(1987) The Celestial Bed Read Online Free PDF

meeting you will be expected to try two things. One is the anatomy tour and the other is something we call The Clock. We do the anatomy tour because most men, while familiar with their penises, have no idea what women’s genitals look like. Usually, they climb into bed, grope in the dark, hope to find the right place, and then go at it. In the anatomy tour you use a flashlight and speculum to show and explain to a male what is inside you. Then you do The Clock. You consider your vagina has a clock inside, with numbers one to twelve going around in there. You have the patient insert a finger and pressure you at one o’clock or six or eleven, so he can feel what it is like in a woman’s vaginal barrel and how she reacts differently to pressure in various places. Sometimes you might let the male keep his moving finger in
    your vagina until you experience orgasm, a real orgasm, so he can feel what happens inside you.
    ‘At this stage in the therapy, you will clearly see that your patient is getting erections, partial or totally. But even if his penis is almost flaccid, I assure you he is getting some kind of erection. When your patient has this, he is ready for his final exercises, perhaps the last two or three. If he is suffering premature ejaculation, you can control it easily by the famous squeeze method. We’ll all practise it in your training.
    ‘Anyway, we’ve now come to the ultimate act. The act, obviously, is penetration, successful sexual intercourse. OK, here is how you go about that…’
    Freeberg talked on for another ten minutes, aware that he had the avid attention of his pupils. His smoke had gone out and he threw the cold cigarillo into the ashtray, found a fresh one, and stood up to stretch. Lighting the cigarillo, he smiled and said, ‘Now you can ask questions.’
    He dropped down onto the sofa again and lifted the palms of his hands. ‘The floor is open to you.’
    Lila Van Patten sought his attention. ‘Dr Freeberg, can we tell our friends and acquaintances what we are doing?’
    ‘Why not?’ Freeberg countered. ‘You will never disclose to anyone else the identity of your patients. That is confidential. But if you wish to speak about your own career work, what you do professionally, you can certainly tell anyone. However, I will caution you about one problem. Public acceptance. There are some people who may regard you as a prostitute - women might be appalled that you can make love to a stranger for pay, and many men may think of you as an easy mark. You’ll have to use your own judgment.’
    Beth Brant raised her hand. ‘What if your patient gets turned on and wants to go from step four to fourteen right away? What if he wants to skip the intermediate steps and get into coitus as quickly as possible?’
    Freeberg nodded. ‘That happens frequently. The minute you touch your patient’s genitals, he’ll perceive that as an invitation to enter you as fast as possible. But that’s his very problem, don’t you see? His problem is he goes from step four to fourteen because he is too anxious to get there, and he misses all the richness and learning in between. Any such attempt should be aborted right away.’
    Janet Schneider was waving a pad. ‘I made notes when you spoke of the face caress. Is it just caressing? What if he wants to kiss you?’
    ‘Nothing wrong with that. Let him do so and direct him. Lots of men don’t know enough about kissing.’
    Consulting her pad again, Janet went on. ‘When he touches my genitals, I may approach an orgasm. What would I do about that?’
    Freeberg nodded solemnly. ‘You just have it,’ he said. ‘You let it happen. Try to control your external reaction, if possible, because it might scare him and make him feel more inadequate. On the other hand, it might excite him and make him feel virile. Again, you will have to be the judge.’
    The single male surrogate’s voice spoke up. Paul Brandon. ‘About the nudity. We work in the nude from the