[.ca] I'd Rather Eat Chocolate: Learning to Love My Low Libido (ISBN 0767922670)

You'll Love It:
I'd Rather Eat Chocolate is one of the funniest, truest books about sex you'll ever read. It's a brutally honest but hilarious hike through her attempts to raise her libido through the advice of TV and book sexperts. She does everything right, but it turns out so wrong. If you really want to know more about the book, go to Joan Sewell's website.

Love It!:
You know what? I have never laughed so much. I'd Rather Eat Chocolate is like having a best girlfriend by your side--the smart, funny one you always call when you feel miserable because you know she's going to make you feel that much better about yourself. This is a smart book that says that women should not put-up with cultural expectations that say that being lusty as your man is a guage of how healthy, confident, liberated, and mentally and emotionally mature we are. And, best of all, she doesn't think that lack of lustfullness is a sign that we don't love our mate. The author says that lust is just an appetite, like any other. And that many women simply have lower sex drives than men because we're women. Not because of any psychological disorder or inhibition. She says there are many physical and behavioral differences between men and women and it's not all a matter of socialization, so we should stop making women feel they need years of therapy because they don't match they're mates drive. Instead, she thinks we need to be honest about it. Her point of view is the most original I've seen. She's very, very frank about what she went through with her husband to get to a point where they're marriage can survive. It's a very witty but also serious look at a marriage.

I'd rather eat chocolate, too!:
Absolutely fantastic. After reading a review of her book in The Globe & Mail, I had to find out more about it. So I went to Joan Sewell's website (a .com suffix I think) and after reading a two-chapter excerpt, I bought it straight away. She's smart, funny, and relateable. I'm in my late twenties, and I'm supposed to go crazy for sex. Well for ONCE, I don't feel ashamed. Yes, I'd rather eat chocolate too! I thank Joan Sewell for writing this book.

A Very Much Welcome Change:
This book is exceptionally different others in its category. Joan says out loud many of the things that I didn't even want to say to myself in my heart. I felt embarassed. But after reading her book, I feel freed. I almost cried in relief. She said that so many women feel pressured to have the sex drives of their male partners, as if that was the only measure of sound mind and body. It's been hard. After seven years of marriage, even having nannies for the kids, and hormone supplements, my libido is NO where near my husbands. Now I know it doesn't have to be, nor is it abnormal at all if it isn't. I love the book because it is so honest and funny. I read it twice. It's one I'll keep referring to.