topics: |  humour | sex | romance

In this classic crack-up of a book, Dave Barry gives his wacky
perspective on sex, childbirth, parenting and other forms of slow, cruel
torture. In Babies and Other Hazards of Sex, Dave exposes natural childbirth
for what it is: a pop phenomenon of the 1960s that, along with paisley
bell-bottoms and creative sideburns, deserves a rest. He examines the new
federal law requiring prospective fathers to free themselves from their
self-made macho prisons--to laugh, cry, love and just generally behave like
certified wimps.  Dave also reveals, for the first time in print, the secret
chant for painless childbirth.