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Book SynopsisIt is well known that Freud laid great emphasis on sexual matters. In the years that followed, a distinction was drawn between sex and gender, and the idea of gender identity was introduced. Human beings do not spend every minute of their lives copulating, but at every minute of their lives their gender identity is present. Sex Makes the World Go Round implies that sex is everywhere, provided that we take into account both sexuality and gender identity. This book continues to develop Colette Chiland's work concerning sexuality and gender identity. There are two main themes which run through the whole of this book. The first is the distinction, established by Freud and based on clinical data, between the two currents of sexuality: tenderness and sensuality. The other is that women have always been treated as inferior beings. They have always lost out whenever sexual wanderings have been uppermost.
Trade Review'With Sex Makes The World Go Round, Chiland, with her unique style of succinct lucidity, has provided answers for all we ever wanted to know, not only about sex, but also about love, tenderness, perversion, pornography, prostitution and gender and all its variations, with her unmistakable intelligence and vigour. Once again Chiland proves that she is not afraid to examine paradoxes and contradictions in her quest to understand these difficult issues in an honest and open manner. She challenges and provokes us to leave aside prejudices borne from fear and ignorance. Her thoughts and revelations are critical to our understanding of the complexities of shame and guilt. I could not put this book down: finally the definitive wisdom and truly unmissable.' - Dr Estela V. Welldon, MD DSc(Hon) F.R.C.Psych. Founder and Honorary President for life of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy, Author of Mother, Madonna, Whore
Table of ContentsPreface -- The heart of the matter -- Freud and the importance of sexuality -- Gender identity -- From difference to equality -- Choice of partner -- Sexual wanderings -- Love -- Sex makes the world go round
