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It is etched in written laws that dictate who can and cannot have sex with whom. Its manifestations shape our sexual morality, evoking approving accolades or contemptuous condemnation. It produces sexual double standards that flourish even in the most sexually egalitarian cultures on earth. And although every person alive struggles with sexual conflict, most of us see only the tip of the iceberg: dating deception, a politician''s unsavory grab, the slow crumbling of a once-happy marriage, a romantic breakup that turns nasty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Men \u003c\/i\u003eshows that this battle of the sexes is deeper and far more pervasive than anyone has recognized, revealing the hidden roots of sexual conflict -- roots that originated over deep evolutionary time -- which characterise our sexual psychology. Providing novel insights into our minds and behaviours, \u003ci\u003eBad Men \u003c\/i\u003epres\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Few topics interest us more than the nature of relationships between the sexes, and David Buss has long been a leader in turning that interest into rigorous science based on empirical findings and anchored in evolutionary thinking. \u003ci\u003eBad Men\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution to the field' \u003cb\u003e- Robert Sapolsky, author of \u003ci\u003eBehave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The public concern with sexual aggression is a great moral advance, but our intellectual culture has floundered in trying to understand it because it clings to myths and dogmas that defy science, common sense, and lived experience. David Buss, one of the world's experts in sexual conflict in human mating, brings these back together in a fascinating and timely book which helps us to understand these evils and better equip us to minimise them' - \u003cb\u003eSteven Pinker, author of \u003ci\u003eEnlightenment Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eBad Men \u003c\/i\u003eis a fascinating book that comprehensively examines the roots of sexual conflict between women and men' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It seems that, every week, we hear a new report of atrocious male behaviour ... Buss's book is not only explanatorily powerful and pragmatically useful, but unfortunately very necessary. The book synthesises over 30 years of research showing how evolutionary psychology can illuminate the origins of the sexual conflict that blights many women's lives, and the mechanisms through which it operates. It explores why many men seem unable to grasp the vulnerability that many women feel. It also provides a roadmap for mitigating what Buss calls \"the biggest human rights issue in the world\": sexual violence against women' \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eAreo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An unflinching look at sexual conflict and what we can do about it. This accessible book explains why conflict between men and women is inevitable, but sexual coercion and violence are not. Eliminating violence against women is Buss's goal, and this book considers paths toward achieving it' \u003cb\u003e- Leda Cosmides, codirector of the Center for Evolutionary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePsychology, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliantly shines a scientific light on our most intimate, and often uncomfortable, entanglements. I highly recommend it' - \u003cb\u003eDr. Wendy Walsh, 'America's Relationship Expert', h\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eost of the podcast Mating Matters and the Dr. Wendy Walsh Show on iHeart Radio, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Boyfriend Test, The Girlfriend Test\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003e30-Day Love Detox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you want to understand our minds, you must understand the evolutionary past which forged them. And if you want to understand our sexuality, all the more so. There is no better guide for this than Professor David Buss, one of the country's leading evolutionary psychologists. This theoretically grounded book has countless vivid examples and offers a wide-ranging account of the origins of human sexual behaviour and its modern manifestations, helping to make sense of so many troubling behaviours. Insightful and provocative' -\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Christakis, author of \u003ci\u003eBlueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Buss has untangled the primordial (and eternal) human mating dance with deft, clarity, precision and charm. Want to know your \"Mate Value?\" And why he did something violent to his beloved, perhaps you? Buss gives us the underlying causes of the battle between the sexes - and how to overcome sexual conflict. It's steeped in science - and an exceptional book' - \u003cb\u003eHelen Fisher, author of\u003ci\u003e Anatomy of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eBad Men \u003c\/i\u003eapplies the hard lens of science to the most contentious and painful issues of our time - stalking, malicious seduction, sexual harassment and sexual assault. The result is an eye-opening perspective on the deep history of men harming women. David Buss explains which types of men are most likely to be perpetrators, and why women can be so devastated by the results. He never explains away this behaviour, but instead explains it with the hope that a deeper understanding can help solve these problems and free future generations of women from the ever-present fear that we've been forced to accept as part of life' \u003cb\u003e- Faye Flam, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Score: How the Quest for Sex Has Shaped the Modern Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Buss tackles numerous difficult, sensitive, and controversial topics in this book, but throughout he uses a balanced, evidence-driven approach. He relies on clear arguments that build a solid impression of how the sexes have evolved distinct strategies, and how those strategies typically lead to misunderstanding and conflict. The evidence he provides is convincing, and he draws on a commendable range of studies for support. Given the breadth of topics and how they come together repeatedly to highlight patterns of sex-specific behavior, this book will serve as an important springboard for understanding more completely men's (and women's) behavior for years to come. In my opinion, it will be of interest to a diverse readership-everyone from a person who wonders why men and women behave so differently in online dating, all the way to academics who want to learn the nuances of sexual conflict theory. Definitely a provocative and interesting read!' \u003cb\u003e- Dr. Maryanne Fisher, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Women and Competition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In \u003ci\u003eBad Men\u003c\/i\u003e, once again David Buss delivers with his ability to take the most complicated and disturbing of topics and make sense of it. In characteristic fashion, he supports his analyses on the mysteries of sexual conflict with solid research yet presents it in an intriguing and entertaining fashion. While demonstrating that bad sexual behaviours have evolved as part of our fundamental psychology of sex differences, Buss underscores such behaviours are not inevitable. Understanding these behaviours and why they evolved is a necessary and critical step in preventing their perpetuation. This bold and honest look at sexual conflict lays the foundation for better behaviour. A must read' - \u003cb\u003eCindy M. Meston, professor of clinical psychology, University of Texas at Austin and co-author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Women Have Sex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Highly informative and engaging, David's Buss' \u003ci\u003eBad Men\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful, sensitive and honest examination of the sources of sexual conflict and ways we might be able to reduce its harms. He does this by elucidating the sex differences in our evolved sexual strategies, the result of sex differences in optimal mating strategies. He delves into the dark side of male mating behaviour but also offers approaches that call attention to the \"sex gap\" and how a better understanding of it can help craft policies to reduce or prevent harms that women disproportionally bear. An essential read' \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Salmon, author of \u003ci\u003eWarrior Lovers: Erotic Fiction, Evolution, and Female Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This fascinating book is like the long lost operating manual for men's and women's minds, written tens of thousands of years ago and only just now reconstructed. Buss explains so many of the games people play as they strive to attract, keep, and manipulate mates. Trying to understand and reduce sexual harassment, sexual violence, and ordinary marital misery without Buss's evolutionary lens would be like trying to understand and fight epidemics without germ theory' - \u003cb\u003eJonathan Haidt, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Righteous Mind \u003c\/i\u003eand coauthor of\u003ci\u003e The Coddling of the American Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In this powerful, provocative, and thought-provoking book, David Buss takes us through the fundamental reasons for conflicts between men and women. Drawing from the roots of evolutionary biology and psychology, he sets out in scholarly detail the potential for sexual conflicts within and outside relationships. He also shows how, while evolved differences between men and women can be recognized, they should not be equated with inevitability of action or behavior. 