In a thirtieth anniversary edition of the classic guide to human sexuality, a psychiatrist candidly discusses sexual mores, problems, and taboos in light of the latest research findings and contemporary health and social issues. 100,000 first printing.Bookswagon.com Review"Sexual satisfaction, sexual safety, and sexual sanity are among life's greatest challenges," says David Reuben, M.D. "The more you know about sex, the more you can enjoy it." No less than 100 million readers learned to enjoy sex more with his originalEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* *but Were Afraid to Ask. Now, 30 years later, this classic sex-information book has been updated, reflecting the dramatic changes in medical and psychological understanding of sexuality. Reuben gives the answer to every sex question you ever wanted to know, and some you wouldn't think to ask. Did you know, for example, that porno stars are not as endowed as they look? Just as the camera adds 10 pounds to the look of a normal person's body weight, it can add a couple of inches to a normal penis. The stars also sometimes use vacuum pumps before--ahem!--big scenes. (We knew you needed to know this.) Reuben explains how to perform the "Three-Headed Turtle," why not to do the "Prince Albert," why Spanish fly is better left to farm animals, and how 20 minutes of aerobic exercise enhances a woman's ability to reach orgasm. His style is friendly and clever--you'll find yourself reading chapter after chapter just for the fun of it. --Joan PriceReview"Bring it on." ---- Entertainment Weekly"Bring it on." -- Entertainment Weekly"Classic." -- Harper's Bazaar"The book resounds with Reuben's signature reassuring tones." -- Publishers WeeklyAbout the AuthorDr. David Reuben is a physician and surgeon with a specialty in psychiatry. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. After internship and residency he served as a Medical Officer with the U.S. Air Force. Subsequently he entered private practice. He is the author of numerousNew York Times bestselling books on sex, health, and nutrition, includingAny Woman Can!, How to Get More Out of Sex, The Save-Your-Life Diet, and others. He has also written more than 250 magazine articles.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Beyond The Birds And The BeesIt has been thirty years almost to the day since the original publication of Everything you always wanted to know about sex* *But were afraid to ask. In that interval a lot has changed. Men go to Outer Space almost the way they used to go from New York to London. Even the jet pilot I mentioned in the Introduction to the Original Edition has now become a Space Voyager and steered his Craft into the vast darkness of Space. But he still can't propel his penis those seven inches into the vast darkness of the vagina.The woman physicist who explored the mysteries of nuclear particles in the original edition has discovered an entirely new form of attraction between sub-nuclear particles--but she still hasn't discovered why her own sexuality drives her to an attraction for women instead of men.As I pointed out then, the control of our sexual knowledge and information has been in the hands of those least qualified scientifically and emotionally to lead us. It has been in the hands of people who've tried to suppress and deny the most human of all human feelings--our sexual instincts. It has been in the hands of people who didn't know a hormone from an enzyme and yet told us in agonizing detail how to regulate the most intimate aspect of our personal lives.But now that we are on the verge of the twenty-first century, all that has changed....Or has it?Not quite. Now the self-appointed gurus of human sexuality are the "Touchy-Feely," "Whatever-Does-It-For-You," folks. Most of them are self-styled "experts" with credentials not even remotely related to the slightest knowledge of human sexuality. Some of