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== Life and career ==
== Life and career ==
Kleinplatz graduated from [[University of Ottawa]] with a B.A. (Honours) in Psychology in 1981 and Ph.D. in 1987. She has served as Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Psychology at the [[University of Ottawa]] where she was awarded the Prix d'excellence, and is an Adjunct Research Professor at [[Carleton University]].<ref name="laurance2008">Laurance, Jeremy (July 9, 2008). [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/the-new-sexual-revolution-862943.html The new sexual revolution.] ''[[The Independent]]''</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saea.uottawa.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56&Itemid=664&lang=fr_FR |title=Prix d'excellence |author= |date= |work=saea.uottawa.ca |publisher=[[University of Ottawa]] |accessdate=29 March 2011}}</ref>
Kleinplatz graduated from [[University of Ottawa]] with a B.A. (Honours) in Psychology in 1981 and Ph.D. in 1987. She is a full Professor of Medicine<ref>{{Cite web| title = Events: Professorial promotions and awards ceremony of the Faculty of Medicine
| work = University of Ottawa| accessdate = 2011-08-05| url = http://www.med.uottawa.ca/professionalaffairs/eng/events.html
}}</ref> and Clinical Professor of Psychology at the [[University of Ottawa]] where she was awarded the Prix d'excellence, and is an Adjunct Research Professor at [[Carleton University]].<ref name="laurance2008">Laurance, Jeremy (July 9, 2008). [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/the-new-sexual-revolution-862943.html The new sexual revolution.] ''[[The Independent]]''</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saea.uottawa.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56&Itemid=664&lang=fr_FR |title=Prix d'excellence |author= |date= |work=saea.uottawa.ca |publisher=[[University of Ottawa]] |accessdate=29 March 2011}}</ref>


Kleinplatz and physician [[Charles Allen Moser]] argue that [[paraphilia]]s should be removed from the ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]'' (DSM). Kleinplatz wrote, "[T]he DSM criteria for diagnosis of unusual sexual interests as pathological rests on a series of unproven and more importantly, untested assumptions."<ref name="moser2005">Moser C, Kleinplatz PJ (2005). DSM-IV-TR and the paraphilias: An argument for removal. In [[Dan Karasic]] and [[Jack Drescher]] (Eds.) ''Sexual and gender diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM): a reevaluation.'' Haworth Press, ISBN 9780789032140</ref> She has also criticized the concepts [[Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder]]<ref name="offman2004">Offman A, Kleinplatz PJ (2004). Does PMDD Belong in the DSM? Challenging the Medicalization of Women's Bodies. ''The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality'', Vol. 13</ref> and [[dyspareunia]] as medicalizing women's bodies.<ref name="kleinplatz2005">Kleinplatz PJ (2005). Adding insult to injury: The classification of dyspareunia as a sexual dysfunction in the DSM. ''[[Archives of Sexual Behavior]]'', Volume 34, Number 1 / February, 2005</ref>
Kleinplatz and physician [[Charles Allen Moser]] argue that [[paraphilia]]s should be removed from the ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]'' (DSM). Kleinplatz wrote, "[T]he DSM criteria for diagnosis of unusual sexual interests as pathological rests on a series of unproven and more importantly, untested assumptions."<ref name="moser2005">Moser C, Kleinplatz PJ (2005). DSM-IV-TR and the paraphilias: An argument for removal. In [[Dan Karasic]] and [[Jack Drescher]] (Eds.) ''Sexual and gender diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM): a reevaluation.'' Haworth Press, ISBN 9780789032140</ref> She has also criticized the concepts [[Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder]]<ref name="offman2004">Offman A, Kleinplatz PJ (2004). Does PMDD Belong in the DSM? Challenging the Medicalization of Women's Bodies. ''The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality'', Vol. 13</ref> and [[dyspareunia]] as medicalizing women's bodies.<ref name="kleinplatz2005">Kleinplatz PJ (2005). Adding insult to injury: The classification of dyspareunia as a sexual dysfunction in the DSM. ''[[Archives of Sexual Behavior]]'', Volume 34, Number 1 / February, 2005</ref>

She is currently working as a lecturer at the University of Ottawa, teaching a third and fourth year course on Human Sexual Behaviour.


;Career timeline<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/psy/eng/profdetails.asp?ID=205&pageID=3 |title=Scholarly and Professional Activities |author= |date= |work=socialsciences.uottawa.ca |publisher=[[University of Ottawa]] |accessdate=29 March 2011}}</ref>
;Career timeline<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/psy/eng/profdetails.asp?ID=205&pageID=3 |title=Scholarly and Professional Activities |author= |date= |work=socialsciences.uottawa.ca |publisher=[[University of Ottawa]] |accessdate=29 March 2011}}</ref>

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Peggy J. Kleinplatz is a Canadian clinical professor, psychologist and sexologist whose work often concerns optimal sexuality, opposition to the medicalization of human sexuality, and outreach to marginalized groups..[1][2]

Life and career

Kleinplatz graduated from University of Ottawa with a B.A. (Honours) in Psychology in 1981 and Ph.D. in 1987. She is a full Professor of Medicine[3] and Clinical Professor of Psychology at the University of Ottawa where she was awarded the Prix d'excellence, and is an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University.[4][5]

