

“We’re all made of the same parts, but in each of us, those parts are organized in a unique way that changes over our life span.” And the sensitivity of each component varies from person to person.”

and their divorce papers.”Īccording to their “dual control model,” the sexual response mechanism in our brains consists of a pair of universal components-a sexual accelerator and sexual brakes-and those components respond to broad categories of sexual stimulations, including genital sensations, visual stimulation, and emotional context. Trying to understand sex by looking at behavior is like trying to understand love by looking at a couple’s wedding portrait. “But if you really want to understand human sexuality, behavior alone won’t get you there. For a long, long time in Western science and medicine, women’s sexuality was viewed as Men’s Sexuality Lite-basically the same but not quite as good.” The frustrating reality is we’ve been lied to-not deliberately, it’s no one’s fault, but still. Most Important Keywords, Sentences, Quotes: Meta-Emotions: The Ultimate Sex-Positive Context.Cultural Context: A Sex-Positive Life in a Sex-Negative World.Emotional Context: Sex in a Monkey Brain.Context: And The “One Ring” (to Rule Them All) In Your Emotional Brain.The Dual Control Model: Your Sexual Personality.Come As You Are is divided into four major themes and a total of 9 chapters :
