PSYCHOSEXUAL » Psychosexual Therapy

Sadism as a psychosexual disorder

Albert — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:29:26 +0000

“The perfect counterpart to masochism is sadism,” wrote Austro-German sexologist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing in his 1886 text Psychopathia Sexualis. “While in the former there is a desire to suffer and be subjected to violence, in the latter the wish is to inflict pain and use of violence.” When Krafft-Ebing wrote of sexual perversions in [...]

The influence of Virilization on masculinization

Albert — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:31:19 +0000

In a world that dwells on its differences over its similarities, virilization offers a thought provoking and perplexing backlash to humanity’s attempts to focus on the menial differences. History is replete with cultures and societies finding new and inventive ways to create schisms between one another as a means to affirm their own uniqueness in [...]

Psychosexual dysfunctions in Russia

Albert — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:20:04 +0000

Vladimir Illyich Lenin, the father of the Communist Revolution in Russia, argued that in order for humanity to rise from its lethargy and vile class-based exploitation, our aesthetic and sexual pleasures that made us lack the ruthlessness needed to destroy the bourgeois order would need to be sacrificed. Revolutionary vigilance required that we reshape our [...]

The Psychosexual dysfunctions in Turkey

Albert — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:23:42 +0000

Concerning his secular legacy, the founder of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk once wrote: “I am not leaving a spiritual legacy of dogmas, unchangeable petrified directives. If those people who wish to follow me after I am gone take the reason and science as their guides they will be my true spiritual heirs.” A [...]

The Psychosexual Effects of Menopause

Albert — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:58:56 +0000

Female’s transition through three definitive periods in their life: the pre-reproductive period of prepubescence, the reproductive age, and finally the end of fertility. Whereas the transition from child to woman is characterized by puberty, the end of fertility in midlife is ushered in by. Menopause signifies the permanent cessation of menstruation or reproductive fertility that [...]

The Psychological and psychosexual Effects of Abortion

Albert — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:42:31 +0000

Abortion has long been and remains a source of considerable controversy, particularly in regards to the mental health and psychological effects of the procedure. The value system that favors or condemns abortion is rooted in so many layers, such as the individual’s interpretation of morality, ethics, legality, and science. Some equate abortion to cold blooded [...]

The Psychosexual dysfunctions in Brazil

Albert — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:39:27 +0000

Traditional Christians welcome the first day of Lent with modest practices, such as attending mass. Not the Brazilians. The Brazilian Carnaval is a five day extravaganza of nonstop music and sexual decadence that ends the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. The celebration itself is believed to have roots in the pagan festival of Saturnalia which, in [...]

Psychosexual dysfunctions in African countries

Albert — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:34:38 +0000

Although Africa represents 12% of the worldís population, over 60% of the AIDS-infected population resides on the continent. The African continent is represented by an eclectic group of cultures, customs, politics, economics, and societies. Yet, common stresses between African countries, such as famine, lack of educational infrastructure, wars, and lack of accessibility to health care [...]

The Psychosexual Effects of Hysterectomy

Albert — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:32:32 +0000

Hysterectomy is as Isaac Newton once famously prescribed that ìEvery action has an equal and opposite reaction.î Similarly, when surgery tinkers with the human body with the goal of physical improvement, rarely is the physiological change viewed in terms of how it will alter the psychological or psychosexual. The impact hysterectomy surgery has on psychosexuality [...]

Joyful Pain: The Psychosexual Effects of Giving Birth

Albert — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:32:09 +0000

Pregnancy is a period of mixed emotions for women. On one hand, it is the most wonderful experience in terms of the significance of a person being literally created from your care. However, many of the joyful elements of pregnancy may be overshadowed by its psychological and psychosexual toll. Fluctuating hormonal levels that accompany pregnancy [...]

The Masters and Johnson dual therapy method

Albert — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:42:26 +0000

Until the latter part of the 20th century, etiquette and public morality in the United States limited the discussion of sexuality. When Alfred Kinsey released his notorious studies on the frequency of then-taboo sexual practices in his subjects, his ideas were viewed by critics as a social revolution. This promotion of sexual deviancy e.g. masturbation, [...]

Treatment of Psychosexual Disorders

Albert — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:56:06 +0000

“Necessity is the mother of invention,” the old cliché goes. Medicine continues to find an answer to the many diseases that have hammered the human species through time. Though by no means is it to suggest that discovering remedies to diseases such as malaria is an easy task, sicknesses caused by the external environment do [...]

Psychosexual Therapy

Albert — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:32:35 +0000

When historians reflect on 2009 and ask what the great trendsetter of the year was, we would be hard pressed to argue against the rise of Twitter – a social networking site that allows one to express their innermost thoughts or most banal activities (unfortunately, the latter is the more popular choice). There are two [...]