Stories by Michael Bader
Michael Bader is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in San Francisco. He is the author of "Arousal: The Secret Logic of Sexual Fantasies" and "Male Sexuality: Why Women Don't Understand It -- and Men Don't Either." He has written extensively about psychology and politics.
The suffering fostered by our system isn't limited to those who can't afford access to it. And their voices should be part of the debate, too.
Posted on Jun 19, 2009
Barren suburban yards, drunk dads, dowdy moms, strained frivolity, deep depression -- let's hope the '50s don't make a comeback.
Posted on Jan 31, 2009
We feel responsible for things we didn't do and helpless in the face of things we couldn't do.
Posted on Jan 14, 2009
A response to Robert Jensen's recent AlterNet article, "Porn's Dirty, Dangerous Secret."
Posted on Oct 28, 2008
If the public wants to get to the bottom of Edwards' affair we have to drop the moral platitudes and look at what led him to it.
Posted on Aug 12, 2008
A psychotherapist explains what might go on in the deeper recesses of the minds of men like Eliot Spitzer.
Posted on Mar 14, 2008
Obama has reintroduced hope, possibility, meaning, and community back into public life. No wonder he inspires hero worship.
Posted on Mar 6, 2008
In response to Robert Jensen's controversial book,
Getting Off, two clinical psychologists debate the intersection of violence and sexual fantasy.
Posted on Nov 7, 2007
Even the Supreme Court recognizes that sexual fantasies -- even about children -- are not necessarily rehearsals for harmful actions.
Posted on Apr 25, 2002
Why does sexual abuse elicit more rage than any other kind of child abuse, even though emotional neglect or social hardships can damage a child more than inappropriate sex?
Posted on Mar 14, 2002
While widely reported, the phenomenon of "terror sex" is poorly understood and often ridiculed. Psychologist Michael Bader uses fascinating examples from his practice to show that sex is a normal, even healthy, reaction to trauma.
Posted on Nov 9, 2001
