“Many people don’t like being touched if they are angry, but women seem to have more trouble than men with arousal if they are upset.”— Naomi Wolf, amazon.com
“The difference in our bodies’ responses may make male-female connection especially tricky in such moments: this one simple difference in female reaction to different ways of being spoken to is one enormously significant reason that so many sexual approaches from men to women in long-term relationshi…”— Naomi Wolf, amazon.com
“The woman literally often can’t take an intimate touch if her lover has recently been verbally disrespectful, or has failed verbally to soothe 'the Goddess in her' at some point beforehand, priming the release of oxytocin and vasopressin in her body and preparing the parasympathetic nervous system t…”— Naomi Wolf, amazon.com
“Just as being valued and relaxed can heighten female sexual response, “bad stress” can dramatically interfere with all of women’s sexual processes.”— Naomi Wolf, amazon.com
“To enter the transcendental state that takes the female brain into “high” orgasm, you absolutely need to feel safe; safe from “bad stress,” in the sense of knowing you are entering a trance state in the presence of someone who will protect you if necessary at the very least, and not endanger you or…”— Naomi Wolf, amazon.com
“This biological, evolutionary connection for women of possible ecstasy to emotional security has implications that cannot be overstressed. Relaxing allows for female arousal.”— Naomi Wolf, amazon.com
“Many of the signals that either stoke or diminish female desire have to do with the female brain’s question: Is it safe for her?”— Naomi Wolf, amazon.com
“The female body reacts in the same way to “bad stress” whether the context is the birthing room or the university or the workplace. If the female brain senses that an environment is not safe, its stress response inhibits all the same organs and systems, regardless of setting.”— Naomi Wolf, amazon.com