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Book SynopsisAfter World War I, newly blurred boundaries between male and female created fears among the French that theirs was becoming a civilization without sexes. This book examines how, through public debates concerning female identity, French society came to grips with the horrors of the Great War.

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Book SynopsisA compilation of articles providing an overview of current thought on the psychological aspects of lesbian, gay and bisexual experience. Divided into nine sections, the meaning of sexual orientation, discrimation, identity development, diversity, adolescence and mental health, are all discussed.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction to the Second Edition: Lesbian Gay Male and Bisexual Dimensions in the Psychological Study of Human Diversity Douglas C. Kimmel and Linda D. Garnets Part I: The Meaning of Sexual Orientation Contemporary Issue: Degree of Choice versus No Choice of Sexual Orientation 1. What a Light It Shed: The Life of Evelyn Hooker Douglas C. Kimmel and Linda D. Garnets 2. Biological Perspectives on Sexual Orientation, by J. Michael Bailey 3. Bisexual Identities, by Ronald C. Fox 4. Explaining Diversity in the Development of Same-Sex Sexuality Among Young Women, by Lisa M. Diamond and Ritch C. Savin-Williams Part II: Psychological Dimensions of Prejudice Discrimination and Violence Contemporary Issue: Sexual Prejudice Verbal Abuse Physical Harassment and Violence Based on Sexual Orientation 5. The Psychology of Sexual Prejudice, by Gregory M. Herek 6. Do Heterosexual Women and Men Differ in Their Attitudes Toward Homosexuality? A Conceptual and Methodological Analysis., by Mary E. Kite and Bernard E. Whitley Jr. 7. Violence and Victimization of Lesbians and Gay Men: Mental Health Consequences, by Linda Garnets Gregory M. Herek and Barrie Levy 8. Matthew Shepard's Death: A Professional Awakening, by Ritch C. Savin-Williams Part III: Identity Development and Stigma Management Contemporary Issue: Effects of Historical Differences Between Older and Younger Generations of Lesbians Bisexuals and Gay Men 9. Finding a Sexual Identity and Community: Therapeutic Implications and Cultural Assumptions in Scientific Models of Coming Out., by Paula C. Rust 10. Why Tell If You're Not Asked? Self-Disclosure Intergroup Contact and Heterosexuals' Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Gregory M. Herek 11. Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Youths' Relationships with Their ParentsRitch C. Savin-Williams 12. Employment and Sexual Orientation: Disclosure and Discrimination in the Workplace, by M. V. Lee Badgett Part IV: Diversity Among Gay Men Lesbians and Bisexuals Contemporary Issue: Racism in the Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Community 13. Beyond Heterosexism and Across the Cultural Divide Developing an Inclusive Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Psychology: A Look to the Future, by Beverly Greene 14. Native Gay and Lesbian Issues: The Two-Spirited, by Terry Tafoya 15. Sapphic Shadows: Challenging the Silence in the Study of SexualityEvelyn Blackwood and Saskia E. Wieringa 16. Identifying and Addressing Health Issues of Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Populations in Rural Communities: Psychological Perspectives, by Douglas C. Kimmel Part V: Relationships and Families Contemporary Issue: Legal Recognition of Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Relationships and Families 17. The Close Relationships of Lesbians Gay Men and Bisexuals, by Letitia Anne Peplau and Leah R. Spalding 18. Monogamy and Polyamory, by Paula C. Rust 19. Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents, by Charlotte J. Patterson 20. Stories from the Homefront: Perspectives of Asian-American Parents with Lesbian Daughters and Gay Sons, by Alice Y. Hom Part VI: Adolescence Midlife and Aging Contemporary Issue: The Impact of AIDS on Adolescents and Older Persons 21. Developmental and Adjustment Issues of Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Adolescents: A Review of the Empirical Literature, by Karla Anhalt and Tracy L. Morris 22. Lesbians and Gay Men in Midlife, by Douglas C. Kimmel and Barbara E. Sang 23. Being Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Sixty or Older, by Arnold H. Grossman Anthony R. D'Augelli and Timothy S. O'Connell Part VII: Health Contemporary Issue: Barriers to Health Care for Lesbians Gay Men and Bisexuals 24. AIDS and Stigma, by Gregory M. Herek 25. Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Health: Findings and Concerns, by Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and Columbia University Center for Lesbian 26. Long-Term Care and Hospice: The Special Needs of Older Gay Men and Lesbians, by Lora Connolly Part VIII: Mental Health Contemporary Issue: Effects of State and National Legislation and Popular Votes Regarding Sexual Orientation Issues on the Psychological Well-Being of Gay Men Lesbians and Bisexuals 27. "Somewhere in Des Moines or San Antonio": Historical Perspectives on Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Mental Health, by Esther D. Rothblum 28. The Practice and Ethics of Sexual Orientation Conversion TherapyDouglas C. Haldeman 29. Minority Stress and the Mental Health in Gay Men, by Ilan H. Meyer Part IX: Status of Research Practice and Public Policy Issues in American Psychology Contemporary Issue: Benefits of Bisexuals Lesbians and Gay Men to Society and to Heterosexual Women and Men 30. Avoiding Heterosexist Bias in Psychological Research, by Gregory M. Herek Douglas C. Kimmel Hortensia Amaro and Gary B. Melton 31. Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Clients, by American Psychological Association 32. Seeing Is Believing: Research on Women's Sexual Orientation and Public Policy, by Sheila James Kuehl Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisA personal and philosophical account of the ambiguity of erotic love.Trade ReviewDiane Enns manages to strike a delicate balance between the intensely personal and the rigorously intellectual. She presents a profound meditation on love and its loss, passion and despair, risking everything and surviving despite everything. These are timeless, all-too-human topics. -- Mari Ruti, author of The Call of Character: Living a Life Worth Living Love in the Dark is engaging, developing fresh and bold perspectives that challenge the conventional interpretations of love. -- Linell Secomb, author of Philosophy and Love: From Plato to Popular Culture How can a philosopher who is heir of the Western tradition write of love without exceeding the fixed boundary that tradition posits between logos and eros? Moving beyond the confines of a disembodied and dematerialized order of reason, Diane Enns opens this reflection on love to the rich philosophical terrain of fiction, memoir, and poetry, allowing passion-her own and that of such thinkers as Augustine, Arendt, Kristeva, Cixous, and Gillian Rose-to infuse and inform her study. This is, indeed, philosophy by another name. -- Dawne McCance, author of Derrida on Religion: Thinker of DifferanceTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I. Legacy Ruined States What Is Love? Anarchic Eros The Cannibal Husbands of Our Futures Two Crucifixions If Only We Had Read the Song of Solomon Burning Find the Clitoris Shame Vulgar Love Ambivalent Pleasure Rigor Mortis Part II. Love The We Happy Love Sweet Apple Insatiable Demand for Presence Love for the Living The Infinite Plasticity of Position L'Amour Fou Beautification Pathological Love The Interworld The Gift "Volo Ut Sis" Part III. Limits Amputation "You Made My Life Better" On the Question of Worth My Best Thing Peeled Skin Can't or Won't The Angryman and the Sweetman Abusion A Misnomer The Paradox of Risk The House of Tragedy The Line A Bad Calculation Sweet Revenge Saving Leaving Part IV. Loss The Original Loss Slow Heart Iron Air Emotional Possibility Mourning Time Cosmic Gift Losing Is Ours Grieving the Living Singularity and Betrayal The Ambiguity of Loneliness Survival Monuments Afterword Notes Index

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Book SynopsisMichel Foucault’s interest in the history of sexuality began as early as the 1960s, when he taught two courses on the subject. 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.Trade ReviewWhat 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 Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political PhilosophyThis 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. With a brilliant introduction by Bernard Harcourt guiding the way, the lectures gathered here provide deep insight into the braided structures of power, knowledge and desire that continue to regulate bodies. At the same time, this deep archive provides opportunities for linking to other moments of rebellion, opposition and, even, abolition. -- Jack Halberstam, author of Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire and Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Guide to Gender VariationFinally published in English, these 1964 and 1969 early lectures of Foucault, given at a time when homosexuality was still considered a clinical pathology and a crime and when the notion of gender was not yet a leverage of political emancipation for feminist and trans movements, allow us to grasp the archeology of contemporary queer and trans critical languages. We discover a young Foucault thinking sexuality anew, using Sade, Bataille, Restif de la Bretonne, or Fourier, and fighting with Freud, Marx, Melanie Klein, Marcuse, or Wilhelm Reich in order to pierce an academic, political, and discursive field dominated by epistemic violence against sexual minorities. A necessary, controversial, and fascinating reading to understand not only Foucault’s critical project but also the way in which different discourses on desire, pleasure, and sexuality shape our present. -- Paul B. Preciado, author of Countersexual ManifestoThese lectures offer a really important insight into Foucault’s work in the 1960s on the question of sexuality—a topic on which his more famous works come from the 1970s and 1980s. This volume shows how he proposed a study of scientific knowledge about sexuality from biology to psychology, with some explicit engagement with figures who are only discussed obliquely elsewhere. Graham Burchell is the most important translator of Foucault’s work into English, and Anglophone readers remain much in his debt. -- Stuart Elden, author of The Early FoucaultThis volume will be of interest to all scholars working on sexuality across many disciplines, particularly those whose study is informed by Foucauldian analyses of power, knowledge, and desire. * Modern Language Review *Will be invaluable to readers interested in any aspect of Foucault's intellectual development. Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsSeries Foreword, by Bernard E. HarcourtForeword to the French Edition, by François EwaldRules for Editing the Texts, by Claude-Olivier DoronTranslator’s Note, by Graham BurchellAbbreviationsPart I. Sexuality: Lectures at the University of Clermont-Ferrand (1964)Lecture 1. IntroductionLecture 2. The Scientific Knowledge of SexualityLecture 3. Sexual BehaviorLecture 4. The PerversionsLecture 5. Infantile SexualityPart II. The Discourse of Sexuality: Lectures at the University of Vincennes (1969)Lecture 1. The Discourse of SexualityLecture 2. The Transformations of the Eighteenth CenturyAppendix to Lecture 2Lecture 3. The Discourse of Sexuality (3)Appendix to Lecture 3Lecture 4. Legal Forms of Marriage Up to the Civil CodeLecture 5. Epistemologization of SexualityLecture 6. The Biology of SexualityLecture 7. Sexual UtopiaAppendix to Lecture 7Appendix. Extract from Green Notebook no. 8, September 1969Course Context, by Claude-Olivier Doron Sexuality: Course at the University of Clermont-Ferrand (1964) The Discourse of Sexuality: Course at the University of Vincennes (1969)Detailed ContentsIndex of NotionsIndex of Names

