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Book SynopsisAn exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. The Victorian Guide to Sex will reveal advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered. Reproducing original advertisements and letters, with extracts taken from memoirs, legal cases, newspaper advice columns, and collections held in the Museum of London and the British Museum, this book lifts the veil from historical sexual attitudes.

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Book SynopsisIn this headline-making book, Daniel Bergner turns everything we thought we knew about women's desire on its head. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with renowned behavioural scientists, sexologists, psychologists and everyday women, Daniel Bergner asks:- Do women really crave intimacy and emotional connection? - Are women more disposed to sex with strangers or multiple partners than either science or society have ever let on? - And is 'the fairer sex' actually more sexually aggressive and anarchic than men?Trade ReviewExplosive -- Zoe Williams * * Guardian * *Fascinating and controversial * * The Sunday Times * *This book should be read by every woman on earth. It should be handed out to pubescent girls... It is a must read for any person with even a remote erotic interest in the female gender... it is a revelation -- Tracy Clark-Flory * * Salon * *A new book that paints an unprecedented picture of female sexuality... [it] may strike fear in the heart of every heterosexual male * * Daily Mail * *What Do Women Want? adds both steam and explosives into the national conversation-or preoccupation-with what it means to be a woman today * * Vogue * *Bergner lays out the history of this brainwashing and then debunks it in his entertaining new book, What do Women Want?. He recaps ingenious studies that have plumbed our desires, including those we deny or hide from ourselves * * Elle * *Daniel Bergner has written a keenly intelligent book about a subject that often exceeds our intelligence: What Do Women Want? * * Gay Talese * *At last, we have a new perspective on the wilds of female desire, in rousing tableaux, as women, men, sexologists, bonobos, erotic gurus, and many others provide frank, vivid answers to the question that has haunted [us] for far too long: What do women want? The answer will fascinate all -- Diane Ackerman * * author of A Natural History of Love * *Accessible and informative prose... this page-turning book will have readers questioning some of their most ingrained beliefs about women, men, society, and sex * * Publishers Weekly * *It's everything you wanted to know about sex but didn't know to ask. Daniel Bergner upends long-standing myths about women and sex - everything from nature of attraction and pursuit to prevalence of taboo fantasies to monogamy itself * * New York Post * *Knits together anecdote, case study and scientific discovery to overturn some tenacious assumptions -- Emma Brockes * * Guardian * *A must-read for anyone who is interested in understanding what makes women tick -- Suzi Godson * * More Sex Daily * *Bergner tumbles many fallacies...Yet it is Bergner's portraits of women agonising about their own thwarted or failing desire that truly illuminate the book. He is a tender and eloquent chronicler -- Janice Turner * * The Times * *The possibilities are endless * * Psychologies (August Issue) * *Fascinating . . . Threatens to disrupt all the modern stereotypes of female sexuality * * Slate * *Shatters many of our most cherished myths about desire * * The Atlantic * *An excellent, accessible study -- Aidan Moffat * * Quietus * *What Do Women Want? by Daniel Bergner cites a number of studies that throw water on the notion that women have less active libidos than men or need intimacy to enjoy sex * * Irish Independent * *

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Book SynopsisProvides information on relevant research studies, key debates, and on operational and procedural mattersIncludes reflective material for practitioners working in the field An edited collection which academic staff can adopt for core or specialist modules which focus on prison management, prison officer training, and the occupational cultures of prison staff.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: Prisons and Staff Issues 2. Personal reflections on prison staff 3. Prison staff: an international perspective 4. The experiences of black and minority ethnic prison staff 5. Prison officers and gender 6. Prison staff in the public and private sector Part 2: Prison Officers 7. Industrial relations in prisons 8. Understanding prison officers: culture, cohesion and conflict 9. Staff and order in prisons 10. Creating ghosts in the penal machine: prison officer occupational morality and the techniques of denial 11. 'An inconvenient criminological truth': pain, punishment and prison officers Part 3: Prison Managers 12. Prison governors: new public managers? 13. Change management in prisons 14. 'Resisting the scourge of managerialism': on the uses of discretion in late-modern prisons 15. The role of middle and first-line managers Part 4: Prison Staff 16. The changing face of probation in prisons 17. Teachers and instructors in prisons 18. Psychologists in prisons 19. The prison drug worker 20. Health professionals in prisons Part 5: Developing the Human Resources of Prisons 21. Recruitment and assessment of prison staff 22. Training and developing prison staff 23. The experience of prison officer training Part 6: Conclusion 24. Concluding comments on the social world of prison staff