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These incisive and controversial essays are a tour d'force by a brilliant journalist with unbounded empathy. -- Mike Davis\u003cbr\u003eJoAnn Wypijewski stimulates us to think freshly about sex and sexual politics, and she is not afraid to infuriate both those who consider themselves sexual progressives and traditional conservatives. Let's call a town meeting of the whole country to grapple with the insights, the fury, and most of all the wisdom in this essential book. -- Peter Davis, Academy Award winning filmmaker of Hearts and Minds, author of Girl of My Dreams\u003cbr\u003eWypijewski lays bare the twisted logics we employ to convince ourselves that there are easy distinctions between love, brutality, sex, and capitalism. Forceful and brilliant analysis, an unrelenting excavation not just of what happened and to whom, but what it means to all of us watching from the sidelines. Wypijewski, like few other writers, provides an archaelogy of sex which is in turn an archaelogy of power. -- Yasmin Nair\u003cbr\u003eUncomfortable, powerful, and moving; few writers can give us the nitty-gritty of sex and its messiness within the grand sweep of history, and get both the big picture and the details exactly right. -- Jeffrey Escoffier, author of American Homo, Research Associate at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research\u003cbr\u003eJoAnn Wypijewski has written steadily and courageously on topics that paralyze other reporters into silence or lukewarm compromise. She knows that our horror of crime springs from the same root as our need for scapegoats. 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Her work is a national treasure. -- Debbie Nathan, journalist, co-author of Satan’s Silence:  Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt\u003cbr\u003eJoAnn Wypijewski is the finest and most fearless literary journalist writing today, and in these crucial and stunningly beautiful essays she brings into bracing focus the deepest politics of desire. No other writer is telling these stories; maybe no other writer could with such generosity of spirit. 'Mercy is the scandal now,' she writes of the the ways in which too many have come to prefer the counting of sins to the dream of liberation, but this is no book of lamentations. Through a series of moments intimately observed, Wypijewski summons us again to consider the possibilities for pleasure, eros as ally, in any struggle to get free. 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And men are keen to insist that they know what women-and their bodies-want. Meanwhile, sexual violence abounds. How can women, in this environment, possibly know what they want? And why do we expect them to?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this elegant, searching book-spanning science and popular culture; pornography and literature; debates on Me-Too, consent and feminism-Katherine Angel challenges our assumptions about women's desire. Why, she asks, should they be expected to know their desires? And how do we take sexual violence seriously, when not knowing what we want is key to both eroticism and personhood?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn today's crucial moment of renewed attention to violence and power, Angel urges that we remake our thinking about sex, pleasure, and autonomy without any illusions about perfect self-knowledge. 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[Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again] is a provocative but clear-sighted analysis of female sexuality in the wake of #MeToo ... I'd urge anyone who cares about sexual ethics to read it. -- Bookseller (Editor's Choice) * Caroline Sanderson *\u003cbr\u003eExcellent -- Charlotte Higgins * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e[A] bible of modern sexuality and consent that all men and women should be reading * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eShe is reaching towards something else: a world where desire does not have to be known and fixed in advance to protect people from violence. -- Hettie O'Brien * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eTenderly inflected and meticulously argued, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again should be required reading * New Internationalist - Five Starred Review *\u003cbr\u003eA clear-eyed intervention in the crossfire of post-#MeToo sexual politics * TANK Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eVoyeuristically fascinating ... Angel dares to suggest that consent is not sexy . we should be aiming for something more complex -- Anna Leszkiewicz * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eOffers new ways of understanding the complexity of sexual relations . fresh and provoking * The F-Word *\u003cbr\u003eExquisite ... A breathtaking, brilliant invitation not to turn away from complexity and vulnerability -- Hannah Dawson, editor of The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing\u003cbr\u003eThis nonfiction tour-de-force is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring themes of consent, power, sex, and the Me Too movement. This is the kind of book that seeks not to create dichotomous binaries, but to complicate the narrative. -- Rachel Krantz * The Millions *\u003cbr\u003eEloquent and lucid -- Celia Walden * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eSuccinct and thought-provoking -- Stephanie Merritt * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eTomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again offers readers a blend of cultural criticism and provocative theory. -- Tobias Carroll * InsideHook *\u003cbr\u003eIntriguing, philosophical. -- Laura Miller * Slate *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the smartest, most nuanced and thought-provoking books I've read about sex in the post-#MeToo era. -- Moya Crockett * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e[Angel] is right - consent as a yes\/no dichotomy cannot be everything we want it to be. 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Angel does much more than merely refresh what has become a tired conversation about consent. . a slim, potent, elegantly argued polemic -- Zora Simic * Australian Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eAngel is measured and meticulous, which makes her book delightful, powerful, and worthwhile. -- Joseph Fischel * Signs *\u003cbr\u003e[Angel marshals] pithy arguments about consent, desire, arousal, and vulnerability, and these arguments are anchored by solid and hearty feminist claims. -- Shoniqua Roach * Signs *\u003cbr\u003eThis work is misleadingly slender, more capacious than slight . [Angel] evokes the indeterminate radiance encountered in Georgia O'Keeffe's floral paintings, a space where the possibilities of sex reside as 'an unfolding'. -- Tali Lavi * Saturday Paper *\u003cbr\u003eShort but rich in ideas ... 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Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again is part of an emancipatory project that, paradoxically, asserts a need not to be strong. -- Anne Enright * New York Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eGracefully argued and informed by flashes of brilliance ... a powerful contribution to the not always rational debate about consent and feminine sexual autonomy. * The Australian *\u003cbr\u003eIncisive and elegant ... in four searching essays that treat consent, desire, arousal, and vulnerability in turn, Angel does not reject legal and material remedies but looks beyond them, seeking succor in the interstices of our erotic relationships-in the sheer force and fact of desire itself. -- Becca Rothfeld * Boston Review *\u003cbr\u003eExciting. -- Alexandra Schwartz * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003eAngel is here to stick up for the timorous and to defend vulnerability as both a sexual virtue and a deep well of potential pleasure ... a rich companion piece to [Unmastered] -- Sarah Gilbert * Sydney Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003ePacks a punch -- Hannah Witton * More Hannah - Best 2021 Books *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant -- Izabella Scott * White Review *","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741629591895,"sku":"9781788739160","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781788739160.jpg?v=1720058203"},{"product_id":"loving-animals-on-bestiality-zoophilia-and-post-human-love-9781789143102","title":"Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSex with animals is one of the last taboos but, for a practice that is generally regarded as abhorrent, it is remarkable how many books, films, plays, paintings, and photographs depict the subject. 