Erschienen in:
21.04.2018 | Invited Commentary
Why the Sexual Tipping Point
®
Is a “Variable Switch Model”
verfasst von:
Michael A. Perelman
Erschienen in:
Current Sexual Health Reports
|
Ausgabe 2/2018
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Excerpt
The Sexual Tipping Point
® (STP) model was designed to improve understanding about sexual response and sexual disorders. While illustrating whether a man or woman is “turned on or turned off,” it simultaneously can be used to explain in substantive detail all the complex biomedical and psychosocial-cultural factors underlying sexuality. The STP is one of a number of models previously labeled “Dual Control,” but it should instead be conceived of as a “Variable Switch” model. The reasons for this theoretical recapitulation reflects advances in our biological, psychosocial, and technological knowledge about the human body. Understanding sexuality is an iterative process and this commentary is also intended to motivate researchers/clinicians to continue improving upon and expand the STP model’s explanation of the mind/body connection inherent in sexual response and disorders [
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