Word: sexualism
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...between were the drinks, whose titles left no sexual pun untapped...
...problem is not our intolerance of transgressive identities so much as our need to insist upon a categorical interpretation of the individual’s personal life. No fifteen-year-old—or any adult for that matter—should ever have to declare his sexual identity, because he should be free to explore his personal preferences without undue reference to questions about his identity or essence...
...when she opened a private practice seven years ago, she found her compatriots receptive to her message. She offers separate group courses for men and women at the clinic, and private courses and consultations for couples. "Couples come and tell me that they feel something is wrong about their sexuality," she says. Her therapeutic response is influenced in part by the duration of the marriage. Kotb also counsels patients on questions of masturbation and homosexuality (although she treats the latter as an "unnatural" impulse to be "treated"), but refuses to take on any cases involving sexual relations outside of marriage...
...Kotb does not cringe from answering any questions asked by viewers, because she believes that she has the scientific background to discuss any sexual issue. The gratification in her work, she says, comes from making couples happier by helping resolve their marital sex problems. But she refuses to deal with cases where a husband abuses his wife but expects her to respond to his sexual whims by claiming that Islam requires her obedience. "I ask patients like that to leave and never come back, because they are an insult to Islam and the Prophet," she says...
...sensing the massive demand for more open discussion on Islam and sexuality in the Arab world, Kotb plans to compile a sexual encyclopedia for young people, compatible with Islam and Arab culture. "Our only reference is a Western one which is often not suitable for us," says Kotb. For example, she challenges what she argues is a Western misconception that homosexuality is natural; she regards it as pathological behavior, which if left untreated becomes irreversible. She claims to have counseled many homosexuals, a number of whom she says are now happily married with children. "We need to counter this dangerous...