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Book SynopsisSimon LeVay introduces readers to a memorable cast of researchers trying to unravel the many mysteries that surround sex and sexuality. He distills vast expertise on the biology and psychology of sex into an engaging and easy-to-understand survey with scientific acumen, a critical eye, and a sense of humor.Trade ReviewSex: who doesn’t want to know more about this primordial human drive? Simon LeVay tells all—its biology and the real science behind fantasies, porn, rape, and much more. It’s a fascinating read. -- Helen Fisher, senior research fellow, the Kinsey Institute, author of Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We StraySimon LeVay highlights how science can help us understand our sexual psychology, from attraction and love to the darker sides of sexual behavior. -- Catherine A. Salmon, Redlands University, coauthor of Warrior Lovers: Erotic Fiction, Evolution, and Female SexualityAttraction, Love, Sex takes readers on an entertaining journey through the world of sex research. LeVay is a very open intellect, keen to introduce people to these top-notch investigations. -- Rob Brooks, Scientia Professor of Evolution, University of New South Wales, author of Artificial Intimacy: Virtual Friends, Digital Lovers, and Algorithmic Matchmakers[A] stimulating survey of the science of sexual desire… sheds light on a fundamental part of human life. * Publishers Weekly *​An up-to-date, scientifically informed, original, and witty review of (almost) everything you always wanted to know about sex but might have been afraid to ask. ​Highly recommended.​ * Choice Reviews *Table of ContentsPreface1. Why Have Sex?2. Attraction3. Arousal4. Orientation5. Having Sex6. Relationships7. Paraphilias8. Pedophilia9. Porn10. Rape11. LoveNotesGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisKarl Ulrichs's studies of sexual diversity galvanized the burgeoning field of sexual science in the nineteenth century. But in the years since, his groundbreaking activism has overshadowed his scholarly achievements. Ulrichs publicly defied Prussian law to agitate for gay equality and marriage, and founded the world's first organization dedicated to the legal and social emancipation of homosexuals. Ralph M. Leck returns Ulrichs to his place as the inventor of the science of sexual heterogeneity. Leck's analysis situates sexual science in a context that includes politics, aesthetics, the languages of science, and the ethics of gender. Although he was the greatest nineteenth-century scholar of sexual heterogeneity, Ulrichs retained certain traditional conjectures about gender. Leck recognizes these subtleties and employs the analytical concepts of modernist vita sexualis and traditional psychopathia sexualis to articulate philosophical and cultural differences among sexologists. OriginalTrade Review”[Vita Sexualis] provides a strikingly affirmative alternative to much recent postmodern discourse. . . . For any student of gay history and liberation, this refreshing work will prove instructive and will, I predict, be viewed as a key text pointing toward a new literature on the revolutionary nature of gay identity arising after three decades of nihilistic post-modernism.”--Gay & Lesbian Review”A superlatively researched, richly detailed history of sexual science from its start in the late-1800s through the mid-1900s. . . . Highly recommended.”--Choice”This book includes interesting concepts and theories about a long-forgotten person of interest in Western Sexology.”--ISIS”An intriguing study with a quite synthetic thesis and extremely erudite analysis. Will be of interest to a wide range of scholars: historians of medicine, science, sexuality, various branches of philosophy, as well as cultural and social historians”Ralph Leck tackles the contributions of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs to sexual science with erudition and passion. Vita Sexualis gives Ulrichs his rightful place in the story of the struggle to conceptualize homosexuality as a natural sexual variat

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Book SynopsisAn accessible guidebook to navigating America's new landscape of gender and sexualityTrade ReviewDespite the fact that fights over "good" sex versus "bad" sex are often fought in the name of protecting young people from danger, young people's own voices are rarely given a hearing. In refreshing contrast, in this volume Catherine Roach gives her college students a platform to speak on their own behalf about their worries and hopes for sexual pleasure. In so doing, she cuts through moral panics and political smokescreens to issue an accessible, lucid, and expansive call for new possibilities for living gender and sexuality. Good Sex is an uncommon blast of good sense. -- Ann Pellegrini, New York University, coauthor of "You Can Tell Just By Looking" and 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and PeopleIn Good Sex: Transforming America through the New Gender and Sexual Revolution, Catherine Roach sets out an optimistic vision of a New Gender and Sexual Revolution happening in the United States and beyond, which she argues builds on earlier sexual revolutions of the 1960s and 70s. Roach offers a positive and optimistic vision of how students define and manage their sexuality and experience of sex, showing that this new gender and sexual revolution goes much further than earlier revolutions that largely focused on sex. The views here from students are much bigger statements of cultural change, optimistic in terms of the future, offering a more egalitarian and positive vision of change and presenting exciting vistas for the future. -- Ann Brooks, editor of The Routledge Companion to Romantic LoveI loved reading this ManiSexto! Catherine Roach has charted the path from puritanical past to the new gender and sexual revolution with verve. Without shying away from hot button topics she explores the evolving norms of sex and love and their impacts on civic life, lucidly and decisively navigating what makes sex good, what sex is worth having and how we might make it better. -- Clarissa Smith, Northumbria University, NewcastleRoach emphasizes equity throughout and discusses the need to appreciate bodies that are not 'fit, abled, youthful, and light-skinned' and to rewrite gender scripts to be more accepting of emotional expression in men and desire for sex in women. The student quotes capture a panoramic view of how Generation Z thinks about sex, with Roach's analysis expertly distilling the social forces driving their anecdotes and opinions. The result is a perceptive volume on the contemporary culture of sex. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsPrefaceForeplay: Introducing the Manisexto: A Manifesto for the New Gender and Sexual RevolutionManisexto #1: Positive Sexuality: Sexuality Is a Normal, Healthy, and Pleasurable Aspect of Being Human1. Sex: It's Complicated2. What Do We Mean by "Good" Sex?3. The Misunderstood Meaning of "Sex-Positive"4. The Two-Sided Story of Sex in America5. Romancing the PuritanManisexto #2: Equity and Inclusion: Gender and Sexual Identities Are Diverse—and That's Okay6. Why Diversity Matters across the Rainbow Spectrum, for Us All7. Conversation, Consensus, and Cultural Competence8. The Meanings of Queer9. Sex Is Not Everything: The Surprising Lesson of Asexuality as Part of DiversityManisexto #3: Body Positivity: All Bodies Are Good Bodies10. The Naked Truth: Embracing Body Positivity and Diverse Ways to Embody Gender11. Body Positivity Doesn't Mean "Let Them Eat Cake!": It's about Holistic Well-Being12. It's Not about "Looking Good" but about Feeling Good—and That Includes Your Genitals Too13. Sex Is Not Only for the Young and BeautifulManisexto #4: Consent: Full Consent Is Fundamental to All Sexual Activity14. The Role of Consent in Good Sex15. What Consent Is (Good Communication) and Is Not (Green Eggs and Ham, or a Blanket)16. Saying Yes, Saying No, Expanding the Gender Scripts17. Boys Don't Belong in a BoxManisexto #5: Shared Pleasure: Good Sex Is Mutually Pleasurable and Respectful18. Power With, Not Power Over19. Who Gets to Feel Good?: Gender and Pleasure beyond the Shame-and-Blame Tightrope20. Closing the Orgasm Gap: Porn and Hookups21. Cliteracy and the Politics of Pleasure22. Climax: Drawing the Line toward New Visions of LoveAfterglow: Where We Go from Here: Toward Better Sex Education in AmericaAcknowledgments and Note on Student ResponsesSource Citations and Resources for Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisAn accessible guidebook to navigating America's new landscape of gender and sexualityTrade ReviewDespite the fact that fights over "good" sex versus "bad" sex are often fought in the name of protecting young people from danger, young people's own voices are rarely given a hearing. In refreshing contrast, in this volume Catherine Roach gives her college students a platform to speak on their own behalf about their worries and hopes for sexual pleasure. In so doing, she cuts through moral panics and political smokescreens to issue an accessible, lucid, and expansive call for new possibilities for living gender and sexuality. Good Sex is an uncommon blast of good sense. -- Ann Pellegrini, New York University, coauthor of "You Can Tell Just By Looking" and 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and PeopleIn Good Sex: Transforming America through the New Gender and Sexual Revolution, Catherine Roach sets out an optimistic vision of a New Gender and Sexual Revolution happening in the United States and beyond, which she argues builds on earlier sexual revolutions of the 1960s and 70s. Roach offers a positive and optimistic vision of how students define and manage their sexuality and experience of sex, showing that this new gender and sexual revolution goes much further than earlier revolutions that largely focused on sex. The views here from students are much bigger statements of cultural change, optimistic in terms of the future, offering a more egalitarian and positive vision of change and presenting exciting vistas for the future. -- Ann Brooks, editor of The Routledge Companion to Romantic LoveI loved reading this ManiSexto! Catherine Roach has charted the path from puritanical past to the new gender and sexual revolution with verve. Without shying away from hot button topics she explores the evolving norms of sex and love and their impacts on civic life, lucidly and decisively navigating what makes sex good, what sex is worth having and how we might make it better. -- Clarissa Smith, Northumbria University, NewcastleRoach emphasizes equity throughout and discusses the need to appreciate bodies that are not 'fit, abled, youthful, and light-skinned' and to rewrite gender scripts to be more accepting of emotional expression in men and desire for sex in women. The student quotes capture a panoramic view of how Generation Z thinks about sex, with Roach's analysis expertly distilling the social forces driving their anecdotes and opinions. The result is a perceptive volume on the contemporary culture of sex. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsPrefaceForeplay: Introducing the Manisexto: A Manifesto for the New Gender and Sexual RevolutionManisexto #1: Positive Sexuality: Sexuality Is a Normal, Healthy, and Pleasurable Aspect of Being Human1. Sex: It's Complicated2. What Do We Mean by "Good" Sex?3. The Misunderstood Meaning of "Sex-Positive"4. The Two-Sided Story of Sex in America5. Romancing the PuritanManisexto #2: Equity and Inclusion: Gender and Sexual Identities Are Diverse—and That's Okay6. Why Diversity Matters across the Rainbow Spectrum, for Us All7. Conversation, Consensus, and Cultural Competence8. The Meanings of Queer9. Sex Is Not Everything: The Surprising Lesson of Asexuality as Part of DiversityManisexto #3: Body Positivity: All Bodies Are Good Bodies10. The Naked Truth: Embracing Body Positivity and Diverse Ways to Embody Gender11. Body Positivity Doesn't Mean "Let Them Eat Cake!": It's about Holistic Well-Being12. It's Not about "Looking Good" but about Feeling Good—and That Includes Your Genitals Too13. Sex Is Not Only for the Young and BeautifulManisexto #4: Consent: Full Consent Is Fundamental to All Sexual Activity14. The Role of Consent in Good Sex15. What Consent Is (Good Communication) and Is Not (Green Eggs and Ham, or a Blanket)16. Saying Yes, Saying No, Expanding the Gender Scripts17. Boys Don't Belong in a BoxManisexto #5: Shared Pleasure: Good Sex Is Mutually Pleasurable and Respectful18. Power With, Not Power Over19. Who Gets to Feel Good?: Gender and Pleasure beyond the Shame-and-Blame Tightrope20. Closing the Orgasm Gap: Porn and Hookups21. Cliteracy and the Politics of Pleasure22. Climax: Drawing the Line toward New Visions of LoveAfterglow: Where We Go from Here: Toward Better Sex Education in AmericaAcknowledgments and Note on Student ResponsesSource Citations and Resources for Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisThe hidden life of Alfred C. Kinsey, the principal architect of the sexual revolution.Trade Review"The Jones biography remains definitive." Elaine Showalter, The Times Literary Supplement "Jones's biography-forthright, scholarly, original, magisterial -constitutes an 'atom bomb' of its own. Its fall-out will be enduring." Roy Porter, The Times Higher Education Supplement "Without being sensationalist, this is a sensational book." Laura Cumming, The Guardian "...a magisterial account of a driven man and the repressed culture in which he had to work." Blake Morrison, Books of the Year, Independent on Sunday "This painstaking biography has explained why Kinsey had a driving need to explain to men everywhere that whatever they did about sex, whatever they imagined about sex, they were still part of the human race and not hateful outsiders unfit to call themselves men." Claire Rayner, The Observer "...a fascinating account..." Veronica Groocock, New Statesman "[A] masterly biography..." James Bone, The Times "James H. Jones' life, first published in 1997, is the definitive account... Jones shows that 'Prok' was a repressed homosexual, fixated on masochistic masturbation who began his career as an authority on the gall wasp, a tiny, flightless insect... Jones paints a compelling portrait of a model of mid-American respectability whose secret life found its expression in ground-breaking research." Robert McCrum, The Observer 13 February 2005

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Book SynopsisBeliefs about men and women are as old as humanity itself, but Fine's funny, spiky book gives reason to hope that we've heard Testosterone rex's last roar. -Annie Murphy Paul, New York Times Book ReviewTrade Review"An important, yet wickedly witty, book.… Pressingly contemporary, it’s the ideal companion read to sit alongside The Handmaid’s Tale and The Power." -- judges, 2017 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize"[A] witty corrective." -- Barbara Kiser - Nature, “Best Science Picks”"Testosterone Rex is a debunking rumble that ought to inspire a roar." -- Guardian"Totally convincing, even life-changing.… The expression ‘essential reading for everyone’ is usually untrue as well as a cliché, but if there were a book deserving of that description this might just be it." -- Antonia Macaro - Financial Times"Graced with precisely focused humour, the author makes a good case that men and women are far more alike than many would claim. Feminist? Possibly. Humanist? Certainly. A compellingly good read." -- Professor Richard Fortey, author of Earth: An Intimate History"Convincingly and entertainingly demonstrates that, despite stereotypes, such characteristics as risk-taking, competitiveness and nurturing are not 'essential' to one sex over the other and cannot be blamed for the lack of equality between males and females in contemporary society." -- Clara Moskowitz - Scientific American"Cordelia Fine’s Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society does the public service of deconstructing the biological and societal tenets on which the continued inequality of the sexes is largely founded.… Using humor and her uniquely accessible academic writing style,… [Fine disrupts] what we think we know about gender difference." -- Katie Klabusich - Rewire"Fine has done us a service by reminding us of the dangers of misapplications of research to policy." -- Sheri Berenbaum - Science"A provocative and often fascinating book." -- The Economist"Exciting, eloquent, and effective. Deftly weaving together research from anthropology, biology, neuroscience, and psychology, Fine shows exactly why and how the myth of testosterone and maleness plays out and why it is false." -- Agustín Fuentes, professor of anthropology, University of Notre Dame

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Book SynopsisEffective techniques for fashioning pleasurable and satisfying sex lives.

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Book SynopsisFeminist interventions in psychoanalysis have often attempted either to subvert or re-frame the masculinist and phallocentric biases of Freud''s psychoanalysis. This book investigates the nature of these interventions by comparing the status and treatment of women in two different psychoanalytic models: the Kleinian and the feminist models. It argues that, in fact, these interventions have historically tended to reinforce such biases by collapsing the distinction between the gendered minds of individuals and theories of gender.This investigation is framed by two steps. First, in assessing the position of women and the feminine in psychoanalysis, The Gendered Unconscious explores not only the ways they are represented in theory, but also how these representations function in practice. Secondly, this book uses a framework of a comparative dialogue to highlight the assumptions and values that underpin the theory and clinical practice in the two psychoanalytic models. ThTrade Review"The Gendered Unconscious offers a riveting account of how subsequent generations of feminists produced waves of theorizing with the aim of recovering a more complex female subjectivity than the models offered by the heirs of Freudian ego psychology." - Janice Kay Haaken, in Psychology of Women Quarterly "Gyler's text is dense in its succinct coverage of a number of pertinent psychoanalytic and clinical issues relevant to feminist scholars and clinicians. As such, it is suitable both for readers who are experienced in the field but also for those less familiar with the subject area. Her capacity to critically and intelligently discuss and question contemporary feminist psychoanalysis suggests the book could become pivotal in contributing to and moving on these debates." - Colleen Heenan, University of Bolton, UK, in Feminism & Psychology "Gyler has given us an erudite, detailed, historical compendium of psychoanalytic thought that encompasses Freud, Klein, and contemporary feminist psychoanalysts." - Ruth S. Fischer, in Psychoanalytic Quarterly"Louise Gyler provides an excellently well-researched, intelligently written, critical up-date on feminism and psychoanalysis. She systematically exposes the role of gender in the theories and clinical practice of influential psychoanalysts and explicates the gendered perspectives on psychoanalysis developed by leading feminist theorists." - Janet Sayers, Professor of Psychoanalytic Psychology, University of Kent, UK"Louise Gyler provides an excellently well-researched, intelligently written, critical up-date on feminism and psychoanalysis. She systematically exposes the role of gender in the theories and clinical practice of influential psychoanalysts and explicates the gendered perspectives on psychoanalysis developed by leading feminist theorists. " - Janet Sayers, Professor of Psychoanalytic Psychology, University of Kent UKTable of Contents1. Introduction: The Sex Question, Psychoanalysis and Feminism. 2. Concepts, Values and Assumptions: Freud and Klein. 3. Developments in Psychoanalytic Feminist Theories of Gender. 4. Clinical Practice: "Silencing Effects". 5. The Depressive Position, The Oedipus Complex and Thinking Beyond Categorization. 6. Klein and Perilous Connections: Aggression, Negativity and Thought. 7. Conclusion: Theory and Practices - Conscious Desires and Unconscious Identifications.

