0 CHAPTER ONE The Libido Gap ~ oday s woman lives in a world that has been shaped by many factors: the Sexual Revolution, women s liberation, sex education, legalized abortion, the \"sharing, caring\" male, colored condoms and the Wonder Bra, Oprah and Phil, Cosmo and the Pill, and, yes, ciga- rette ads that tell a woman that \"you ve come a long way, baby.\" On the surface, these factors would seem to promise her a gold- en age of sexuality. But is it really golden? Or does today s woman still face issues that have not been addressed by advances such as the Sexual Revolution? For example, did the Sexual Revolution improve how women view their own sexuality? Did it improve how men and women treat each other? Did it rid them of their sexual hang-ups? Was there a revolution at all and, if so, who won? In short, have women really \"come a long way\"? Not long enough, judging from what women tell me. Certainly not in the area of sexual equality. As a physician for thirteen years, I have listened to hundreds of female patients tell of their sexual
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