Lowen Alexander. Love And Orgasm. A revolutionary view of the role of love in sex

New American Library, 1967. — 320 p.Promiscuity, lesbianism and homosexuality are having a heyday; the sexual adventurer is the latest hero of popular sex manuals. Now there comes a book that blasts the current theory of sexual "sophistication" and brings love back to the sex act. A famous psychiatrist explores the physical and psychic effects of orgasm as he tells why full orgiastic release is possible only in mature heterosexual love.Why does a woman become a "butch" or "dyke" type of lesbian? What drives a homosexual to risk arrest? What fixates a woman in the sexual role of prostitute, sister-spouse, mother-wife... the man as playboy, great lover, big brother? What are the causes of orgiastic impotence?
Love and Orgasm differentiates be-tween sexuality and sensuality, be-tween partial and full orgasm. The first full-scale work on Reich's orgasm theory, it analyzes the inseparable connection between one's sexual function and one's personality. Dr. Lowen presents many fascinating case histories, as he describes the act of intercourse and shows why only the mature individual can experience the true orgasm of heterosexual love.Sexual Sophistication versus Sexual Maturity.
Sex and Love.
Love and Sex.
Death, Sex, and Individuality.
Homosexuality.
The Lesbian Personality.
Latent Homosexuality.
Heterosexuality.
Male and Female Sexuality.
Sensuality versus Sexuality.
The Sexual Orgasm.
Orgastic Impotence in the Male.
Orgastic Impotence in the Female.
The Double Standard.
The Sexual Roles of the Female.
The Sexual Roles of the Male.
The Truth of the Body.