Psychology: sexual behaviour Books
De Gruyter Transformative Feminisms
£64.80
Kohlhammer Vorsicht Sexualitat!: Sexualitat in
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£26.91
Kohlhammer Liebe, Laster, Lust Und Leiden: Sexualitat Im
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£18.05
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Sexualitat in Zeiten Der Trauer: Wenn Die
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Amor altert nicht: Paarbeziehung und Sexualität
Book SynopsisDas Alter hält zahlreiche Herausforderungen für jeden Einzelnen und auch für die Liebe in Partnerschaft und Ehe bereit. Körperliche Veränderungen, die individuellen Lebensgeschichten, aktuelle Lebenssituation, Konflikte und Paardynamik spielen zusammen und werden darüber hinaus durch gesellschaftliche Normen beeinflusst. Dieses Buch vermittelt älteren Menschen Wissen und praktische Unterstützung, um ihre oft gestörte oder verlorengegangene sexuelle Beziehung wiederzufinden, weiterzuentwickeln und zu intensivieren. Sie erfahren, wie und warum körperliche Erkrankungen die Paarbeziehung und Sexualität verändern können, und bekommen Anregungen, auch im Alter mit dem Partner Lebendigkeit und Erotik zu erleben.Die Übungen und Fragen zu den einzelnen Kapiteln helfen, sowohl eigenes sexuelles Erleben als auch die Paarbeziehung zu reflektieren und zu verbessern. Film- und Romantipps bieten andere Sicht- und Erlebensweisen an. Die Sexualtherapeutin und Allgemeinmedizinerin Elisabeth Drimalla ermuntert dazu, mit ihrem Buch wie mit der Sexualität spielerisch umzugehen.Interessant und hilfreich ist das Buch auch für Ärzte und Psychotherapeuten, die ihr sexualtherapeutisches Wissen verbessern möchten. Denn in der Ausbildung werden sexuelle Probleme kaum berücksichtigt, obwohl sie in der Praxis bei Patienten häufig vorkommen.Kontaktadressen am Ende des Buches bieten bei Bedarf professionelle Unterstützung durch Beratungsstellen und Sexualtherapeuten. Das kostenlose Downloadmaterial enthält Fragebögen und Übungen.
£16.99
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Transsexualismus Genderdysphorie
Book SynopsisDas Phänomen Transidentität oder Transsexualismus begegnet uns heutzutage an vielen Orten. Transidente Menschen treten auch in Talkshows und Doku-Sendungen auf, wo sie über ihr Leben berichten in einer im Vergleich zu früheren Zeiten zwar toleranteren, aber noch längst nicht wirklich akzeptierenden Gesellschaft. Udo Rauchfleisch skizziert den Weg vom Pathologiekonzept "Transsexualismus" zur "Genderdysphorie" bis hin zur "Geschlechtsinkongruenz" und dem nichtpathologischen Begriff der "Transidentität". Er fordert die absolute Selbstentscheidung der Transidenten über die von ihnen gewünschten Schritte in ihrer sogenannten Transition. Eine professionelle Begleitung Transidenter hat meist den Charakter eines transaffirmativen Coachings. Neben Transmenschen selbst und ihren Angehörigen richtet sich das Buch vor allem an Fachleute der verschiedenen Disziplinen, die an der Begleitung und Therapie von Transidenten beteiligt sind.
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Die Sexualität der Psychoanalyse
Book SynopsisPsychoanalysis is less interested in organised, genital sexuality than in the anarchic, repressed, unconscious sexuality. It asks about infantile sexuality in adults. Kai Rugenstein discusses, based on Sigmund Freud and Jean Laplanche, the guiding principles of an intersubjectively oriented drive theory and its implications for psychoanalytic practice. It becomes clear how, beyond mere talk about sexuality, analyzes are about finding a way of interpreting that mobilizes the dynamics of the unconscious sexual in the transference and thus revives blocked development opportunities in patients. Special attention should therefore be given to working with and in transference love.
