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The Medicalization of Desire

Men in the medical field couldn’t understand why their wives didn’t enjoy having sex with them, so instead of finding the clitoris, psychiatrists in the 1950s decided their wives must have a medical disorder. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

October 3, 2019

Opinion

The Journey from Penis Envy and Lab Sex to Female Viagra

From the Oedipal complex to penis envy, the origin of psychology is tied to the study of sexuality. This makes sense; if psychology ignored the way sexuality affected people, it would be unable to understand the basics of the human psyche. Sexual

September 19, 2019

Opinion

Swarthmore Christian Fellowship has a sexuality problem

In the spring of 2015, Dayna Horsey ‘18 was confident that she would be the one of the next leaders of the Swarthmore Christian Fellowship (SCF). She had been happily active in the group, going to SCF events almost every day, and

November 30, 2017

News

“Submissive Women and Small Men” Discusses Asians and Sexuality

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. On April

April 15, 2016

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The Journey from Penis Envy and Lab Sex to Female Viagra

Swarthmore Christian Fellowship has a sexuality problem

“Submissive Women and Small Men” Discusses Asians and Sexuality

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