Word: sexologist
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...plans for Valentine's Day, which falls on a Saturday this year, check out OpenTable.com, which has a special page for restaurants like Rosa Mexicano, which has a "Fruits of Love" menu featuring lobster and shrimp enchiladas, and Vancouver's Zin Restaurant & Lounge, offering a five-course menu. A sexologist will be on hand to answer couples' burning questions...
...View, which was created in 2000 in response to the introduction of Viagra, is trying to fight what it calls "the medicalization of sex," the idea that there is a physical right and wrong when it comes to all things sexual. Says the group's leader Leonore Tiefer, a sexologist and psychologist at New York University: "Promoting a very narrow definition of what women's genitals ought to look like - even for those women who don't want surgery, it harms them." (See the Top 10 Medical Missteps...
...attractive 40-year-old Egyptian mother of three daughters was originally a surgeon specializing in forensic medicine, but today she runs a growing practice as the only sexologist in Egypt, and probably the entire Arab world - which she reaches via two discussion shows on satellite TV. Veiled and pious, Kotb talks frankly to mostly conservative Arab men and women about such taboo subjects as how to make love, how to kindle desire and why regular sex is so important for a healthy marriage...
...sexologists these days, the new frontier is inhibited sexual desire (ISD). The problem accounts for 30% to 50% of the case load for many therapists. "We didn't look for excitement problems in the mid-'70s," says Therapist Stephen Sloan in Atlanta. "It was assumed that everyone desires sex." Some therapists, accustomed to reporting 75% to 90% success rates in treating other sexual difficulties, report a 10% to 30% success rate in treating ISD. Philadelphia Sexologist Harold Lief has estimated that 20% of all adult Americans are afflicted with ISD. "It is clear that we are talking about enormous numbers...
Most therapists believe that these sexually apathetic people are not casualties of the revolution. They are simply showing up for help now because the new freedom, besides raising expectations, has made it easier for people to admit to sexual problems. Sexologist Caplan is not so sure; he thinks that the sexual revolution has been a highly significant factor in the spread of ISD. Because of boredom, satiation and the elimination of taboos, he says, "it is becoming increasingly clear that the excitement value of average sexual practices is diminishing." Psychologist C.A. Tripp argues that sexual excitement depends on obstacles...