1st Edition

A New View of Women's Sexual Problems

By Ellyn Kaschak, Leonore Tiefer Copyright 2002
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

Take a new look at women’s sexuality! This fascinating book looks at the wide-ranging therapeutic, social, and political implications of the new paradigm of women’s sexuality. International in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, A New View of Women’s Sexual Problems examines the theoretical and practical effects of the landmark document produced by the Working Group on a New View of Women’s... Read more
  • 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

Biography

Kaschak, Ellyn; Tiefer, Leonore