The Guide to Getting it On

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The Guide to Getting It On! is a sexuality guide by research psychoanalyst Paul Joannides, illustrated by the comic book artist Dærick Gröss Sr.[1] A 6th edition was released on January 20, 2009.[2]

Contents

[edit] Structure and content of the fifth edition

The fifth edition of The Guide to Getting It On! is divided into large sections, described below, each containing a number of shorter chapters.

  • How to & Then Some: discusses the full spectrum of sexual expression and its practical aspects, starting from romance and kissing.
  • Your First Time: about losing one's virginity.
  • Sex & the Human Condition: deals with sex for the disabled as well bodily or psychological conditions that affect sex life.
  • Sex in History & Popular Culture: discusses cultural and historical aspects of sex, including an extensive chapter on sex in the 1800s from a US perspective and how it helps understanding sex today.

An extense glossary of sexual slang terms is included at the back of the book.

The scope of the book regarding the type of sex discussed is depicted by the way the chapter Kinky Corner begins: "Readers will hopefully appreciate that vanilla is The Guide's favorite flavor. So rather than being an introduction to BDSM, this chapter is an attempt to explain a little of this and that."

[edit] Style

The book is written using informal language and draws extensively on quotes to illustrate the points the author makes. These quotes are from males and females, of a broad age range, that the author has interviewed during his research or who sent letters to him after publication of previous editions of the book.

It is illustrated throughout with realistic body drawings. It also uses comic-like drawings to maintain a light-hearted approach, such as a drawing of a vagina and a penis, both with eyes, mouth, nose, hands and feet, having a dialogue.

[edit] English editions

In the English language, The Guide to Getting It On! had five US editions plus one separate UK edition.[4]

  1. The Guide to Getting It On! A New and Mostly Wonderful Book About Sex for Adults of All Ages (1st edition, June 1996) ISBN 1-885535-14-7. 376 pages.
  2. The Guide to Getting It On! A New and Mostly Wonderful Book About Sex for Adults of All Ages (2nd edition, September 1, 1998) ISBN 1-885535-00-7. 432 pages.
  3. The Guide to Getting It On! (3rd edition, February 2000) ISBN 1-885535-10-4. 698 pages.
  4. Guide to Getting It On! (4th edition, April 2004) ISBN 1-885535-67-8. 782 pages.
  5. Guide to Getting It On! (5th edition, September 2006) ISBN 1-885535-69-6 and ISBN 9781885535696. 854 pages.

[edit] Translations

The Guide to Getting It On! was translated into 13 languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Croatian, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Slovenian.[4]

[edit] Awards

The Guide to Getting It On! has won the following awards:

  • Ben Franklin Book Award.[4]
  • Firecracker Alternative Book Award.[4]
  • Sexuality.org Best Heterosexual Book Award.[4]
  • USABookNews.com Best Book Award.[4]
  • American Foundation for Gender & Genital Medicine Book Award.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "About the Author, Illustrator & Press". Goofy Foot Press. 2008. http://www.goofyfootpress.com/newedition/about_the_author_illustrator_press.php. Retrieved April 27, 2008. 
  2. ^ "Welcome". Goofy Foot Press. 2009. http://www.goofyfootpress.com/. Retrieved April 3, 2009. 
  3. ^ Paul Joannides (2007). The Guide to Getting It On!, pages 583-651. 5th edition. Oregon: Goofy Foot Press. ISBN 9781885535696
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Joannides, Paul (2007). The Guide to Getting It On! (5th ed.). Oregon: Goofy Foot Press. p. back cover. ISBN 9781885535696. 

[edit] External links


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