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Book SynopsisThe book on sex in the twenty-first century“Alfred Kinsey only scratched the surface. Interviewing a mere 18,000 horny humans? Please . . . Drs. Ogas and Gaddam [offer] hot new scientific findings.”—The Washington PostWant to know what really turns your partner on? A Billion Wicked Thoughts offers the clearest picture ever of the differences between male and female sexuality and the teeming diversity of human desire. What makes men attracted to images and so predictable in their appetites? What makes the set up to a romantic evening so important for a woman? Why are women’s desires so hard to predict? Neuroscientists Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam reveal the mechanics of sexual relationships based on their extensive research into the mountains of new data on human behavior available in online entertainment and traffic around the world. Not since Alfred Kinsey in the 1950s has there been such a revolution in our knowledge of what is really going on in the bedroom. What Ogas and Gaddam learned, and now share, will deepen and enrich the way you, and your partner, think and talk about sex.Trade Review“Alfred Kinsey only scratched the surface. Interviewing a mere 18,000 horny humans? Please . . . Drs. Ogas and Gaddam [offer] hot new scientific findings.”—The Washington Post“Smart, readable and handles even the most bizarre fetishes with both humor and respect.”— Salon“A goldmine.” —Steven Pinker, bestselling author of The Better Angels of Our Nature“An amazing book.”—Daniel J. Levitin, author of This Is Your Brain on Music“Fascinating and terrific.” —Roy Baumeister, coauthor of Willpower

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Book SynopsisNew for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Approaches to the Treatment of Sexual Offenders describes and evaluates the current methods of measuring sexual interest in sex offenders - namely penile plethysmography, the Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest, Affinity 2.Trade Review"Thoroton and Laws' edited volume Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual interest in Sexual Offendersis a massively useful brief primer on the variety of methods from experimental cognitive psychology that have been examined in relation to this question." (Psychology & Sexuality, January 2010)Table of ContentsAbout the Editors. List of Contributors. Series Editors’ Preface. Introduction (David Thornton and D. Richard Laws). 1 Penile Plethysmography: Strengths, Limitations, Innovations (D. Richard Laws). 2 The Abel Assessment for Sexual Interests – 2: A Critical Review (Susan J. Sachsenmaier and Carmen L.Z. Gress). 3 Affinity: The Development of a Self-Report Assessment of Paedophile Sexual Interest Incorporating a Viewing Time Validity Measure (David V. Glasgow). 4 Cognitive Modelling of Sexual Arousal and Interest: Choice Reaction Time Measures (Carmen L.Z. Gress and D. Richard Laws). 5 The Implicit Association Test as a Measure of Sexual Interest (Nicola S. Gray and Robert J. Snowden). 6 Measuring Child Molesters’ Implicit Cognitions about Self and Children (Kevin L. Nunes). 7 The Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Test of Sexual Interest in Child Molesters (Vanja E. Flak, Anthony R. Beech and Glyn W. Humphreys). 8 Assessing Sexual Interest with the Emotional Stroop Test (Paul Smith). 9 Comparing Two Implicit Cognitive Measures of Sexual Interest: A Pictorial Modified Stroop Task and the Implicit Association Test (Caoilte ´O Ciardha and Michael Gormley). 10 The Startle Probe Reflex: An Alternative Approach to the Measurement of Sexual Interest (Jeffrey E. Hecker, Matthew W. King and R. Jamie Scoular). 11 Postscript: Steps Towards Effective Assessment of Sexual Interest (David Thornton and D. Richard Laws). Index.

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Book Synopsis50 Great Myths of Human Sexuality seeks to dispel commonly accepted myths and misunderstandings surrounding human sexuality, providing an enlightening, fascinating and challenging book that covers the fifty areas the author s believe individuals must understand to have a safe, pleasurable and healthy sex life.Table of ContentsPreface ix 1 Body Parts Who Has What and How It Works 1 #1 Bigger Penises Are Better 1 #2 Vaginas Are Dirty, Ugly, and Smell Bad 6 #3 Male Circumcision Is Dangerous and Completely Unnecessary 14 #4 The G-spot Is the Most Orgasmic Part of a Woman’s Body 22 #5 Testosterone Is the Main Predictor of Sex Drive in Men, and You Can Always Add More 26 #6 Everyone Is Born Either Male or Female 31 2 Orientation and Identity Who We Are and Who We Want 41 #7 You Can Tell If Someone Is Gay Just by Looking at Him/Her 41 #8 No One Is Really Bisexual 44 #9 Most Transgender Individuals Get Surgery 49 #10 Homosexuality Can Be Cured 55 #11 Same-Sex Relationships Are Inherently Different from Those Between One Man and One Woman 64 #12 Children of Same-Sex Parents Have Psychological Issues and Usually End Up Gay 69 #13 Most Child Molesters Are Gay Men 77 3 Sexual Stats Who Has Sex? How Often? How Hot? 83 #14 Single People Have the Best Sex Life Since They’re Not Tied Down 83 #15 Married Sex Is Boring, and Boring Sex Is Bad 87 #16 Grandma Doesn’t Have Sex (and I Doubt that Mom Does Either) 91 #17 Young People Are Sexually Wild, Promiscuous, and Irresponsible 97 #18 Anal Sex is Not Normal 102 4 Performance Lights, Camera, Orgasm 110 #19 The First Time You Have Sex Is One of the Best and Most Meaningful Events of Your Life 110 #20 Good Sex Always Ends With Simultaneous Orgasms 117 #21 No Partner of Mine Has Ever Faked an Orgasm 123 #22 Women Want to Be Dominated in Bed, Rough Sex Is the Most Fun 126 #23 Only People Who Aren’t Getting Any Masturbate 129 #24 Not Horny? Horny Goat Weed Can Help 132 5 Conception and Contraception Illusions and Delusions 137 #25 She’s Not Going to Get Pregnant if We Just Do It This Once 137 #26 The Pill and Other Birth Control Methods are Actually Dangerous to a Woman’s Health 141 #27 Withdrawal Is Just as Good as Any Other Contraceptive Method 151 #28 Condoms Don’t Work Very Well, Plus They Take All the Fun Out of Sex Anyway 156 #29 Abortion Causes Breast Cancer and a Host of Mental Health Issues 162 6 STIs and Protection The Risks of Romance 167 #30 There’s a Cure for HIV and AIDS 167 #31 STIs Are No Big Deal as Long as You Take Your Medicine 174 #32 HPV Vaccines (and Other Prevention Methods) Turn Girls into Sluts 183 7 Relationships Dating and Desire 190 #33 Hooking Up Never Leads to a Relationship 190 #34 If You Feel Attracted to Someone Else, There Must Be Something Wrong With Your Relationship 194 #35 Most Female Fantasies Revolve Around a Love Story 196 #36 Men Cheat, Women Rarely Do 203 #37 Most Couples have Matched Sexual Appetites 211 8 When Sex is Unhealthy Sex and Trouble 216 #38 Jealousy Is Romantic 216 #39 Alcohol Makes Sex Better 220 #40 Alcohol and Sex Are a Harmless Combination 225 #41 For Girls, Sometimes Sex Just Hurts 229 #42 Men Under 40 Rarely Have Trouble With Erections 234 #43 People Can Get Addicted to Sex, Just Like They’re Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs 241 #44 She Was Asking For It, and Other Common Myths About Sexual Assault 248 #45 Pornography Is Dangerous 253 9 The Not-So-Private Side of Sex Sex, Society, and the Law 262 #46 Sex Education Makes Kids More Sexually Active 262 #47 Men Who Have a Lot of Sex Are Studs, Women Are Sluts 270 #48 Sexting is a Dangerous Epidemic Among Teens 276 #49 If Sex Is Consensual, It Can Never Be Illegal 283 #50 The Struggle for Gay Rights Is Over 292 Index 301

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Book SynopsisChallenging widespread assumptions that persons who are preferentially attracted to minorsoften referred to as pedophilesare necessarily also predators and sex offenders, this book takes readers into the lives of non-offending minor-attracted persons (MAPs).There is little research into non-offending MAPs, a group whose experiences offer valuable insights into the prevention of child abuse. Navigating guilt, shame, and fear, this universally maligned group demonstrates remarkable resilience and commitment to living without offending and to supporting and educating others. Using data from interview-based research,A Long, Dark Shadowoffers a crucial account of the lived experiences of this hidden population.Trade Review"In A Long, Dark Shadow, Allyn Walker broaches this controversial topic to provide readers with a better understanding of this group, including misconceptions, identity formation, disclosure, coping strategies, resilience to sexual offending, experiences with help-seeking, and the need for the public to shift their attitudes toward MAPs if we hope to protect children." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"This book paints an incredible picture of the strength, stressors, struggles, and tensions experienced by MAPs when working to ensure they do not offend. On this point, alone, the book is vitally important, offering thought-provoking insights that must be worked through in any attempt to ensure the safety of children and the wellbeing of those who are trying to be someone other than who the world thinks they are. Its insights deserve consideration among a wide audience of child protection advocates, criminologists, policymakers, and those interested in the social and legal regulation of sexuality in our society." * Critical Criminology *"In A Long, Dark Shadow, Allyn Walker tackles an area that has been historically under-researched and incredibly sensitive and complex. Fundamentally, the book explores the challenges that minor-attracted persons (MAPs) experience in their everyday lives from suffering perceived and real stigma from others, a lack of understanding of their needs by healthcare professionals and the constant fear of being ‘outed’ as a MAP, and ramifications from the criminal justice system when they are inevitably confused with convicted sexual offenders. It is this distinction between MAPs and convicted sex offenders which is the focus of Walker’s book in emphasizing that a thorough understanding of the difference is essential for future policy development and further education of the public, practitioners and criminal justice personnel." * British Journal of Criminology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction: Who Are Minor-Attracted People? 1. "Am I a Monster?": Forming an Identity as Minor-Attracted 2. "Leading a Double Life": Staying Closeted and Coming Out as a MAP 3. "Enduring a Ra instorm": MAPs' Strategies for Coping with Their Attractions 4. "It’s a Very Strong Boundary for Me"": Resilience to Sexual Offending among MAPs 5. "Their Intention Wasn’t to Help Me": Mental Health Problems and Ca re-Seeking Experiences 6. "You Are Not a Monster": Toward a Shift in Attitudes Concerning MAPs Appendix A. Participant Characteristics Appendix B. Research Methods for a Difficult Subject Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In A Long, Dark Shadow, Allyn Walker broaches this controversial topic to provide readers with a better understanding of this group, including misconceptions, identity formation, disclosure, coping strategies, resilience to sexual offending, experiences with help-seeking, and the need for the public to shift their attitudes toward MAPs if we hope to protect children." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"This book paints an incredible picture of the strength, stressors, struggles, and tensions experienced by MAPs when working to ensure they do not offend. On this point, alone, the book is vitally important, offering thought-provoking insights that must be worked through in any attempt to ensure the safety of children and the wellbeing of those who are trying to be someone other than who the world thinks they are. Its insights deserve consideration among a wide audience of child protection advocates, criminologists, policymakers, and those interested in the social and legal regulation of sexuality in our society." * Critical Criminology *"In A Long, Dark Shadow, Allyn Walker tackles an area that has been historically under-researched and incredibly sensitive and complex. Fundamentally, the book explores the challenges that minor-attracted persons (MAPs) experience in their everyday lives from suffering perceived and real stigma from others, a lack of understanding of their needs by healthcare professionals and the constant fear of being ‘outed’ as a MAP, and ramifications from the criminal justice system when they are inevitably confused with convicted sexual offenders. It is this distinction between MAPs and convicted sex offenders which is the focus of Walker’s book in emphasizing that a thorough understanding of the difference is essential for future policy development and further education of the public, practitioners and criminal justice personnel." * British Journal of Criminology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction: Who Are Minor-Attracted People? 1. "Am I a Monster?": Forming an Identity as Minor-Attracted 2. "Leading a Double Life": Staying Closeted and Coming Out as a MAP 3. "Enduring a Ra instorm": MAPs' Strategies for Coping with Their Attractions 4. "It’s a Very Strong Boundary for Me"": Resilience to Sexual Offending among MAPs 5. "Their Intention Wasn’t to Help Me": Mental Health Problems and Ca re-Seeking Experiences 6. "You Are Not a Monster": Toward a Shift in Attitudes Concerning MAPs Appendix A. Participant Characteristics Appendix B. Research Methods for a Difficult Subject Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a philosophical introduction and exploration of the nature and value of personal relationships. It is an ideal text for introductory philosophy, ethics, or applied ethics courses.Trade Review"An engaging and accessible discussion of love and friendship. LaFollette has produced valuable and interesting results, and he defends his position with philosophical acuity and personal wisdom." Lester Hunt, University of WisconsinTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Part I: The Nature and Value of Personal Relationships:. 1. What is a Personal Relationship?. 2. Emotions and Feelings. 3. Why Do I Love?. 4. Reasons for Love. 5. Value of Personal Relationships. Part II: The Personal Bond:. 6. Interpreting Another's Behavior. 7. Intimacy and Trust. 8. Honesty & Self-Knowledge. 9. Equity in Relationships. 10. The Art of Loving. 11. Sex and Jealousy. 12. Commitment. 13. Morality and Personal Relationships. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a fascinating history of sexuality in twentieth-century Europe and North America. Angus McLaren draws upon legal, medical and literary sources to demonstrate how modern sexuality has been shaped by race, class, gender and generational preoccupations.Trade Review"This highly informative text is comprehensive, clearly written, and relies on the most up-to-date scholarship in its field. McLaren's interpretive outlook is unfailingly tolerant and invariably insightful." Robert A. Nye, Oregon State University "McLaren's book is to be highly recommended as a general textbook which illuminates the evolving debates and practices concerned with twentieth-century sexuality. Both undergraduates and professional historians will find it useful as is lays out the evidence and provides copious footnotes to help with further exploration of the topic." History "A valuable, fluently-written and very well-documented history of sexuality ... a most impressive work." Contemporary British History "... the book is stuffed full of goodies ... written in McLaren's usual readable style." American Historical Review "In Twentieth Century Sexuality: A History, Angus McLaren succeeds in accomplishing exactly what his title promises; to provide a history of twentieth century sexuality. And in the process of reaching this ambitious goal, he gives us vast stimulation and food for thought. "McLaren has therefore written a very important book and one that crackles with insights while being as comprehensive as can be imagined. As such, the work is quite unique." Journal of Social History "Angus McLaren's ability to provide an overview of as complex a topic as sexuality in the mercurial twentieth-century is truly outstanding. In this book, he summarizes - with wit as well as historical accuracy - many of the key issues that have shaped sexual identity throughout the last century." Medical History "Writing in clear, well-organized prose, he is mindful of the influences of popular culture and media on sexual attitudes. The book succeeds best as a broad-ranging survey of Western European and Anglo-American attitudes." Publishers Weekly "Twentieth-Century Sexuality: A History ...seeks to explore its topic in its quintessential complexity." Journal of Family StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1. 'The Cult of the Clitoris': Sexual Panics and the First World War. 2. 'Hypersexual Youths': Premarital Sex and the Sex Educators. 3. 'Selfish Beasts': Marriage Manuals and the Eroticization of Marriage. 4. 'Race Suicide': Birth Control, Abortion and Family Stability. 5. 'Perverts': Mannish Women, Effeminate Men and the Sex Doctors. 6. 'Frigidity': Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalysis and Gender. 7. 'Compulsory Heterosexuality': Eugenicists, Fascists and Nazis. 8. 'Surveying Sex': From Alfred C. Kinsey to Hugh Hefner. 9. 'Sexual Revolution?': the Pill, Permissiveness and Politics. 10. 'Backlash': AIDS and the Sexual Counter-revolution. Conclusion. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive survey of the evolutionary science of human sexual behavior, Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior invites us to imagine human sex from the vantage point of our primate cousins, in order to underscore the role of evolution in shaping all that happens, biologically and behaviorally, when romantic passions are aroused.Trade ReviewA very good book… A strong case can be made that real sex education would go beyond Plumbing 101 and emulate this book—actually teaching about sexual behavior from an evolutionary perspective. With backgrounds in anthropology…the authors do an especially good job describing what William James might have called the varieties of sexual experience. -- David P. Barash * Chronicle of Higher Education *It is one of the best that I have read on the subject and is a useful resource for anyone interested in the field of sexual selection and reproductive behavior in humans… I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in human reproduction from an evolutionary perspective. The amount of material covered is impressive and the maintenance of academic rigor while producing an interesting, readable text is to be applauded. This is a valuable read for undergraduate and graduate students who will set this book down with a greater understanding of the dynamic nature of reproductive behavior, free from normative language regarding human sexuality and essentialized sex roles found in other published materials. -- Ryan Schacht * American Journal of Human Biology *This work provides a fresh perspective on human sexuality and sexual behaviors, placing human animals within a larger historical context, and gives readers the opportunity to perceive human sexuality as malleable, a product of thousands of years of change… Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior provides an insightful review of sexual behavior and sexuality across species, across history, and across the individual lifespan with an evolutionarily informed perspective. This fascinating text put forth by Gray and Garcia is pleasurable for the layman reader interested in the evolutionary underlining of human sexuality, as well as the advanced evolutionary scholar. Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior is more than an easily digestible pop-evolutionary text; this book can be successfully applied in academic contexts, and bring a fresh perspective to evolutionary psychology and human sexuality courses. -- Lora E. Adair * Human Ethology Bulletin *This is a well-researched, well-written, and engaging volume. Gray and Garcia navigate cross-cultural, cross-species, and diachronic data on sexuality and reproduction to illuminate human sexual behavior… Stimulating, useful, and well reasoned. -- David A. Puts * Quarterly Review of Biology *Gray and Garcia offer an updated look at the evolutionary roots of human sexual behavior and deliver an entertaining yet scientific account of how and why we humans are similar to other animals but still unique when it comes to our sex lives… Walking the line between reaching the general public, while providing a comprehensive enough scientific background to educate college students, is a difficult task, one that is achieved here in part by extensively reviewing recent primary literature. Even if I was kept awake by knowing how crocodile dung was used in Egypt, and by thoughts of Darwin in my bedroom, I will rely on this book both for teaching in the classroom and entertaining at cocktail parties. -- Patricia L. R. Brennan * Trends in Ecology & Evolution *An intriguing treatment of an intriguing subject. -- S. M. Valente * Choice *I am convinced this book will become a classic, and I don’t use this term lightly. It is a superb overview and synthesis of the literature, along with discussion of the newest data from a remarkably wide range of academic disciplines. I am impressed. -- Helen Fisher, Ph.D., Biological Anthropologist and Research Professor, Rutgers UniversityIn addition to excellent writing, this book is appropriately and impressively thorough—including a great amount of cutting-edge research. Further, this book is deeply integrative in its disciplinary scope. It includes research from physiologists, cross-cultural anthropologists, social psychologists, historians, and more. The scholars are masters of interdisciplinary work—and this fact emerges clearly and effectively in this book. -- Glenn Geher, Ph.D., Director of Evolutionary Studies and Professor of Psychology, SUNY New PaltzComprehensive and charming, Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior is bound to become a classic. A fine starting point for productive debates. -- Elaine Hatfield, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Hawai‘iA great integration of animal evidence and habits from a wide variety of species, in discussions ranging from the mechanisms of romantic attraction, to comparisons between bonobo and human sexual play during development, to digit length comparisons in rats and human beings linked to hormone exposures that may in turn be linked to sexual orientation. A marvelous contribution. -- Elisabeth Lloyd, Ph.D., Arnold and Maxine Tanis Chair of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University

