When it comes to sex, what do women want? In this eye-opening collection, Erica Jong reveals that every woman has her own answer. Susan Cheever talks about the "excruciating hazards of casual sex," while Gail Collins recounts her Catholic upbringing in Cincinnati and the nuns who passionately forbade her from having "carnal relations." Jennifer Weiner explores how, in love, the body can play just as big a role as the heart. The octogenarians in Karen Abbott's sharp-eyed piece possess a passion that could give Betty White a run for her money. Molly Jong-Fast reflects on her unconventional upbringing and why a whole generation of young women have rejected "free love" in favor of Bugaboo strollers and Mommy-and-me yoga. Sex, it turns out, can be as fleeting, heavy, mundane, and intense as the rest of life. Indeed, as Jong states in her powerful introduction: "the truth is--sex is life."--From publisher description.

A fucking miracle / Elisa Albert Worst sex / Gail Collins Peekaboo I see you / Anne Roiphe Prude / Jean Hanff Korelitz Sex with a stranger / Susan Cheever Everything must go : a short story / Jennifer Weiner Love rollercoaster 1975 / Susie Bright Absolutely dangerous / Linda Gray Sexton The one who breaks my heart / Rosemary Daniell Do I own you now? / Daphne Merkin Let's not talk about sex / Julie Klam My best friend's boyfriend / Fay Weldon The diddler / J. A. K. Andres The Dignity Channel / Jann Turner Miss Honeypot marries : a short story / Barbara Victor

Best sex ever : a systematic review with meta-analysis / Jessica Winter Cock of my dreams : a graphic fantasy / Marisa Acocella Marchetto Cramming it all in : a satire / Susan Kinsolving Reticence and fieldwork / Min Jin Lee My first time, twice / Ariel Levy Light me up / Margot Magowan Herman and Margot / Karen Abbott Somewhere I have never traveled, gladly / Meghan O'Rourke Skin, just skin : a dramatic triologue / Eve Ensler Reading of O / Honor Moore Going all the way / Liz Smith The man in question / Rebecca Walker They had sex so I didn't have to / Molly Jong-Fast Kiss : a short, short story / Erica Jong.