Preparing for the journey. From outside-in to inside-out: creating a new definition of sexy ; Relational self-awareness 101: understanding your relationship to relationships ; Of warts, bananas, and birth videos: recognizing how sex ed let you down and becoming a lifelong learner -- The journey to sexual self-awareness. Living and loving in a patriarchy: disentangling yourself from played out stories about gender (sex as cultural) ; Your sexy is a glorious and unfolding story: making sexual and relational choices that are aligned (sex as developmental) ; What you think matters: harnessing your mind for great sexual experiences (sex as mental) ; It's time to be sweet to all of you: ending the war with your body... in the name of love (sex as physical) ; Your feelings are data: honoring all of what sex stirs in you (sex as emotional) ; The space between you and your partner: cultivating a happy and healthy sexual environment (sex as relational) ; Sex as transcendence: connecting sex with the biggest picture of all (sex as spiritual) -- Your sexy is here to stay. Your grandma never swiped right: navigating the challenges and possibilities for love and sex in the era of choice ; Reflections for men who love women who are taking sexy back: inviting men to the reclamation ; Welcome home, sexy: taking sexy back every day

For women, sex has been hijacked. Today's sexual climate leaves little to no space for honoring the complexities of sex; sex as pleasure, sex as connection, sex as creative expression, and sex as healing. In Taking Sexy Back, relationship expert Alexandra Solomon shows women that they are more than just sexy objects of someone else's desire, and offers real tools to help women explore their own sexuality, communicate their needs, draw boundaries to be safe, and build the satisfying relationships they truly want. --