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LAID AND CONFUSED

Maria Yagoda

Why We Still Tolerate Bad Sex, and How to Stop

Far more alarming than the "sex recession," the phenomenon of young people having less sex than generations before them, is that we are in the middle of a bad sex epidemic that all generations are suffering from, and no one is talking about it.

In the age of swiping apps and sliding into DMs, there's still so much bad sex. Even for Maria Yagoda, a professional sex writer who gives well-researched advice on maximizing pleasure, communicating with partners, and feeling sexually confident, most sex lands somewhere between passable and "huh." In LAID AND CONFUSED: Why We Still Tolerate Bad Sex, and How to Stop, Yagoda proposes that the way out of this pickle is to embrace less sex, because less sex leads to better sex. Saying no to unsatisfying sex allows us to say yes to ourselves, to make space to discover what we truly want and what actually satisfies us. And therein lies the magic. With the blend of wit, vulnerability, and expertise that has built her an avid following, Yagoda sketches a better path forward, offering research-based insights to empower readers to say yes to less sex, reconnect with themselves, and, ultimately, craft the deeply pleasurable sex lives they deserve. Maria Yagoda is a reporter, editor, and essayist specializing in food, sex, and culture. Her popular Vice sex column, Sex Machina, explored the intersection of sex and technology and was translated into French, Italian, Greek, and Spanish. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, People, Glamour, Time, Vice, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Hairpin, BuzzFeed, and more.

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Book Published 2023-05-30 by St. Martin's Press

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Maria Yagoda started writing about sex when she was at Yale and ten years later is still at it. In LAID AND CONFUSED: Why We Tolerate Bad Sex and How to Stop, Maria admits that after all that she's learned there's still more to find out and uses her own experiences to illuminate the path away from bad sex for her readers.

A warm, honest, and insightful look at today's bad sex crisis: how we got here and how to make it out alive, one mindful masturbation session at a time. Required reading for Generation X to Z, and everyone in between.

hough much has been made of the so-called "sex recession" among millennials and Gen Zers, Yagoda doesn't see the "opt-out" itself as a negative, and focuses instead on the issue of consensual but unpleasurable se...Yagoda's message is empowering, and her honesty will quickly win readers' trust. Those seeking a more fulfilling sex life will find this entry affirming.

Goofy, inclusive, and cheekily affirming, LAID AND CONFUSED digs into sexuality and pleasure with all the charm that made author Maria Yagoda's Sex Machina column at VICE so beloved.

It excels as creative reportage, as Yagoda - who briefly quotes me in her book as a source on asexuality - gamely chats with sex therapists and sex toy creators alike. She keeps an open mind about improvement in her own life and offers tips to readers who may be in the same boat.

Each paragraph felt so familiar it was almost eerie. Funny, personal, and insightful in equal measure. Half talking to your best friend and half like hearing the things you can't even talk to your best friend about, those feelings you've never been able to put words to. I wish I could force everyone I know to read this book!