ABSTRACT
Revisits and updates the centrality of the social construction of sexuality, especially in the age of Viagra, FSD (female sexual dysfunction) and the media saturation of sex. Leonore Tiefer is one of the foremost sexologists working in the United States today; she is a well-known and respected scholar who writes engagingly and humorously about a wide array of topics in sexuality to appeal to both students and general readers. Revised and updated with new pieces on the medicalization of sex, FSD (female sexual dysfunction) and the politics of sex, as well as classic pieces found in the original edition, such as "Am I Normal?: The Question of Sex."
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part one|61 pages
Sex is not a Natural Act: Theme and Variations
part two|50 pages
Popular Writings on the Theme
part three|66 pages
Feminism and Sexuality
part four|64 pages
The Medicalization of Sexuality
part five|37 pages
The Creation of FSD