Chapter Questions
Describe the feminized responsive desire framework and its four facets. What experimental and diagnostic technologies, scientific discourses, and medical and alternative treatments make up this framework?
What concerns does Spurgas raise around associated discourses of female "receptivity" and "responsiveness"? With the idea that these are unique to women, or are "feminine"?
Why does Spurgas question whether "the new science of female sexuality" is actually evidence of progress in how we understand human sexuality? What are their concerns about this new science and its associated diagnoses, technologies, and treatments?