Tag: women’s sexuality
In 1966, William Masters and Virginia Johnson published Human Sexual Response in which they described a four-stage sequence of physiological changes that occur as people (in particular, heterosexual couples having penile-vaginal intercourse) engage in sexually stimulating activities. This “sexual response cycle” model was revolutionary at the time because there really wasn’t a systematic view of what went on biologically […]
Inevitably, when a woman comes in complaining about having a low libido, I get curious about the power dynamics in the her relationship. What dance is she and her partner (or partners) engaged in? What is her relationship to power? Does she have a sense of personal authority, both in her relationship and in the rest […]
