Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
By: Leigh Cowart
4.09
Format: 237 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain on purpose--from dominatrice…
Want to Read $ 12.99If you liked the nonfiction plot in Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart , here is a list of 15 books like this:
1. The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
By: Dossie Easton , Catherine A. Liszt
3.93
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
The essential guide for singles and couples who want to explore polyamory in ways that are ethicall… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Dossie Easton's The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- psychology
- queer
"Nymphomaniac: a woamn that has more sex than you."-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
"When you respect your limits, other will learn to respect them too."-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
"A ring around the finger does not cause a nerve block to the genitals."-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
"Fighting is the ultimate act of intimacy. (...) Intimacy is based on shared vulnerability."-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
2. The New Topping Book
By: Dossie Easton , Janet W. Hardy
3.74
Format: 410 pages,
Tens of thousands learned the emotional and ethical skills of BDSM topping from the first Topping B… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Dossie Easton's The New Topping Book book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- psychology
- nonfiction
- bdsm
- sexuality
- queer
3. The New Bottoming Book
By: Dossie Easton , Janet W. Hardy
3.82
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
Almost a decade ago, the first Bottoming Book taught tens of thousands of people that bottoming - b… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Dossie Easton's The New Bottoming Book book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- nonfiction
- bdsm
- sexuality
- queer
4. Venus in Furs
By: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch , Joachim Neugroschel , Larry Wolff
3.59
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
'Venus in Furs' describes the obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman who desires … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
5. Conquer Me: Girl-To-Girl Wisdom About Fulfilling Your Submissive Desires
By: Jay Wiseman , None
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Submissive women have needs just like anybody else. But how can a woman get her needs met when she'… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jay Wiseman's Conquer Me: Girl-To-Girl Wisdom About Fulfilling Your Submissive Desires book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
6. Tiger, Tiger
By: Margaux Fragoso
4.28
Format: 120 pages,
This extraordinary memoir is an unprecedented glimpse into the psyche of a young girl in free fall … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Margaux Fragoso's Tiger, Tiger book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
Similar categories in Dennis Cooper's Frisk book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
8. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
By: Ed Yong
4.47
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Ed Yong's An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- science
- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
9. Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
By: Jessica Fern
4.40
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Attachment theory has entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can cultivate se… read more
Want to Read $ 10.49Similar categories in Jessica Fern's Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- audiobook
- psychology
- sexuality
- nonfiction
- queer
"A child with a secure attachment style will likely grow up into an adult who feels worthy of love and seeks to create meaningful, healthy relationships with people who are physically and emotionally …"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"Commitment can be expressed in many ways. Traditionally it is solidified through marriage, owning property, having kids or wearing certain types of jewelry, but legal, domestic, or ornamental underta…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"When someone with a dismissive style starts to work on healing their insecure attachment, they must begin by no longer dismissing and distancing from themselves. This requires that they no longer den…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"Approximately 15 to 20 percent of the population has a nervous system wired to be more sensitive. These people are more attuned to the subtleties of their environment and process that information muc…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
10. Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
By: Thomas Page McBee
4.22
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
Thomas McBee, a trans man, sets out to uncover what makes a man—and what being a “good” man even me… read more
Want to Read $ 9.89Similar categories in Thomas Page McBee's Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- queer
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"Most of us experience gender conditioning so young—research shows it begins in infancy—that we misunderstand the relationship between nature and nurture, culture and biology, fitting in and being one…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
"Boxing breaks many of the binaries that men are conditioned to believe about our bodies, our genders, ourselves. With its cover of 'realness' and violence, it provides room for what so many men lack:…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
"I thought about the advantages thrown at me for an aesthetic that looked like a birthright. I thought about passing, and how it erased a part of me, and how hormones responded to context, and how rac…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
"Millennial guys seemed, to the sociologists and anthropologists who studied them, to have attitudes toward women that portended a new era of equity—especially at work. But the reality was, indeed, fa…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
11. Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships
By: Jessica Fern
4.38
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
As polyamory continues to make its way into the mainstream, more and more people are exploring cons… read more
Want to Read $ 10.49Similar categories in Jessica Fern's Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- audiobook
- psychology
- sexuality
- nonfiction
- queer
12. Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto
By: Zachary Zane
3.82
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Named a Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of the Year by Buzzfeed A sex and relationship columnist b… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Zachary Zane's Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- audiobook
- memoir
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
13. Nonmonogamy and Neurodiversity: A More Than Two Essentials Guide (3)
By: Alyssa Gonzalez
3.69
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
Too often, the neurodivergent community is marginalized, de-sexualized or patronized. Neurodivergen… read more
Want to Read $ 6.99Similar categories in Alyssa Gonzalez's Nonmonogamy and Neurodiversity: A More Than Two Essentials Guide (3) book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- nonfiction
- queer
- psychology
- sexuality
14. Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays
By: Elisa Gabbert
3.97
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Contagiously curious essays on reading, art, and the life of the mind, from the acclaimed author of… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Elisa Gabbert's Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
15. Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
By: Leigh Cowart
4.09
Format: 237 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain on purpose--from dominatrice… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- audiobook
- science
- history
- memoir
- psychology
- nonfiction
- bdsm
- sexuality
- sociology
- queer
16. How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex: An Unexpected History
By: Samantha Cole
3.54
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the moment there was an “online,” there was sex online. The famous test image used by software… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Samantha Cole's How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex: An Unexpected History book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- nonfiction
- history
- sexuality
- audiobook
17. Cuckoo
By: Gretchen Felker-Martin
3.65
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Cuckoo is a searing new novel from Manhunt author Gretchen Felker-Martin, where a motley crew of ki… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Cuckoo book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- queer
- audiobook
18. Somatics for Rope Bottoms: 12 embodied inquiries for transforming your experience in rope bondage
By: Bettina Hindes
4.65
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
In rope bondage, what we rope bottoms bring into play is our body, our emotions, our psyche, and so… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Bettina Hindes's Somatics for Rope Bottoms: 12 embodied inquiries for transforming your experience in rope bondage book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- nonfiction
19. Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink
By: Tina Horn
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a #1 Apple podcast host, Lambda Literary fellow, and former dominatrix, a sex-positive, judgem… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Tina Horn's Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- audiobook
- history
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- sociology
- queer
20. Entwined: Essays on Polyamory and Creating Home
By: Alex Alberto
4.51
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
In a series of genre-blending essays, Entwined tells the story of Alex Alberto’s decade-long polya… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Alex Alberto's Entwined: Essays on Polyamory and Creating Home book and Leigh Cowart's Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- memoir
- queer
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- audiobook