Kleinplatz and physician Charles Allen Moser argue that paraphilias should be removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Kleinplatz wrote, "[T]he DSM criteria for diagnosis of unusual sexual interests as pathological rests on a series of unproven and more importantly, untested assumptions."[6] She has also criticized the concepts Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder[7] and dyspareunia as medicalizing women's bodies.[8]

Career timeline[9]

Selected publications

Books
  • Kleinplatz PJ, ed. (2001). New Directions in Sex Therapy: Innovations and Alternatives. Psychology Press, ISBN 9780876309674
  • Moser C, Kleinplatz PJ (2006). Sadomasochism: Powerful Pleasures. Routledge, ISBN 9781560236399
Publications in peer reviewed journals(<2004)[10]
  • Kleinplatz, P.J., “Editorial: Sexuality and older people: Doctors should ask patients, regardless of age, about sexuality”, British Medical Journal, 337, 2008, a239
  • Ménard, A.D., & Kleinplatz, P.J., “Twenty-one moves guaranteed to make his thighs go up in flames: Depictions of great sex in popular magazines”, Sexuality and Culture, 12(1), 2008, 1-20
  • Kleinplatz, P.J., “Coming out of the sex therapy closet: Using experiential psychotherapy with sexual problems and concerns”, American Journal of Psychotherapy, 61(3), 2007, 333-348
  • Ribner, D., & Kleinplatz, P.J., “The hole in the sheet and other myths about sexuality and Judaism”, Sex and Relationship Therapy, 22(4), 2007, 445-456
  • Kleinplatz, P.J., & Ménard, A.D., “Building blocks towards optimal sexuality: Constructing a conceptual model”, The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 15(1), 2007, 72-78
  • Kleinplatz, P.J., & Moser, C., “SM: Powerful pleasure”, Journal of Homosexuality, 50(2/3), 2006, 1-348
  • Kleinplatz, P.J., “Learning from extraordinary lovers: Lessons from the edge”, Journal of Homosexuality, 50(2/3), 2006, 325-348
  • Dancer, P.L., Kleinplatz, P.J., & Moser, C.A., “24/7 SM Slavery”, Journal of Homosexuality, 5(2/3), 2006, 81-102
  • Moser, C., & Kleinplatz, P.J., “DSM-IV-TR and the paraphilias: An argument for removal”, Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 17(3/4), 2005, 91-109
  • Kleinplatz, P.J., & Moser, C., “Politics versus science: An addendum and response to Drs. Spitzer and Fink”, Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 17(3/4), 2005, 135-139
  • Kleinplatz, P.J., & Moser, C., “Is SM pathological?”, Lesbian and Gay Psychology Review, 6(3), 2005, 255-260
  • Moser, C., & Kleinplatz, P.J., “Does heterosexuality belong in the DSM?”, The Lesbian and Gay Psychology Review, 6(3), 2005, 261-267
  • Kleinplatz, P.J., “How to talk to kids about sex”, San Francisco Medicine, 78(2), 2005, 19-21
  • Kleinplatz, P.J., “Adding insult to injury: The classification of dyspareunia as a sexual dysfunction in the DSM”, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34(1), 2005, 36-38
  • Moser, C., & Kleinplatz, P.J., “EL DSM y las Parafilias: Un argumeto para su retirada”, Revista de Terapia Sexual y de Pareja, 19, 2004, 31-56
  • Offman, A., & Kleinplatz, P.J., “Does PMDD belong in the DSM? Challenging the medicalization of women’s bodies”, Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 13(1), 2004, 17-27
  • Kleinplatz, P.J., & Moser, C., “Towards clinical guidelines for working with BDSM clients”, Contemporary Sexuality, 38(6), 2004, 1-4
  • Moser, C., Kleinplatz, P.J., Zuccarini, D., & Reiner, W., “Situating unusual child and adolescent sexual behavior in context”, Adolescent Psychiatry Clinics of North America, 13(3), 2004, 569-589
  • Kleinplatz, P.J., “Beyond sexual mechanics and hydraulics: Humanizing the discourse surrounding erectile dysfunction”, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 44(2), 2004, 215-242

References

  1. ^ Alexander, Brian (May 22, 2008). What's ‘normal’ sex? Shrinks seek definition. MSNBC
  2. ^ "Advisory Board". sexualwellness.ca. Human Centre for Sexual Wellness. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Events: Professorial promotions and awards ceremony of the Faculty of Medicine". University of Ottawa. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  4. ^ Laurance, Jeremy (July 9, 2008). The new sexual revolution. The Independent
  5. ^ "Prix d'excellence". saea.uottawa.ca. University of Ottawa. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  6. ^ Moser C, Kleinplatz PJ (2005). DSM-IV-TR and the paraphilias: An argument for removal. In Dan Karasic and Jack Drescher (Eds.) Sexual and gender diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM): a reevaluation. Haworth Press, ISBN 9780789032140
  7. ^ Offman A, Kleinplatz PJ (2004). Does PMDD Belong in the DSM? Challenging the Medicalization of Women's Bodies. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, Vol. 13
  8. ^ Kleinplatz PJ (2005). Adding insult to injury: The classification of dyspareunia as a sexual dysfunction in the DSM. Archives of Sexual Behavior, Volume 34, Number 1 / February, 2005
  9. ^ "Scholarly and Professional Activities". socialsciences.uottawa.ca. University of Ottawa. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  10. ^ "Peggy Kleinplatz". socialsciences.uottawa.ca. University of Ottawa. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
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