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Everyone was forced to conform to restrictive rules about whom they could have sex with, in what way, how often, and even when, and could be harshly punished for getting it wrong. Other experiences are more familiar. Like us, medieval people faced challenges in finding a suitable partner or trying to get pregnant (or trying not to). They also struggled with many of the same social issues, such as whether prostitution should be legalized. Above all, they shared our fondness for dirty jokes and erotic images. By exploring their sex lives, the book brings ordinary medieval people to life, and reveals details of their most personal thoughts and experiences. Ultimately, it provides us with an important and intimate connection to the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The story of Simon the goat-lover is just one of hundreds of weird and wonderful anecdotes that rub together in Katherine Harvey's jaunty study of late-medieval sex . . . Her book is an enjoyable romp, smart as well as funny. It left me fully satisfied, with a big smile on my face.' - Dan Jones, Sunday Times; 'When does sex become rumpy-pumpy? . . . By the Middle Ages sex is indisputably odd. Reading Katherine Harvey's The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages, I found myself thinking: weird, weirder and, occasionally, whoa! This is an eye-watering, jaw-dropping, blush-raising book. Harvey, a medieval historian and honorary research fellow at Birkbeck, has peeped through the keyhole of the past and caught the Middle Ages in flagrante. The tone is spot-on: curious but not prurient; correct yet amused.' - Laura Freeman, The Times; 'an expansive, accessible and highly engaging account of what we do - and don't - know about western European sexual culture in the Middle Ages. The book offers multiple insights into the realities of medieval sex.' - BBC History Magazine; 'I can't think of more brilliant Christmas book to give to one's significant other if they have even a passing interest in medieval Europe or the rich and extraordinary sex life of its inhabitants.' - Erotic Review; 'This lively, engaging study combines a scholarly rigour with a sharp eye for telling detail, told in a fluid style that keeps the pages turning. A culture in which clerics commissioned sheelagh-na-gigs - graphic carvings of women displaying their genitals - to adorn their holy buildings perplex us. Harvey takes great care to explain this complicated culture.' - The Irish Times; '[an] irresistibly eccentric cultural history . . . Impeccably researched and impossibly entertaining, The Fires of Lust is a work that transcends its scholarly purpose . . .' - The Australian; 'An illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary medieval people . . . By exploring their sex lives, the book brings ordinary medieval people to life, revealing details of their most personal thoughts and experiences. Ultimately, it provides us with an important and intimate connection to the past.' - New Books Network; 'A lively and readable account rooted in a deep knowledge of the scholarly literature on sexuality in medieval western Europe. Harvey's specialism in the history of medicine provides particular depth, and is integrated with legal and cultural material to create a sparkling and convincing whole.' - Ruth Mazo Karras; 'Masterful. There is no better guide to what occurs betwixt the sheets of the medieval bedroom than Katherine Harvey. The Fires of Lust - an absolute triumph.' - Kate Lister, author of A Curious History of Sex and Harlots, Whores \u0026amp; Hackabouts; 'With unabashed directness, a delicate touch of wit, and constant humanity, Katherine Harvey surveys the world of medieval sex and sexuality. 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Relationships-Kissing\u003cbr\u003e-Frequency of Sexual Activity\u003cbr\u003e-Other Intimate BehaviorsSexual Pleasure as a Human RightChapter 6: Taking Care of the Sexual BodyKnowing Our Own Body-Taking Responsibility for Our Own Sexual Health-Female Sexual Health\u003cbr\u003e-Male Sexual HealthSexually Transmitted Infections-Risk and Protective Factors for STIs\u003cbr\u003e-Sexual Risk Negotiation\u003cbr\u003e-Human Immunodeficiency Virus\u003cbr\u003e-Bacterial STIs\u003cbr\u003e-Parasitic STIs\u003cbr\u003e-Viral STIsSexual Well-Being and Innovation in STI PreventionChapter 7: ContraceptionContraception: History and Cultural Variations-Cross-Cultural Variations in Contraception\u003cbr\u003e-History of Contraceptives in the United StatesMethods of Contraception-Choosing a Method of Contraception: What to Consider\u003cbr\u003e-Methods That Protect Against Pregnancies and STIs\u003cbr\u003e-Methods That Protect Against Pregnancy But Not Against STIsContraception and Sexual Well-BeingChapter 8: Reproduction: Conception, Pregnancy, and ChildbirthParenting and Reproductive Decisions-Pronatalism\u003cbr\u003e-Family Leave\u003cbr\u003e-Considering ParenthoodEnsuring a Healthy Pregnancy-Preparing the Body for Pregnancy\u003cbr\u003e-Nutrition and Exercise\u003cbr\u003e-Sex During PregnancyContraception and Pregnancy-Cross-Cultural Ideas About Conception\u003cbr\u003e-Trimesters: The Developing Fetus and Changes for Women and Partners-Potential Problems During Pregnancy\u003cbr\u003e-Detecting Problems in PregnancyBirth and the Postpartum Period: what to Expect-Options for Giving Birth\u003cbr\u003e-Birth Assistance and Interventions\u003cbr\u003e-Making a Birth Plan\u003cbr\u003e-After the Birth, The Postpartum PeriodInfertility and Options-Assisted Reproductive Techniques\u003cbr\u003e-Other Options for Creating a Family\u003cbr\u003eAbortion-Defining Abortion\u003cbr\u003e-Safe Methods of Abortion\u003cbr\u003e-Unsafe Methods of Abortion\u003cbr\u003e-After an AbortionSexual Well-Being and Reproductive RightsChapter 9: Gender and Identity: Process, Roles, and CultureUnderstanding Gender Development and Context-Gender and Sex\u003cbr\u003e-Biological Process in the Development of Sex\u003cbr\u003e-Biological Sex Variations and IntersexualityGender Identity and Expression-Gender Identity—A Brief History\u003cbr\u003e-Biology and Gender Identity Development\u003cbr\u003e-Transgender—A New Identity\u003cbr\u003e-Transsexualism\u003cbr\u003e-AngrogynyGender Roles-Gender Roles Across Time and Cultures\u003cbr\u003e-Social Institutions and Gender Role Development\u003cbr\u003e-Sexism and Gender RolesGender Norms and Variance-Factors of Gender NonconformityGender Identity Rights and Sexual Well-BeingChapter 10: Sexual OrientationUnderstanding Sexual Orientation-The Spectrum of Sexual Orientation\u003cbr\u003e-The Gap Between Sexual Attraction and Behavior\u003cbr\u003e-Sources of Sexual Orientation\u003cbr\u003e-Sexual Socialization and Compulsory Heterosexuality-Sexual Individuality and Sexual OrientationVariations in Sexual Orientation-Same-Sex Behavior Variations Across Cultures\u003cbr\u003e-The Invention or Modern Gay and Lesbian Identity\u003cbr\u003e-The Modern LGBTQ Movement\u003cbr\u003e-10% Are Gay: Myth or Sexual Geography?\u003cbr\u003e-Bisexuality\u003cbr\u003e-African American Men Being on the Down Low\u003cbr\u003e-Men Who Have Sex With Men\u003cbr\u003e-Female Sexual Fluidity\u003cbr\u003e-Queer and QuestioningHomosexuality, Discrimination, and Stigma-Sexual Prejudice and Homophobia\u003cbr\u003e-Bullying and Internalized Homophobia\u003cbr\u003e-Hate CrimesComing Out and Sexual Well-Being-Social Acceptance and Being Out\u003cbr\u003e-Being Out—Steps Toward Well-Being\u003cbr\u003e-LGBTQ Family FormationSexual OrientationChapter 11: Sexuality in Childhood and AdolescenceSexual Development in Childhood and Adolescence-Biology, Family and Culture\u003cbr\u003e-Healthy Sexuality and Values in Childhood 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His novella \u003ci\u003eMitko\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2010 Miami University Press Novella Prize and was a finalist for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and a Lambda Literary Award. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You, Cleanness \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSmall Rain\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e stands naturally alongside the great works of compromised sexual obsession such as Thomas Mann's \u003ci\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e . . . we are dealing with a writer who deserves his plaudits . . . I found myself unable to stop reading . . . Headily accomplished . . . an essential work of our time * Daily Telegraph ***** *\u003cbr\u003eWorthy of its comparisons to James Baldwin and Alan Hollinghurst as well as Virginia Woolf and W G Sebald . . . spellbinding . . . a novel of rejection and disgust, displacement and transcendence . . . I found myself trembling as I read it * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eA refreshingly slim, subdued and contemplative piece of work . . . Greenwell writes in long, consummately nuanced sentences, strung with insights and soaked in melancholy . . . \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYou\u003c\/i\u003e is an uncommonly sensitive, intelligent and poignant novel * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eI had thought of Hollinghurst as I read \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e, Greenwell's astonishingly assured debut novel, but questioned whether the parallel came to mind because both writers create vivid, enclosed worlds filled with ambiguous and shifting relationships between gay men. In fact, though, the greater similarity lies in their ability to blend a lyrical prose - the prose of longing, missed connections, grasped pleasures - with an almost uncanny depth of observation . . . [The] middle section [is] a masterful study in alienation and escape . . . Like the writers he admires, WG Sebald, Thomas Bernhard and Javier Marías, he is drawn to the idea of a body of work that seems as though it is all one book, or, as with Sebald in particular, a territory in which the reader wanders. It is perhaps too soon to say precisely what Greenwell's own fictional territory will look like - but even this early on, the landscape looks too riveting to miss -- Alex Clark * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA rich, important debut, an instant classic to be savored by all lovers of serious fiction because of, not despite, its subject: a gay man's endeavor to fathom his own heart -- Aaron Hamburger * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly self-aware . . . Greenwell's novel impresses for many reasons, not least of which is how perfectly it fulfills its intentions. But