researched and easy to read with choice bits of humor and wit. I can readily recommend the book for those interested in this topic, and it should be avoided by those easily offended by open sexual discussions.I give the book three and a half stars.8/23/2018
    • 5/5
      I received a hardcover edition of this book from the author’s publisher through a giveaway they had on LibraryThing, and the following is my honest opinion.Now Ladies, what’s the first thing that pops into your mind when you hear the word “boner?” Isn’t it the erection of a man’s normally limp penis? Erection is the involuntary indication that a guy has become totally aroused sexually and ready to insert his boner into woman’s clit [clitoris] for even more sexual gratification. Perhaps that’s why you’ve got to love the author’s decision to use that word as part of her attention-getting, curiosity arousal making title for her book, “Girl Boner.”The fact is, that even the woman who’s the biggest prude around can’t understand why she can be sexually aroused by the mere touching of their own genitals. And the sad reason for this is that far, far too many women are extremely naïve about this subject matter, which is probably due to the utter lack of sexual education they’ve gotten, thus making them easily shocked by anything that’s possibly relating to sex or nudity even in the slightest manner.While on one hand, this is an unbelievable contraindication, especially when you consider that society’s enfranchisement of a woman’s body has been used to market practically everything under the sun. The other hand society is decreeing in what manner the so-called “good girl” should appear, behave and most importantly think. All women have to appreciate the effort that the author, August McLaughlin, has put into compiling this exquisite guide which opens the door to their own sexual liberation; which is primarily due to the unadulterated descriptions that she offers of her own personal experiences. The book covers a vast myriad of female issues from the simplistic ones which concerns relationships to the more explicit ones which deals the various kinds of orgasms they’re liking to experience.It’s time for all women rid themselves of society’s shame-making attitude when it comes to their own sexuality and sexuality in general so they can get pleasure from any sexual activity they’d like to experience. While this book is simply sublime for all young girls who are beginning their journeys into womanhood, this book is also great for women of any age so they can still learn what they still don’t know about sexuality, and possibly consider experiencing what they’ve been missing all these years. And for doing this for all of her readers, how can I not give Ms. McLaughlin the 5 STARS she so richly deserves.BRAVO Ms. August McLaughlin. BRAVOBTW – This reviewer is 67 years old.