Recently added articles from Contemporary Sexuality:
Creating the DSM-V
Mar 01, 2009; ... Sexual dysfunctions, paraphilias and gender identity disorder work groups are now underway Prior to 1973, a man who was sexually attracted to other men was believed to have a mental disorder. One could look it up. It was right there in the second edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical ...
From the Executive Director
Mar 01, 2009; ... As you read this note our 2009 conference in Phoenix/ Glendale, Arizona is in an intense preparation stage. Our great team has built one incredible list of presenters and special events. The opening plenary will feature Brett Kahr, PhD, the author of Who's Been Sleeping in your Head?: The Secret ...
Member Spotlight
Mar 01, 2009; ... Stephanie Buehler, PsyD Irvine, California Member Spotlight is a monthly column offering an opportunity for AASECT members to get to know more about each other. Each month, a different member's story will be introduced. If you would like to recommend someone to be interviewed for ...
CDC: Women and minorities are getting more STIs
Mar 01, 2009; ... Reported cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea in the U.S. exceeded 1.4 million in 2007, according to an annual report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report, Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2007, shows persistent racial disparities across these and ...
Supreme Court rejects COPA law
Mar 01, 2009; ... For more than a decade, the federal government has attempted to restrict Americans' access to sexually oriented material on the Internet. In 1996, Congress passed the Communications Decency Act (CDA). After the U.S. Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional, Congress tried again, ...
Obama rescinds 'global gag rule' for NGOs
Mar 01, 2009; ... International nonprofits offering family planning services that include abortion can again receive funds from the U.S. government. Shortly after taking office, President Barack Obama rescinded the "global gag rule" that had been in effect since 1985, except during the eight years of Bill ...
Children with Sexual Behavior Problems: Family-Based Attachment-Focused Therapy
Mar 01, 2009; ... Children with Sexual Behavior Problems: Family-Based Attachment-Focused Therapy By William N. Friedrich. W.W. Norton & Co., 2007. $32. It's not often that one finds a highly readable book about problematic child sexual behavior that incor- porates solid research, clin- ical wisdom ...
Orgasmic Birth: The Best Kept Secret
Mar 01, 2009; ... Orgasmic Birth: The Best Kept Secret Sunken Treasure, 2008. DVD, $34.99. Beautifully filmed and enhanced by an exquisite score, Orgasmic Birth explores the process of childbirth from the perspec- tive of women who are empowered to view it as an ecstatic, even erotic, experi- ...
The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality & Relationships
Mar 01, 2009; ... The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality & Relationships Open Lens Media, 2008. DVD, $250. "If you are bothered by [pornography], there is nowhere for you to go." - The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality and Relationships As a sexuality educator, I ...
The Return of Desire
Mar 01, 2009; ... The Return of Desire By Gina Ogden. Trumpeter, 2008. $14.95. If you are a therapist work- ing with couples, a friend listening to another friend complain, or a woman dis- heartened, disenchanted and disconnected from your sexual self, then you know how loudly the laments "I'm just not in ...
Educational Opportunities
Mar 01, 2009; ... Sexual Desire: A One-Day Sex Therapy Workshop on Inhibited Desire, Desire Discrepancy and Pleasure Inhibition March 20, Charlottesville, Va. Presenter: Sylvia Rosenfeld Sponsor: The Blue Ridge Chapter of the Virginia Society for Clinical Social Work More info: ...
It's cutting edge and it's hot
Feb 01, 2009; ... AASECT's conference warms up the Arizona desert It's time now for a pop quiz. (Don't worry, it's multiple choice.) The title "Some Like It Hot" refers to which of the following: a. A gender-bending movie from 1959 b. Sultry desert heat c. A dance song that ...
From the Executive Director
Feb 01, 2009; ... Thanks to Sallie Foley and Barry McCarthy for leading our hugely successful 2009 Winter Institute in Deerfield Beach, Fla. last month. Thirty-nine members attended and participated and the evaluations of the weekend are superb. We appreciate our senior therapists, McCarthy and Foley, and all ...
AASECT's international and national efforts
Feb 01, 2009; ... As has been a recent tradition, the AASECT Board of Directors held its autumn meeting at the SSSS annual conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. AASECT, in collaboration with Asociación Puertoriqueña de Educación, Consejería y Terapia Sexual (AsPECT) of Puerto Rico, had a "meet and greet" Saturday ...
Clarification
Feb 01, 2009; ... An article on President Obama's legislative agenda in the January issue prompted this clarification request from the office of Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana): "Continued funding for abstinence-only education has historically been paired with legislation in the Senate to extend Temporary ...
Member Spotlight
Feb 01, 2009; ... Nancy Garcia-Ruffin, PhD (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Nancy Garcia-Ruffin became involved with AASECT two years ago. "I have always been very comfortable talking about sex and sexuality," she says. "I guess my clients picked up on my openness by sharing intimate details of all aspects of ...
Study: Virginity pledges don't work
Feb 01, 2009; ... Virginity pledges don't help teenagers remain abstinent or avoid sexually transmitted infections. In fact, adolescents who took virginity pledges were less likely to use birth control and condoms than a similar population of nonpledgers. Janet Elise Rosenbaum, PhD, a Harvard University ...
Norway outlaws the buying of sex
Feb 01, 2009; ... Anti-prostitution laws have traditionally targeted the sellers of sex. Norway is now turning the tables, making it illegal for its citizens to purchase sex, both inside and outside its borders. "We think buying sex is unacceptable because it favors human trafficking and forced ...
Gay youth have higher pregnancy rates than straight youth
Feb 01, 2009; ... A new Canadian study finds that gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers are more likely to be involved in a pregnancy than their straight peers. Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) evaluated data from adolescent health surveys in 1992, 1998 and 2003 and found that 10.6 ...
Study: Gay teens need supportive parents
Feb 01, 2009; ... Gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers with unaccepting parents are more likely to have negative mental health outcomes. That's the conclusion of a survey of 224 white and Latino men and women, ages 21 to 25, by Caitlin Ryan, PhD, ACSW, a professor at San Francisco State University. Ryan's ...