it gains a different power from its uneasy atmosphere of psychic instability, of confession and penitence, of difficult forces acknowledged but barely mastered and beyond the conscious control of even this gifted novelist -- James Wood * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e American literature is richer by one masterpiece. The character Mitko is unforgettable, as all myths are. He reigns at the heart of this book, surrounded by the magic flames of desire -- Edmund White, author of \u003ci\u003eA Boy's Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful novel from a writer who seems destined to produce fine work in the years ahead, describing both the condition of loneliness and the insistent cravings of the flesh with precision and sensitivity. [Greenwell] never seeks to manipulate our emotions, but creates a narrative voice so enigmatic that one feels both affection and disdain for him simultaneously. Too often in fiction it becomes clear how an author wants the reader to feel, but Greenwell's character is too complex a creation for any easy judgments. And that is what will make both him and this novel particularly memorable -- John Boyne * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eIn his spare, haunting novel, Garth Greenwell takes a well-known narrative and finds new meaning in it. \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e is a searching and compassionate meditation on the slipperiness of desire, the impossibility of salvation, and the forces of shame, guilt, and yearning that often accompany love, rendered in language as beautiful and vivid as poetry -- Hanya Yanagihara, author of \u003ci\u003eA Little Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere's a particular joy in reading Garth Greenwell, in having that feeling, precious and rare: \u003ci\u003ehere\u003c\/i\u003e is the real thing -- Claire Messud, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Upstairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Garth Greenwell's incandescent first novel, \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You,\u003c\/i\u003e an old tale is made new, and made punishing. . . Mr. Greenwell writes long sentences, pinned at the joints by semicolons, that push forward like confidently searching vines. There's suppleness and mastery in his voice. He seems to have an inborn ability to cast a spell . . . A writer who opens chasms rather than builds substandard bridges . . . A subtle observer of human interactions. He underscores the way expressions of love are nearly always, in part, performance -- Dwight Garner * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eExquisite . . . Stylistically, Greenwell owes more to Sebald than to Nabokov . . . One of the great pleasures of his prose is how profoundly thoughtful it is, even when considering physical needs and passions. This is emotion recollected in tranquillity, or rather in melancholy. There is an almost visceral disjuncture between places and actions that are grubby, even squalid, and the delicacy of the lens through which they're seen. Yet the effect, paradoxically, is one of almost pure emotion -- Damon Galgut * The Nation *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the few novels I've read which feels like it offers an authentic account of what growing up is like for gay people in western societies . . . Greenwell's novel is at its most affecting when subtly pushing readers to examine their own attitudes and motives . . . By illuminating the dividing lines in our unequal world, Greenwell's novel challenges us to think about privilege, especially our own . . . \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs To You \u003c\/i\u003epresents a challenging and refreshing vision of gay life. It's an original addition to the line of fiction which, from Henry James to Ben Lerner, chronicles the lives of Americans in Europe. Greenwell painstakingly captures desire in all its complex, double-edged intensity . . . Erotic holding, emotional withholding and the question of who holds power in a relationship are all examined in a work which gripped me all the way to its sad and beautiful ending * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eGarth Greenwell's first novel is gilded with the kind of praise that debut writers might never dare to imagine for themselves . . . none of it is hyperbole. The praise is earned . . . first, Greenwell's abundant gifts: the language, Hanya Yanagihara says on the book sticker, is \"as beautiful and vivid as poetry\". To speak in such an approximation, though, might sell it short. Little here is metaphoric though no word is spare. Every utterance seems imbued with thought that is deep and beautiful in its clarity -- Arifa Akbar * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eHe imbues his prose with a bewitching combination of ethereal somnolence, luminosity and brutal rumination. His sentences are carefully balanced . . . This command of form can also be felt in the larger structures of the novel: in the rhythm and tone of its paragraphs, and in the cumulative music of the book as a whole * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e[A novel] about the lasting damage that a loveless childhood can inflict . . . The last sequence includes some marvellous vignettes of loving kindness between parents and children, but they are presented as something that only other people can ever have, and the final pages of the book are memorable for their bleak and desperate sadness -- Neil Bartlett * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eHeartfelt . . . [A] touching, desperately sad story. And the character of Mitko, so vivid yet elusive, explains why \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eto You\u003c\/i\u003e is such a promising debut * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eContains both psychological depth and moments of breathtaking drama * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThis astonishing debut novel's portrait of compromised lust holds its own against classics like \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA slender and achingly beautifully novel full of the gloriously messy pain of unrequited and inappropriate love -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003eA truly stunning debut . . . a masterpiece . . . A literary star is born -- Janice Forsyth * BBC Radio Scotland *\u003cbr\u003eThe American book changing gay literature * Attitude *\u003cbr\u003eA slim novel, yes, but a slim masterpiece * Monocle24 *\u003cbr\u003eI was blown away by [\u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e] -- Farhana Gani * the Reader’s Digest podcast *\u003cbr\u003eExquisite . . . Risk and desire are the 'coterminous' elements of the book's style as well as its action, terms of engagement Greenwell makes plain from its first page . . . Breathtaking . . . It's hard to tell at times whether the narrator is the innocent abroad or an American abroad among innocents. Greenwell's insight is that the destruction of innocence is a process that never halts -- Christian Lorentzen * New York Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eOutstanding in just about every way a novel could be * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe strength of this slim book is the vibrant, heartbreaking character Mr Greenwell creates in Mitko: object of the unnamed narrator's desire, fear, obsession and, ultimately, pity. . . Mr Greenwell offers a tender portrait of the longing for connection and acceptance that inhabits us all * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003eAlthough this is a debut novel, expectations have been running high. \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e grew from a lauded novella called \u003ci\u003eMitko\u003c\/i\u003e. And Greenwell's literary criticism in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates an unusually keen and insightful mind. That promise is fully realized here in the dark magic of these pages . . . This is a novel of aggressive introspection, but Greenwell writes with such candor and psychological precision that the effect is oddly propulsive . . . In the end, a novel like this can't offer any resolution except its perfect articulation of despair that anyone with a heart will hear -- Ron Charles * The Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eGarth Greenwell's \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e is the Great Gay Novel for our times . . . an astonishing debut\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e * New Republic *\u003cbr\u003eGarth Greenwell starts 2016 on a high note with \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel that can be called truly \u003ci\u003egreat\u003c\/i\u003e. The narrative follows an American teacher in Bulgaria and his relationship with a young hustler named Mitko, whom he pays for sex. But the interaction doesn't end there as you might expect, and neither does the exploration of desire, which Greenwell orchestrates brilliantly. Plumbing the depths of sexuality and psychology, \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e is lingering and haunting * ELLE.com *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs To You\u003c\/i\u003e comes to feel, in the end, like a great enactment of an infatuation, exciting and appalling by turns-a brilliantly observed account of an attempt to make another person entirely yours, to subsume them within your story * Guernica *\u003cbr\u003eAt just about two hundred pages, \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e feels at once expansive and instantaneous, and its lyrical use of time is one of its most striking and immersive elements. In any given section, every moment of the book is present. . . the novel recalls works like Rachel Cusk's \u003ci\u003eOutline\u003c\/i\u003e, Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels, and Teju Cole's \u003ci\u003eOpen City\u003c\/i\u003e; and, of course, it descends stylistically from Sebald . . . \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting, gorgeous, and fierce debut, capturing desire in every sentence - holding the space of what we long for and what can never truly be ours * The Rumpus *\u003cbr\u003eGarth Greenwell's debut novel \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e aches with desire and tenderness: an American professor in Bulgaria encounters a male prostitute named Mitko in a public bathroom, beginning a complex sexual relationship between the two that will have enormous ramifications for them both. Lyrical and haunting, \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e is a rumination on lust, shame, violence, and the ways in which sexual and emotional pain stays with and shapes us * Buzzfeed *\u003cbr\u003eThomas Mann, Henry James and Marcel Proust are Greenwell's strongest forebears, with James Baldwin and Alan Hollinghurst as equally discernible inspirations. . .Garth Greenwell's writing is alive to the foreign and the unknown; he opens our eyes to worlds we had not realized existed alongside our own. Even the landscape of Bulgaria, one of the poorest and least-known countries in Europe, is made vivid and vibrant. . .