Immature psychological defense mechanisms and the misrepresentations of some sex researchers

摘要

The authors reply to a quartet of recent articles in this journal. We detail certainmisrepresentations and the dismissal of existing research in those articles(including attempts at denial of the repeatedly documented association of lackof vaginal orgasm with greater use of immature psychological defensemechanisms and other indices of poorer health). The authors also call for a lessdefensive and less doctrinaire approach to sex research, especially, but notexclusively, when the prevailing ideology in the fields of sexology might beundermining optimal health.