Women And Sexuality

Author : Katherine Rowland
Publisher : Seal Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781580058346

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The Pleasure Gap by Katherine Rowland Pdf

American culture is more sexually liberal than ever. But compared to men, women's sexual pleasure has not grown: Up to 40 percent of American women experience the sexual malaise clinically known as low sexual desire. Between this low desire, muted pleasure, and experiencing sex in terms of labor rather than of lust, women by the millions are dissatisfied with their erotic lives. For too long, this deficit has been explained in terms of women's biology, stress, and age. In The Pleasure Gap, Katherine Rowland rejects the idea that women should settle for diminished pleasure; instead, she argues women should take inequality in the bedroom as seriously as we take it in the workplace and understand its causes and effects. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with more than one hundred women and dozens of sexual health professionals, Rowland shows that the pleasure gap is neither medical malady nor psychological condition but rather a result of our culture's troubled relationship with women's sexual expression. This provocative exploration of modern sexuality makes a case for closing the gap for good.

Author : Lisa M. Diamond
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0674026241

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Sexual Fluidity by Lisa M. Diamond Pdf

Is love “blind” when it comes to gender? For women, it just might be. This unsettling and original book offers a radical new understanding of the context-dependent nature of female sexuality. Lisa M. Diamond argues that for some women, love and desire are not rigidly heterosexual or homosexual but fluid, changing as women move through the stages of life, various social groups, and, most important, different love relationships.This perspective clashes with traditional views of sexual orientation as a stable and fixed trait. But that view is based on research conducted almost entirely on men. Diamond is the first to study a large group of women over time. She has tracked one hundred women for more than ten years as they have emerged from adolescence into adulthood. She summarizes their experiences and reviews research ranging from the psychology of love to the biology of sex differences. Sexual Fluidity offers moving first-person accounts of women falling in and out of love with men or women at different times in their lives. For some, gender becomes irrelevant: “I fall in love with the person, not the gender,” say some respondents.Sexual Fluidity offers a new understanding of women’s sexuality—and of the central importance of love.

Author : Susie Jolly,Andrea Cornwall,Kate Hawkins
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780325736

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Women, Sexuality and the Political Power of Pleasure by Susie Jolly,Andrea Cornwall,Kate Hawkins Pdf

This pioneering collection explores the ways in which positive, pleasure-focused approaches to sexuality can empower women. Gender and development has tended to engage with sexuality only in relation to violence and ill-health. Although this has been hugely important in challenging violence against women, over-emphasizing these negative aspects has dovetailed with conservative ideologies that associate women’s sexualities with danger and fear. On the other hand, the media, the pharmaceutical industry, and pornography more broadly celebrate the pleasures of sex in ways that can be just as oppressive, often implying that only certain types of people - young, heterosexual, able-bodied, HIV-negative - are eligible for sexual pleasure. Women, Sexuality and the Political Power of Pleasure brings together challenges to these strictures and exclusions from both the South and North of the globe, with examples of activism, advocacy and programming which use pleasure as an entry point. It shows how positive approaches to pleasure and sexuality can enhance equality and empowerment for all.

Author : Stevi Jackson,Sue Scott
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Education
ISBN : 0231107099

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Feminism and Sexuality by Stevi Jackson,Sue Scott Pdf

A comprehensive overview of feminist debates surrounding sexuality identifying the main theoretical positions and trends. Contributors include Judith Butler, bell hooks, Luce Irigaray, Catherine MacKinnon, Adrienne Rich, Gayle Rubin, Judith Walkowitz and Monique Wittig.

Author : Ellen Cole,Esther D Rothblum,Lillie Weiss,Rosalyn Meadow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781317823520

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Women's Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality by Ellen Cole,Esther D Rothblum,Lillie Weiss,Rosalyn Meadow Pdf

Women’s Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality explores the strong relationships food and sex have represented to women over the years. No other book has spelled out so clearly the parallels between sex and eating nor integrated the relationship of these to women’s basic need to be loved. Today’s dilemma for women--be fat or go hungry--and the endless variations and unsatisfying solutions to this problem have contributed to the incidence of anorexia, bulimia, and obesity. The pursuit of slimness, the obsession with having the perfect body, excessive aerobicizing, and diet books ad nauseam are all part of this phenomenon. Authors in Women’s Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality skillfully discuss the parallel between women’s obsession with sex and romance in the fifties and their obsession with food today. An important book for all women, it sheds light on the complex issues facing women and devotes special attention to the career woman and the additional pressures to be slim and stay slim. The woman who reads this potentially life-changing book can examine, question, and change her behavior, using the specific step-by-step program aid included in the book. This book is for every woman who has ever worried about being too fat or too sexual. Women’s Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality will appeal to women of all ages--young women and their mothers will be fascinated by the parallels between sexual obsessions of thirty years ago and the eating obsessions of today. This healing book will particularly attract single career women for whom sex and relationships are fraught with complications. Counselors and therapists will find this book an excellent resource in their work with helping women. It is also a good auxiliary text for courses in Women’s Studies focusing on psychology and history of women and the sociology of women and eating disorders.

Author : Jane Root
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015048827466

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Pictures of Women by Jane Root Pdf

Author : Judith C. Daniluk
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1572309113

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Women's Sexuality Across the Life Span by Judith C. Daniluk Pdf

Moving beyond a traditional focus on sexual functioning, this book emphasizes the complex interaction of psychological, social, cultural and biological influences on womens's sense of themselves as sexual beings. Written for practitioners and educators, its goal is to challenge contradictory messages and meanings that cause many women to feel disconnected from their bodies and from their needs and desires. Themes explored include the development of sexual awareness and sexuality in childhood and adolescence, the critical sexual choices of young adulthood, and the multiple transitions characterizing the middle and later years of life. The book features creative exercises and interventions to help girls and women construct more affirming sexual meanings.

