Although some people with sexual problems improve over time without professional help, sometimes therapy is necessary. In fact, sometimes alleviation of sexual problems is a side effect of successful psychotherapy for general psychological problems (Hoyer et al., 2009). However, seeking therapy is often a difficult step. A community medical practice found that, when asked, many […]
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Healing as a Couple
Recovery from my porn addiction was what finally motivated us to deal with the underlying problems in our marriage and become the couple we’d always wanted to be. —Logan W hen Debbie’s husband, Roger, lost his job because of a serious porn problem, she considered divorcing him. “I was so mad,” she said. “I told […]
CK GETTING THE HELP YOU NEED
People who are ill or disabled have the same sexual needs and desires as everyone else. In the past, these needs have too often been neglected, not because the disabled themselves were not interested in sexuality but because physicians and other healthcare professionals were uncomfortable learning about their sexual needs and discussing these needs with […]
DECONSTRUCTION OF SEXUAL SCRIPTS
Sexual scripts exist on multiple levels. Two levels of interest are widely known cultural scenarios—collectively held scripts such as heterosexuality, and interpersonal scripts, or expectations about behaviors to be used in a specific context (Simon & Gagnon, 1986). With their interpersonal sexual scripts, individuals may follow or violate traditionally held collective scripts. In the United […]
HUSTLER V FALWELL
When Larry Flint’s pioneering magazine of crude humour and nude women decided to print a parody of a Campari ad featuring fundamentalist minister Jerry Falwell in an incestuous role with his mother, Falwell sued. A disclaimer at the bottom of the page said, ‘Ad parody, not to be taken seriously’, but although Falwell lost his […]
Treating Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
Many aspects of the treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder are similar to specific suggestions for resolving other sexual problems. These include ■ Encouraging erotic responses through self-stimulation and arousing fantasies ■ Reducing anxiety with appropriate information and sensate focus exercises ■ Enhancing sexual experiences through improved communication and increased skills— both in initiating desired […]
Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Girl
Consider a child born in the summer of 1944. Later she became a scientist. Does a portrait of her at age two (figure 9.1)—one hand holding a water-filled test tube up to the light, the other grasping a measuring cup— give evidence of the early expression of an inborn inclination to measure and analyze, of […]
Mental Illness and Retardation: Special Issues
People with psychiatric disorders have sexual fantasies, needs, and feelings, and they have the same right to a fulfilling sexual expression as do others. However, historically they have either been treated as asexual, or their sexuality has been viewed as illegiti- mate, warped, or needing external control (Apfel & Handel, 1993). Yet a sudden or […]
CENSORSHIP
However much the authorities try to shut it out, sex always finds its way back into the world of entertainment. It might pop up in the form of nudity or suggestion, or just reside in the imagination of the audience. Sometimes, it’s even the real thing. And then there’s pornography… WINDMILL THEATRE Owner Mrs Henderson […]
AIDS and HIV
In other chapters we discussed the influence that AIDS has had on the sexual behaviors and attitudes of people in the United States. Because HIV can be passed to others through sexual activity, millions of Americans have changed their sexual lifestyles to include safer sex practices. But what of those who discover that they are […]