Leonore Tiefer

Female Sexual Dysfunction: A Case Study of Disease Mongering and Activist Resistance

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Selected Works

TV and print media interviews and quotes on sexuality and pharmaceutical topics
Recent Media
Most recently "PBS' "Need to Know," photo and story June 17, 2010 in New York Times, and, in recent years: ABC "Nightline," CBS "Sunday Morning," ABC/CBS/NBC Nightly News programs, ABC "Good Morning America," NBC "Today;" New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Seatlle Times, MS. magazine, Psychology Today magazine, many more
Recent Media.
Appearances in ABC-TV "Nightline," CBS-TV "Sunday morning," ABC/NBC/CBS Nightly News, NBC "Today," Quotes in Boston Globe, LA Times, NY Times, Washington Post, The Independent (UK), Seattle Times, Psychology Today magazine, Science, Miami Herald, etc.
Recent lecture (2007)
Recent plenary lecture: "The Marketing of Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD): Illuminating Current Issues in Sexuality and Public Health"
Analysis of role of pharmaceutical industry in creating and promoting "female sexual dysfunction" in order to sell drug products.
Article
Female Sexual Dysfunction: A Case Study of Disease Mongering and Activist Resistance
Provocative critique of how pharmaceutical companies create sexual disorders and the role of consumer activism and resistance.
Collected essays
Sex is Not a Natural Act, and other essays
Popular and professional writings on contemporary sexual life. "An important book"
--The Nation
Essays
A New View of Women's Sexual Problems
Diverse commentaries on the New View Campaign Manifesto, plus essays on new sex research on women