Medicalization of sex podcasts now online!

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Listen to this fascinating podcast series of radio documentaries that arose from the Medicalization of Sex conference that took place in Vancouver in April 2011.

The three podcasts explore the way in which sex has been positioned in popular culture, in medical discourse and in the news media, as something that is not simply healthy at times, but as necessary in the maintenance of good health. It looks at how this kind of discourse affects how women view their own sexuality, how it plays into compulsory sexuality, and asks: Is sex necessarily "healthy"?

Visit Rabble.ca for the entire series of podcasts, from the show The F Word with host Meghan Murphy:

Part one: Sex for health

Part two: The trouble with female genitalia

Part three: Barbara Marshall -- 'Sexualizing the Third Age

A related podcast on the F Word last year also discusses Female sexual dysfunction: Pharmaceutical sham or opportunity for empowerment?

For more information about The F Word, please visit: www.feminisms.org