Synthesized answer
The author, Esther Perel, draws on more than twenty years of experience as a couples therapist to examine the complexities of sustaining desire in long-term relationships [1]. She uses case studies and lively discussion to demonstrate how more exciting, playful, and even poetic sex is possible within these relationships [1].
The provided passages do not detail specific evidence beyond Perel's experience and the use of case studies and discussion. They describe the book's approach to reconciling the erotic and the domestic and offering strategies for erotic intelligence, but do not enumerate the particular evidence used to support these concepts.
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Title: Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel Description: A New York City therapist examines the paradoxical relationship between domesticity and sexual desire and explains what it takes to bring lust home. One of the world’s most respected voices on erotic intelligence, Esther Perel offers a bold, provocative new take on intimacy and sex. Mating in Captivity invites us to explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire, and explains what it takes to bring lust home. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience as a couples therapist, Perel examines the complexities of…
otic Intelligence: Explore a bold, provocative new take on sexuality and learn why the very things that build intimacy ...