Overview

Take a Fresh Look at Women's Sexuality! Bringing together gender theory, psychology, social science and medicine, this is a powerful cultural critique of the reigning medical approach to the problems women face everyday in regards to sex and sexuality. A New View of Women's Sexual Problems presents and examines the theoretical and practical effects of the landmark document produced by the Working Group on women's sexuality, which offers a women-centred definition of their sexual problems and provides four categories of causes: socio-cultural, political or economic factors; partner and relationship factors' psychological factors; and medical factors. Responding to this work based on their own professional and cultural interaction with women's sexuality and sexual problems, international experts from India, Costa Rica, Israel, the US and more place the Working Group's revolutionary ideas in their own cultural and political context. Extrapolating from this exercise many fresh new treatment options for dealing with women's sexual problems, this book comprises a completely new and comprehensive illumination of the female sexual issues, causes and possible solutions.

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Author:   Ellyn Kaschak (San Jose State University, USA) ,  Leonore Tiefer
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9780789016829

ISBN 10:   0789016826
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   25 February 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I: A NEW VIEW OF WOMEN’S SEXUAL PROBLEMS A New View of Women’s Sexual Problems PART II: COMMENTARIES ON THE DOCUMENT: A NEW VIEW OF WOMEN’S SEXUAL PROBLEMS “A New View of Women’s Sexual Problems”—A Family Physician’s Response The Taming of the Screw: Reflections on “A New View of Women’s Sexual Problems” Evidence for the Importance of Relationship Satisfaction for Women’s Sexual Functioning Beyond STD Prevention: Implications of the New View of Women’s Sexual Problems The New View and Latina Sexualities: “Pero no soy una máquina!” Reaching the Hard to Reach: Implications of the New View of Women’s Sexual Problems Sex Therapy with “A New View” An Israeli Sex Therapist Considers a New View of Women’s Sexual Problems New View of Women’s Sexuality: The Case of Costa Rica New View of Women’s Sexuality: The Case of India PART III: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THEORY AND RESEARCH ON WOMEN’S SEXUALITIES Arriving at a “New View” of Women’s Sexual Problems: Background, Theory, and Activism Embodying Orgasm: Gendered Power Relations and Sexual Pleasure A New Paradigm for Women’s Sexual Orientation: Implications for Therapy On the Outside Looking In: In Search of Women’s Sexual Experience Gendered Messages in Sex Ed Films: Trend and Implications for Female Sexual Problems A Research Inquiry into Some American Women’s Sexual Concerns and Problems Not Tonight Dear, I’m Deconstructing a Headache: Confessions of a Lesbian Sex Therapist Epilogue: The Demiurge Remaps the Semi-Urge What’s in a Disorder: A Cultural Analysis of Medical and Pharmaceutical Constructions of Male and Female Sexual Dysfunctions Female Adolescent Sexuality: An Argument for a Developmental Perspective on the New View of Women’s Sexual Problems Orgasms for Sale: The Role of Profit and Politics in Addressing Women’s Sexual Satisfaction Index Reference Notes Included

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Useful, complex and valid. - Judy Norsigian and Jane Pincus, co-authors of Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century

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Kaschak, Ellyn; Tiefer, Leonore

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