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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

©2019 Sara Pascoe (P)2019 Faber Audio Gender Studies Performing Arts Social Sciences Money Funny Comedy Thought-Provoking Witty Inspiring

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Critic reviews

"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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Hopefully any woman would appreciate such an intelligent, articulate, person, furthering equal rights, in such an extraordinarily open minded, balanced way, while re-evaluating their personal biases.
Hopefully every good decent man, struggling with society's conflicting pressures, will take reassurance that some women are fighting for equality, not destruction or dominance or ridicule, while learning some ways they can overcome their personal blind spots.
Hopefully any arseholes will for some reason end up listening all the way through and re-evaluate their lives.

F**king Great

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A very worthwhile listen. You get the feeling the authors views are honestly what she believes. She does try, just not hard enough at times to see/understand alternative perspectives. The underlying feeling is that most men are abusers who have all the money and power whilst women are forced into horrible sex to get the mens money to survive. She doesn't really investigate women who buy sex from men (Increasingly common) or how money is allocated according to skill, talent, attributes, luck etc and where being attractive sits in this spectrum. She mentions lesbians, was quite surprised to hear that the lesbian that identify as 'butch' in a couple does not pay for the meal on the dates most of the time. It would be great to see research on this.

A man who is rejected and asks for the price of his coffee back after a coffee date is held up of evidence that men view women as being for sale, the alternative that he is angry, hurt and spiteful is not considered.

Most of the book is like this, somewhat narrow minded and a single point view. This is enhanced by an annoying, dumb, patsy man who occasionally counters her with a few words that he had been paid to say, so she can shoot him down. It would be better and more interesting if she had someone who genuinely disagrees with her, preferably another female.
There is a telling moment when she asks her friend why it is ok for a man to pay for dinner on a date. The friend replies 'it's romantic', Sarah apparently has no idea what that means so just leaves it. Fair play to her for mentioning it though.
The world might well be better if we were all identical, had equal amounts of money, resources, attractiveness and all humans all the same sex but that is not how the world is going to be any time soon. If someone could rewrite this based on how the world actually is and expand the topics to include money and power in general it could be brilliant. As it is, a fascinating book, well researched (although not sure Pretty Woman, Sex and The City and Indecent Proposal are the most scientific source material) which makes some good points even if I don't agree with all of them. It's not particularly funny or lighthearted though, if that's what you are looking for.

Interesting feminists view on porn and sex work

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Loved this. A necessary education for us all, and opened by eyes to so many prejudices I held. Pascoe is excellent, as ever. She's witty, brazen and unashamed in her delivery.
I had to pause a few times as the content made me terribly sad; difficult truths about the world we live in.
I've recommended this book to everyone I've ever known.

Exceptional - an eye-opener

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a deep listen with some moments that make you stop and think. . not what I expected but I'm not saying it was bad...

insightful and thought provoking.

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I really enjoyed this book and found it very insightful. The evolutionary biology parts really helped explain why we are the way we are. I also liked that there's not a definitive answer on sex work, just a very sensitive discussion of a difficult subject.

Really interesting book

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