Fun at lunch

… or how to shop for a “serious” sex book.

“Learning about this intriguing and sexy organ is the key to your sexual satisfaction.”

I wanted this book after watching Sue Johansen recommend it. Not that I really go for everything she says … like when she tells women to get a book and read it “with” their (male) partner - as if! - or the annoying way she refers to men as “big guy.” Still, every smart gal knows that science is sexy (It’s true! I own the entire Mr. Peepers box set!) and so when she went on to give “Sex andON the Brain” four stars I thought, okay, I’ll get it.

Ooh! Wally Cox!

So, I headed on over to my local large-chain bookstore at lunch. I started to look on my own, but it didn’t seem to be in the ‘new’ section. Then again, the show could have been a rerun, and I hadn’t bothered to look it up to find the author’s name. I headed on over to the info desk. First they said it was the psychology section (even though I said, “Well, those two things don’t usually go together!”), but when I got there all I was faced with were depressing titles like, “Loving in a One-Way Relationship: when the man you love loves himself” and books on divorce, “Getting to the Altar” (how bad is it when you need to read a book on how to get there?!) and grief (which is what I got after I once went to the altar.) I was beginning to think I’d need the psychology section for real until one of the clerks offered his help. He looked it up and found that it was actually in the “sex section”, (I hadn’t seen that sign) where of course the said helpful gentleman offered to help me look. I thought I’d spot it easily, because of the cover, but — the most prevalent color of sex books is red. And pink. Luckily, I found it.

Now, Dr. Amen (!) has written some interesting books about the brain. He’s a clinical neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and brain-imaging expert (this is all from the book jacket) and despite the “lessons” part of the title (I loathe anything with lessons), it’s supposed to actually TELL you how men, or men with brains, or men with brains who have sex on the brain, think. I know what you’re thinking: “You need a book to tell you that?” Well, actually, yes. I want it all … scientific. Break it down into equations and I’m right there. I already picture him looking just like Wally Cox. Amen!