The pharmaceutical company went to extent measures of having various gatherings just to provide a broad definition for Female Sexual Dysfunction: lack of sexual desire or not experiencing the satisfaction desired. Naïve women in the 1990’s truly believed that they had a disease if they were not sexually satisfied, ignoring the many other factors that could influence this feeling. Before coming to final definition for female sexual dysfunction, the pharmaceutical company gave questionnaires to women, which was basically the determinant for this disease. If one answered yes to a question such as if you were “…withholding sex from your husband because he might be cheating…”, then a women was automatically qualified to have female sexual dysfunction.
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Unfortunately, if Liz Canner did not bring attention to this unethical business, many women would have been take advantage of.
(3) In what ways could it be said that this disease was socially constructed? Again, please provide support from the documentary.
Throughout the whole film, there was difficulty in constructing and defining Female
Sexual Dysfunction with the appropriate language, which could deceive one. It usually referred to the social context and how this disease was being described in the circumstances. Very broadly, one was considered to be diagnosed with this disease if they just couldn’t reach their fulfillment that they desired in sexual activities. Individuals’ desires are based off what they are exposed to media such as the television or magazines.
They visually see positions executing great satisfaction or hear the effects produced by these sexual activities. Many people then take this information and compare it to their own experiences; thus, if their own pleasure did not result in what was seen or they did not produce similar gestures, then in their mind, their potential satisfaction was not reached. The lack of sex education implemented in schools has led to a great crisis,
Unfortunately, if Liz Canner did not bring attention to this unethical business, many women would have been take advantage of.
(3) In what ways could it be said that this disease was socially constructed? Again, please provide support from the documentary.
Throughout the whole film, there was difficulty in constructing and defining Female
Sexual Dysfunction with the appropriate language, which could deceive one. It usually referred to the social context and how this disease was being described in the circumstances. Very broadly, one was considered to be diagnosed with this disease if they just couldn’t reach their fulfillment that they desired in sexual activities. Individuals’ desires are based off what they are exposed to media such as the television or magazines.
They visually see positions executing great satisfaction or hear the effects produced by these sexual activities. Many people then take this information and compare it to their own experiences; thus, if their own pleasure did not result in what was seen or they did not produce similar gestures, then in their mind, their potential satisfaction was not reached. The lack of sex education implemented in schools has led to a great crisis,