Women’s Sexual Development Explorations of Inner Space

This is not a textbook nor an encyclopedia; rather, it is a collection of papers representing a variety of points of view on contemporary is­ sues, controversies, and questions about female sexual development. The editor has a point of view, not a point of view as to which of the various authors...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kirkpatrick, Martha (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1980, 1980
Edition:1st ed. 1980
Series:Women in Context
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 • “Role, Jenny Jenkins, Roll”: Little Girls and Maidens in American Folksongs—An Analysis of Sexual Attitudes
  • 2 • The History of Female Sexuality in the United States
  • Discussion • A Historian’s Approach
  • 3 • Physiological Aspects of Female Sexual Development: Conception through Puberty
  • 4 • Physiological Aspects of Female Sexual Development: Gestation, Lactation, Menopause, and Erotic Physiology
  • Discussion • Psychological and Physiological Concepts in Female Sexuality: A Discussion of Physiological Aspects of Female Sexual Development
  • 5 • Some Suggested Revisions Concerning Early Female Development
  • 6 • The Early Stages of Female Psychosexual Development: A Kleinian View
  • 7 • Femininity
  • 8 • Masturbation in Women
  • Discussion • Another Point of View
  • 9 • The Misnamed Female Sex Organ
  • 10 • Finding Self in the Lesbian Community
  • Discussion • Random Comments
  • 11 • Daughters and Lovers: Reflections on the Life Cycle of Father-Daughter Relationships
  • 12 • Role of the Father
  • 13 • Sex Education versus Sexual Learning
  • 14 • A Sex-Information Switchboard
  • 15 • Self-Help for Sex
  • Discussion • Self-Help in Gynecological Practice
  • 16 • Young Women and the Sexual Revolution