04.6.2009
The holistic therapist, by assessing the intrapsychic and interpersonal functioning of each patient, may decide, on concluding sex therapy, to refer one or both members of the dyad or members of the family to another therapist, or may elect to treat any or all members of the family himself or herself. There are no rules. [...]
04.6.2009
The range of maladaptive behaviors of particular interest to psychoanalysts has been that of the perversions. The perversions are forms of sexual dysfunction which include such behaviors as homosexuality, fetishism, transvestitism, exhibitionism, voyeurism, and sadomasochism. A perversion may be regarded as a form of sexual disturbance in which sexual gratification can be gained from sexual [...]
04.6.2009
Davis and Braucht in a retrospective study, used data from 365 subjects from seven different types of social groups, from jail inmates to clerical students. In a psychometric tour de force, self-report measures of sexual deviance, sexual experience, exposure to pornography, character, and peer associations were constructed and statistically interrelated. The measure of character had [...]
04.6.2009
There are clear biological differences in the role men and women play in the process of reproduction. A woman can produce ten to twenty children in her lifetime, but hardly any woman can provide adequate care for all her children. A man can fertilize several women and if he impregnates a large number of women, [...]
04.6.2009
Weinberg and Williams in their large sample study utilizing self-administered questionnaire data found that older male homosexuals were less involved than younger homosexuals in the social aspects of the gay life style. They associated less often with other homosexuals and attended bars and clubs much less frequently, making access to sexual partners more difficult. Fifty-six [...]