Deserving Desire : : Women's Stories of Sexual Evolution / / Beth Montemurro.

Women experience considerable changes in their bodies, lives, and identity between the ages of twenty and seventy, including marriage, motherhood, the dissolution of relationships, and menopause, all of which often impact sexuality. In Deserving Desire, Beth Montemurro takes a wide-ranging look at t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2014]
©2015
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 7 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Developing a Stance: Sowing the Seeds of Sexual Subjectivity
  • 3. Learning through Doing: Early Exploration and Experience
  • 4. Validation, Affirmation, and Encouragement: Sexual Relationships of Consequence
  • 5. Self-Discovery through Role and Relationship Changes: Divorce
  • 6. Self-Discovery through Role and Relationship Changes: Motherhood
  • 7. Self-Discovery through Embodied Changes: The Physical Experience of Motherhood
  • 8. Self-Discovery through Embodied Changes: Aging and Menopause
  • 9. Self-Acceptance: Staying Sexual Subjects
  • Appendix A: Demographic Characteristics of Research Participants
  • Appendix B: Methodology
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author