The Sex Diaries: Why Women Go Off Sex and Other Bedroom Battles, By Bettina Arndt

LONDON -

- Bettina Arndt Will be Available for Interview in London on 23rd & 24th July and in Ireland on 27th & 28th July

What would men change about sex? More, we want more! That’s the resounding answer that echoes around the world. The reason is simple. The number one sexual problem plaguing women is low libido. In The Sex Diaries, Australia’s best known sex therapist, Bettina Arndt uncovers the night-time drama being played out in bedrooms everywhere, revealing how ordinary couples cope with the tensions of managing their sex supply. Bettina recruited ninety-eight couples to keep diaries recording their intimate negotiations over sex. Who feels like having sex? Who doesn’t? How do couples cope if one person wants it more than the other? She draws on her thirty-five years of experience to provide a provocative analysis of desire which challenges many of our basic assumptions about sex.

Through the power of his-and-hers diaries, we get to see what happens day by day, night by night, as the couples negotiate their way through these complex issues. Using this extraordinary, rich material, Bettina reaches some startling conclusions.

She proposes a challenge to the most basic assumption about how sex operates - that women have to want sex in order to enjoy it. To experience regular, pleasurable sex and sustain loving relationships, women have to get over that ideological roadblock and “just do it” she claims. The result will be both men and women will enjoy more, better sex.

Bettina Arndt started her career as Down-Under’s Dr Ruth. A trained clinical psychologist, she was one of Australia’s first sex therapists, talking about sex on television and radio as well as teaching medical students and other professionals. She then spent twenty years writing about broader social issues, acquiring a reputation as a respected social commentator. It was Arndt’s high profile that attracted so many people willing to bare all in her diary project.

BETTINA ARNDT WILL BE IN LONDON TO PROMOTE THE SEX DIARIES FROM 23rd JULY. TO DISCUSS AN INTERVIEW OR TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE BOOK PLEASE CONTACT: Fiona Smith on +44-(0)207-531-8489 or email fiona.smith@octopus-publishing.co.uk

23.7.09 Published by Hamlyn

GBP9.99 pbk

www.octopusbooks.co.uk/books/health-and-diet/9780600620723/the-sex-diaries/

Source: Octopus Publishing Group

Bettina Arndt will be in london to promote the sex diaries from 23rd July. to discuss an interview or to receive a copy of the book please contact: Fiona Smith on +44-(0)207-531-8489 or email: fiona.smith at octopus-publishing.co.uk