This chapter has so much good stuff! I love how this woman writes. On page 77, she writes "Female sexual turn-on begins, ironically, with a brain turn-off." I just started laughing and thought to myself, "This is going to be good!"
I was shocked at some of the facts in this chapter, though maybe I shouldn't have been. Like that it takes women "three times longer than the typical man to reach orgasm" (78). Okay, yeah, totally makes sense, but wow! The part about the Valium was fascinating! I was laughing out-loud and my grandma asked me what was so funny, and she told me that back when she was growing up in the 50's/60's, people called Valium "mother's little helper" and she thinks it really did help her mom (who had lots of kids and not much money) keep her sanity. I'm guessing that if she started taking it early enough, it helped her have lots of kids too :) I will never look at Valium the same!
The same kind of thing goes for vacations. I never put it together before that women are more willing to do things they normally wouldn't do while on vacation because of their relaxed brain. I guess I always figured it was because they were with people they didn't know and therefore the people they know would never find out about it or something. No wonder people like vacations so much, and men worry when their wives go on vacation without them!
I always knew men had the better situation when it came to sex, but I never realized how much women really get the short end of the straw. There is so much more stuff involved for a woman than for a man. Like with going to the bathroom. There are way more steps for a woman to go through in order to pee, but for a man, it is way simple. I thought is was funny that Brizendine says they haven't found the female equivalent for Viagra, since Valium seems to pretty close. She also says that "in 2004, Pfizer officially ended its eight-year quest to prove that Viagra [...] increased sexual enjoyment in women," but I wonder if they are still looking for something that does (80).
Laura, I too laughed really hard when I read the part about the vibrator being buried in the backyard. The real-life examples in this book make it so much more true and easy to understand! So many times when I am reading it, I think "That is so true!" I also get mad sometimes about how human nature is, because of things like the handsome guys spending less money on dates, having sex earlier in the relationships, and cheating more. And as much as I hate to admit it, women are partially to blame! Well, their brains at least, since they are looking for the most symmetrical men to father their children. Those poor unsymmetrical guys!
I was surprised by not only the difference in the amount of testosterone in men and women, but also by the wide gap in that amount. "Ten to one hundred times more" in men than women seems like such a huge difference (89)! I guess it makes sense given that some women have more and some men have less, but again, wow! I also love that Brizendine calls testosterone "sexual rocket fuel" (89). Maybe they need to put some testosterone in Valium...
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