Come As You Are

Come As You Are by Dr Emily Nagoski

Why the Being Human Team loves this book:

The explanation of female sexuality that I think most of us didn't get in health class or anywhere else really. Dr Nagoski breaks down all the things we think we know about sex, desire and drive and, in the process, normalises many sexual struggles. As she says over and over and over again, “We’re all made up of the same basic parts, just organised differently.”

Our favourite quotes from the book:

“I am done living in a world where women are lied to about their bodies; where women are objects of sexual desire but not subjects of sexual pleasure; where sex is used as a weapon against women; and where women believe their bodies are broken, simply because those bodies are not male. And I am done living in a world where women are trained from birth to treat their bodies as the enemy.”

“Love is having. Desire is wanting. And you can want only what you don’t already have.”

“Remind yourself that the day you were born, your body was a cause for celebration, for love without condition, and that’s just as true today as it was then.”