£14.88
The University of Chicago Press The Language of Sex Five Voices from Northern
Book SynopsisThis study brings together widely divergent discourses to fashion a comprehensive picture of sexual language and attitudes at a particular time and place in the medieval world. Views on aspects including social position, the sexual body, desire and act, and procreation are discussed.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Libidinal Currents Sexuality and the Shaping of
Book SynopsisArgues that modern fiction, from Kate Chopin and Virginia Woolf to William Faulkner and Doris Lessing, surges with libidinal currents. This work maps the historical contexts that have influenced modern experimental narratives, and constructs a model for interpreting sexuality.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Beyond Sexuality
Book SynopsisCombining psychoanalytic emphasis on the unconscious with a respect for the variability of sexual identities, this work of queer theory makes the case for viewing erotic desire as fundamentally impersonal. Dean develops a reading of Lacan that brings out queer tensions and productive incoherencies.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Anxious Pleasures The Sexual Lives of an
Book SynopsisGood fish get dull but sex is always fun. So say the Mehinaku people of Brazil. But Thomas Gregor shows that sex brings a supreme ambiguity to the villagers' lives. In their elaborate ritualsespecially those practiced by the men in their secret societiesthe Mehinaku give expression to a system of symbols reminiscent of psychosexual neuroses identified by Freud: castration anxiety, Oedipal conflict, fantasies of loss of strength through sex, and a host of others. If we look carefully, writes Gregor, we will see reflections of our own sexual nature in the life ways of an Amazonian people. The book is illustrated with Mehinaku drawings of ritual texts and myths, as well as with photographs of the villagers taking part in both everyday and ceremonial activities.
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The University of Chicago Press Sambia Sexual Culture Essays from the Field
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays on the sexual culture of the Sambia of Papua New Guinea examines: fetish and fantasy; ritual nose-bleeding; the role of homoerotic insemination; the role of the father and mother in the process of identity formation; and the creation of a third sex in nature and culture.
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The University of Chicago Press Studying Human Behavior
Book SynopsisDeals with the complexities of human behavioral research, a domain still dominated by the age-old debate of nature versus nurture. The author dissects five approaches to the study of behavior - quantitative behavioral genetics, molecular behavior genetics, developmental psychology, neurophysiology and anatomy, and social/environmental methods.Trade Review"Helen E. Longino presents many insights about different general methods, assumptions, research goals, and the importance of definitions in researching behavior. I know of no other book that covers such diverse approaches." (Peter Machamer, University of Pittsburgh)"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Studying Human Behavior
Book SynopsisDeals with the complexities of human behavioral research, a domain still dominated by the age-old debate of nature versus nurture. The author dissects five approaches to the study of behavior - quantitative behavioral genetics, molecular behavior genetics, developmental psychology, neurophysiology and anatomy, and social/environmental methods.Trade Review"Helen E. Longino presents many insights about different general methods, assumptions, research goals, and the importance of definitions in researching behavior. I know of no other book that covers such diverse approaches." (Peter Machamer, University of Pittsburgh)"
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press The Passion Book
Book SynopsisThe Passion Book is the most famous work of erotica in the vast literature of Tibetan Buddhism, written by the legendary scholar and poet Gendun Chopel (19031951).
£19.00
The University of Chicago Press Invisible Lives
Book SynopsisThrough combined theoretical and empirical study, this work argues that transgendered people are not so much produced by medicine or psychiatry as they are erased, or made invisible, in a variety of institutional and cultural settings.
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Memas House Mexico City On Transvestites Queens
Book SynopsisMema lives in a crowded urban space on the outskirts of Mexico City. Her house is a sanctuary for young homosexual men and transvestites. Mema is an AIDS educator and leader of the group. This study follows the transvestites in their daily activities, and analyzes their complicated relations.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press The Scientific Journal Authorship and the
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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The University of Chicago Press The Comforts of Home Prostitution in Colonial
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Columbia University Press Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian Gay and
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
£38.25
Columbia University Press Sexuality
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
£22.00
Columbia University Press Attraction Love Sex
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
£58.77
MO - University of Illinois Press Vita Sexualis
Book SynopsisTrade 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
£87.55
University of Illinois Press Leck R Vita Sexualis
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
£21.59
Indiana University Press Good Sex
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
£52.70
Indiana University Press Good Sex
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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WW Norton & Co Alfred C. Kinsey
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
£13.29
WW Norton & Co Quickies
Book SynopsisEffective techniques for fashioning pleasurable and satisfying sex lives.
£19.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual
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.
£47.45
John Wiley and Sons Ltd 50 Great Myths of Human Sexuality
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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LUP - University of Michigan Press Not Straight from Germany
Book SynopsisMagnus Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexual Science was founded in Berlin in 1919 as a place of research, political advocacy, counselling, and public education. It was destroyed in 1933 as the first target of the Nazi book burnings. Not Straight from Germany examines its legacy, combining essays and a lavish array of visual materials.
£72.95
LUP - University of Michigan Press Sex between Body and Mind
Book SynopsisIn the first half of the 20th century the German-speaking world became the international centre of medical-scientific sex research - and the birthplace of sexology and psychoanalysis. This is the first book to closely examine encounters among this era's German-speaking researchers across their emerging professional and disciplinary boundaries.
