1st Edition

Sex Research and Sex Therapy A Sociological Analysis of Masters and Johnson

By Ross Morrow Copyright 2008
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

Gynaecologist William Howell Masters and psychologist Virginia Eshelman Johnson pioneered research into the nature of human sexual response and the diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders and dysfunctions from 1957 until the 1990s. This book examines their influential scientific sex research and its groundbreaking implications for sex therapy and the study of human sexuality.... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Sociology of Sex in Historical Perspective  3. Theoretical Perspectives on Sexuality  4. Masters and Johnson’s Research on Human Sexual Response  5. A Critique of Masters and Johnson’s Model of the Human Sexual Response Cycle  6. A Critique of Masters and Johnson’s Concept and Classification of Sexual Dysfunction  7. A Critique of Masters and Johnson’s Sex Therapy Program  8. Conclusion

Biography

Ross Morrow has a PhD in sociology from the University of New England, NSW. He has published both nationally and internationally in the fields of sociology, social theory and human sexuality. He currently teaches social theory at the University of Sydney, and social science at the University of Technology, Sydney.