Book 1, The Ethical Slut : Chapter 2, Within Ourselves - 3 Summary and Analysis

Chapter four is The Language of this Book. One of the procedures that they use here is to set about putting together their own definitions for things so that people can understand them better during the rest of the book. One of the terms that they redefine is sex itself. Traditionally, there are two definitions of this. One of these is biological gender. The other definition for the same term is sexual intercourse. The ladies who have put together this book have extended these terms to include a wider variety of behaviors related to the expression of their sexuality. Another important term here is 'outercourse'. Outercourse includes a vast array of behaviors including what heterosexuals have traditionally called foreplay. Outercourse can range from extremely sexual behavior that...