SIECUS Report articles from April 2002

SIECUS Report archives from April 2002

Sexual pleasure has central place in the human potential. (From the Editor).
April 1, 2002... I cannot remember ever having had a sexuality education class when I attended high school in Virginia in the early 1960s. I also cannot remember ever having talked to the minister of my church about sexuality-related issues. And I never talked...

Pleasure is ultimate secret of sexuality. (From the President).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... As I began to think about this issued of the SIECUS Report on "Sexual Pleasure," it occurred to me that as a society our relationship with any kind of pleasure, especially physical, is fraught with numerous contradictions. We strive for...

Sexual pleasure: the next frontier in the study of sexuality.
April 1, 2002... In the related fields of sex therapy, sexuality education, and sexological research, the pleasurable qualities of sex have been almost completely disregarded in every way except cautionary. The literature is rich with regard to sexual...

Teaching teens about sexual pleasure.
April 1, 2002... Teaching teens about sexual pleasure remains a controversial issue. Yet there is a critical need to make a case for the relationship between sexual pleasure and sexual health, to suggest how educators can address the subject in the classroom,...

Sexual stereotypes stop females from feeling pleasure.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... I think my female friends might resent my having a penis. Society seems to give me a lot more leeway because of it. Guys get to enjoy having sex. But for girls, the message is a little different. Take orgasms. "Women fake orgasms all the...

Promoting pleasure: what's the problem?
April 1, 2002... Six years ago, I wrote a proposal for a book that would say children and teens can have sexual pleasure and be safe, too. I thought the idea was a little radical. But I was sure the educated, liberal people in publishing would find it...

Pleasure, medicalization, and the tyranny of the natural.
April 1, 2002... Don't ever forget that above everything else, sex is a natural function...and whenever we engage in any natural function in a satisfying way, we experience pleasure. (1) Sex is popularly assumed to be all about pleasure, but, surprisingly,...

A theology of sexual pleasure.
April 1, 2002... What is a Baptist minister doing in the field of human sexuality?" is a question I am often asked. What a sad commentary on the perceived relationship between religion (especially that of Baptists) and sexuality! The most common perception...

Welfare reform's provision for abstinence only until marriage programs. (Policy Update).
April 1, 2002... Editor's note: As sexuality educators and professionals, we are all too aware of the federal government's abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. Since the largest of these programs, Section 510 of the Welfare Reform Act, was signed into law...