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Book SynopsisProud, happy, grateful—gay youth describe their lives in terms that would have seemed surprising a generation ago. Yet many adults, including parents, are skeptical of this sea change—coming out is supposed to involve struggle. This is the kind of thinking, say the honest, humorous young men in Ritch Savin-Williams’s new book, that needs to change.Trade ReviewIn Becoming Who I Am, a rewarding study of youth, sexuality, and identity, Ritch C. Savin-Williams offers clear and insightful glimpses into the lives of young gay men… [An] important book. -- Jim Piechota * Bay Area Reporter *Becoming Who I Am is an engrossing book full of rich, varied personal stories on the subject of being young and gay now…Becoming Who I Am presents a broad range of experiences and insights, and is a rewarding look at what makes young gay humans tick. -- Greg Jameson * Entertainment Focus *Inspiring and insightful. Finally we have the full story showing the more positive aspects of gay youth experiences reminding us that they live a proud, resilient, and happy life. Ritch Savin-Williams takes us beyond the often heard stories of tragedy and despair by providing us with a glimpse into the ordinary lives of gay teens. Anybody with an interest in the future of gay youth will devour this book. -- David McFarland, Founder, United for Equality in Sports & Entertainment, and Former Chair and CEO, The Trevor ProjectGiven the ever-changing dynamics of youth sexuality in the contemporary age, a book such as this is sorely needed. Filled with valuable data and rigorous analysis, Becoming Who I Am is a vital contribution to the field. -- Mark McCormack, author of The Declining Significance of HomophobiaSavin-Williams has spent forty years studying the lives of gay teens. In Becoming Who I Am, he tells the stories of some of today’s gay teens and highlights the many ways they are typical of young people growing up in present-day America. -- Brian Mustanski, Director, Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing

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Book SynopsisWhy we are so fascinated with sex and sexuality—from the preeminent philosopher of the 20th century.Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze and discuss sex, and of the social and mental mechanisms of power that cause us to direct the questions of what we are to what our sexuality is.

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Book SynopsisBeginning with an interpretation of the Third Reich's sexual politics and ending with the revisions of Germany's past facilitated by communism's collapse, this book examines the intertwined histories of capitalism and communism, pleasure and state policies, religious renewal and secularizing trends.Trade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 2005 Bonnie and Vern L. Bullough Award "Herzog's book succeeds elegantly as both a scholarly history of sexual morality in Germany and an examination of the way this history is so often distorted in the present day."--Publishers Weekly "Forcefully argued and elegantly written... Herzog's passionate insistence on the centrality of sexuality as an explanatory category and on the uncomfortably tight link between pleasure and evil provides fresh and bold insight into two of modern German history's most confounding questions: how National Socialism established and maintained its 'extraordinary appeal' and, conversely, how postwar Germans managed to morph so quickly into peaceful stability."--Atina Grossmann, American Historical Review "Sex after Fascism is one of the best books of the past twenty years on the history of sexuality, and certainly the best book on this particular subject."--Thomas Laqueur, BookForum "Dagmar Herzog's source-rich and solidly researched analysis surprises and challenges; it convinces over and over again through an unpretentious presentation of forgotten facts and connections. With nuance and yet also with clarity, the American historian shows how human beings who talk about sex are always also talking about other things entirely--and thereby revealing much about themselves."--Urs Rauber, Neue Zurcher Zeitung "An always provocative and fascinating account of 20th-century German social, political, and cultural history... Herzog provides valuable insights for an understanding of the historical contretemps and conundrums of 20th century Europe."--Jane Slaughter, Labour/Le Travail "In this forcefully argued and elegantly written book, Dagmar Herzog delivers a truly provocative--in the best sense of thought-and-debate provoking--reconsideration of ruptures and continuities across the three regimes of National Socialism, state socialism, and democratic capitalism 'through the lens' of sexual discourses and practices."--Atina Grossmann, Europe: Early Modern and Modern "Sex after Fascism is an original contribution... Dagmar Herzog analyzes shifting attitudes towards two seemingly separate strands of cultural expression: sexual morality and discourse on memory... Fascinating and stimulating reading."--Bjorn Krondorfer, German Studies Review "[A] brilliant, deeply researched and beautifully written book... Sex After Fascism is one of the best books of the past twenty years on the history of sexuality, and certainly the best book on this particular subject. But it is also a book for anyone who wants to figure out why homophobia, antifeminism, and a passionate opposition to abortion and premarital sex have become the emotional core of right-wing politics in the United States."--Thomas Laqueur, Artforum International "This study is highly original, deeply researched, and lucidly written, providing pioneering work on the history of sexuality in twentieth-century Germany and challenging and reshaping the extensive scholarship on memory and the Holocaust."--Mary Nolan, The Historian "It is hard to imagine a more brilliant, original, and passionate reading of German discourses of sex and fascism, from the 1930s to the present, than this work offers. As scholars dig deeper, they may revise some of Herzog's conclusions. But they will have come to the task in large part because Herzog has so profoundly challenged our thinking on the history of sexuality, Nazism, and its aftermath."--Elizabeth Heineman, Journal of Modern History "This is a conceptually 'big,' enormously ambitious, and stimulating book, one that tackles head-on a whole range of complex, interesting, and important questions and offers a wealth of convincing and exciting insights. Herzog's discussion of the sexual politics ... is superb. All in all, whether historians agree or disagree with particular aspects of Herzog's account, the book is a bold contribution, one that will be fruitful not only because it offers readers important and original insights, but also because it will generate important questions."--Edward Ross Dickenson, Central European History "Dagmar Herzog's study is a magisterial account... Well researched, solidly reasoned, and drawing on a great wealth of resources ranging from low-brow magazines to highly theoretical treatises, it will establish itself as a standard reference work for the study of German civilization and its (post-)modern (dis-)contents."--Frederick A. Lubich, Monatshefte "[Dagmar Herzog] has succeeded in producing one of the most thought provoking and erudite booles that the field has seen in recent years. Her arguments are impressively grounded in a thorough contextual familiarity with the whole of the twentieth century in Germany... Dagmar Herzog challenges us to think afresh about topics that have sometimes been taboo yet have a crucial bearing on the march of history."--Geoffrey J. Giles, Journal of the History of SexualityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 CHAPTER ONE: Sex and the Third Reich 10 CHAPTER TWO: The Fragility of Heterosexuality 64 CHAPTER THREE: Desperately Seeking Normality 101 CHAPTER FOUR: The Morality of Pleasure 141 CHAPTER FIVE: The Romance of Socialism 184 CHAPTER SIX: Antifascist Bodies 220 Conclusion 259 Notes 267 Acknowledgments 349 Index 353

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Book SynopsisThis work looks at why moral values enhance and solidify erotic and marital relationships. In the process, it challenges cynicism about marriage while remaining sensitive to the innumerable problems confronting couples. Its approach to marital love is both traditional and modern.

