Saturday, April 6, 2002

8:00-8:45  Continental breakfast
8:00-6:00  Registration and exhibits open

The SSSSWR Sexual Health & Pleasure Film/Video Festival will run throughout Friday and Saturday in an informal atmosphere. Attendees are invited to return to the website for final schedules of selected films/videos.

General Sessions

8:45   Marjorie Heins, J.D.
 Pornography and “Harm to Minors“-- the History and Politics of Censorship  to “Protect” Kids
This one-hour session draws on both current and historical legal and political cases to examine how societies use the potection of children arguments to justify censorship. Educational objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to identify two ways in which the concept of "protecting children" has been used to justify censorship.

9:45   Phil Harvey, MPH
 The Government vs. Erotica: Our Eight-Year Battle for Sexual Expression
This one-hour session describes the government's 8-year efforts to put Adam & Eve's mail order company out of business despite the admitted lack of proof of any wrongdoing. Educational objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to describe at least two strategies that the federal government used to pursue companies and individuals who distribute sexually explicit material.

10:45     Break

11:15-1:00  Concurrents

 Session VII      Male Sexuality
11:15   Vena Blanchard
 Resolving Rapid Ejaculation: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why
11:55 David Johnston, Ph.D.
 Adapting Sex Therapy for Touch-Deprived Adult Virgins: Avoiding Common Treatment Failures
12:20   Ray Lawrence, Jr., DMin.
 How the Church Handles Clergy Sexual Misconduct

 Session VIII       History – Past and Present
11:15 Celia Daileader, Ph.D.
 White Devils/Black Lust: Cross-Racial Eroticism in the English Renaissance
11:50   Gary Taylor, Ph.D.
 The Value of Virginity: Myths about Male Desire
12:25   Marianna Beck, Ph.D.
 From Goddess to Maiden: Evolving Concepts of Virginity

 Session IX     Medical Issues
11:15 Joseph Marzucco, M.S., P.A.
 Sexual Desire: Medical and Pharmacological Considerations
12:00 Gary Alter, M.D.
 Sexual Surgery: Sex Reassignment, Penile Enhancement/Rehabilitation, Peyronie’s Disease, and Others
 

1:00 Lunch on your own

2:15-4:00  Concurrents

 Session X      Clinical Issues
2:15 Eli Coleman, Ph.D.
 Compulsive Sexual Behavior: Nosological Problems and New Treatment Approaches
3:15 Marty Klein, Ph.D.
 Lies, Damned Lies, and Sex Therapy

 Session XI      Sexuality Across the Lifespan
2:15 Linda Savage, Ph.D.
 Women's Sexuality at Midlife and Beyond: the Feminine Paradigm
2:40 Paula Kamen, Ph.D.
 Her Way: Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution
3:20 Janet Lever, Ph.D.
 What's at Stake with Workplace Romances?

 Session XII      Politics
2:15 Marjorie Heins, J.D.
 The Ongoing Court Battle over Internet Censorship
3:15 Lou Swartz, Ph.D.
 Naked Play and Serious Things: Striptease Dancing, Law, and Sexology
3:40 Charlotte Poe, B.S.
 Sex Lives of the Popes

4:00    Break

General Session
 4:30-5:45  Paul Vasey, Ph.D.
 Sexual Preference and Sexual Orientation in Female Japanese Macaques
Using discussion, video, and film, this one-hour and fifteen minute session describes same-gender sexual behavior among non-human primates. Educational objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to identify two ways in which macaques exhibit same-sex behavior.
 
 

7:15 Awards Banquet

Sexual Science Award: Elizabeth Loftus, Ph.D.

Carol Groneman, Ph.D.
“Nymphomania”: A Brief History

This one hour session will discuss how the concept of nymphomania has been used to understand and control female sexuality in a variety of historical contexts. Educational objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to identify two ways that concepts of female sexuality have been used as forms of sexual control.

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