Author : Jerrold S. Greenberg,Clint E. Bruess,Sarah C. Conklin
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0763741485

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Exploring the Dimensions of Human Sexuality by Jerrold S. Greenberg,Clint E. Bruess,Sarah C. Conklin Pdf

Exploring The Dimensions Of Human Sexuality, Third Edition, Has Been Extensively Updated To Include Information And Statistics About Recent Developments. This Text Continues To Encourage Students To Explore The Varied Dimensions Of Sexuality And To See How Each Affects Their Personal Sexuality, Sexual Health, And Sexual Responsibility. All Aspects Of Sexuality--Biological, Spiritual, Psychological, And Sociocultural--Are Presented Factually And Impartially.

Author : Jaimee Garbacik
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781934389706

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Gender & Sexuality For Beginners by Jaimee Garbacik Pdf

What does sexual orientation mean if the very categories of gender are in question? How do we measure equality when our society’s definitions of “male” and “female” leave out much of the population? There is no consensus on what a “real” man or woman is, where one’s sex begins and ends, or what purpose the categories of masculine and feminine traits serve. While significant strides have been made in recent years on behalf of women’s, gay and lesbian rights, there is still a large division between the law and day-to-day reality for LGBTQIA and female-identified individuals in American society. The practices, media outlets and institutions that privilege heterosexuality and traditional gender roles as “natural” need a closer examination. Gender & Sexuality For Beginners considers the uses and limitations of biology in defining gender. Questioning gender and sex as both categories and forms of compulsory identification, it critically examines the issues in the historical and contemporary construction, meaning and perpetuation of gender roles. Gender & Sexuality For Beginners interweaves neurobiology, psychology, feminist, queer and trans theory, as well as historical gay and lesbian activism to offer new perspectives on gender inequality, ultimately pointing to the clear inadequacy of gender categories and the ways in which the sex-gender system oppresses us all.

Author : Stephanie S Covington
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781616494766

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Awakening Your Sexuality by Stephanie S Covington Pdf

Gives women the tools to confront guilt, become aware of body image and behavior patterns, honor and accept the past, and begin the liberating journey of sexual recovery and growth. With candor and compassion, Stephanie Covington reminds us that recovery "is about living life fully and completely and sexual recovery is integral to the fullness of your life." With comprehensive scope and individual focus, she addresses the following questions: How is women's sexuality shaped by a male-based society? How do dysfunctional families influence a woman's sexuality? What did the sexual revolution do for women? How are women affected by alcohol, drugs, and AIDS? What is the connection between sexuality and spirituality? How can recovery groups address sexual issues? Most important, Awakening Your Sexuality gives women the tools to process their sexual histories, understand their sexual selves, and create the sexual lives they want. Covington provides the personalized exercises and positive, step-by-step guidance women need to confront guilt, shame, or addiction; become aware of body image and behavior patterns; honor and accept the past; and begin the liberating journey of sexual recovery and growth.

Author : Carole S. Vance
Publisher : Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039852830

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Pleasure and Danger by Carole S. Vance Pdf

Author : Sarah Barmak
Publisher : Exploded Views
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1552453235

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Closer by Sarah Barmak Pdf

A provocative look at why our current understanding of female sexuality isn't getting us off.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine,Committee on the Impacts of Sexual Harassment in Academia
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309470872

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Sexual Harassment of Women by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine,Committee on the Impacts of Sexual Harassment in Academia Pdf

Over the last few decades, research, activity, and funding has been devoted to improving the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine. In recent years the diversity of those participating in these fields, particularly the participation of women, has improved and there are significantly more women entering careers and studying science, engineering, and medicine than ever before. However, as women increasingly enter these fields they face biases and barriers and it is not surprising that sexual harassment is one of these barriers. Over thirty years the incidence of sexual harassment in different industries has held steady, yet now more women are in the workforce and in academia, and in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine (as students and faculty) and so more women are experiencing sexual harassment as they work and learn. Over the last several years, revelations of the sexual harassment experienced by women in the workplace and in academic settings have raised urgent questions about the specific impact of this discriminatory behavior on women and the extent to which it is limiting their careers. Sexual Harassment of Women explores the influence of sexual harassment in academia on the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical, and medical workforce. This report reviews the research on the extent to which women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine are victimized by sexual harassment and examines the existing information on the extent to which sexual harassment in academia negatively impacts the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women pursuing scientific, engineering, technical, and medical careers. It also identifies and analyzes the policies, strategies and practices that have been the most successful in preventing and addressing sexual harassment in these settings.

Author : Ellyn Kaschak,Leonore Tiefer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317788157

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A New View of Women's Sexual Problems by Ellyn Kaschak,Leonore Tiefer Pdf

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 Sexuality. The book brings together gender theory, psychology, social science, and medicine in a powerful cultural critique of the reigning medical approach to women’s sexual health. International experts from India, Costa Rica, Israel, the US, and many other cultures place this revolutionary idea in cultural and political context, as well as extrapolating fresh new treatment options for dealing with women’s sexual problems. A New View of Women’s Sexual Problems analyzes the new paradigm’s implications in many fields, including: family medicine couples counseling for straight and lesbian partners STD prevention and sexual health issues sex therapy sex education feminist theory developmental psychology

Author : Stevi Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Women
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037390056

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On the Social Construction of Female Sexuality by Stevi Jackson Pdf