LEADER 03825nam 2200613 450 001 9910787127803321 005 20230803210221.0 010 $a0-8135-7024-7 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813570242 035 $a(CKB)3710000000280460 035 $a(EBL)1843793 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001370676 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11754191 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001370676 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11299086 035 $a(PQKB)11446566 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1843793 035 $a(OCoLC)895661761 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37984 035 $a(DE-B1597)526308 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813570242 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1843793 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10985112 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000280460 100 $a20140311h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeserving desire $ewomen's stories of sexual evolution /$fBeth Montemurro 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-7022-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Developing a stance : sowing the seeds of sexual subjectivity -- Learning through doing : early exploration and experience -- Validation, affirmation, and encouragement : sexual relationships of consequence -- Self-discovery through role and relationship changes : divorce -- Self-discovery through role and relationship changes : motherhood -- Self-discovery through embodied changes : the physical experience of motherhood -- Self-discovery through embodied changes : aging and menopause -- Self-acceptance. 330 $aWomen experience considerable changes in their bodies, lives, and identity between the ages of twenty and seventy, including marriage, motherhood, the dissolution of relationships, and menopause, all of which often impact sexuality. In Deserving Desire, Beth Montemurro takes a wide-ranging look at the evolution of women's sexuality over time, with a specific focus on the development of sexual subjectivity-that is sexual confidence, agency, and a sense of entitlement to sexual desire. Detailed stories of the ninety-five women in this study explore how they become more comfortable with their bodies, when most begin to enjoy sex, feel confident and positive about engaging in it, and how they become sexual subjects in control of their bodies. Deserving Desire explores the complex multi-stage process in which sexual subjectivity evolves over a woman's lifetime. As girls, they learn about sex and how those around them-parents, peers, religion and media-regard sex. Physical and emotional transitions such as having a baby or ending a relationship further affect women's sexual confidence and desire. Montemurro emphasizes that sexual subjectivity is about feeling in control of sexual decision making and acting purposefully and confidently. Though adolescent sexuality has been a major focus of sociological research, few studies have examined, as Montemurro does here, the development of sexuality through women's lives and the events that change the way women feel about themselves, their bodies, and their relationships. 606 $aWomen$xSexual behavior 606 $aWomen$xPsychology 606 $aSelf-acceptance 615 0$aWomen$xSexual behavior. 615 0$aWomen$xPsychology. 615 0$aSelf-acceptance. 676 $a306.7082 700 $aMontemurro$b Beth$f1972-$01524641 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787127803321 996 $aDeserving desire$93790900 997 $aUNINA