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Index

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A

activation

ANS response and, 29, 30, 35–37, 71, 275–76, 312–13

dopamine and, 55, 56–57, 59, 62, 223

SNS and, 102–5, 219, 283, 319

Acton, William, 144, 146

addictions, 63–64, 69–70

porn, 218–20, 223–26

Adi, 128

adrenaline, 34, 195, 302, 303

adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), 104

advertising, 162, 222

aestheticism, 155–56

aesthetic preparations, for lovemaking, 277–83

African American blues music, 168–76

Against Our Will
(Brownmiller), 89

Age of Innocence, The
(Wharton), 45

aggression.
See also
verbal aggression

and male sexual desire, 183, 226–27

Aiken, Conrad, 164

Allende, Isabel, 46

almond mandorla, 123–24

Alvergne, Alexandra, 291

Alzate, Heli, 308

Amen, Daniel G., 69–70, 297

amrita, 240, 250–51

anal fissures, 216

anal sex, 25, 215–16

Anatomy of Humane Bodies
(Cowper), 140

Anatomy of Love
(Fisher), 58, 222, 273–74

androgen, 58

anhedonia, 56, 113

animal (rat) research, 33, 48–49, 62–63, 64–67, 191–94, 326–27

ANS.
See
autonomic nervous system

antidepressants, 322, 356
n. See also
SSRIs

anus, “sacred spot” in, 255

anxiety, 108, 111, 120, 156, 277, 302, 305, 319, 341
n

appearance, telling her she’s beautiful, 311–14

Aquinas, Thomas, 130

Arab Spring, 200–201

archetypes, male, 314–18, 320

Arendt, Hannah, 43–44

Arethusa, 129

Aristotle, 130

armpit sweat, male, 289–97

Arndt, Bettina, 83

arousal, female, 79.
See also
Goddess Array

ANS and, 27–29, 34–37, 188, 271–72

male scent and, 289–97

neural wiring and, 18–19, 24–25

SNS and, 28, 33–34, 102–5, 279–80, 341–42
n

stress and, 30–31, 33–34, 190–92, 283

Victorian erotica and, 154, 231–32

arousal, male, 34, 79, 218, 221, 222–23, 240

Art of the Bedchamber
(Wile), 240–41

Ashtaroth, 126, 127

Assange, Julian, 151

Astarte, 126, 127

attractiveness, 311–14

Austen, Jane, 314

Austin, John, 187

autonomic nervous system (ANS), 27–40

activation and response, 29, 30, 35–37, 71, 275–76, 312–13

arousal and, 27–29, 34–37, 188, 271–72

childbirth and, 31–33

emotional expression and, 120

rape and, 98–99

stress and, 29–34, 306–7

Awakening, The
(Chopin), 44, 155, 285

B

Babeland (New York City), 180

Babu, Ramesh, 20–21

“bad” and “good” vaginas, 141–43

bad boys, 314–18

bad stress, 29, 31, 33–34, 190–94

Baker, Josephine, 160

balance problems, and rape, 94–98

“Banana in Your Fruit Basket” (song), 173

Barker, Louisa “Blu Lu,” 173–74

Barr, Roseanne, 189

Basson, Rosemary, 39

Baubo, 129

Beale, Bob, 295–96

Beardsley, Aubrey, 155

beautiful, telling her she’s, 311–14

Beckett, Samuel, 164

Benson, Herbert, 30

Bible, the, 127, 130, 131–32

Bingham, Clara, 188

Binik, Yitzchak M. “Irv,” 39, 284–85, 327–28, 354
n