In Pursuit of Pleasure: A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Sexual Pleasure and Gender
Ellen Laan, Verena Klein, Marlene Werner, Rik H. W. van Lunsen, Erick Janssen
Abstract
Since gender differences in experienced sexual pleasure are not a biological given, a more critical discourse of sexual pleasure might create awareness of current inequalities, help lift restrictions for women's opportunities for pleasure, and could reduce gender differences in the cost of sex. That would truly serve sexual justice around the globe.
Topics & Concepts
PleasureBiopsychosocial modelPsychologyPerspective (graphical)Social psychologyPain and pleasureSexual desireDevelopmental psychologyHuman sexualityGender studiesSociologyPsychotherapistComputer scienceArtificial intelligenceSexual function and dysfunction studiesEvolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorSexuality, Behavior, and Technology