COnstruction of Female Sexuality

"The construction of female sexuality and it is position in heterosexuality drawing upon recent feminist discussions" An area of great focus in contemporary feminist theory has been looking at the construction of female sexuality, particularly its position in heterosexuality. Of the recent discussions, much of this has been influenced or at least based around Freud's theory of psychoanalysis and the his account of sexual development that follows from it. In very simplistic terms his account …

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