Sex and Love: Sexual Dysfunction as a Spiritual Disorder

  • Peter Robert Breggin
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Part of the Philosophy and Medicine book series (PHME, volume 22)

Abstract

The attempt to focus on ‘sexual dysfunction’ outside its psychological, social, and philosophical context is like trying to define a southern black man’s difficulties getting to the polling booth as a ‘walking dysfunction’ or perhaps like talking about a priest’s struggle with sexual continence as an ‘emission control’ problem.

Keywords

Sexual Dysfunction Sexual Pleasure Peak Experience Romantic Love Yellow Page 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Peter Robert Breggin
    • 1
  1. 1.Center for the Study of PsychiatryBethesdaUSA

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