The Quest for Sexual Health: How an Elusive Ideal Has Transformed Science, Politics, and Everyday Life Epstein Steven
Offering an entryway into the distinctive worlds of sexual health and a window onto their spillover effects, sociologist Steven Epstein traces the development of the concept and parses the debates…
Specifikacia The Quest for Sexual Health: How an Elusive Ideal Has Transformed Science, Politics, and Everyday Life Epstein Steven
Offering an entryway into the distinctive worlds of sexual health and a window onto their spillover effects, sociologist Steven Epstein traces the development of the concept and parses the debates that swirl around it.Since the 1970s, health professionals, researchers, governments, advocacy groups, and commercial interests have invested in the pursuit of something called "sexual health." Under this expansive banner, a wide array of programs have been launched, organizations founded, initiatives funded, products sold--and yet, no book before this one asks: What does it mean to be sexually healthy? When did people conceive of a form of health called sexual health? And how did it become the gateway to addressing a host of social harms and the reimagining of private desires and public dreams?Conjoining "sexual" with "health" changes both terms: it alters how we conceive