A comparison of 19th century and current attitudes to female sexuality

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 673-681

  Studd, John ^a  

^a London PMS and Menopause Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clitoridectomy; Clitoris; Genital mutilation; Hysteria; Masturbation; Nymphomania; Orgasm; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; CLITORIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; LIBIDO; LIBIDO DISORDER; MASTURBATION; MASTURBATORY MELANCHOLIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NYMPHOMANIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIOLOGY; VAGINA; VAGINA SECRETION; VULVA;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY;

EID: 37149049318     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590701708860     Document Type: Review

References (30)

1. Wilmot ES. Nymphomania. London: Bew; 1775.
2. Studd J. Ovariotomy for menstrual madness and the pre-menstrual syndrome - 19th century history and lessons for current practice. Gynecol Endocrinol 2006;22:411-415.
3. Charcot JM. Lectures on the diseases of the nervous system delivered at La Salpêtrière. London; 1877.
4. Freud S. Sammlung kleiner Schriften zur Neurosenlehre. Lipzig: F. Deuticke; 1906.
5. Masson J. The assault on truth: Freud's suppression of the seduction theory. New York: Atheneum; 1984.
6. Daly A. Women under the knife: A history of surgery. London: Hutchinson; 1991.
7. Lawson Tait R. Masturbation: a clinical lecture. Med News 1888;53:22.
8. Graham H. Eternal Eve. New York: Doubleday; 1951.
9. Meigs C. Females and their diseases and remedies. Philadelphia; 1853.
10. Baker Brown I. On surgical diseases of women. London; 1854.
11. Sims JM. The story of my life. New York; 1884.
12. Baker Brown I. On the curability of certain forms of insanity, epilepsy, catalepsy and hysteria in females. London; 1866.
13. Lawson Tait R. Diseases of women and abdominal surgery. London: Richardson and Co.; 1889.
14. Zambaco DA. Onanisme avec troubles nerveux chez deux petites filles. L'Encephale 1882;2:260-274.
15. Masson J. A dark science. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux; 1986.
16. Twain M. A tramp abroad. The Oxford Mark Twain; 1880.
17. Mann W. Richard Strauss - A critical study of the operas. London: Cassell; 1964.
18. Stopes M. Married love. New York: The Critic and Guide Company; 1918.
19. Bragg M. Twelve books that changed the world. London: Hodder and Stoughton; 2007.
20. Kinsey AC, Pomeroy WB, Martin CE, Gerhard PH. Sexual behavior in the human female. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1953.
21. Fisher S. The female orgasm. London: Allen Lane; 1973.
22. Hite S. The new Hite report. London: Hamlyn; 2000.
23. Masters W, Johnson V. Human sexual response. Toronto: Bantam Books; 1966.
24. Beck JG. Hypoactive sexual desire disorder: an overview. J Consult Clin Psychol 1995;63:919-927.
25. Sands R, Studd J. Exogenous androgens in postmenopausal women. Am J Med 1995;98:76-79.
26. Greenblatt RB, Suran RR. Indications for hormone pellets in the therapy of endocrine and gynecological disorders. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1949;57:294.
27. Studd JW, Collins WP, Chakravarti S, Newton JR, Oram D, Parsons A. Oestradiol and testosterone implants in the treatment of psychosexual problems in the postmenopausal woman. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1977;84:314-316.
28. Lobo RA. Androgens in postmenopausal women: production, possible role, and replacement options. Obstet Gynecol Surv 2001;56:361-376.
29. Shifren JL, Davis SR, Moreau M, Waldbaum A, Bouchard C, DeRogatis L, Derzko C, Bearnson P, Kakos N, O'Neill S, et al. Testosterone patch for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder: results from the INTIMATE NM1 study. Menopause 2006;13:770-794.
30. Studd J. Does retention of the ovaries improve long-term survival after hysterectomy? Prophylactic oophorectomy. Climacteric 2006;9:164-166.