Marty Klein

For other people named Martin Klein, see Martin Klein (disambiguation).

Dr. Marty Klein
Title	Sex Therapist and Policy Analyst
Website
http://www.sexed.org

Marty Ralph Klein (born 1950) is an American sex therapist, author, educator and public policy analyst. Klein is critical of censorship, the concepts of "sex addiction" and "porn addiction," and the anti-pornography movement.

Life and career

He has written several books on sexuality, and his book America’s War on Sex, honored as the year’s Best Sexuality Book by AASECT.^{[citation needed]} It documents how the issue of sexual regulation is being used to undermine secular democracy. Klein’s work challenges American society’s (and psychotherapy’s) assumptions about sexuality; he is particularly critical of what he calls the “Sexual Disaster Industry” and the “Oprah-ization” of psychotherapy and medicine.^[1] More recently he has spoken out against the criminalization and cruel punishment of teen “sexting.”^[2]

Klein has written over 100 articles for publications such as The Journal of Sex Research, San Francisco Medicine, The Journal of Homosexuality, and Contemporary Sexuality, as well as Parents, Playboy, American Baby, Modern Bride, and New Woman.

Klein participates in court cases involving issues such as censorship, obscenity, and sexual expression. Klein has served as an expert witness or invited defendant in federal and state cases.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Publications

• America's War on Sex: The Attack on Law, Lust, & Liberty. (Praeger Publishers, 2006). ISBN 978-0275987855
• Beyond Orgasm: Dare to be Honest About the Sex You Really Want. (Ten Speed Press, 2002). ISBN 1-58761-168-6
• Sexual Intelligence: Politics, Culture, the Media, and Sex (2002)
• Let Me Count the Ways: Discovering Great Sex Without Intercourse. (Tarcher, 1999). ISBN 978-0874779561
• Ask Me Anything: Dr. Klein Answers the Sex Questions You’d Love to Ask. (SexEd Press, 1996). ISBN 0-9704526-3-2
• Your Sexual Secrets: When to Keep Them, When & How to Tell. (Dutton, 1988). ISBN 0-525-24716-5

Klein writes a blog, Sexual Intelligence,^[8] and also a monthly on-line newsletter with the same title.^[9]

References

1. ^ http://www.ejhs.org/volume9/book38klein.html
2. ^ “Sexting” Can’t—Repeat, Can’t—Kill Anyone
3. ^ Cyberspace Communications, Inc. v. Engler, 142 F Supp. 2d 827 (E.D. Mich 2001)
4. ^ ACLU v. Goddard, Civ. No. 00-0505 TUC AM (D. Ariz. Aug 11, 2004)
5. ^ US v. Fletcher (2008)
6. ^ US v. Marcus (2004)
7. ^ Williams v. Pryor, D. C. Docket No. 98-01938-CV-5 (2007)
8. ^ http://sexualintelligence.wordpress.com/
9. ^ Sexual Intelligence, written and published by Marty Klein, Ph.D

External links

• Dr. Marty Klein web site
• Marty Klein at the Internet Movie Database

Further reading

• Audio Interview with Dr. Marty Klein on "America's War on Sex" - includes transcript
• Nightline: Is Sex Addiction Real?
• ABC - TV's 20/20: Age of Consent: Criminalization of Sex
• PBS Digital Nation @FOSI: Marty Klein
• American Library Association: Sex, Libraries, & Librarians--hysteria over perverts and sexy books is killing the system
• EmpowHER: Are Sex Toys for Women Legitimate?
• The New Yorker: The Pathology of Sex
• SF Weekly: Is There Such a Thing as Sex Addiction?
• Wired: Is 'Internet Normal' the New 'Sex Normal'?
• New York Times: More Sex, Less ‘Joy’
• Salon.com: Is Sex Addiction Real?
• CommonSense Media: Are Lots of Teens Sexting?
• Criminalizing Consenting S&M?

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