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Book Synopsis'The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . . refined . . . witty' NEW STATESMAN 'Her work is funny, sexy, frightening and brutal' EDMUND GORDON, GUARDIAN 'Angela Carter liked to blur boundaries and break rules' GABY WOOD, INDEPENDENT 'Sexuality is power' - so says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous Justine keeps to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. In a world where all tenderness is false, all beds are minefields.But now Sade has met his match. With invention and genius, Angela Carter takes on these outrageous figments of his extreme imagination, and transforms them into symbols of our time - the Hollywood sex goddesses, mothers and daughters, pornography, even the sacred shrines of sex and marriage lie devastatingly exposed before our eyes. Angela Carter delves into the viscera of our distorted sexuality and reveals a dazzling vision of love which admits neither of conqueror nor of conquered.Trade ReviewAngela Carter is neither ordinary nor timid. The tone is one of intellectual relish ... rational ... refined ... witty * New Statesman *The boldest of English women writers -- Lorna SageHer work is funny, sexy, frightening and brutal, and is always shaped by a keen, subversive intelligence and a style of luxuriant beauty -- Edmund Gordon * The Guardian *Angela Carter liked to blur boundaries and break rules -- Gaby Wood * Independent *

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Book Synopsis"So to the person that broke my heart in 2021 by way of a casual voice-note. Thank you."Told from the perspective of some of the finest contemporary Black writers and thinkers, MANDEM is an ode to the moments in our pasts that shape us, and gratitude at being able to appreciate these lessons in the present.In a beautiful blend of prose and lyricism, each essay sees its author tap into their most vulnerable place - engaging honestly in conversations often silently grappled with by Black British men because of socially enforced beliefs around Black masculinity.The themes in this essay collection range from the importance of male role-models, and the unique relationship between mother and son to the sexual pressure placed on young heterosexual men, while also asking the question: "what does contemporary Black queerness actually look like?"Edited by award-winning artist Iggy London and featuring essays from Yomi Sode, Jeffrey Boakye, Christian Adofo, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Athian Akec, Dipo Faloyin, Okechukwu Nzelu, Phil Samba, Sope Soetan, and Jordan Stephens, MANDEM is an unmissable, thoughtful anthology of Black male expression.