\u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e make visible all the painful and beautiful facets of human life and human love * New Republic *\u003cbr\u003eReaches, with elegance, with poetry, into what it means to be a human. . .I rarely feel such a connection with a book: I am sure many others will too, after reading this * Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e is] the first great novel of 2016 . . . The book is brilliantly structured . . . [and] Greenwell's ability to parse the complex emotional push-and-pull between the two men is incredible, and rivals books like Hanya Yanagihara's \u003ci\u003eA Little Life\u003c\/i\u003e or Ferrante's Neapolitan novels. His images are spot-on . . . And in Mitko, Greenwell has created one of the best characters in recent years. \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e is a great tragedy, and Greenwell is a great writer. I'll be reading whatever he writes next.\" -- Gabe Habash * Publishers Weekly (Staff Pick) *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a project of rare discernment and beauty, and it is not to be missed. A luminous, searing exploration of desire, alienation, and the powerful tattoo of the past * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eThere's a gorgeousness to Greenwell's prose . . . This is a heart-breaking, important piece of work, which emphasises to us all how much our lives are made (and unmade) by how our bodies collide (or don't) with the bodies of others -- Andrew Macmillan * Next Review *\u003cbr\u003eSlim, eloquent and emotionally wrenching, this debut novel is a superb evocation of that curious state known as love . . . Greenwell's shimmering novel recounts an age-old story with such toughness and tenderness as to make it seem new: and that is an art in itself * RTÉ Guide *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs To You \u003c\/i\u003eis a very accomplished novel from an exceptionally skilled writer. It brilliantly deconstructs the expat experience, modern sexual mores, and cross-continental cultural divides, echoing one of Greenwell's go-to novels growing up, James Baldwin's \u003ci\u003eGiovanni's Room. \u003c\/i\u003eUndoubtedly one of the novels of the year, Greenwell is a writer to watch -- Stephen Boylan * GCN *\u003cbr\u003eUtterly absorbing . . . powerful . . . For its mastery of tone and its expert drawing together of a number of disparate elements, Greenwell's narrative feat is utterly remarkable and the final ten pages amount to one of the most moving passages this reviewer has ever read in contemporary fiction * RTÉ *\u003cbr\u003eGreat portrayal of obsession . . . it is in his prose that Greenwell displays his mastery * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eMasterly début . . . a melancholy but unwavering account of desire and its aetiologies . . . Mitko is one of the the most unforgettable characters in contemporary gay literature . . . Greenwell's rare invocation of desire's inexorable spell propels you right to the end * Australian Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eFirst-rate debut . . . Greenwell's entranced sentences, Sebald-like in their gravity and evocativeness, take us back to the old days * Sydney Morning Herald *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich and sensually detailed exploration of love and obsession. A haunting, beautiful novel -- Rabih Alameddine, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Unnecessary Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful, moving, sensual novel. It announces Garth Greenwell as one of America's most exciting young writers -- Jonathan Lee, author of \u003ci\u003eHigh Dive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn prose that is at once refined and lavish - the quiet dignity and control of Kazuo Ishiguro's \u003ci\u003eThe Remains\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof the Day \u003c\/i\u003ecoupled with the agonized passion and sexual tension of André Aciman's \u003ci\u003eCall Me by\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYour Name - \u003c\/i\u003eGarth Greenwell takes us deep inside a specific Bulgarian subculture to examine the universal: the disparity between the uninhibited lives we desire and the bearable lives we choose. I began reading \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You \u003c\/i\u003ein admiration; I ended in tears. An exquisite debut -- Jamie Quatro, author of \u003ci\u003eI Want to Show You More\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGarth Greenwell is a unique, and uniquely welcome, voice in American letters. The consciousness on display in his debut novel is so rich and restless that it seems practically inexhaustible: a consciousness that rises to heights of both passion and intellect - of passion \u003ci\u003eharnessed \u003c\/i\u003eby intellect. \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You \u003c\/i\u003every much seems to me not only a great novel but the first installment in a great body of work -- Kevin Brockmeier, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Illumination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI am in awe of this book. So intimate, so honest, so exquisitely crafted, it broke my heart and left me in tears. It showed me a Bulgaria both familiar and entirely novel, rendered with candor and deep affection, and characters, whose plight and desires at first seemed foreign yet, before long, so dear. Garth Greenwell has written a marvelous book, an important book - one whose impact is as much artistic as it is cultural. \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e expands not simply the world of letters, but also our collective knowledge of what it means to be human -- Miroslav Penkov, author of \u003ci\u003eEast of the West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs To You \u003c\/i\u003eis a short novel, but Garth Greenwell's sentences are expansive and revelatory and poetic. Greenwell juxtaposes the narrator's experiences in an unprogressive, formerly Communist country still recovering its infrastructure, to the narrator's own childhood, growing up gay and closeted in the oppressive American South . . . a lovely meditation on fear and acceptance, desire and oppression, and the disparity between two cultures * Esquire *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully rendered, quietly obsessive. A Sebaldian account of a gay American in Sofia, Bulgaria, and the bruising experience of his sexuality being revealed to his father when he was younger -- Adam Haslett, author of \u003ci\u003eImagine Me Gone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was blown away by it . . . beautiful -- Helen Lewis * Saturday Review, BBC Radio 4 *\u003cbr\u003eAbsolutely astonishing . . . a tour de force . . . remarkable -- Christopher Frayling * Saturday Review, BBC Radio 4 *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written . . . a galvanising read as Greenwell constantly dissects his own feelings, thoughts and motives, sieving through desire and need with intelligence, insight and candour . . . Greenwell pulls off a mesmeric read . . . a finely wrought and compelling artifact of both beauty and truth. * New Zealand Listener *\u003cbr\u003eI devoured it, in a single sitting . . . I was completely spellbound by it . . . \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs To You \u003c\/i\u003eis concentrated brilliance, a short novel that packs an emotive and thought provoking punch. I urge you all to read it * Savidge Reads *\u003cbr\u003eThe literary sensation . . . a brilliant tale of gay desire and class division that is exquisitely phrased * i *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs To You \u003c\/i\u003eis an exquisite triptych * Vulture *\u003cbr\u003eAn astonishing portrait of compromised lust, set in ex-Soviet Sofia, this debut novel holds its own against classics such as \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eI sat down to read a chapter of \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e one afternoon and ended up reading the whole thing in one sitting, hunched over my kitchen table until dark. 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Wednesday Martin bulldozes the sexual stereotypes that have silenced women for eons. By bringing the voices of women who love in a range of ways to the surface, she shows us all that it's not us and our desires that are abnormal: it is a system that has constrained and shamed women. I love this book.