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Putting the New View Classification Scheme to an Empirical Test

University of East London, UK, leanne{at}arclife.co.uk

Dissatisfaction with prevailing `biomedical' approaches to the construction and classification of female sexual problems led to the development of A New View of Women's Sexual Problems. In order to test the utility of the New View classification scheme, its correspondence was assessed by questionnaire with 49 women's own accounts of sexual difficulty. Results demonstrated significant correspondence in several ways. Furthermore, sexual difficulties were attributed to relational (65%) and contextual/external (20%) factors more often than individual psychological (8%) or medical (7%) factors. Recommendations for improvements to the New View classification scheme are discussed.

Key Words: female sexual dysfunction • feminism • feminist psychology • FSD • New View classification • New View • consensus classification • pink Viagra • sexual dysfunction • sexual health • social constructionism • women's sexual problems

Feminism & Psychology, Vol. 18, No. 4, 515-526 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0959353508096180


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