The myth of female sexual dysfunction and its medicalization

Sexualities, Evolution and Gender

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-96

  Drew, Jennifer ^a  

^a Metropolitan University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female sexuality; Medicalization; Sexual dysfunction; Women

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; LITERATURE; ORGASM DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VAGINISM;

EID: 0742289948     PISSN: 14792508     EISSN: 14792516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616660310001632563     Document Type: Article

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