Embodying orgasm: Gendered power relations and sexual pleasure

Women and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 99-110

  Jackson, Stevi ^a   Scott, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Gender; Orgasm; Power relations; Women's sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044534923     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v24n01_13     Document Type: Article

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