Sex Rules!
Astonishing Sexual Practices and Gender Roles Around the World

Not quite the academic work I was expecting, but a quick entertaining read, with a very broad range of diverse practices in communities across the world discussed. A little wanting in depth, mixed level sources, and in-text citations, but an interesting collection of snapshots of sexual, gender, mar......more

This book was rather briefer and more shallow than I had anticipated, but still worth reading. I found the information about varying criteria for deeming a body attractive of greatest personal use, as a means of comforting a friend who had been shamed in social media about her appearance. I was rather......more

In Sex Rules, Astonishing Sexual Practices and Gender Roles Around the World, Janice Zarro Brodman authors a scholarly, humanistic, and humorously fascinating anthropological study of global sexual practices. Placing an emphasis on tolerance, Brodman’s unfettered passion for subject breathes life in......more

Very quick anthropological study of cultures that are different from ours. Marriage, menstruation, power and sex are explored in this very consumable book. It's a nice introduction to these topics and it made me question my customs. The only downside to this book is that it's a little too light for me,......more

So interesting! A very in depth look at sex, dating and relationships all over the world. Some was expected, much of it was surprising.......more