Abstract
[Machine translation] Recent history has been marked by radical changes in the ways of experiencing sexuality. Especially if you look at it from the point of view of women. On the other hand, male sexuality, especially the banal, daily sexuality of the husband and father of a family, has remained a largely unexplored universe, obscured by appearing biologically determined and therefore obvious, invariable, historical. The scenario seems to have changed with the advent of the blue pill, which has made men talk about a 'sexual revolution', guided by medical knowledge. The volume explores various areas (impotence, fertility, aging, intersexuality) in which, in the era of Viagra, speeches and experiences of medicalizing the stronger sex find space. The result is a tension between new possibilities for recognizing the variability and fragility of male sexuality, and forms of reproduction of a vision of men as sex machines.
Translated title of the contribution | [Machine translation] The frailties of the stronger sex. How to medicalize male sexuality |
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Original language | Italian |
Publisher | Ass. Cult. Mimesis |
Number of pages | 222 |
ISBN (Print) | 9788857533155 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |