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Sensuality and Sexuality:Enhancing Intimacy in RelationshipsBeverly Whipple, PhD, RN, FAANProfessor Emerita, Rutgers UniversityPast-Vice President and Secretary General, World Association for Sexual HealthPast-Director, International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual HealthPast-President, Society for the Scientific Study of SexualityPast-President, American Association of SexualityEducators, Counselors and Therapists87 Matlack DriveVoorhees, NJ 08043Phone and fax 856-309-1510e-mail bwhipple@pics.com

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHBeverly Whipple, PhD, RN, FAANProfessor Emerita, Rutgers University87 Matlack DriveVoorhees, NJ 08043Phone and fax 856 309 1510e-mail bwhipple@pics.comDr. Beverly Whipple, a certified sexuality educator, sexuality counselor, and sex researcher, is theco-author of the international best-seller, The G Spot and Other Discoveries About HumanSexuality, which has been translated into 19 languages and was re-published as a Classic 23 yearslater in 2005. Her other co-authored books are: Safe Encounters: How Women can say Yes toPleasure and No to Unsafe Sex; Smart Women, Strong Bones; Outwitting Osteoporosis; TheScience of Orgasm (2006); and The Orgasm Answer Guide (2010). Dr. Whipple has appeared onover 250 radio and TV programs and has been featured in many magazines. She has deliveredover 600 talks and keynote speeches, published over 170 research articles and book chapters. In1982 and 1983 The Philadelphia Magazine named her one of the People to Watch. She is therecipient of many awards, including the Hugo Beigel Research Award for research excellence andthe best article published in the Journal of Sex Research, the NJ State Nurses’ Association Awardfor Excellence in Research, the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, the Public ServiceAward, the Kinsey Award and the Bullough Award for the most distinguished book written in 2006from the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS), and the Professional Standard ofExcellence Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of SexualityEducators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT). She is also a Fellow of the Society for theScientific Study of Sexuality and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. The New Scientistnamed her one of the 50 most influential scientists in the world (2006).Dr. Whipple is a Professor Emerita at Rutgers University of NJ. She has a BS in Nursing fromWagner College, a Masters in Counseling, a Masters in Nursing, and a PhD in Psychobiology,with a major in Neurophysiology, from Rutgers University.Her concern with women's health derives naturally from her over forty years of helping womento feel better about themselves, as a nurse, a nurse educator, and researcher. Her researchfocuses mainly on women's health issues and the sexual physiology of women.Dr. Whipple is a member of a number of Honor Societies and received the Alumni AchievementAward in 1983 and was named An Alumni Fellow in 2007 by Wagner College. Dr. Whipple wasthe President of AASECT (1998-2000), was the Vice President of the World Association forSexology (2001-2005), the Secretary General/Treasurer of the World Association for SexualHealth (2005-2009), was on the Board of the International Society for the Study of Women’sSexual Health (2002-2004), and was the President of SSSS (2002-2003). She is an HonoraryMember of the Board of the Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (FSSS).Dr. Whipple lives in Voorhees, New Jersey with Jim, her husband since 1962. They have twogrown children and five grandchildren.

SEXUALITY KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENTIndicate whether each of the following statements is true or false.1. Women can and do have orgasms while sleeping.2. Both men and women are capable of multiple orgasms.3. Medications such as antihistamines and antidepressants can affect aperson's sexual response.4. For health reasons, it is generally unwise to have intercourse during thelast six weeks of pregnancy.5. Sexual attitudes of children are more strongly molded by attitudes ofsignificant adults than by pornography, erotic TV and movies, or excessivesex play.6. It is dangerous to engage in intercourse during the menstrual period.7. An alcoholic with Erectile Dysfunction can be assured of renewed potencyonce his drinking is curtailed.8. In American cultures, the most frequently used coital position is themale on top of the female.9. Women lose interest in sexual activity after menopause or after ahysterectomy.10. Premature male climax can be delayed by the woman squeezing thepenis when excitement intensifies.Beverly Whipple, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emerita, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 87 Matlack Drive, Voorhees, NJ08043, phone and fax 856-309-1510, email - bwhipp1e@pics.com

Beverly Whipple, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emerita, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 87 Matlack Drive, Voorhees, NJ08043, phone and fax 856-309-1510, email - bwhipp1e@pics.com