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Palliative Care, Obstetrics and Gynecology Stroke and Clinical Trials
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Journal of Research and Reports in Gynecology and Obstetrics | Volume: 3
Women’s bodies and the power of pleasure in medical care
Debra S Wickman
Banner University Medical Center, USA
Contemporary medical care for women is trending toward
technological intervention focusing on pathology, and away
fromfostering pleasure. There exists awidening dividebetween
the psychosexual needs of women and pharmacological/
procedural offerings of medicine. A model of sex positive
health care should incorporate specific techniques to teach
women about form and function in order to connect with and
embrace sexual well-being and sovereignty, whilemeeting their
need to treat disease. Treatment of pathology usually trumps
encouragement of pleasure, and physicians are rarely trained
in appropriate discussion of sexual concerns or how to promote
pleasure-based regimens of healing. Social conditioning and
myths pervade our psyche, setting up the female population for
pain, distress, and disempowerment. Medical providers focus
on disease, while disregarding the inherent erotic intelligence
that lives in every person. Attention is placed on the object of
pathology, rather than the person, and a woman may not feel
safe or comfortable in discussing the details of her intimate
behaviour. A more successful approach holistically promotes
conscious connection with anatomic form and physiologic
function. This format, adapted from the 4-D Wheel of Sexual
Experience, invites the woman on a journey inward and
outward, as she is guided through the experience of her body-
mind-heart-spirit; told through the perspective of her genitals,
which provide the “voice”. Women can learn to manipulate
their brain neurochemistry through intentional practice, focal
objects, and conditioning behaviour. Multiple nerve pathways
deliver unique routes to sexual arousal and orgasm, providing
a framework to help women re-sensitize and re-vitalize their
relationship with their bodies. The interplay of hormones and
pheromones in behaviour and sexuality of women, leads to
recognition that pleasure plays an integral role in healing and
maintenance of long-term health. We should educate women
about their bodies and pleasure, while empowering them to
master their own sexual health.
Speaker Biography
Debra S Wickman is a gynecologist certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and
Gynecology. She directs female sexual medicine, vulvar medicine and menopause
services, in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Banner University Medical
Center – Phoenix and is a clinical faculty member of University of Arizona College of
Medicine – Phoenix. She completed a fellowship in female sexual medicine at UCLA
and is also a certified sexuality counsellor. Her model of diagnosis and treatment
incorporates programs that uniquely educate, empower, and encourage personal
growth, sexual discovery and healing for women. The programs look beyond a singular
medical, pharmaceutical, or behavioural therapy, and instead integrate all approaches
from a mind-body perspective. Central to her model is a holistic sexuality approach,
using her training as a gynecologist to link the physical aspect of healing with the
mental, emotional and spiritual facets to treat the whole sexual being.
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Debra S Wickman, Res Rep Gynaecol Obstet, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4066/2591-7366-C1-002