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The right way. The healthy way. All of this, as covered in my two previous books, before the age of thirty! One day I decided what I wanted for my life. Not just for the next five years, but forever. I decided what I wanted for my children and for theirs. I decided what my family would be defined by and, as its matriarch, what I wanted to pass on to this generation, those to follow, and even those who were here before me. And what’s my message? What was it all for?

No person’s life and ideals are completely concordant with another’s. This, my friends, is the beauty of expression. I am sure there are a few things in The Vixen Manual that are not for you (as if!), just as I am sure there are a few things you’ll take with you and cherish (or use to torture your husband in bed). In either case, I’m glad you’ve been with me from the beginning of this book to its end.

My sincere hope is that I’ve managed to make you laugh, examine your own life (and labia), promoted a bit of growth, made you say naughty words out loud (since I’ve already forced you to say them in your head because they’re part of the book) and, hopefully, helped you find your inner temptress, or—dare I say it?— Vixen! Be spirited, be wisecracking, be incorrigible. Be insatiable. Dare to be different or dare to conform. It makes no difference. Be whatever you really want to be, but whatever you choose, be the best that you can. We women are multifaceted, and we deserve the space and opportunity to explore our personalities and sexuality without being made to feel ashamed of either. I intend The Vixen Manual to cause a flurry of conversations between your girlfriends, your lover, and you. Let’s open our lives to others and talk about all those taboo subjects that outside influences have convinced us would make us grow hair on our chests or keep us from ever being respected, loved, or wanted—just a gaggle of cackling hens, old maids, and spinsters.

That is not to say that all old-fashioned notions are incorrect or ineffective. Many times they are quite to the contrary, and for this reason, I think it’s important to seek advice and learn from women who have come before us. From Baby Boomers to Generation X, from the MTV Generation to what may now be described as Generation Disconnect, so much has changed. In our evolution as women, and as a culture, we have made enormous forward strides and then unfathomable leaps backward. For some of us, we stop and take a look around and realize our grandmothers were right and that there’s a way to take a smidgen of that old-school conservatism and couple it with our new-school liberation to create a new and improved women’s movement. The kind of movement where we actually move!

In the end, no matter what you may say or think about me, know this—I live for movement, self-discovery, and advancement. I am roused by the opportunity to inspire change and by the vocalization of my needs and desires, fantasies and inhibitions. I trust The Vixen Manual has provided these in some aspect of your life; goodness knows it has in mine. Still, I don’t have all the answers, and at no point in the manual have I professed to. Something tells me that as I get older, there’ll be more than a few revisions made. Turning thirty has been good to me, but just you wait until I hit my prime and let it be no surprise when this book meets its match by way of its maker.

All the best of life and love,

Karrine