Like my prehistoric hunter-gatherer ancestors, I hit the road fairly often in my footloose youth. From Yales Dramat to Afghanistans Bamiyan Buddhas, from the tantric ashrams of Kathmandu to the libertine scenes of the Cte DAzur and deep down into the dungeons of New Yorks aptly named meat-packing district, I searched and researched sex, love and the politics of pleasure (mostly among humans)...All of that searching and researching climaxed when I met my favorite research subject, who turned into my primary research partner and prime mate, my charming Prince Max. Unlike so many sex researchers who fall in and out of love (with their research as well as each other), were still researching, still married and, almost three decades later, more in love than ever thanks to a little bit of luck and the Bonobo Way.
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