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Sex Power Money

By: Sara Pascoe
Narrated by: Sara Pascoe
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** THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER **

** FEATURED ON BBC ARTS' BETWEEN THE COVERS **

Award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe turns her attention to the things that really matter to humans - sex, power and money.

'A genuinely hilarious explanation of the science of sex' FRANKIE BOYLE

'I've never read a book so fast and laughed so loudly while learning so much. Pascoe is a sage for our times.' DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE, The Guilty Feminist

Following her hit book Animal, Sara Pascoe decides to confront her fear of the male libido, and turns her attention to the things that really matter to humans, delving into such questions as:

Why don't people care about the welfare of the people they masturbate to?

and

Why is there such stigma around those who work in the sex industry?

when

Some women still want men to buy them dinner?

In this comedic and educational hopscotch over anatomy, the history of sexual representation and the sticky way all human interactions are underwritten by wealth, Pascoe explores whether we'll ever be able to escape the Conundrum of Heterosexuality. Drawing on anecdotal experience, unqualified opinion, interviews and original research, Sex Power Money is thought-provoking and riotously funny: a fresh take on the oldest discussion.

'Important, timely, poignant, mind-blowing and VERY FUNNY. Written with kindness, bravery and ridiculous attention to detail, it will make you feel cleverer without all the usual effort.' AISLING BEA

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"I’ve never read a book so fast and laughed so loudly while learning so much. Pascoe is a sage for our times." (Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist)

"Mind-blowing and VERY FUNNY." (Aisling Bea)

"An insightful, sensitive study of modern masculinity and sexual economics." (Observer)

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A must read for all sex workers

Sara Pascoe has done it once again! She has written a great book and I really recommend it to anyone in the sex industry!

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Very interesting is a bit man bashing

Funny and interesting. The only thing I didn’t like was the male narrator it was a bit offensive

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An Honest and Balanced Discussion

Sara covers a breadth of issues and acknowledges her own bias. Also a great narrator.

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Brilliant book a must read

I naively thought this book was going to be funny. It is very far from funny, but in a good way. It is incredibly informative and raises many important questions about sex from an evolutionary perspective and how it is linked to money amd power and basic needs. There is a lot of discussion on porn which is fascinating, so well researched and balanced as the author tries to look at it from different perspectives. Having two young sons this scares me and doesn't give me the answers as to how to raise them to avoid some of these awful often instinctual behaviours of men, but has got me thinking and made me aware of areas To look out for.
Ok and maybe there are a few funny parts.

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A new queen to admire in our day and age

After reading Animal 2 years ago, I was delighted to see this bad boy.
Thank you Sara!
This book is informative, funny and real in a way that can connect to all of us.
Recommend......

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Opinionated but eye opening

Lots of information to take in from this book. So much more to look into, it really makes you want to look further into all sex, power and money to have discussions with different people with different views. Definitely changed my perspective and gave me a much more open mind. I think of myself as quite liberal but like Sara, I forget that people choose to do sex work and are not always forced.

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Really Great

Really interesting and challenging at times if you already have opinions about some of the topics. funny and engaging, highly recommend

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Very Interesting

Highly informative while being humourous. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, as I did with the first one. I love that theories are explained or backed up by research but also it is noted when studies are not reliable or wholly relevant.
The suggested reading list is also really interesting to me and I always appreciate authors including them.

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urgently important

love Sara Pascoe's sense of humour and this is a really urgently important topic.
as the ending states. there are no immediate answers.
the content is quite meandering and sometimes goes "stream of consciousness" which I enjoy and can handle but others may feel the structure a little wooly.

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Brilliantly written!!

Narrated expertly by the author herself, I thought the self reflection and the way she challenged her own biases on porn and sex fantastic. Her research into the subject matter could be the basis of a PhD, but was in no way boring or tedious. Sara Pascoe's comedic self brings something quite emotive and polarising to one single fact - "it's all about power" . I highly recommend - especially those who have a rather conservative view on sex and what constitutes legitimate work.

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