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Rachel Simmons, co-founder of Girls Leadership and author of \u003ci\u003eOdd Girl Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Wednesday Martin understands female sexuality -- from the #MeToo movement and polyamory to women's prehistoric and cultural heritage. She goes far beyond our current psychological understanding of women's infidelity to tell the real story of women's ubiquitous, tenacious, and primordial sexual strategies. And her writing is not only informative, timely, and refreshing but wonderfully engaging. Brava, Wednesday.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Helen Fisher, author of \u003ci\u003eThe First Sex\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhy We Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘For centuries, men have been telling the story of female sexuality. Unsurprisingly, it was was riddled with condescension, bias, and sheer ignorance. With \u003cem\u003eUntrue\u003c\/em\u003e, Wednesday Martin sets the record straight, shining a light on some of the female researchers reshaping our understanding of what turns women on, and why. This is an important story, beautifully told. Highly recommended.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Christopher Ryan, co-author of \u003ci\u003eSex at Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A simultaneously frothy and substantive tour of female sexual desire … An indispensable work of popular psychology and sociology.’ \u003cb\u003eSTARRED REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Wednesday Martin deconstructs many of the false beliefs that have negatively affected the way women's sexuality is viewed … This book turns everything we think we know about women and sex completely on its head, essentially undressing the falsehoods of female sexuality to reveal what lies beneath the layers of distortion women operate under.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Kerri Jarema * Bustle *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Chapters cover topics like infidelity, open marriage, polyamory, and even cuckolding to show that women are not the demure, sex-hating bearers of morality that history and long-standing research (by men) would lead us to believe.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Kathy Sexton * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Riveting.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Stephen A Russell * The New Daily *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Wednesday Martin has torn up the old established manual about how the world believes women view sex and revealed what’s really going on … With this book, a new sexual dawn is breaking.’\u003c\/p\u003e * Weekend Sport *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘At times playful, the narrative teems with fascinating commentary about everything from bonobos and paleolithic gender roles to Craigslist ads, as Martin examines how female sexuality continues to be shaped and stigmatised by artificial social constructions, sociopolitical values, and economics, all under the guise of ‘natural’ female biology and desire. A timely take on femininity and sexuality.’ \u003cb\u003eSTARRED REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Emily Bowles * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[An] eminently readable treatise on the lies society has been fed about female sexuality, agency, and infidelity. With each chapter, Martin builds a case for the primacy of female infidelity and for a societal reckoning with that truth. Step by step, she shows that she's thought deeply about her subject, and that all of these seemingly disparate intellectual threads are related and worthy of having been braided together. The sui generis quality of \u003cem\u003eUntrue\u003c\/em\u003e is the author's forte.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Deb Copaken * The Atlantic *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Combining Barbara Ehrenreich’s immersive reporting style and Carrie Bradshaw’s savoir faire, [Wednesday Martin] dispels many myths about female desire.’\u003c\/p\u003e * O, The Oprah Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsights gleaned during her anthropological deep-dive, gave Martin newfound appreciation for statistics indicating that women cheat about as often as men do.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Nell Beram * Shelf Awareness *","brand":"Scribe Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48868983046487,"sku":"9781911617310","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781911617310.jpg?v=1722290678"},{"product_id":"sex-in-the-brain-9781913494889","title":"Sex in the Brain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSex in the Brain\u003c\/i\u003e gives an overview of what happens in the brain during the development of romantic and sexual relationships, from the intense emotions accompanying the early stages of a new relationship to kissing, touch, arousal, orgasm, commitment, parenting, infidelity, breaking up or staying together.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeuroscience has uncovered fascinating insights into the brain processes involved in human drives and sexual behaviour, and romantic relationships are now a particular focus of attention. 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Each chapter describes the empirical studies that are particularly relevant, while the summaries and case examples following each chapter, give clear suggestions on how neurobiological knowledge can become a valuable part of therapeutic methods.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karnac Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48869041373527,"sku":"9781913494889","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781913494889.jpg?v=1722290918"},{"product_id":"male-sex-work-and-society-9781939594013","title":"Male Sex Work and Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new collection explores for the first time male sex work from a rich array of perspectives and disciplines. It aims to help enrich the ways in which we view both male sex work as a field of commerce and male sex workers themselves.  Leading contributors examine the field both historically and cross-culturally from fields including public health, sociology, psychology, social services, history, filmography, economics, mental health, criminal justice, geography, and migration studies, and more.  Synthesizing introductions by the editors help the reader understand the implications of the findings and conclusions for scholars, practitioners, students, and members of the interested\/concerned public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuch-needed... Most of the articles are research centered and bring quantitative analysis to historical, national, and cultural events. This research constitutes the most evident strength of the collection... Scholars researching male sex work will appreciate this crucial step in the right direction. Publishers Weekly A compelling new book. The Huffington Post Beautifully designed and filled with surprising statistics, historic photos, and artfully shot man-candy, Male Sex Work and Society is an interesting and insightful read. The Fight Magazine A valuable resource on an elusive topic. A \u0026amp; U Magazine By the conclusion of the collection you are confident that the subject has well and truly been considered from every angle. Out in Perth Much-needed exploration of male sex work marks the relaunching of Harrington Park Press, a long-standing publisher of gender and queer studies titles...Most of the articles are research centered and bring quantitative analysis to historical, national, and cultural events. This research constitutes the most evident strength of the collection, as the public understanding of male sex work has largely been defined by false assumptions, gaps in information, and prejudices. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Extensively researched from cover to cover, Male Sex is a highly accessible tome. Seventeen chapters discuss every possible aspect of male sex work, including the history, the issues male sex workers face, and ways that male sex work is treated in various parts of the world. Male Sex not only focuses on workers who service male clients but also explores workers who work with female clients. The male role in this line of work is a fascinating topic the book wholly explores...Academic, public, and GLBT libraries would benefit greatly by including this book in their collection. Whether for sociology, GLBT, or public health sections, Male Sex can be suggested to patrons to give them a view into the world of male sex work. The book is highly recommended for readers 18 years and older. CHOICE Achieves its goal to an astonishing degree...This is a pathbreaking, well illustrated book about many aspects of male sex work - historical, cultural, economical, ethnological, legal, medical, psychological and artistic. As the editors explain their aim (p. 462): \"to open and clarify a new conceptually broader perspective on the male sex industry...For this reviewer, the book has been an eye-opener, and I suspect that it will have the same effect on many other readers. Especially all those involved with public health issues - from doctors and nurses, social workers and community leaders to the police and the criminal justice system, to public officials and politicians - would greatly profit from reading the various papers included in this volume. -- Archives of Sexology Featuring a fantastic selection of authors from multiple disciplinary