

She also discusses "arousal non-concordance", estimating, based on experiments of responsiveness to sexual stimuli, that there is a roughly 50% overlap between what men find physically and mentally arousing, compared with only 10% for women. Come as You Are Īmong various topics, Come as You Are discusses the difference between "spontaneous" and "responsive" sexual desire, with Nagoski estimating that only around 15% of women experience the former. She is the former director of wellness education at Smith College, where she teaches a course on women's sexuality.

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Change Your Sex Life, Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress CycleĪmelia Nagoski (sister), Steph Nagoski (sister)Īn Agent Based Model of Disease Diffusion in the Context of Heterogeneous Sexual Motivation (2006)Įmily Nagoski (born 1977) is an American sex educator and researcher, and author of the book Come as You Are.
