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Liz Canner's documentary ORGASM INC. takes on female desire, pharmaceutical marketing, and the medicalization of women's sexuality. Laura Stepp talks to Canner and others about what--or who--is really behind the current "epidemic" of female sexual dysfunction.
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Liz Canner's documentary ORGASM INC. takes on female desire, pharmaceutical marketing, and the medicalization of women's sexuality. Laura Stepp talks to Canner and others about what--or who--is really behind the current "epidemic" of female sexual dysfunction.
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LAURA: I’M LAURA SESSIONS STEPP AND THIS IS SEX REALLY. NINE YEARS AGO, FILMMAKER LIZ CANNER WENT TO WORK AT A COMPANY THAT WAS DEVELOPING A TOPICAL CREAM TO FIX LOW SEXUAL DESIRE IN WOMEN. THIS FIRM, LIKE OTHERS IN THE FIELD, CALLED THE CONDITION, “FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION,” OR FSD.
CANNER QUICKLY STARTED HAVING QUESTIONS. SHOULD PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES DEFINE A DISORDER, DEVELOP A PRODUCT TO TREAT THAT DISORDER, AND THEN MAKE MONEY OFF WOMEN WHO THINK SOMETHING’S WRONG WITH THEM?
SOME ANSWERS CAN BE FOUND IN CANNER’S TOUGH, TOUCHING AND OCCASIONALLY FUNNY DOCUMENTARY CALLED ORGASM, INC. THE FILM IS PLAYING IN THEATERS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND ELSEWHERE, BOTH IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD.
Liz Canner: How many drug companies do you think there are out there are developing drugs for FSD?
Drug Representative: There’s probably at least twelve, developing all different types of things. [race...
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