| This thesis examines the effect of the Western cultural sex paradigm on modern, female sexual dysfunction. Using a hermeneutic methodology, sources from a variety of different areas of Western thought on the subjects of sexuality, feminism, religion, Western history, and psychology are reviewed for the purpose of discovering the ways in which female sexuality has been influenced over time and across institutional lines. This research also explores the ways in which therapists can deal with cases involving female sexual dysfunction in the consulting room. Drawing on depth psychological ideology, female sexual dysfunction is examined from a holistic perspective, highlighting the importance of knowledge of feminine sexual history in Western culture and encouraging the reader to explore holistic, mind-body integrating, and depth psychological approaches to the problem of female sexual dysfunction. |
