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Title: | Review of 'Sexuality & Ageing', edited by Walter Pierre Bouman and Peggy J. Kleinplatz. New York, Routledge, 2016, xii C 186 pp., UK£95.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978-1-138-93263-0 | Contributor(s): | Rahn, Alison (author) | Publication Date: | 2016 | DOI: | 10.1080/14681994.2015.1126670 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20695 | Abstract: | 'Sexuality & Ageing' offers a refreshing alternative to the deterministic perspective of ageing as an inevitable journey of sexual dysfunction and increasing decrepitude. This book presents interdisciplinary research from a variety of authors who challenge this view. Sexuality across the life course is represented as a series of choices often within one's control. Distinctions are made between sexual changes due to illness and medications, as opposed to ageing per se. Sociocultural and psychosocial factors are explored, including the attitudes of health professionals, aged care providers and older people themselves. Most importantly, rather than presenting older people as a homogenous group, a rich diversity of experiences is presented beyond heteronormative stereotypes. | Publication Type: | Review | Source of Publication: | Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 31(2), p. 248-249 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1468-1749 1468-1994 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 169999 Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified 170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing 160899 Sociology not elsewhere classified |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 449999 Other human society not elsewhere classified 520101 Child and adolescent development 441099 Sociology not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920502 Health Related to Ageing 920504 Men's Health 920507 Women's Health |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200502 Health related to ageing 200504 Men's health 200509 Women's and maternal health |
HERDC Category Description: | D3 Review of Single Work |
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