£73.10
University of California Press Magia Sexualis
Book SynopsisSexuality and the occult arts have long been associated in the western imagination, but it was not until the nineteenth century that a large and sophisticated body of literature on sexual magic - the use of sex as a source of magical power - emerged. This book presents the history of western sexual magic as a modern spiritual tradition.Trade Review"This book offers a fascinating account of the development of Western sexual magic through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Urban focuses on an extraordinary set of historical figures, and his rich analysis illuminates the sexual - and supernatural - undercurrents that have shaped modernity." - Randall Styers, author of Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World"Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface, Acknowledgments, and Apologies introduction Sex Magic, Modernity, and the Search for Liberation 1. the recurring nightmare, the elusive secret Historical and Imaginary Roots of Sex Magic in the Western Tradition 2. sex power is god power Paschal Beverly Randolph and the Birth of Sex Magic in Victorian America 3. the yoga of sex Tantra, Kama Sutra, and Other Exotic Imports from the Mysterious Orient 4. the beast with two backs Aleister Crowley and Sex Magick in Late Victorian England 5. the yoga of power Sex Magic, Tantra, and Fascism in Twentieth-Century Europe 6. the goddess and the great rite Sex Magic and Feminism in the Neo-Pagan Revival 7. the age of satan Satanic Sex and the Black Mass, from Fantasy to Reality 8. sexual chaos Chaos Magic, Cybersex, and Religion for a Postmodern Age conclusion The Lessons of King Lamus: Religion, Sexuality, and Liberation in a "Post-Orgy" World Notes Bibliography Index
£56.80
University of California Press Pornography and Sexual Deviance
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University of California Press A Long Dark Shadow MinorAttracted People and
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
£64.00
University of California Press A Long Dark Shadow MinorAttracted People and
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
£22.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Personal Relationships
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.
£36.05
John Wiley and Sons Ltd TwentiethCentury Sexuality
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.
£41.75
Harvard University Press Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior
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
£21.56
Harvard University Press Becoming Who I Am
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
£32.36
Princeton University Press Before Sexuality The Construction of Erotic
Book SynopsisFeatures fifteen original essays where eminent cultural historians and classicists not only discuss sex, but demonstrate how norms, practices, and even the very definitions of what counts as sexual activity have varied significantly over time.Trade Review"[The contributors] have either renewed the study of traditional topics and sources ... or brought neglected and marginalized topics centrally into the play of cultural history by means of their hermeneutic approach and omnivorous perspective."--The Times Literary Supplement
£59.50
University Press of Kansas Loves Virtues
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.
£18.95
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sex Addiction
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
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sex Addiction
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
£15.19
MB - Cornell University Press The Keys to Happiness Sex and the Search for
Book SynopsisThe revolution of 1905 challenged not only the social and political structures of imperial Russia but the sexual order as well. Throughout the decade that followed-in the salons of the artistic and intellectual avant-garde, on the pages of popular romances...Trade Review[Engelstein's] sensitivity to the interplay of conceptions of gender and class with politics and science makes the book valuable not only to Russianists, but to historians of culture and society in general.... Laura Engelstein has made a remarkable contribution to the scholarly literature. * Journal of the History of Sexuality *
£31.35
University of Toronto Press Ideal Surroundings
Book SynopsisThe 1920s are seen by historians as a crucial period in the formation of the Canadian working class. In Ideal Surroundings, Suzanne Morton looks at a single working-class community as it responded to national and regional changes. Grounded in labour and feminist history, with a strong emphasis on domestic life, this analysis focuses on the relationship between gender ideals and the actual experience of different family members. The setting is Richmond Heights, a working-class suburb of Halifax that was constructed following the 1917 explosion that devastated a large section of the city. The Halifax Relief Commission, specially formed to respond to this incident, generated a unique set of historical records that provides an unusually intimate glimpse of domestic life. Drawing on these and other archives, Morton uncovers many critical challenges to working-class ideals. The male world-view in particular were seriously destabilized as economic transformation and unemployment
£21.59
University of Toronto Press Written in the Flesh
Book SynopsisWritten in the Flesh is a history of sexual desire – a startling and provocative history of what people yearn to do sexually. It is the story of the whole body's need for sexual attention rather than simply the genitalia and their procreational function. The desire for sexual pleasure and total body sex – that is, the expansion of sexuality from a limited focus on the face and genitals to include the entire body – is certainly not a new phenomenon: the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese, amongst others, were quite familiar with eroticism that went beyond the strictly heterosexual and procreational. In the long centuries of Christian Europe, when miserable conditions of life and religious repression conspired to minimize the expression of sexual longing, desire was driven underground. Yet in the late nineteenth century, increasing privacy, prosperity, and good health again permitted the underlying biological urge for total body sex to exTrade 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
£26.99
University of Pennsylvania Press Peripheral Desires
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
£62.90
