{"product_id":"perv-jesse-bering-9780374534837","title":"Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As a sex writer, Jesse Bering is fearless--and peerless.\" --Dan Savage \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You are a sexual deviant. A pervert, through and through.\" We may not want to admit it, but as the award-winning columnist and psychologist Jesse Bering reveals in \u003ci\u003ePerv\u003c\/i\u003e, there is a spectrum of perversion along which we all sit. Whether it's voyeurism, exhibitionism, or your run-of-the-mill foot fetish, we \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e possess a suite of sexual tastes as unique as our fingerprints--and as secret as the rest of the skeletons we've hidden in our closets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining cutting-edge studies and critiques of landmark research and conclusions drawn by Sigmund Freud, Alfred Kinsey, and the \u003ci\u003eDSM-5\u003c\/i\u003e, Bering pulls the curtain back on paraphilias, arguing that sexual deviance is commonplace. He explores the countless fetishists of the world, including people who wear a respectable suit during the day and handcuff a willing sexual partner at night. But he also takes us into the lives of \"erotic outliers,\" such as a woman who falls madly in love with the Eiffel Tower; a pair of \u003ci\u003edeeply \u003c\/i\u003eaffectionate identical twins; those with a particular penchant for statues; and others who are enamored of crevices \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003efound on the human body. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving from science to politics, psychology, history, and his own reflections on growing up gay in America, Bering confronts hypocrisy, prejudice, and harm as they relate to sexuality on a global scale. Humanizing so-called deviants while at the same time asking serious questions about the differences between thought and action, he presents us with a challenge: to understand that our best hope of solving some of the most troubling problems of our age hinges entirely on the \u003ci\u003eamoral \u003c\/i\u003estudy of sex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs kinky as it is compassionate, illuminating, and engrossing, \u003ci\u003ePerv \u003c\/i\u003eis an irresistible and deeply personal book. \"I can't promise you an orgasm at the end of our adventure,\" Bering writes, \"but I \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e promise you a better understanding of why you get the ones you do.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jesse Bering\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374534837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374534837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scientific American\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Jesse Bering","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044027035903,"sku":"9780374534837","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9287ed3e-00bc-4629-ae61-29a041af1801.jpg?v=1684970500","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/perv-jesse-bering-9780374534837","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}