The Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love

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Author: Thomas Maier

ISBN-10: 0465020402

ISBN-13: 9780465020409

Category: Social Scientists - Biography

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The definitive biography of the famous sex research team who dramatically transformed American sexuality yet whose private relationship was just as complex and dysfunctional as any of their patients The New York Times - Cristina Nehring "I can t imagine anything that would make for more dull reading," the sex researcher William Masters declared when asked, in his 60s, if he wished to write an account of his life. Now that account exists - and it's a bombshell. It is also anything but envy-inducing or seductive. And therein, perhaps, lies its crucial importance.

Preface xiPhase 11 Golden Girl 32 Heartland 143 Mrs. Johnson 224 Never Going Home 305 A Wonder to Behold 396 The Fertility Expert 477 The Good Wife 578 Academic Freedom 669 Through the Peephole 76Phase 210 The Matrix 8711 The Experiment 9512 Volunteers 10313 Noah 11614 Masks 12115 Leaving School 13416 A Matter of Trust 14117 Revealing Secrets 15018 The Human Response 156Phase 319 The Excitement of Release 17120 Focusing Feelings 17621 Sexual Healing 18522 Surrogates 19623 Playboys and Patrons 20324 Repairing the Conjugal Bed 21125 The Scent of Love 21826 Betrayals 22527 The Marriage Compact 231Phase 428 Feminist Movement 24129 The Business of Sex 25230 The Pleasure Bond 26031 Guide to the Stars 27032 Conversion and Reversion 28133 The Promise of a Future 29934 Beauty and the Beast 30735 Crisis 31936 Breakup 33137 For the Roses 33938 Couples 34539 In Memoriam 35440 Forget-Me-Nots 367A Note on Sources 377Notes 379Selected Bibliography 391About the Author 397Index 399