Pleasure — Book Conversation

At 28, Emma was battling an eating disorder and unable to orgasm. When she finally walked into sex therapy, she discovered the two were profoundly entangled and that feeling alienated from her own body was a systemic failure, not a personal one. Part memoir and part cultural investigation, her story moves from that therapy room to a feminist porn set, breaking down the forces that teach women to perform rather than feel.

Emma-Louise Boyton is a writer and founder of Sex Talks. Her debut book is the culmination of years of research, interviews and countless conversations with women about their connection to sexuality.