backgrounds, this collection sets a new standard for scholarly accounts of male sex work. The empirical depth is remarkable, and the conceptual contributions are refined. Male Sex Work and Society is essential reading for anyone interested in sex, sexuality, identity, work, and GLTBQ issues. -- Kevin Walby, PhD, University of Victoria, author of Touching Encounters: Sex, Work and Male-for-Male Internet Escorting Thoroughly researched and lavishly documented... of considerable interest to social workers, psychologists, therapists, counselors and academics in relevant fields... an important work, a serious contribution to queer studies, and a valuable tool for professionals. Out in Jersey Minichiello and Scott must be lauded for an intense scholarly work on a hitherto untouched territory... while providing a critically needed resource in the academic space, it manages to open up vast new avenues of research for social scientists. Pink Pages A wide-ranging, scholarly consideration of male sex work... Male Sex Work and Society is accessible to any who might be interested in the topic. This book is a valuable resource on an elusive topic. A\u0026amp;U [A] groundbreaking book... the essays and empirical research demonstrate how serious study of male sex workers may assist gender studies scholars when it comes to theorizing issues of masculinity, commodification of the male body, and the social construction of gender, sexuality, and power relations. Choice Full of intriguing information. -- Yoav Sivan Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide By offering a variety of different cultural and systemic nuances to studying sexuality more broadly and sex work more specifically, the authors provide a needed document for the important dialogues in research involving sex workers. -- Theodore Burnes Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity An invaluable resource to academics and (under)graduate students interested in gender, sexuality and the political economy of prostitution. -- Tan Qian Hui Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific Anyone who is interested in any aspect of male sex work will find something of immense value... I would highly recommend this book for academics and nonacademics alike. -- Jerry Watkins Journal of the History of Sexuality Intriguing and engaging from the outset... This collection is extremely well researched and passionately written, deeming it a necessary companion for anyone who has an interest in the broad and engaging field of male sex work research. -- Lorna Barton Wagadu: a Journal of Transnational Women's and Gender Studies This collection provides the most comprehensive purview of research on the subject matter. -- Michelle Manning Contemporary Sexuality Editors Minichiello and Scott have produced a beautiful, diverse, wide-ranging and highly accessible collection of articles... I highly recommend this volume, especially to researchers just getting involved with this field or to educators who are looking to break students out of their beliefs that only women sell sex. -- Thaddeus Gregory Blanchette Wagadu A comprehensive overview... Male Sex Work and Society is a timely addition to the study of male sex workers and a strong contribution to the field of sexuality, health and gender. -- Dr. Andrea Waling Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Introduction: Reframing Male Sex Work, by John Scott and Victor Minichiello Male Sex Work in Sociohistoric Context 1. Male Sex Work from Ancient Times to the Near Present, by Mack Friedman 2. Male Sex Work in Modern Times, by Kerwin Kaye 3. Representations of Male Sex Work in Film, by Russell Sheaffer Marketing of Male Sex Work 4. Advertising Male Sexual Services, by Allan Tyler 5. Economic Analyses of Male Sex Work, by Trevon D. Logan Social Issues and Cultures in Male Sex Work 6. Clients of Male Sex Workers, by John Scott, Denton Callander, and Victor Minichiello 7. Regulation of the Male Sex Industry, by Thomas Crofts 8. Public Health Policy and Practice with Male Sex Workers, by David S. Bimbi and Juline A. Koken 9. Mental Health Aspects of Male Sex Work, by Juline A. Koken and David S. Bimbi 10. Gay Subcultures, by Christian Grov and Michael D. Smith 11. Health and Wellness Services for Male Sex Workers, by Mary Laing and Justin Gaffney Male Sex Work in Its Global Context 12. Male Sex Work in Southern and Eastern Africa, by Paul Boyce and Gordon Isaacs 13. Male Sex Work in China, by Travis S. K. Kong 14. Male Sex Work in Post-Soviet Russia, by Linda M. Niccolai 15. Male Sex Work from Latin American Perspectives, by Victor Minichiello, Tinashe Dune, Carlos Disogra, and Rodrigo Marino 16. Migrant Male Sex Workers in Germany, by Heide Castaneda 17. Male Sex Work in the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, by Paul J. Maginn and Graham Ellison Conclusion: Future Directions in Male Sex Work Research, by Victor Minichiello and John Scott Contributors Glossary  Index","brand":"Harrington Park Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48869162189143,"sku":"9781939594013","price":35.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781939594013.jpg?v=1722291397"},{"product_id":"transgender-sex-work-and-society-9781939594228","title":"Transgender Sex Work and Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the only book that systematically examines transgender sex work in the United States and globally. Bringing together perspectives from a rich range of disciplines and experiences, it is an invaluable resource on issues related to commercial sex in the transgender community and in the lives of trans sex workers, including mental health, substance use, relationship dynamics, encounters with the criminal justice system, and opportunities and challenges in the realm of public health.  The volume covers trans sex workers' interactions with health, social service, and mental-health agencies, featuring more than forty contributors from across the globe. Synthesizing introductions by the editor help organize and put into context a vast and scattered research and empirical literature. The book is essential for researchers, health practitioners, and policy analysts in the areas of sex-work research, HIV\/AIDS, and LGBTQ\/gender studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores the role of sex work in the lives of transgender women and the hazards that come with this type of work, revealing a complex interplay between sex and gender, survival and validation, desire and love, social justice and health. A must-read for any researcher, health provider, advocate, or policy maker concerned with the health and well-being of sex workers of all genders. -- Walter Bockting, codirector, Program for the Study of LGBT Health, Columbia University Medical Center This is a wonderful collection that helps to fill a huge gap in the research literature. Transgender individuals are the least studied of all sex workers. Wide-ranging in scope, the book covers key social, health, victimization, criminal justice, and policy issues in different nations. The findings document diversity within the transgender population but also indicate that transgender individuals face some unique challenges and are doubly stigmatized by virtue of their gender and involvement in sex work. -- Ronald Weitzer, George Washington University, author of Legalizing Prostitution: From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business and Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Pornography and the Sex Industry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword, by Walter Bockting\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, by Toward a Better Understanding of Transgender Sex Work, by Larry A. Nuttbrock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I. Empirical Descriptions and a Conceptual Formulation for Sex Work Among Transwomen in the United States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Qualitative Description of Sex Work among Transwomen in New York City, by Sel J. Hwahng\u003cbr\u003e2. Quantitative Description of Sex Work among Transwomen in New York City, by Larry A. Nuttbrock\u003cbr\u003e3. Why Are So Many Transwomen in the Sex Trade, and Why Are So Many of Them Ethnic Minorities?, by Larry A. Nuttbrock and Sel J. Hwahng\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II. Survival Sex Among Young Transgender Persons in the United States and the United Kingdom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Compound Harms: What the Literature Says about Survival Sex among Young Trans People in the United Kingdom and the United States, by Lorna C. Barton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III. Personal Relationships and Health Risk Behavior\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Relationship Dynamics and Health Risk Behavior among Transwomen and Their Cisgender Male Partners, by Tiffany R. Glynn and Don Operario\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV. Mental Health and Substance Use Issues Among Transwomen in the Sex Trade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Mental Health and Transphobia among Transwomen Sex Workers: Application and Extension of Minority Stress Models, by Don Operario, Tiffany R. Glynn, and Tooru Nemoto\u003cbr\u003e7. Sex Work and Major Depression among Transwomen in New York City: Mediating Effects of Gender Abuse and Substance Use, by Larry A. Nuttbrock\u003cbr\u003e8. Substance Use among Transgender Sex Workers, by Beth R. Hoffman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection V. HIV Among Transwomen in the Sex Trade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. the Prevalence of HIV among Transwomen Sex Workers: A Review of Current Literature, by Ayden I. Scheim, Laura Winters, Zack Marshall, Daze