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Book SynopsisThreesomes, sorbet sex, drunk dialling, multiple orgasms, girly gossip-swaps, buying silk underwear - welcome to dating the modern girl's way.Trade Review'Sexy, confident and brimming with attitude' * Cosmopolitan *'Sexy ... laugh-out-loud funny ... very Carrie Bradshaw: witty,bracing, packed with handy advice' * Observer Woman *'She's frank. She's funny. And she doesn't mind admitting she's filthy too.' * Independent *'A no-holds-barred account of Catherine's erotic adventures ... Lots of fun and very Sex and the City' * Closer *'Phew!' * News of the World *

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Book SynopsisThe concept of sex addiction took hold in the 1980s as a product of cultural anxiety. Yet, despite being essentially mythical, sex addiction has to be taken seriously as a phenomenon. Its success as a purported malady lay with its medicalization, both as a self-help movement in terms of self-diagnosis, and as a rapidly growing industry of therapists treating the new disease. The media played a role in its history, first with TV, the tabloids and the case histories of claimed celebrity victims all helping to popularize the concept, and then with the impact of the Internet.This book is a critical history of an archetypically modern sexual syndrome. Reay, Attwood and Gooder argue that this strange history of social opportunism, diagnostic amorphism, therapeutic self-interest and popular cultural endorsement is marked by an essential social conservatism: sex addiction has become a convenient term to describe disapproved sex. It is a label without explanatory force.TTrade Review"An absorbing and in-depth history of the cultural epidemic we call sex addiction, that's both authoritative and accessible."—Erotic Review "This is an exquisitely researched, persuasive and often funny account of how, over the last thirty years, enjoying sex more publicly or enthusiastically than conservatives might have wished was turned into a phantasmic syndrome – sex addiction – that became real enough to support a small army of therapists and patients. But it is also a model study more generally of cultural epigenesis, of how the pains, pleasures and foibles of everyday life become pathologies that take a moral, political and financial toll on society."—Thomas Laqueur, University of California, Berkeley "As the sexual cultures of many Western nations have become more fluid, it is perhaps more than curious that the discourse of 'sexual addiction' has gained popular and medical legitimacy. Is it a form of regulating 'irregular' sexualities, a further instance of the medicalization of moral thinking and personal life, or a scientific advance? Reay, Attwood and Gooder provide a much needed critical-historical analysis of this cultural event."—Steven Seidman, State University of New York at AlbanyTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Beginnings3. Addictionology 1014. Cultural Impact5. Sexual Stories6. Diagnostic Disorder7. Sexual Conservatism8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe concept of sex addiction took hold in the 1980s as a product of cultural anxiety. Yet, despite being essentially mythical, sex addiction has to be taken seriously as a phenomenon. Its success as a purported malady lay with its medicalization, both as a self-help movement in terms of self-diagnosis, and as a rapidly growing industry of therapists treating the new disease. The media played a role in its history, first with TV, the tabloids and the case histories of claimed celebrity victims all helping to popularize the concept, and then with the impact of the Internet.This book is a critical history of an archetypically modern sexual syndrome. Reay, Attwood and Gooder argue that this strange history of social opportunism, diagnostic amorphism, therapeutic self-interest and popular cultural endorsement is marked by an essential social conservatism: sex addiction has become a convenient term to describe disapproved sex. It is a label without explanatory force.TTrade Review"An absorbing and in-depth history of the cultural epidemic we call sex addiction, that's both authoritative and accessible."—Erotic Review "This is an exquisitely researched, persuasive and often funny account of how, over the last thirty years, enjoying sex more publicly or enthusiastically than conservatives might have wished was turned into a phantasmic syndrome – sex addiction – that became real enough to support a small army of therapists and patients. But it is also a model study more generally of cultural epigenesis, of how the pains, pleasures and foibles of everyday life become pathologies that take a moral, political and financial toll on society."—Thomas Laqueur, University of California, Berkeley "As the sexual cultures of many Western nations have become more fluid, it is perhaps more than curious that the discourse of 'sexual addiction' has gained popular and medical legitimacy. Is it a form of regulating 'irregular' sexualities, a further instance of the medicalization of moral thinking and personal life, or a scientific advance? Reay, Attwood and Gooder provide a much needed critical-historical analysis of this cultural event."—Steven Seidman, State University of New York at AlbanyTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Beginnings3. Addictionology 1014. Cultural Impact5. Sexual Stories6. Diagnostic Disorder7. Sexual Conservatism8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book is about cultural fantasies of fetishism, the different forms they take and the various ways in which the transformative processes they depict can reaffirm accepted definitions of identity or reconfigure them in an entirely new fashion.Trade ReviewA compelling, demanding and often entertaining discussion of the extensive cultural implications of 'fetishism'! littered with fascinating photographic imagery ! an important contribution to contemporary cultural theory and, more specifically, to the ever growing field of post-human thought ... this work provides fascinating insights into an oft-ignored aspect of human behaviour and culture. The combination of succinct close reading of accessible texts with information gained in interviews and via observation at venues not usually frequented by academics, such as fetish clubs and dungeons is one of the strengths of Fernbach's analysis. Fantasies of Fetishism is an interesting and challenging work that is even more admirable for its explication of sophisticated and original arguments. There is no doubt that this book is a major achievement in opening up new directions for psychoanalytic cultural criticism and studies of contemporary technoculture. -- Zoe Sofoulis, School of Humanities, University of Western Sydney The author has brought together a great deal of thinking that challenges or expands traditional Freudian theory of fetishism and, in effect, thereby creates a new master theory to use in her history. I respect and approve of such bold work. -- Professor John Maynard, School of English, New York University This book provides a genuinely original contribution to cultural criticism. The way Fernbach educates as she entertains is a rare and welcome achievement. -- Dr Rosalyn Diprose, School of Philosophy, University of New South Wales A compelling, demanding and often entertaining discussion of the extensive cultural implications of 'fetishism'! littered with fascinating photographic imagery ! an important contribution to contemporary cultural theory and, more specifically, to the ever growing field of post-human thought ... this work provides fascinating insights into an oft-ignored aspect of human behaviour and culture. The combination of succinct close reading of accessible texts with information gained in interviews and via observation at venues not usually frequented by academics, such as fetish clubs and dungeons is one of the strengths of Fernbach's analysis. Fantasies of Fetishism is an interesting and challenging work that is even more admirable for its explication of sophisticated and original arguments. There is no doubt that this book is a major achievement in opening up new directions for psychoanalytic cultural criticism and studies of contemporary technoculture. The author has brought together a great deal of thinking that challenges or expands traditional Freudian theory of fetishism and, in effect, thereby creates a new master theory to use in her history. I respect and approve of such bold work. This book provides a genuinely original contribution to cultural criticism. The way Fernbach educates as she entertains is a rare and welcome achievement.Table of ContentsPart One: Cultural Fetishisms; Introduction; 1. Millennial Decadence and Decadent Fetishism; 2. Magical Fetishism: Worshipping at the Technological Altar; Part Two: Fetishised Subjectivities; 3. Forms of Technofetishism and Future Selves: Negotiating the Post-Human Terrain; 4. Fetishism at the Professional Dungeon: the Dominatrix and her Male Slave; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisWritten in the Flesh is a history of what people like to do in bed and how that has changed. The change is relentless: human sexuality continually seeks new means of liberation in its expression of pleasure.Trade Review'A good argument is one of the joys of life, especially if it includes wine or dessert. Edward Shorter is the sort of intelligent, entertaining writer with whom it is pleasure to argue.' -- Wendy McElroy Globe and MailTable of Contents1 Introduction 2 Sex, a Baseline 3 A Baseline for Gays and Lesbians 4 Hindrances 5 Why Not the Romantics? 6 The Great Breakout 7 The Great Breakout for Gays and Lesbians 8 Towards Total Body Sex 9 SM and Fetish 10 Epilogue

