The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido: A Couple’s Guide
- ISBN13: 9780743227339
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Product Description
Bring the spark back into your bedroom and your relationship with gutsy and effective advice from bestselling author Michele Weiner Davis.
It is estimated that one of every three married couples struggles with problems associated with mismatched sexual desire. Do you? If you want to stop fighting about sex and revitalize your intimate connection with your spouse, then you need this book. In The Sex-Starved Marriage, bestselling author Michele Weiner Davis will help you understand why being complacent or bitter about ho-hum sex might cost you your relationship.
Full of moving firsthand accounts from couples who have struggled with the erosion of sexual desire and rebuilt their passionate connection, The Sex-Starved Marriage addresses every aspect of the sexual libido problem:
The Sex-Starved Marriage will give you and your spouse the inspiration, encouragement, and answers you need.Amazon.com Review
In contrast to its tabloid title, The Sex-Starved Marriage offers candid and sensible counsel for couples with mismatched libidos. Seasoned sex therapist Michele Weiner-Davis skewers two stereotypes about sex in marriage. First, she jettisons the idea that husbands are hot and wives are not, giving examples of “low-desire” men in her practice. Next, she upends the longstanding model of sexual response and advises readers: “Just do it. Desire is a decision. Once the low-interest partner allows him/herself to be touched and aroused, this will trigger a strong desire to continue being sexual.” The strength of her approach to the causes of sexual stalemate lies in her insights about the struggles of both partners. Her suggestions (how to break the ice, how to court your partner, nag busting, and the Hallmark solution) are not gimmicky and are presented as techniques for couples, not individuals. Weakened only by a final chapter–one that discloses too many details about the author’s marriage–this perceptive book will inspire couples to add heat and light to their marriage. –Barbara Mackoff
The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido: A Couple’s Guide
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You can get all the same advice in this book from women’s magazines. No new insights.
Rating: 2 / 5
The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido: A Couple’s Guide
Michele,
I just finished reading THE SEX-STARVED MARRIAGE. It’s great and I will find it a helpful tool in my work as Director of Employee Assistance for AutoNation, Republic Services, Inc., Miami Dolphins and ProPlayer Stadium. I have already recommended it to many people. I have great response from people who are reading THE DIVORCE REMEDY. I detected what I think is a typographical error on page 198 in the first
paragraph of Afterglow in THE SEX-STARVED MARRIAGE. “In fact, research tells us that 69 percent of what couple in healthy marriages argue about is RESOLVABLE”. I believe I heard you say UNRESOLVABLE in one of your presentations.
Keep up your good work!
Rating: 5 / 5
The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido: A Couple’s Guide
I have not read the entire book–only bits and pieces while at different book-stores. And I know why I am hesitating in purchasing it just yet: a. The marriage of the friends for whom I want to buy the book is at a very early stage, and maybe they dont need this book just yet.
b. But the bigger reason is the title of the book. Using the word ’starved’ has made it appear as a one-sided book—a book only for those whose libido is high—-whereas typically the low-libido person needs to read this book also, since s/he needs to u.stand how her/his insensitivity to the sexual needs of her/his partner, can be ruining an otherwise happy marriage.
The ’starved’ seems to spell only the ‘deprived’ partner’s state, whereas in as much as it takes 2 to tango (and make love), both people need to be addressed. Infact, inside the covers, the book does precisely that—-its a very well written book, with equal sections for both the people. Thus it should be definitely a very useful book for both partners.
Maybe a title like: ‘SEX-DEVOID MARRIAGE’ sounds more neutral in its approach.
Rating: 4 / 5
The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido: A Couple’s Guide
I read both this book and its carbon copy, Rekindling Desire by Barry McCarthy, hoping to find some help for my own low-/no-sex marriage, and found absolutely none at all. They did not even begin to address my situation. They deal strictly with sexual techniques and completely avoid the deeper relational and emotional issues that drive couples, like me and my wife, apart. I would not recommend these books to anyone.
Rating: 1 / 5
The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido: A Couple’s Guide
This book has really helped me understand my husband.
I highly recommend it!
Rating: 5 / 5
The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido: A Couple’s Guide