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Why medicalization? Introduction to the special issue on the medicalization of sex
Thea Cacchioni1, Leonore Tiefer
1Women's Studies, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 2Y2. tcacchio@uvic.ca
Abstract:
This special issue grows out of the need to bring into focus the historical and sociocultural contextualization of sex to the sexological community. The specific focus is on analyzing how medicalization is affecting many areas of sexual life and discourse, but the larger goal is to help situate sexuality studies in its broadest perspective. Articles will be of general interest to those interested in interdisciplinary scholarship; the specific articles address HIV politics, sex therapy, women's sexual health, sex and aging, the popularization of weak science, and the media's view that sexual exuberance is a central marker of recovery from cancer. Medicalization is a current trend that illuminates the importance of a broader view of sexology.
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