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The Pleasure Gap

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The story

Journalist Katherine Rowland investigates a quiet epidemic: the millions of women who report dissatisfaction with their sex lives, and the tangle of biology, culture, and relationship dynamics behind it. Through research and intimate interviews, she moves past easy explanations to ask what genuine female pleasure requires and why so many women settle for less. It's reportage with a purpose, equal parts illuminating and galvanizing. Best for women curious about the forces shaping their own satisfaction, and anyone interested in why the pleasure gap persists — and what closing it would actually take.

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