Laura Berman Quotes on Woman (4 Quotes)

I think there is a sort of a double standard. Women do want to see men naked. Women using porn is significantly on the rise, now that the Internet is available. It's skyrocketed. That indicates to me that women are, in fact, interested in it but maybe don't have the social permission to be as open about it as men are.

There is a whole range of things that can help women. Certainly, pharmacotherapy is not necessarily always the best and only option.

A lot of the women that I treat will tell me that when they talk to their siblings or mothers they very often have similar challenges. One could make the case that it's nurture, not nature because these twins were brought up together, but you can't rule out the genetic argument.

Women like to see what other women look like. They don't feel threatened -- it doesn't make them question their sexual orientation. But when men see naked men, they immediately go on the defensive. Just like it's not appropriate in this country for men to be affectionate with one another, I think it has to do with our homophobia more than anything else.