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The Joy of Sex, the Glossary

The Joy of Sex is a 1972 illustrated sex manual by British author Alex Comfort.^[1]

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Literature related to the sexual revolution
Sex manuals
Sex positions

Alex Comfort

Alexander Comfort (10 February 1920 – 26 March 2000) was a British scientist and physician known best for his nonfiction sex manual, The Joy of Sex (1972).

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American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit human rights organization founded in 1920.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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BDSM

BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics.

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Bondage (BDSM)

Bondage, in the BDSM subculture, is the practice of consensually tying, binding, or restraining a partner for erotic, aesthetic, or somatosensory stimulation.

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Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year

The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, originally known as the Diagram Group Prize for the Oddest Title and commonly known as the Diagram Prize, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to a book with an unusual title.

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CD-i

The Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-I, later CD-i) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed and marketed by Dutch company Philips and Japanese company Sony.

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Chris Foss

Christopher Frank Foss (born 1946) is a British artist and science fiction illustrator.

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Crown Publishing Group

The Crown Publishing Group is a subsidiary of Penguin Random House that publishes across several fiction and non-fiction categories.

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Entertainment Software Rating Board

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings to consumer video games in Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

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Homosexual sexual practices

Homosexual sexual practices are sexual practices within the context of homosexuality.

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Human sexual activity

Human sexual activity, human sexual practice or human sexual behaviour is the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality.

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Human sexuality

Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually.

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Joy of Cooking

Joy of Cooking, often known as "The Joy of Cooking", is one of the United States' most-published cookbooks.

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Joy of Sex (film)

Joy of Sex (sometimes referred to as National Lampoon's Joy of Sex) is a 1984 American sex comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge.

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List of AO-rated video games

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the content rating board for games released in North America, has issued an "Adults Only" (AO) rating for 24 released video games.

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Nampa, Idaho

Nampa is the most populous city in Canyon County, Idaho, United States.

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Oral sex

Oral sex, sometimes referred to as oral intercourse, is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a person by another person using the mouth (including the lips, tongue, or teeth). The Joy of Sex and oral sex are sex positions.

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Public library

A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes.

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Safe sex

Safe sex is sexual activity using methods or contraceptive devices (such as condoms) to reduce the risk of transmitting or acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially HIV.

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Sex manual

Sex manuals are books which explain how to perform sexual practices; they also commonly feature advice on birth control, and sometimes on safe sex and sexual relationships. The Joy of Sex and sex manual are sex manuals and sex positions.

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Sex position

A sex position is a positioning of the bodies that people use to engage in sexual intercourse or other sexual activities. The Joy of Sex and sex position are sex positions.

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Sex-positive movement

The sex-positive movement is a social and philosophical movement that seeks to change cultural attitudes and norms around sexuality, promoting the recognition of sexuality (in the countless forms of expression) as a natural and healthy part of the human experience and emphasizing the importance of personal sovereignty, safer sex practices, and consensual sex (free from violence or coercion).

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Shunga

is a type of Japanese erotic art typically executed as a kind of ukiyo-e, often in woodblock print format.

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Susan Quilliam

Susan Quilliam (born 1950 in Liverpool) is a British relationship expert who specialises in love and sexuality.

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Swinging (sexual practice)

Swinging, earlier commonly known as wife-swapping, is a sexual activity in which both singles and partners in a committed relationship sexually engage with others for recreational purposes.

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Ten Speed Press

Ten Speed Press is a publishing house founded in Berkeley, California, in 1971 by Phil Wood.

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The Joy of Gay Sex

The Joy of Gay Sex is a sex manual for men who have sex with men by Charles Silverstein and Edmund White. The Joy of Sex and The Joy of Gay Sex are sex manuals.

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The New York Times Best Seller list

The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States.

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The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.

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Video game

A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joy_of_Sex

Also known as Joy of Sex.