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Book SynopsisHuman intelligence is sexually attractive, and strongly predicts the success of sexual relationships, but the behavioral sciences have usually ignored the interface between intelligence and mating. This is the first serious scholarly effort to explore that interface, by examining both universal and individual differences in human mating intelligence. Contributors include some of the most prominent evolutionary psychologists and promising new researchers in human intelligence, social psychology, intimate relationships, and sexuality.                        David Buss' foreword and the opening chapter explore what mating intelligence' means, and why it is central to human cognition and sexuality. The book's six sections then examine (1) our mating mechanisms universal emotional and cognitive adaptations for mating intelligently that guide mate search, mate choice, Trade Review"A wonderful collection of chapters on … the new construct of mating intelligence … [it] heralds a more comprehensive understanding of the psychology of human mating ... readers will enjoy the many mating insights offered by this volume." - David M. Buss, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, From the Foreword"Like many central areas of human behavior that have been neglected by mainstream psychology, the thoughts and emotions behind mating have recently been illuminated by evolutionary analyses. This exciting collection marks the debut of a new and important field of research, which should fascinate psychologists and nonpsychologists alike." - Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University"A significant contribution to the field, combining in one source, material on an interesting and important topic." - Dennis Krebs, Ph.D., Simon Fraser University"A ‘must have’ for scholars who do research on human mating …a unique volume of cutting edge thinking on the psychology of mating." - Timothy Ketelaar, Ph.D.,New Mexico State University“…A wonderful collection of chapters on … the new construct of mating intelligence… [it] heralds a more comprehensive understanding of the psychology of human mating…readers will enjoy the many mating insights offered by this volume.”—David M. Buss, Ph.D.University of Texas at Austin, From the Foreword“…A significant contribution to the field, combining in one source, material on an interesting and important topic.”—Dennis Krebs, Ph.D.Simon Fraser University“...A ‘must have’ for scholars who do research on human mating …a unique volume of cutting edge thinking on the psychology of mating.”—Timothy Ketelaar Ph.D.New Mexico State University"Like many central areas of human behavior that have been neglected by mainstream psychology, the thoughts and emotions behind mating have recently been illuminated by evolutionary analyses. This exciting collection marks the debut of a new and important field of research, which should fascinate psychologists and nonpsychologists alike."—Steven PinkerJohnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsPart 1. Introduction.D. Buss, Foreword. Preface. G. Geher, G. Miller, J. Murphy, Mating Intelligence: Towards an Evolutionarily Informed Construct. Part 2. Mate Search and Mating Intelligence.L. Penke, P.M. Todd, A.P. Lenton, B. Fasolo, How Self-assessments Can Guide Human Mating Decisions. C. De Backer, J. Braeckman, L. Farinpour, Mating Intelligence in Personal Ads. Part 3. Strategic Flexibility in Mating Intelligence.N. Li, Intelligent Priorities: Adaptive Long- and Short-Term Mate Preferences. D. Nettle, H. Clegg, Personality, Mating Strategies, and Mating Intelligence. M. O’Sullivan, Deception and Self-deception as Strategies in Short and Long-term Mating. V.A. Weekes-Shackelford, J.A. Easton, E.A. Stone, How Having Children Affects Mating Psychology. Part 4. Mental Fitness Indicators and Mating Intelligence.M.C. Keller, The Role of Mutations in Human Mating. A. Shaner, G. Miller, J. Mintz, Mental Disorders as Catastrophic Failures of Mating Intelligence. Part 5. Mating Intelligence and Other Individual Differences.S.B. Kaufman, A. Kozbelt, M.L. Bromley, G. Miller, The Role of Creativity and Humor in Mate Selection. J.J. Casey, J. Garrett, M.A. Brackett, S. Rivers, Emotional Intelligence, Relationship Quality, and Partner Selection. S. Kanazawa, Mating Intelligence and General Intelligence as Independent Constructs. Part 6. The Ecological Context of Mating Intelligence.J. Ash, G.G. Gallup, Jr., Brain Size, Intelligence, and Paleoclimatic Variation. A.J. Figueredo, B.H. Brumbach, D.N. Jones, J.A. Sefcek, G. Vásquez, W.J. Jacobs, Ecological Constraints on Mating Tactics. Part 7. Conclusions.G. Miller, Mating Intelligence: Frequently Asked Questions. G. Geher, M.A. Camargo, S. O’Rourke, Mating Intelligence: An Integrative Model and Future Research Directions.

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Book SynopsisThe first translation into English of a startling 1907 memoir of a writer who was born a boy, was raised as a girl, and who lived as a man. Who was the real N.O. Body, and why did he go to such lengths to hide not just his name but his Jewish identity?Trade Review"This is a very interesting and beautifully written memoir by somebody who would have been called a hermaphrodite in the nineteenth century. The work gives a fascinating picture of the childhood experiences of the anonymous author and is full of sensitive and often moving observations on the plights of sexual ambiguity in childhood. The style, apparently so simple and relatively dispassionate, is extremely effective in pulling the reader into the story." * Chandak Sengoopta *Table of ContentsPreface: Whose Body Is It, Anyway? Hermaphrodites, Gays, and Jews in N. O. Body's Germany —Sander L. Gilman Foreword —Rudolf Presber THE MEMOIR Epilogue —Dr. Med. Magnus Hirschfeld Afterword: In Search of Karl Baer —Dr. Hermann Simon

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Book SynopsisAs Germany-and German-speaking Europe-became a fertile ground for homosexual subcultures in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, what factors helped construct the sexuality that emerged? Peripheral Desires examines how and why the political, scientific and literary culture of the region produced the modern vocabulary of sexuality.Trade Review"Tobin's brilliantly argued, beautifully written and highly erudite study provides clear and nuanced answers to the question of why sexology should have arisen when and where it did." * Times Literary Supplement *"This is a major contribution to both gay and German studies. Tobin's work is exemplary." * Sander Gilman, Emory University *"Peripheral Desires will set a new standard for the kind of cultural studies that the history of sexuality has always needed. Readers of this book will be newly edified in areas which they already thought they knew." * George E. Haggerty, University of California, Riverside *Table of ContentsPreface. Peripheral Desires Introduction. 1869—Urnings, Homosexuals, and Inverts Chapter 1. Swiss Eros: Hössli and Zschokke, Legacies and Contexts Chapter 2. The Greek Model and Its Masculinist Appropriation Chapter 3. Jews and Homosexuals Chapter 4. "Homosexuality" and the Politics of the Nation in Austria, Hungary, and Austria-Hungary Chapter 5. Colonialism and Sexuality: German Perspectives on Samoa Chapter 6. Swiss Universities: The Emancipated Woman and the Third Sex Chapter 7. Thomas Mann's Erotic Irony: The Dialectics of Sexuality in Venice Chapter 8. Pederasty in Palestine: Sexuality and Nationality in Arnold Zweig's De Vriendt kehrt heim Conclusion. American Legacies of the German Discovery of Sex Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisLynn Chancer advances the provocative thesis that sadomasochism is far more prevalent in contemporary societies like the United States than we realize. According to Chancer, sexual sadomasochism is only the best-known manifestation of what is actually a much more broadly based social phenomenon.Trade Review"An important contribution to that most pressing of cultural projects -- uncovering the psychic roots of authoritarianism.""A brilliant, highly original analysis of contemporary U.S. society. Chancer illuminates fundamental issues in American culture, in the workplace, in gender relationships, and the minefield of race." -- Ruth Sidel, Hunter College, and author of On Her Own: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American Dream"A brilliant, highly original analysis of contemporary U.S. society. Chancer illuminates fundamental issues in American culture, in the workplace, in gender relationships, and the minefield of race." -- Ruth Sidel, Hunter College, and author of On Her Own: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American DreamRuth Sidel, Hunter College, and author of On Her Own: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American Dream: "A brilliant, highly orginal analysis of contemporary U.S. society. Chancer illuminates fundamental issues in American culture, in the workplace, in gender relationships, and the minefield of race."Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Reflecting on a Set of Personal and Political Criteria Part One Expanding the Scope of Sadomasochism Chapter 1 Exploring Sadomasochism in the American Context Chapter 2 Defining a Basic Dynamic: Paradoxes at the Heart of Sadomasochism Chapter 3 Combining the Insights of Existentialism and Psychoanalysis: Why Sadomasochism? Part Two Sadomasochism in Its Social Settings Chapter 4 Employing Chains of Command: Sadomasochism and the Workplace Chapter 5 Engendering Sadomasochism: Dominance, Subordination, and the Contaminated World of Patriarchy Chapter 6 Creating Enemies in Everyday Life: Following the Example of Others Chapter 7 A Theoretical Finale Epilogue Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the voices of young women, this book explores the relationship between Chicana feminism and the actual experiences of Chicanas today.Trade Review"Voicing Chicana Feminisms enriches mutliple areas of our academic world including but not limited to Chicana feminist theory, Mexican American studies, Women of Color scholarship, and sexuality research. The book is divided in three sections, each one offers rich, textured, and nuanced narratives exposing key aspects of these women's lives. Voicing Chicana Feminism is the book I fantasized about reading in my feminist theory class as a graduate student. This important academic contribution is beautifully written with elegant clarity and heartfelt passion. I look forward to using it with both my undergraduate and graduate studentsChicana, Xicana, Latina, Hispanic, Mexican American, Mexicana, Tejana, or whatever identity they may choose to embrace." * Sexualities *Table of Contents1. The Research ContextPart I: The Development of Self: Existing within a Family2. Growing up Female3. Becoming Family: Women's Relationships to Their ParentsReview of Part I: Implications for Feminist TheorizingPart II: Multiple Group Identities: Existing in the World4. Believers5. Workers6. LoversReview of Part II: Implications for Feminist TheorizingPart III: Living and Speaking Feminisms7. Negotiating the Color Line8. Chicanas Speak Feminisms9. Political UnderstandingsReview of Part III: Implications for Feminist Theorizing10. Conclusions and Ruminations

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Book SynopsisBased on a comprehensive reading of eighteenth-century Chinese novels and a theoretical approach grounded in poststructuralist, psychoanalytic, and feminist criticism, this title examines how such privilege functions in these novels and provides the first full account of literary representations of sexuality and gender in pre-modern China.Trade Review"This book provides for the first time in English an introduction to the real complexities of the mature Chinese novel tradition. It reflects insightful new conclusions drawn on pathbreaking scholarship. McMahon has gained access to rare novels in Chinese collections that few Chinese scholars have written about; his comments are of signal importance."—Robert E. Hegel, Washington University

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