Peggy Kleinplatz

Peggy J. Kleinplatz is a Canadian psychologist and sexologist , best known for her work in which she criticizes the medicalization of human sexuality .

Life

Kleinplatz graduated from the University of Ottawa with a BA (Honors) in Psychology in 1981 and a Ph.D. in 1987. She served as Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Psychology at the University of Ottawa and is an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University .

Kleinplatz and medical doctor Charles Allen Moser argue that all paraphilias such as BDSM and pedophilia should be removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Kleinplatz wrote that "the DSM criteria for diagnosing unusual sexual interests as pathological are based on a number of unproven and, above all, even untested assumptions." She has also criticized the medicalization of women's bodies through concepts such as premenstrual dysphoric disorder and dyspareunia .

Fonts

as editor: New Directions in Sex Therapy: Innovations and Alternatives . Psychology Press, 2001, ISBN 0-87630-967-8 .
with Charles Allen Moser : Sadomasochism: Powerful Pleasures . Routledge, 2006, ISBN 1-56023-639-6 .

Web links

Peggy Kleinplatz at the University of Ottawa

Individual evidence

↑ Brian Alexander: What's 'normal' sex? Shrinks seek definition. In: MSNBC . May 22, 2008.
↑ Jeremy Laurance: The new sexual revolution. In: The Independent . July 9, 2008.
^ C. Moser, PJ Kleinplatz: DSM-IV-TR and the paraphilias: An argument for removal. In: Dan Karasic, Jack Drescher (Ed.): Sexual and gender diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM): a reevaluation. Haworth Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7890-3214-7 .
↑ A. Offman, PJ small place: Does PMDD Belong in the DSM? Challenging the Medicalization of Women's Bodies. In: The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. Vol. 13, 2004.
^ PJ Kleinplatz: Adding insult to injury: The classification of dyspareunia as a sexual dysfunction in the DSM. In: Archives of Sexual Behavior . Volume 34, Number 1 / February, 2005.

personal data
SURNAME	Kleinplatz, Peggy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kleinplatz, Peggy J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian psychologist and sexologist
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[alexander2008-1] Brian Alexander: What's 'normal' sex? Shrinks seek definition. In: MSNBC . May 22, 2008.

[laurance2008-2] Jeremy Laurance: The new sexual revolution. In: The Independent . July 9, 2008.

[moser2005-3] C. Moser, PJ Kleinplatz: DSM-IV-TR and the paraphilias: An argument for removal. In: Dan Karasic, Jack Drescher (Ed.): Sexual and gender diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM): a reevaluation. Haworth Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7890-3214-7 .

[offman2004-4] A. Offman, PJ small place: Does PMDD Belong in the DSM? Challenging the Medicalization of Women's Bodies. In: The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. Vol. 13, 2004.

[kleinplatz2005-5] PJ Kleinplatz: Adding insult to injury: The classification of dyspareunia as a sexual dysfunction in the DSM. In: Archives of Sexual Behavior . Volume 34, Number 1 / February, 2005.