Wham, Bam--Hey, Not So Fast, Buster

August, 1984

The belief persists that women don't use erotica to become aroused. Certainly, that belief is central to the feminist antipornography movement. But it is not true, at least according to sex therapist and author Lonnie Barbach, who has edited a book that is bound to be controversial, Pleasures: Women Write Erotica. It's a collection of nonfiction accounts by women about their most erotic experiences. Barbach decided to produce this book after women with whom she talked in her work as therapist co...