China
Africa
Explore chapters and articles related to this topic
Sexual Health
Published in Carolyn Torkelson, Catherine Marienau, Beyond Menopause, 2023
Carolyn Torkelson, Catherine Marienau
Sex toys, such as vibrators, certainly can add to a woman’s ability to orgasm or enhance sensations that are difficult to experience with your own hands or with a partner. Self-exploration opens you up to finding erogenous zones without feeling pressured to please a partner. Or if you do not have a partner, it allows you freedom to pleasure yourself. A guest on the podcast Woman Over 70: Aging Reimagined discusses how important masturbation, vibrators, and other sex toys are to maintain a healthy sex life as you age (episode #77).
History of Asphyxia-related Deaths
Published in Burkhard Madea, Asphyxiation, Suffocation,and Neck Pressure Deaths, 2020
The individuals involved are usually men, originating from all age groups and professional backgrounds, but usually beyond adolescence and middle age. The phenomenon is almost unknown in women. Autoerotic deaths represent fatal accidents (‘operating accidents’) as a direct consequence of autoerotic activities of single individuals being used for sexual stimulation and masturbation without a sexual partner. In these circumstances, sexual stimulation is provoked and increased by central nervous system stimulation because of a depression of cortical controlling functions (e.g. lack of oxygen, narcotics) or peripheral stimuli, especially to the erogenous zones (e.g. mechanically or by electricity). The sexually stimulating effects of hypoxia in connection with strangulation and of the use of plastic bags for oro-nasal occlusion have been discussed thoroughly, but the actual mechanism has not yet been clarified. Sometimes, the individuals concerned also aim to achieve a situation of personal fear and pain (masochism). Essentially, erotic fantasies are deliberately induced by partial cerebral ischaemia, mostly achieved by some form of hypoxia or pressure on the neck.
The Instincts as the Subject, Mechanism, and Means of Education
Published in L.S. Vygotsky, V.V. Davydov, Silverman Robert, Educational Psychology, 2020
But it goes without saying that these sexual experiences assume entirely different forms than the sexual experiences of the adult. Above all, in childhood we encounter a kind of highly developed eroticism not associated with the functioning of particular organs nor localized at strictly demarcated sites, but rather excited by the functioning of the most varied organs and associated chiefly with the mucous membranes of the body, the so-called erogenous zones. Further, the very character of this eroticism distinguishes it from the eroticism of the adult in certain ways; it assumes the form of auto-eroticism, i.e., eroticism directed at oneself, as well as psychologically healthy narcissism, i.e., the state in which erotic excitations emanate from one’s own body and find their resolution there. It would have been utterly incongruous for such an important system as the sexual system to have existed entirely independently from everything else and to manifest itself all of a sudden with the onset of a certain age.
Tantra with a Twist: application of an ancient spiritual practice for modern relational communication
Published in Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 2022
I then move into leading the “mirror mirror” exercise. I instruct partners to again decide who will go first (as indicated above, I suggest this be the NI) in showing their partner where and in what way they want to be touched, kissed, caressed, etc. on parts of their bodies that are not considered primary erogenous zones (primary erogenous zones are one’s breasts, buttocks and anuses, genitals) first. Once this has been decided, the first person in the exchange shows their partner how they like to be touched and kissed in one of their secondary erogenous zones by doing such on their partner. Their partner then mirrors this back to them—thus, showing them in real time how and where they liked to be touched and kissed and in what ways. After this exchange, the partner who was in the receiving role reverses roles and repeats the exercise by showing their partner how and where they liked to be touched and kissed and their partner then mirrors this back to them. I share with participants this is an opportunity to share with each other how and in what way they like to be “marked” (Kriel et al., 1996). I have participants go through this exercise in several rounds clothed and then unclothed (if we are in a space that allows for and relatedly encourages nudity). Throughout this exercise, I remind participants to pay attention to opportunities to engage in synchronized breathing and heart connections.
Do Psychoanalysts Dream of Polymorphous Sleep?: Clinical Desiring With Transgender Subjects
Published in Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 2022
In Seminar XI, Lacan (1978) explains alienation using an encounter with a mugger who yells “your money or your life!” (p. 212). Either choice leads to significant loss, and the choice is already forced. In foreclosure (the choice to keep the money), a hole is created in the symbolic order through a radical rejection of language. For the psychotic, the initial button tie of meaning has not been fastened, making metaphor impossible, except through imitation. As the erogenous zones have not hierarchicalized the drives, there is an invasion of jouissance in the body. Language disturbances, hallucinations, being ruled by certainty, and feeling flooded by libido are typical symptoms of a psychotic structure (Fink, 1996, 1997), which are also commonly associated with transgender people in pathologizing psychoanalytic writing.
Effect of a Web-Based Sexual Health Enhancement Program for Women with Gynecologic Cancer and Their Husbands
Published in International Journal of Sexual Health, 2019
Ju-Hee Nho, Yeon Hee Kim, Hye-Ji Kook
The WSHEP used for this study was a 4-week intervention program based on the PLISSIT model that provided comprehensive physical, psychological, and relational interventions (Table 1). It was based on a program that was effective for gynecologic cancer patients and their husbands according to a previous study (Nho, 2013). The WSHEP allowed the provision of accurate information and physical and psychological interventions to improve sexual function and reduce sexual distress; it also allowed for the provision of relational intervention to enhance marital intimacy through sensate focus exercises and communication skills. The program was offered to all women in the experimental group, and therapists provided guidance and therapeutic advice during the intervention. During the permission stage, the researcher and couple identified and acknowledged the sexual problems. During the limited information stage, accurate information about sexual problems was offered, including information about misunderstandings regarding sex, female anatomy, the sexual response cycle, changes in sexual function, and sexual dysfunction related to treatment. During the specific suggestion stage, methods for finding the erogenous zones, reaching orgasm, and using various tools including a vaginal dilator, pelvic floor exercises, sensate focus exercises, and communication skills were presented. Couples who required intensive therapy (i.e., surgery or prescription medication) were referred to a gynecologist. The WSHEP was developed and assessed in five stages (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation; Na, 1999). The analysis stage assessed the needs of 23 patients using a content analysis of 33 articles, a web search of 15 sites, and technical and environmental analyses. During the design stage, with the cooperation of an engineer, we uploaded the WSHEP to http://gyedu.kr; it included information, interactions, motivations, and an evaluation of the design. The specific developmental process of the WSHEP was published previously (Nho, 2016). The experimental group was studied for 4 weeks using the WSHEP, and the therapist asked questions regarding practicing pelvic floor exercises, identifying erogenous zones, sensate focus exercises, vaginal dilatation, and communication skills. Researchers performed consultations regarding sexual problems and checked the progress weekly using emails and text messages. In addition, researches explained to the participants that they should contact them via the bulletin board on the website or phone whenever they had any questions.