{"product_id":"eves-blessing-uncovering-the-lost-pleasure-behind-female-pain-hardback-9781509566167","title":"Eve's Blessing; Uncovering the Lost Pleasure Behind Female Pain (Hardback) 9781509566167","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEve's Blessing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUncovering the Lost Pleasure Behind Female Pain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSuzannah Weiss (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509566167, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.1 x 14.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSuzannah Weiss is sounding the alarm with the devastating news about women when we are culturally asleep to Eve’s curse. Once awake, readers will be greatly relieved and delighted to find the doorway to experience Eve’s blessing of pleasure, health, and perhaps even reverence. And that blessing benefits all of us.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeverly Dale, founder of the \u003ci\u003eIncarnation Institute for Sex \u0026amp; Faith\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eWho Told You That You Were Naked? Meditations on the Sexual Body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEve’s Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e offers a brilliant, sweeping indictment of a culture – and medical system – that treats women’s pain as natural and inevitable and points the way toward a future in which our bodily pleasure and power is a given.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaya Dusenbery, author of \u003ci\u003eDoing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Suzannah Weiss has written an incredibly important book – one that is a must-read for women everywhere. And for men. And for the whole of the medical profession. As Suzannah says, ‘We’ve incorrectly diagnosed women as broken when they are showing us what is broken about the world.’ \u003ci\u003eEve's Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e shows what is broken about the world, and how brilliantly it can be mended. You'll come away from this book refuting ‘no pain, no gain’ forever. Suzannah's ‘no pleasure, no gain’ is the rallying cry of the future we all want to live in.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCindy Gallop, founder and CEO of \u003ci\u003eMakeLoveNotPorn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Another win from Weiss, \u003ci\u003eEve’s Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e is the unrelenting truth-telling serum that our culture needs to take a look at itself and reevaluate the problematic, ignorant, and misogynist norms that still plague our society today. Thank you Weiss for your bravery, critical research, and strong storytelling ability! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadame Gandhi, musical artist and activist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEve’s Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e offers an eye-opening look at women’s pain and pleasure. Written in an accessible style, Weiss weaves together history, psychology, science, and personal stories. An empowering and liberating read, this book shatters numerous myths and paves the path to a future with less pain and more pleasure.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustin Lehmiller, \u003ci\u003eKinsey Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eTell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire and How It Can Help You Improve Your Sex Life\u003c\/i\u003e and host of the\u003ci\u003e Sex and Psychology Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“The message of \u003ci\u003eEve's Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e is one every woman needs to hear: it is time we expect more pleasure from our lives – and stop expecting pain. Having worked with many women stuck in the mindset that being female means suffering through periods and PMS or not enjoying sex, I know this book will change lives. It raises the bar for how women, sex- and gender-nonconforming people, and men can feel in their bodies – and how we can all support one another to reach our full capacity for comfort and joy.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Mintz, author of \u003ci\u003eA Tired Woman’s Guide to Passionate Sex\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBecoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters – And How to Get It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Storytelling is powerful, especially when it comes to something as deeply personal as the body, pleasure, pain, and oppression. Eve’s Blessing offers exactly that – stories that illuminate, heal, and transform, guiding us toward reclaiming the joy and resilience that have always been ours. \u003ci\u003eEve’s Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e weaves personal narratives and cultural insights to challenge the idea that suffering defines the female body, revealing a path back to joy, resilience, and the pleasure that ought to have always been ours to claim.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica O’Reilly, sex and relationship expert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEve’s Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping, transformative read that weaves the author’s personal journey with a profound exploration of history, culture, and the female experience. This book is a reclamation – a call to move beyond pain and shame into power and pleasure, celebrating women’s bodies, sexuality, and the full spectrum of their experiences. Suzannah brilliantly exposes how the world has normalized – and even created – women’s suffering, from menstrual cycles to sexual experiences and beyond. \u003ci\u003eEve’s Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to break free, awaken your path to pleasure, and recognize its essential role in all aspects of life – including childbirth. Yes, it’s possible to have an orgasmic birth too! Prepare to reflect, to challenge what you’ve been taught, and to shed the layers of shame that have held you back. This book dares you to see what’s been hidden in plain sight and embrace the pleasure, power, and liberation that are your birthright. Grab a tissue, grab a notepad, and get ready to reclaim your body – and your joy.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDebra Pascali-Bonaro, director of \u003ci\u003eOrgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret\u003c\/i\u003e, podcast host and international speaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEve’s Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e is digestible and gripping, telling a story any woman can relate to. What makes it unique is its interweaving of heartfelt personal journeys, playful deep-dives into history and religion, and indispensable information on health, wellness, and sexuality. This book can help us all create lives – and a world – with more pleasure and less pain.