Cover of Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski
Paperback 2021

Come as You Are

The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life (Revised and Updated)

A groundbreaking, evidence-based exploration of sexual wellbeing, dual-control desire models, and contextual arousal.

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Orgasmaphoria Perspective

Editorial View & What It Contributes

Emily Nagoski’s revised edition remains a foundational milestone in sexual literacy, translating neuroscience and the dual-control model (sexual accelerators and brakes) into compassionate, transformative concepts. Orgasmaphoria values this work for thoroughly de-pathologizing differences in responsive desire, spontaneous desire, and arousal non-concordance, establishing that emotional context, stress, and nervous-system safety are physiological sex organs in their own right.

Bibliographic Details

Publisher
Simon & Schuster / Touchstone
Edition
Revised and Updated Edition
ISBN-13
9781982165314
ISBN-10
1982165316
Format & Pages
Paperback · 432 pages
Available Formats
Paperback, Ebook, Audiobook
Language
EN

Topics & Classifications

Sexual wellness Consent Pleasure education Trauma & attachment

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