An intimate look inside women's love lives and pursuits of pleasure, All Women Want tackles the truth about why straight women aren't satisfied in the bedroom – and what to do about it.
Pleasure should be a simple thing, right? But straight women are at the statistical bottom of the pile when it comes to finding a happy ending. There's a name for this phenomenon: it's called the pleasure gap. And, when tracked against other gains in women's freedom, like pay or education, it is still alarmingly wide.
Join author Alyx Gorman as she shares anecdotes and discoveries from more than 130 interviews and 'field reports' she drew on for her probing investigation. Free from the moralising, marketing and misinformation women are so often fed, this candid chat with writer Marieke Hardy will educate, illuminate and, above all, satisfy.
Alyx Gorman is Lifestyle Editor of Guardian Australia and co-author of their weekly pop culture newsletter. She is a semi-regular guest across ABC’s radio network and her bylines have appeared in Harpers Bazaar, Elle, the Sydney Morning Herald, Time Out and more. Her debut book is All Women Want.
Marieke Hardy is a curator, screenwriter, artist and producer. She has penned columns for The Age, The Drum and Frankie magazine, and written for many television shows. Marieke’s ABC comedy series, Laid, was the winner of several awards and recently adapted for the US market. She was co-curator of international literary salon Women of Letters and was a regular panelist on the ABC's Book Club for 11 years. She is a recipient of the 2015 Sidney Myer Fellowship and currently co-curates the monthly spoken word event Better Off Said.
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Subject to availability, a limited number of single tickets may become available 9 September.
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