Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Female Sexual Dysfunction

This is a great article that describes the use of using our media made fear of sexuality as a money making enterprise.

Female Sexual Dysfunction: A Case Study of Disease Mongering and Activist Resistance
by Leonore Tiefer:2006

The creation and promotion of“female sexual dysfunction”(FSD) is a textbook case of disease mongering by thepharmaceutical industry and by other agents of medicalization, such as health and science journalists, healthcare professionals, public relations andadvertising firms, contract research organizations, and others in the“medicalization industry.”

Go here to read more

http://medicine.plosjournals.org/archive/1549-1676/3/4/pdf/10.1371_journal.pmed.0030178-S.pdf

1 comment:

  1. FSD or Female Sexual Dysfunction is a multi-faceted condition which involves components related to physiology, psychology, emotional aspects, spouse issues and social factors. There are many treatment which are recommended, but one should seek doctors advice.

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