The curious reader's companion to sex.

'Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas.' Samuel Johnson

Why is screwing so funny?
How should we think about our most shocking fantasies?
What is so captivating about nudity?

Inspired by philosophy, literature, and private life, Damon Young explores the paradoxes of the bedroom. On Getting Off will f**k with your mind.

Damon Young is a philosopher, writer and commentator, and author of the books The Art of Reading and Philosophy in the Garden among others. He is an Honorary Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne.