Charles Moser (physician)

Charles Allen Moser (born 1952) is a American physician and sexologist who has studied and maintains a clinical practice with a focus on individuals in the LGBT, kink, and fetish communities who seek to integrate their atypical sexual interests into their lives. Psychiatrist William L. Maurice has said Moser "is a well-known internist who is also a specialist in sexual medicine."Maurice WL (2003). Health Care Without Shame: A Handbook for the Sexually Diverse and Their Caregivers (Book Review). "Archives of Sexual Behavior" Volume 32, Number 1, February 2003 , pp. 86-87(2)]

Career

Moser received his B.S. in physics from State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1974.Moser C, Kleinplatz PJ (2006). "Sadomasochism: Powerful Pleasures." Routledge, ISBN 978-1560236399] He then earned an M.S.W. from University of Washington in 1975 and a Ph.D. from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in 1979. Ehrenreich B, Elizabeth Hess E, Gloria Jacobs G (1986). "Re-making Love: The Feminization of Sex" Anchor Press/Doubleday, ISBN 9780385184984] He is currently Professor of Sexology and Dean of Professional Studies there. He earned his M.D. from Hahnemann University School of Medicine in 1991.Moser C, Hardy JW (2002). "Sex Disasters (And How To Survive Them)". Greenery Press, ISBN 978-1890159443] He is a board-certified sexologist in practice since 1980 and has practiced as a board-certified Internal Medicine physician since 1994.Kleinplatz PJ (Ed.) "New Directions in Sex Therapy-Innovations and Alternatives" Brunner-Routledge, ISBN 978-0876309674] Moser has served as the President of the Western Region of the Society for Scientific Study of Sexuality and is on the Editorial Board of "San Francisco Medicine".Moser C (2003). General Medical Care of the Gender Dysphoric Patient. "San Francisco Medicine", September 2003, Volume 76, No. 8]

Publications have included discussions of paraphilia, nipple piercing, sadomasochism, safer sex, orgasm, and the effects of recreational drugs on sexual functioning. Crittenden B (2008). [http://personallifemedia.com/guests/619-dr-charles-moser Charles Moser, MD, PhD: A Sexual Medical Expert on Unusual Sexual Interests.] "Taste of Sex"] He has criticized aspects of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," arguing for the removal of paraphilias and dyspareunia from the manual.Moser C (2005). Dyspareunia: Another Argument for Removal. "Archives of Sexual Behavior" 34(1), 44-46.] Roberts S, Pritchard C (2008). [http://www.philosophynow.org/issue68/68news.htm Defining Normality.] "Philosophy Now", Issue 68 July/August 2008]

elected publications

* Weinberg MS, Williams CJ, Moser C (1984). The Social Constituents of Sadomasochism. "Social Problems" 31(4), 379-389.

* Moser C, Levitt EE (1987). An exploratory-descriptive study of a sadomasochistically oriented sample. "Journal of Sex Research" 23(3), 322-337.

* Auerback S, Moser C (1987). Groups for the Wives of Gay and Bisexual Men. "Social Work" 32, 321-5.

* Moser C (1992). Lust, lack of desire, and paraphilias: Some thoughts and possible connections. "Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy" 18(1), 65-69.

* Levitt EE, Moser C, Jamison KV (1994). The prevalence and some attributes of females in the sadomasochistic subculture: A second report. "Archives of Sexual Behavior" 3(4), 465-473.

* Moser C, Madeson JJ (1998). "Bound to Be Free: The SN Experience." Continuum International Publishing Group (October 1998) ISBN 978-0826410474

* Moser C (1999). "Health Care Without Shame: A Handbook for the Sexually Diverse and Their Caregivers." Greenery Press, ISBN 978-1890159122

* Stock W, Moser C (2001). Feminist sex therapy in the age of Viagra™. In P.J. Kleinplatz (Ed.) "New Directions in Sex Therapy-Innovations and Alternatives" Brunner-Routledge, ISBN 978-0876309674

* Moser C (2001). [http://tempik.webzdarma.cz/literatura/parmoser/ Paraphilia: Another confused sexological concept] In P.J. Kleinplatz (Ed.) "New Directions in Sex Therapy-Innovations and Alternatives" Brunner-Routledge, ISBN 978-0876309674

* Moser C, Hardy JW (2002). "Sex Disasters (And How To Survive Them)". Greenery Press, ISBN 978-1890159443

* Moser C, Kleinplatz PJ (2002). [http://home.netcom.com/~docx2/tf.html Transvestitic fetishism: Psychopathology or iatrogenic artifact?] "New Jersey Psychologist", 52(2), 16-17.

* Moser C, Kleinplatz PJ (2005). DSM-IV-TR and the paraphilias: An argument for removal. "Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality" 17(3/4), 91-109.

* Moser C (2005). [http://home.netcom.com/~docx2/Binik.htm Dyspareunia: Another Argument for Removal.] "Archives of Sexual Behavior" 34(1), 44-46.

* Moser C, Kleinplatz PJ (2006). "Sadomasochism: Powerful Pleasures." Routledge, ISBN 978-1560236399

References

External links

* [http://www.iashs.edu/faculty.html Charles Moser faculty profile] via Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
* [http://home.netcom.com/~docx2/ Charles Moser website]