Sex Is Not A Natural Act & Other Essays (Paperback, 2nd edition)

A newly revised collection of provocative essays on Sex and its many meanings in our culture by one of the most prolific, original, and highly regarded sexologists in the field today.. This newly updated collection features over 50 per cent new material, spotlighting many of Leonore Tiefer's popular as well as professional writings on the social construction of sexuality. It includes a new section on the creation of female sexual dysfunction (FSD), as well as new treatments of medicalization, feminist sex therapy, sex and humor, sexology and the pharmaceutical industry, and The Kiss. Tiefer's background as a sexologist is unusually broad, including animal mating behavior research, medical research, sex therapy, theories about the classification of dysfunctions, and feminist and cultural analysis. Her wit and passion are evident in such recent essays as Doing the Viagra Tango: Sex Pill as Symbol and Substance, The McDonaldization of Sex, and A New Sexual World-Not, as well as the now classic pieces Six Months at the Daily News, Women's Sexuality: Not a Matter of Health, and Am I Normal? The Question of Sex. This revised collection treats complex and controversial as

General

Imprint:	WestviewPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Leonore Tiefer
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	323
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8133-4185-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Sexual behaviour Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Sex & sexuality
LSN:	0-8133-4185-X
Barcode:	9780813341859

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