Charles Taylor reviews new Joy of Sex

Charles Taylor reviews the updated edition of The Joy of Sex. "Cheeriness is not sexy. A smile -- salacious, conspiratorial, sly -- is. And so are shared jokes, dirty or otherwise. But cheeriness, which can imply a sort of pep-talk falsity, is a real turn-off. And 'The Joy of Sex,' just reissued in an edition said to be 'Fully Revised & Completely Updated for the 21st Century' (of which more later), fairly reeks of cheeriness."

Posted on Sat, Nov 9, 2002 at 6:31 PM