Women's Sexuality across the Life Span
Challenging Myths, Creating Meanings
Judith C. Daniluk
1. Opening Pandora's Box
II. Childhood and Adolescence
2. Teaching the Children
3. Adolescence: Biological and Psychological Development
4. Menstruation: Initiation into Womanhood
5. "Bawdy" Image: From Subject to Object
6. Who Loves Ya, Babe?: Sexual Intimacies and Expression
III. Young Adulthood
7. Biological and Psychological Development
8. Creating a Life
9. In the Prime of Life: Living in Our Bodies
10. Fanning the Flames of Desire
IV. The Middle and Later Years
11. Biological and Psychological Development
12. When Being "Hot" Takes on New Meaning: Menopause
13. The Festival of Lipid Migration: Bodily Changes and Body Image
14. Intimate Connections: Sexual Expression and Relationships
15. Coming Full Circle
Appendices:
The Sexual Development of Children and Adolescents
Body Image and Struggles with Weight
The Aftermath of Sexual Violence
Lesbian Identity and Sexual Orientation
Reproductive Health and Decision Making
Disability and Illness
Issues for Women in the Middle and Later Years