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Learning Objectives |
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THE ENIGMA OF WOMEN'S SEXUALITY |
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Opening Pandora's Box |
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Everyone Knows What Sex Is, Don't They? |
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If It's Not Just Intercourse, What Is It? |
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The Meaning of Sexual Meanings |
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The Construction of Sexual Meanings |
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Problematic Meanings |
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Conclusion |
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CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE |
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Teaching the Children |
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“Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice": Biological Development |
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Girls' Psychological Development |
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Messages and Meanings |
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Summary and Recommendations |
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Adolescence: Biological and Psychological Development |
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Biological Development |
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Psychological Development |
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Conclusion |
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Menstruation: Initiation into Womanhood |
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The Things We Needed Mother "and Dad" to Tell Us: Parental Messages |
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A Friend in Need: Messages of Peers |
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Of Cleanliness and Womanliness: Media Messages |
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Religious and Medical Messages |
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Summary: Problematic Meanings |
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Challenge and Change: Creating New Meanings |
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Conclusion |
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"Bawdy" Image: From Subject to Object |
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Changing Roles and Expectations: Messages of Significant Others |
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Objects of Desire: Media Messages |
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Summary: Problematic Meanings |
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Challenge and Change: Creating New Meanings |
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Conclusion |
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Who Loves Ya, Babe?: Sexual Intimacies and Expression |
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Sex as Love: Parental Messages |
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Sex as. Status: The Messages of Peers |
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"Intimate" Partners: Mixed Messages |
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Sex as Surrender: Media Messages |
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Sex as Weapon: Sexual Violence |
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Summary: Problematic Meanings |
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Challenge and Change: Creating New Meanings |
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Conclusion |
III |
YOUNG ADULTHOOD |
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Biological and Psychological Development |
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Biological Development |
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Psychological Development |
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Conclusion |
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Creating a Life |
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Sexual Invisibility: Messages to Mothers |
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Sexuality as Loss: Messages to Infertile Women |
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Incomplete Sexuality: Messages to the Voluntarily Childless |
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Summary: Problematic Meanings |
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Challenge and Change: Creating New Meanings |
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In the Prime of Life: Living in Our Bodies |
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Have You Gained a Little Weight Lately?: Messages of Friends and Lovers |
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One Standard of Beauty-Tight, Light, and White: Media Messages |
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Summary: Problematic Meanings |
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Challenge and Change: Creating New Meanings |
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Conclusion |
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Fanning the Flames of Desire |
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He Shoots, He Scores: The Male Model of Sexual Expression |
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Too Hot to Handle: Media Portrayals of Sex |
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Sexologists: The Purveyors of Scientific "Truths" |
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Intimate Partners: Myths and Miscommunications |
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Summary: Problematic Meanings |
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Challenge and Change: Creating New Meanings |
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Conclusion |
IV |
THE MIDDLE AND LATER YEARS |
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Biological and Psychological Development |
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Biological Development during the Middle Years |
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Psychological Development during the Middle Years |
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Biological Development in Later Life: "You're as Young as You Feel” |
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Psychological Development in Later Life: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained |
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When Being “Hot” Takes on New Meaning: Menopause |
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All “Dried” Up: Medical Messages |
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All “Used” Up: Media Messages |
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Secret Shame: Messages of Significant Others |
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Summary: Problematic Meanings |
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Challenge and Change: Creating New Meanings |
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Conclusion |
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The Festival of Lipid Migration: Bodily Changes and Body Image |
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Forever Young: Media Messages |
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Hourglass Figures, or “Time Is Running Out”: Messages of the Beauty Industry |
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Between Lovers: Messages of Significant Others |
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Between Women |
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Summary: Problematic Meanings |
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Challenge and Change: Creating New Meanings |
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Conclusion |
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Intimate Connections: Sexual Expression and
Relationships |
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The Serviceable Vagina: Medical Messages |
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On the Downhill Slide: Media Images |
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Lovers and Other Strangers: Messages of Significant
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Summary: Problematic Meanings |
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Challenge and Change: Creating New Meanings |
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Conclusion |
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Coming Full Circle |
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Over the Hill: Medical Messages |
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Rocking Chairs and Apple Pies: Media Messages |
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Intimate Relationships: Messages of Significant
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Intimate Partners: Myths and Miscommunication |
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Summary: Problematic Meanings |
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Challenge and Change: Creating New Meanings |
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Conclusion |
Epilogue |
Appendix A: The Sexual Development of Children and Adolescents |
Appendix B: Body Image and Struggles with Weight |
Appendix C: The Aftermath of Sexual Violence |
Appendix D: Lesbian Identity and Sexual Orientation |
Appendix E: Reproductive Health and Decision Making |
Appendix F: Disability and Illness |
Appendix G: Issues for Women in the Middle and Later Years |
References |
Index |
Post Test |