Jefferies, and Stefan D. Baral\u003cbr\u003e10. HIV and Substance Use among Transwomen Sex Workers: A Vicious Cycle of Socioeconomic Hardship, Unmet Service Needs, and Health Risk, by Tiffany R. Glynn, Don Operario, and Tooru Nemoto\u003cbr\u003e11. Sex Work, High-Risk Sexual Behavior, and Incident HIV\/STI among Transwomen in New York City: A Study of Mediating Factors, by Larry A. Nuttbrock\u003cbr\u003e12. Sex Work and Antiretroviral Therapy among Transwomen of Color Living with HIV in New York City, by Larry A. Nuttbrock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection VI. Transgender Sex Work in Different Cultural Settings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Sex Work in Turkey: Experiences of Transwomen, by Ceylan Engin\u003cbr\u003e14. Hijras\/Transwomen and Sex Work in India: From Marginalization to Social Protection, by Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A. Newman, and Ernest Noronha\u003cbr\u003e15. Transgender Sex Work in Brazil: Historico-Cultural Perspectives, by Don Kulick\u003cbr\u003e16. the Changing Landscape of Transgender Sex Work, Pimping, and Trafficking in Brazil, by Barry M. Wolfe\u003cbr\u003e17. Sociocultural Context of Sex Work among Mak Nyah (Transgender Women) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by Tooru Nemoto, Rebecca de Guzman, Yik Koon Teh, Mariko Iwamoto, and Karen Trocki\u003cbr\u003e18. Sociocultural Context of Health among Kathoey (Transwomen) and Female Sex Workers in Bangkok, Thailand, by Tooru Nemoto, Usaneya Perngparn, Chitlada Areesantichai, Mariko Iwamato, Charlene Bumanglag, and Julia Moore\u003cbr\u003e19. Transgender Sex Work in the Andean Region: Between Vulnerability and Resilience, by Ximena Salazar, Aron Núnez-Curto, Angélica Motta, and Carlos F. Cáceres\u003cbr\u003e20. Transgender Sex Work in Spain: Psychosocial Profile and Mental Health, by Rafael Ballester-Arnal, Maria Dolores Gil-Llario, Jesús Castro-Calvo, Trinidad Bergero-Miguel, and José Guzmán-Parra\u003cbr\u003e21. Prevalence and Associated Factors of Condomless Receptive Anal Intercourse with Male Clients among Transwomen Sex Workers in Shenyang, China, by Zixin Wang, Joseph T. F. 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Nuttbrock\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Harrington Park Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48869162418519,"sku":"9781939594228","price":52.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781939594228.jpg?v=1722291398"},{"product_id":"beyond-mars-and-venus-relationship-skills-for-todays-complex-world-9781953295132","title":"Beyond Mars and Venus: Relationship Skills for","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author of the most well-known and trusted relationship book of all time returns with an updated guide for today's generation.  Two decades ago, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus revolutionized the way we thought about love and partnership. John Gray's work has helped countless readers improve and even save their relationships. But as society evolves, relationships do, too. It's time to move beyond Mars and Venus, toward a new relationship model for modern couples.  Today, men and women are no longer trapped by rigid societal roles. Now more than ever, we have the freedom to be our authentic selves. Women can access their masculine side, and men can embrace their feminine side. This new freedom is a good thing, but it also brings new challenges.  Men and women still need the right tools and skills to help build stronger relation- ships. While previous generations sought \"role mate\" relationships, based on the more rigid gender roles of the time, today's couples need a new kind of relationship: a \"soul mate\" relationship. These more emotionally satisfying relationships require a deeper understanding of our partners' individual needs. 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John Gray not only embraces the unique challenges in modern relationships, but his tools and wisdom are every bit as helpful today as ever.\"  Jack Canfield, New York Times bestselling author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series  \"Twenty years after his earth-shaking Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, John Gray has opened up a whole new universe of helpful relationship advice in Beyond Mars and Venus. His explanation of love and intimacy in the 21st century will rock your world.\"  Harvey Mackay, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive  \"Leave it to John Gray, whose creativity framed gender differences in planetary terms as Mars and Venus, starting a never-ending conversation about the differences between men and women, to go Beyond Mars and Venus and make the discussion relevant for contemporary couples. All couples, traditional or modern, will be informed by this perceptive thinker about relationships.\"  Harville Hendrix, PhD and Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD, authors of Getting the Love You Want and Making Marriage Simple  \"How do we achieve true love in today's stressful, chaotic world? . . . Becoming comfortable in our new roles allows for each of us to be seen, heard, and affectionate with one another. Being able to express these inherent sides of ourselves clearly determines our strengths and need for stress management and choosing balance. Greater intimacy and deep love are the gifts. I love this book.\"  Suzanne Somers  \"John Gray's famous book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has changed countless lives for the better (including mine) and has helped so many people live in greater happiness. This new guide offers tools and wisdom that are as helpful today as ever.\"  Marci Shimoff, professional speaker, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Happy for No Reason and Love for No Reason, and coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul  \"John Gray provides brilliant guidance for the rapidly changing state of gender roles in our relationships. 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In the years since the book’s initial publication, countless women have learned through Nagoski’s accessible and informative guide that things like stress, mood, trust, and body image are not peripheral factors in a woman’s sexual wellbeing; they are central to it—and that even if you don’t always feel like it, you are already sexually whole by just being yourself. 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These lectures offer crucial insight into the development of Foucault’s thought yet have remained unpublished until recently. This book presents Foucault’s lectures on sexuality for the first time in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat comes to my mind when traversing these extraordinary lectures is a variant of the famous motto: 'same is another.' Foucault claimed that he was writing texts to depart from himself. And he succeeded. But in doing so he delved deeper and deeper into his own truth. And into ours. -- Étienne Balibar, author of \u003ci\u003eViolence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume of Foucault’s early lectures on sexuality offers readers a chance to follow the ebbs and flows of theoretical thought as ideas take shape under very specific historical conditions. 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This work demonstrates how intellectual inquiry into pre-modern societies can contribute invaluably to contemporary issues in cultural studies. It also attempts to make connections between past and present cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGetting Medieval\u003c\/i\u003e is an examination of how fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England has influenced Western sensibilities and sexualities today. Chaucer, \u003ci\u003ePulp Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and historical documents have, not surprisingly, small degrees of separation between them, and this exhaustively researched and detailed book discusses every line which can be drawn between each.” - \u003ci\u003eLambda Book Report\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[B]reathtaking. . . . \u003ci\u003eGetting Medieval \u003c\/i\u003eis clearly not your average book of medieval literary or cultural criticism, and it’s not intended only for specialists in those fields. . . 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Dinshaw’s very personal, highly specific and precisely targeted vision should stimulate consideration of the meanings assigned and assignable to the medieval in the postmodern world.” - Wendy Scase,\u003ci\u003e Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e in its yoking together of disparate subjects, its imaginative use of small examples to support grand hypotheses, and its exposition of current prejudices. It is a queer patchwork of past and present, marked by numerous subjeadings and a swift movement between a relatively small number of medieval instances, a selection of theoretical works, and personal discussion. 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I can hardly wait to have \u003ci\u003eGetting Medieval \u003c\/i\u003eon my own shelf, to have its adventurous deployments of ‘the touch of the queer’ available for frequent consultation.”—Paul Strohm, University of Oxford\u003cbr\u003e“This book has a beautiful range, both among premodern English discourses and in postmodern theory, and Dinshaw really and truly does make these different textualities touch.”—Louise O. Fradenburg, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGetting Medieval\u003c\/i\u003e is an examination of how fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England has influenced Western sensibilities and sexualities today. 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