MY SECRET GARDEN

Must read for every guy, who believes women don't like having sex...this book will blow your mind!!!

The book is a compilation of sexual fanasties of various women and it gives you a idea of what women in general fantasize about sex

picked this hard cover gem from andheri road side shop...a great read at that time even now....amazing fantacies...who said women dont ike to fantasize .......

Great book. Although it may be partly out to date the subject is still a very actual one. A big thanks to Nancy Friday for writing it.

I’m a 38 year old heterosexual male who has had more than his fair share of female sexual partners and serious girlfriends and I found this book VERY enlightening. It has changed the way I think about and feel towards women. Before reading this book I had NO IDEA that women had such a rich and varied sexual fantasy experience. It either constantly slipped my thinking faculties, or I reduced them to most likely fantasizing about me or the love making we were engaged in. Now I know better and I actually have gained more respect and awe at such wonderfully diverse and lovely creatures as the human female. This book also helped cure me of my feelings of jealousy and even monogamy! I’ve always been one to wish my partner the best orgasms and the most fulfilling time. How could I even be jealous now thinking that one of the ways to reach that goal is a rich, and varied fantasy life? How could I stress monogamy so much anymore, knowing that healthy sexual fantasies (and therefore a healthy mental and emotional life) may come from a place where multiple people and partners all come together as a team to please? I’m really glad this book was written because, as a man, I now have a better understanding of and sympathy towards what I think are the most beautiful and curious beings on this planet.

For as old as the book is, it is certainly an eye opener. The frankness and honesty portrayed by all the women who contributed is amazing. Their ability to do what they do under some circumstances which may totally exclude their husbands or partners and still stay loyal to them is amazing. Always loved being around women and I now view them in a totally different light.

El libro llegó en excelentes condiciones, el contendido es lo que esperaba y una lectura recomendada para todo tipo de personas

I read this book because it was recommended among other books about female psychology. I don't think anyone needs an excuse to read it however, because it was (and still is) a very important book insofar as it not only demonstrated the existence of female sexual fantasies but also showing their prevalence and variety. The book is laid out simply, each section containing an abundance of fantasies from different women accompanied by Nancy Friday's analysis of particular parts of the concept of fantasy she wants to examine. Friday notices all fantasy rely on certain archetypes, but Friday also claims that fantasy is common to all women, whether they are sexually satisfied or not. In this way Friday rules out the simplistic explanation of frustration as a reason for fantasy. Friday instead offers a feminist or female liberation viewpoint, as fantasy as a desire for completeness, not necessarily in sex but as a "psychic need for a more complete exploration of everything that was kept from them as girls" (p. 58). This almost psychoanalytic interpretation of fantasy as originating from childhood exclusion from adventure can be disputed, along with the fact that Friday's particular requests for women who already have fantasies may affect the universality of the conclusion she draws. These may be issues to be addressed, but I still think that My Secret Garden is a pioneering work in the field of female psychology.