Arriving at a "new view" of women's sexual problems: Background, theory, and activism

A New View of Women's Sexual Problems

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 63-98

  Tiefer, Leonore ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminist activism; Medicalization; Orgasm; Sexual dysfunction; Women's health activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069289526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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