Good Sex

Catherine M. Roach has 25 years of grant-funded research experience on gender, sexuality, and American popular culture. A two-time Fulbright awardee with a PhD from Harvard and publications in both fiction and nonfiction, she's been an invited visiting professor in Canada, Australia, and Europe. She is Professor of New College, an innovative liberal arts program at the University of Alabama, where she's won the school's top research and teaching awards and where she offers a popular cross-university course titled "Sexuality & Society." Originally from Ottawa, Canada, she is based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Preface
Foreplay: Introducing the Manisexto: A Manifesto for the New Gender and Sexual Revolution
Manisexto #1: Positive Sexuality: Sexuality Is a Normal, Healthy, and Pleasurable Aspect of Being Human
1. Sex: It's Complicated
2. What Do We Mean by "Good" Sex?
3. The Misunderstood Meaning of "Sex-Positive"
4. The Two-Sided Story of Sex in America
5. Romancing the Puritan
Manisexto #2: Equity and Inclusion: Gender and Sexual Identities Are Diverse—and That's Okay
6. Why Diversity Matters across the Rainbow Spectrum, for Us All
7. Conversation, Consensus, and Cultural Competence
8. The Meanings of Queer
9. Sex Is Not Everything: The Surprising Lesson of Asexuality as Part of Diversity
Manisexto #3: Body Positivity: All Bodies Are Good Bodies
10. The Naked Truth: Embracing Body Positivity and Diverse Ways to Embody Gender
11. Body Positivity Doesn't Mean "Let Them Eat Cake!": It's about Holistic Well-Being
12. It's Not about "Looking Good" but about Feeling Good—and That Includes Your Genitals Too
13. Sex Is Not Only for the Young and Beautiful
Manisexto #4: Consent: Full Consent Is Fundamental to All Sexual Activity
14. The Role of Consent in Good Sex
15. What Consent Is (Good Communication) and Is Not (Green Eggs and Ham, or a Blanket)
16. Saying Yes, Saying No, Expanding the Gender Scripts
17. Boys Don't Belong in a Box
Manisexto #5: Shared Pleasure: Good Sex Is Mutually Pleasurable and Respectful
18. Power With, Not Power Over
19. Who Gets to Feel Good?: Gender and Pleasure beyond the Shame-and-Blame Tightrope
20. Closing the Orgasm Gap: Porn and Hookups
21. Cliteracy and the Politics of Pleasure
22. Climax: Drawing the Line toward New Visions of Love
Afterglow: Where We Go from Here: Toward Better Sex Education in America
Acknowledgments and Note on Student Responses
Source Citations and Resources for Further Reading
Index