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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808966603321

Titolo

Women and sex therapy : closing the circle of sexual knowledge / / Ellen Cole, Esther D. Rothblum, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1988, 2013

ISBN

0-918393-54-X

1-315-80412-3

1-317-77359-4

1-317-77360-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ColeEllen

RothblumEsther D

Disciplina

616.85/83/0088042

616.85830088042

612.6082

Soggetti

Sex therapy

Feminist therapy

Women - Sexual behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A significant volume featuring women's unique perspectives of sexuality!"--Cover.

First published 1988 by Harrington Park Press, Inc.

Women and sex therapy : closing the circle of sexual knowledge was simultaneously issued by the Haworth Press, Inc., under the title: Women and sex therapy and simultancously published as a special issue of the journal Women & therapy, volume 7, numbers 2/3 1988, Ellen Cole and Esther D. Rothblum, editors.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; SECTION I: HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES; A Feminist Critique of the Sexual Dysfunction Nomenclature; Propping Up the Phallocracy: A Feminist Critique of Sex Therapy and Research; Women and Sexual Ecstasy: How Can Therapists Help?; SECTION II: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; Sexual Socialization for Therapists: Applications for the Counseling/Psychotherapy of Women; The Theory of Sexual Relativity: Female Reality/Male Myth; Reporting Colleagues



Who Are Sexually Intimate with Clients: It's Time to Talk

"Nice Women" Don't Say Yes and " Real Men" Don't Say No: How Miscommunication and the Double Standard Can Cause Sexual ProblemsSECTION III: PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND ISSUES; Sexual Difficulties Experienced by Women with Interstitial Cystitis; Disorders of Desire: Women, Sex, and Food; Intimacy and the New Reproductive Options; When Abortion Is a Blessing; Sex at Menopause: Each in Her Own Way; Teaching Safe Sex to Women in the Age of AIDS; When the Diagnosis Is Vaginismus: Fighting Misconceptions; SECTION IV: CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR PARTICULAR POPULATIONS

Issues in Sex Therapy with Ethnic and Racial Minority WomenLesbian Sexuality in the Framework of Psychotherapy: A Practical Model for the Lesbian Therapist; Research on the Sex Practices of 1566 Lesbians and the Clinical Applications; Bisexuality in Women: Myths, Realities, and Implications for Therapy; Issues in Sex Therapy with Survivors of Intrafamily Sexual Abuse; Divorced Women's Sexual and Contraceptive Issues; Women, Sexuality, and Disabilities; EPILOGUE; Tensions, Dilemmas and Possibilities for Understanding Women's Sexuality

Sommario/riassunto

Outstanding feminist scholars present seldom discussed women's views of sexuality. In the past, there has been little feminist discussion among sexuality professionals and between feminist therapists and sex therapists. The valuable ideas expressed by the contributors to this book are aimed at increasing the possibilities for all therapists and counselors to discuss with their clients the nature of sexuality, and in particular, what women feel about sex. Professionals provide remarkable perspectives on issues that concern all women--orgasm, the double standard, new reproductive options, intima