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTiffany Pham, artist, founder of \u003ci\u003eMogul\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eYou Are a Mogul: How to Do the Impossible, Do It Yourself, and Do It Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Suzannah Weiss’s deep-dive into the worst ramifications of the gender binary – including centuries of pigheaded insistence on normalizing female pain – couldn’t be better timed. Holding space for sex and gender diversity as she makes sure to aim her ire where it belongs, this book is a shot across the bow of careless, sexist medical training – because Suzannah has seen the effects of that from the inside – and so much more everyday and state-sponsored misogyny and homo\/nb\/transphobia. The page decimating the toxic notion of ‘no pain, no gain’ is worth the price of admission! Voraciously researched, fierce, and clear, this book is a call to arms and a new feminist classic.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Queen, staff sexologist at \u003ci\u003eGood Vibes\u003c\/i\u003e and director of \u003ci\u003eCenter for Sex \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEve’s Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e is itself a forbidden fruit, full of forbidden knowledge about bodies and desires. Suzannah Weiss skillfully critiques the systems that have perpetuated pain and oppression, and she offers readers a pathway toward pleasure and liberation. Eat the apple.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Sprankle, Minnesota State University, Mankato, and author of \u003ci\u003eDIY: The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Astoundingly well-researched and illuminating, \u003ci\u003eEve’s Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a must-have contemporary women’s sexual health resource, but a powerful sexual self-help book that uplifts and inspires. Author Suzannah Weiss takes readers on a triumphant journey of sexual healing that will leave you tingling joyously from head to toe.” \u003cb\u003eHida Viloria, human rights activist and author of \u003ci\u003eBorn Both: An Intersex Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“For millennia, women’s bodies have been synonymous with pain. Have you had enough? \u003ci\u003eEve’s Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e shows you how to embrace your body’s potential for boundless pleasures.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Wade, Tulane University, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEve’s Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e is for any woman who has felt her body let her down. Weiss writes with compassion for this experience while illuminating what’s available on the other side. The stories are captivating, and the insights gained from them are golden. You won’t be able to put this book down.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaitland Ward, actress and model\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"While Weiss' book draws on interviews with patients, activists and health professionals, the themes present throughout these interviews resonate far beyond the book's pages.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Brown Daily Herald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children.” With these words, women fell into a world that saw them as cursed. They are still falling. Today, we define women by suffering: menstrual cramps, mood swings, excruciating childbirth, painful first-time sex. Femaleness itself has come to look like an illness, so now, women seeking solutions for their ailments are dismissed. And as our pain is sanctioned, our pleasure is deemed tricky, complicated, burdensome, elusive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis reality is not our destiny. These myths are misreadings not just of ancient texts but of women’s bodies. Our pain is the product of oppression imposed for centuries. That’s the real curse. Yet amid this oppression, our pleasure has survived. Once we recover who we were before the fall, we can revel in the blessings of our bodies. Ecstatic births, positive periods, sublime sex, orgasmic lives — this is who we are behind the cultural curse we’ve been under.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough inspiring stories from the author and a diverse group of blessed people, \u003ci\u003eEve’s Blessing \u003c\/i\u003echarts many paths from pain to pleasure so that you can walk your own. If you’ve drifted away from paradise, this book will guide you back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: The Fall\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Curses Were Meant to Be Broken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 Women’s Natural Defectiveness and Other Greek Myths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Painful Sex, From Adam and Eve to Vanessa Carlton and T.I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Men’s Bodies Are From Mars, Women’s Are From Venus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 How the Female Orgasm Became Elusive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 PMS, From “a Raging Animal” to “Blood Coming Out of Her Wherever”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 The Institutionalization of Sorrowful Childbirth \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 Trauma: An Assault on the Body \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 Sexy But Not Sexual\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Paradise Gained\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 Womanhood Is Not an Illness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11 Period Pleasure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12 No Pleasure, No Gain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13 In Joy Thou Shalt Bring Forth Children\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14 I Will Greatly Multiply Thy Orgasms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15 Living Life Orgasmically \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Original Virtue\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441815548184,"sku":"9781509566167","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509566167.jpg?v=1785027106","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/eves-blessing-uncovering-the-lost-pleasure-behind-female-pain-hardback-9781509566167","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}