Centre for Women's and Gender Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Sociol Health Illn. 2011 Feb;33(2):266-79. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01288.x. Epub 2011 Jan 17.
This paper seeks to illuminate the interactions of medics and other healthcare practitioners with women's bodies by looking at intervention in the area of women's sexual problems or 'Female Sexual Dysfunction' (FSD). Drawing on data produced in the first empirical study to date of women's accounts of their experiences of seeking and receiving treatment for perceived sexual difficulties, we analyse two treatments for women's sexual difficulties involving direct touch of the body: sexual medicine and pelvic physiotherapy. We adopt the concept of 'body work' as a way of illuminating practitioners' focus on the bodies of patients and the complex, contradictory meanings of genital touch brought by these interactions. We conclude by considering the goals and methods of these sexual therapies, the challenges that practitioners face, and the implications of all the above for women, their bodies, and their capacity for sexual enjoyment.
本文旨在通过探讨女性性问题或“女性性功能障碍”（Female Sexual Dysfunction，FSD）领域的干预，揭示医务人员和其他医疗保健从业者与女性身体的相互作用。本研究借鉴了迄今为止对女性寻求和接受治疗性困难体验的首次实证研究中产生的数据，分析了两种涉及身体直接接触的女性性困难治疗方法：性医学和骨盆物理疗法。我们采用“身体工作”的概念，以阐明从业者对患者身体的关注，以及这些相互作用带来的生殖器接触的复杂、矛盾含义。最后，我们考虑了这些性治疗的目标和方法、从业者面临的挑战，以及所有这些对女性、她们的身体和她们享受性的能力的影响。
