Cindy Meston

Cindy May Meston (1960/1961 (age 58–59))[1] is a Canadian clinical psychologist, and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and the director of the Sexual Psychophysiology Laboratory.[2] For her research into the female orgasm, she was selected as one of the BBC's 100 Women for 2016.

According to her book, Why Women Have Sex, there are 237 reasons.[3]

Early life

Meston was born in British Columbia, Canada, and has US citizenship.[4]

Education

In 1991, Meston received a bachelor's degree in psychology, in 1993, a master's degree in clinical psychology, and in 1995, a PhD in clinical psychology, all from the University of British Columbia.[2][4]

Career

She is the co-author (with evolutionary psychologist David M. Buss) of Why Women Have Sex.[5][6][7][8] Through interviewing 1006 women, they identified 237 reasons why women have sex, most of which "have little to do with romance or pleasure".[3]

In 2016, she was selected as one of the BBC's 100 Women for her research into the female orgasm.[9]

References
  1. "BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. "Cindy M. Meston, Ph.D." The Sexual Psychophysiology Laboratory. The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. Tanya Gold. "Why women have sex | Life and style". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  4. "Cindy May Meston: CV" (PDF). Labs.la.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  5. Robshaw, Brandon (30 October 2010). "Why Women Have Sex, By Cindy Meston and David Buss". The Independent.
  6. Law, Sally (1 December 2009). "Ask an Academic: Why Women Have Sex". The New Yorker. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  7. "Cindy Meston". Penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  8. Meston, Cindy M. "Why Women Have Sex". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  9. Keane, Phoebe (2 December 2016). "100 Women 2016: Researching the female orgasm". BBC World Service. BBC. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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