Sex Drive

"""[Sex Drive] unpicks the way women get sucked into the vortex of career, family, housework, and trying to appear desirable, which leaves no time to actually desire . . . The central, crucial message is posed as a question: What if low libido is not a problem at all but rather falls within the 'normal' range of female desire?"" --Sunday Star Times ""A scholarly and thoughtful book on the subject of women and sex. Dr. Ellwood-Clayton examines woman's desire from social, medical and historical perspective across many eras and cultures . . .Your partner may want to read this book too."" --Wendy Harmer, author of Love and Punishment ""An intriguing and insightful journey across the female libido, challenging the accepted truths and answering those who seek to define and limit what is 'normal' . . . Bella Ellwood-Clayton explores the way that the media manipulates our desires, what becoming a mother really means for our sex life, the impact of anti-depressants on our libido, how our desires change as we age, as well as the problematic search for the 'pink Viagra'."" --Monica Dux, author of The Great Feminist Denial ""Engaging, insightful, and readable . . . sexual anthropologist Ellwood-Clayton draws on philosophical, psychological, physiological, and cultural sources, as well as interviews with an array of women, in order to investigate the nuances of female desire."" --Publishers Weekly ""Snappily written, well-researched book . . . Sex Drive takes a constructive approach to the so-called crisis in female sexuality. The author tells us to forget notions of ""dysfunction"" and embrace our own sensuality."" --Courier Mail ""This is a useful, timely book . . . Verdict: smart, sassy and helpful."" --The Age"