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Book SynopsisBetter sex in ten steps: renowned sex therapist and bestselling author Ian Kerner shares the program he uses to help thousands of couples achieve more intimacy and enjoyment. Think about the last time you had sex. Who initiated it? When and where did it happen? What was off-limits and why? Did you lose yourself in pleasure and connection, or did you come away feeling disappointed, or even ashamed? In this book, Kerner shows you how to create a sex life that works for you. He helps you figure out what’s working, what’s not, where you might be missing some elements, and how to construct a sex life that is mutually satisfying. He also discusses many common sexual problems — such as low desire, issues with climaxing, and erectile unpredictability — and how to resolve them. Drawing on the latest research and informed by his own experience of overcoming sexual problems, he lays out an easy-to-follow step-by-step process that has transformed the lives of his many clients, and can do the same for you.Trade Review‘Even in therapy, sex seems like the one topic people need to talk about most but don't know how. Thankfully, renowned sex therapist Ian Kerner has come to the rescue for everyone who has wanted more out of their erotic life but felt stuck, confused, or just plain frustrated. Combining decades of clinical research and real people’s stories, this elucidating guidebook is a must-read for anyone interested in creating a richer, deeper romantic life. There is warmth, compassion and clarity on every page.’ -- Lori Gottlieb, LMFT, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone‘Ian Kerner is a voice of equal parts compassion and logic. He speaks equally to men and to women, equally to people with great sex lives and people who are struggling. Ian's work is essential in the world of sex-positive writing.’ -- Emily Nagoski, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Come As You Are‘What a fascinating book on the how-to of sex — it’s packed with riveting data and great advice: Either you’ll be gratified that you are doing everything right or you’ll pick up a pile of truly valuable tips. Kerner is a wise man — it’s a compelling read.’ -- Helen Fisher, PhD, author of Anatomy of Love‘My goodness, he’s done it again. After helping men become ‘cliterate’ with She Comes First and guiding women through the intricacies of male passion (He Comes Next), Ian Kerner fearlessly leads us to explore one another. His guidance is at once fresh, funny, human and state of the art. What is your erotic blueprint? Dispelling one myth after another, So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex invites you on a journey toward a deeper, richer and more authentic sexuality.’ -- Terrence Real, author of The New Rules of Marriage‘Based on real stories and linked by real data, Kerner’s So Tell Me About The Last Time You Had Sex is a look into the sex lives of people that will serve to normalise, validate, and importantly, inspire! This book is for sex therapists, individuals seeking to improve their sex lives, and anyone who wants to turn good sex into great sex!’ -- Lori A. Brotto, PhD, author of Better Sex Through Mindfulness‘Ian Kerner is a gem of a sex therapist and a masterful storyteller. This book is insightful, practical, accessible, and most of all, helpful. Written in an extraordinarily comfortable and engaging style, Kerner has produced a book that will not only grab the reader's attention and interest, but is sure to enhance the sexual, emotional, and relational lives of its audience. Much like his earlier work, She Comes First, So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex is a book that will endure for years. I am sure to recommend this text to my patients with frequency and enthusiasm!’ -- Daniel N. Watter, EdD, Past-President of The Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR)‘Does the sex between your ears or your sheets needs a script update? You’ve come to the right place. Ian Kerner brings together up to the minute sexual science with the highly personal art form of sexual pleasure to give readers a master class in sexual script writing. Full of practical and knowledgeable ideas for rewriting your last forgettable sexual experiences into sexual narratives worth repeating and retelling.’ -- Doug Braun-Harvey, MFT, co-author of Treating Out of Control Sexual Behaviour: rethinking sex addiction‘No question, Ian Kerner’s book is refreshingly informative — and honestly, that would have been enough. But what makes it truly special is Kerner himself: the abundant warmth that shines through, whether he is describing a client session or addressing readers directly. His compassion and kindness gently disarm shame, promoting the kind of communication and self-interrogation that are, ultimately, key to experiencing joy in sex.’ -- Peggy Orenstein, New York Times bestselling author of Girls & Sex and Boys & Sex‘From breaking out of a sex rut to managing mismatched libidos, Ian Kerner is at the forefront of giving us fresh, sexy solutions to classic sex problems.’ -- Esther Perel, marriage and family therapist, and author of Mating in Captivity: reconciling the erotic and the domestic‘So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex is simply a delightful book! It tells you how to focus down and unpack your sexual dance and make it rock! More than this it’s so easy to read: down to earth and so eminently practical. A great acquisition for anyone who wants to improve their sex life.’ -- Sue Johnson, author of Hold Me Tight: seven conversations for a lifetime of love‘‘Is the air you breathe oxygenated with a little bit of eroticism?’ asks bestselling author and sex therapist Ian Kerner. If it is, then you will savour this book, which (as the title indicates), invites us to look through the window of our last sexual experiences to illuminate our sex lives and what they could become. If it isn’t, then you must buy this book today! Kerner has created another instant classic for individuals, couples and their therapists who are willing to consider what last night could mean for tomorrow.’ -- Peggy J. Kleinplatz, PhD, professor, faculty of medicine at University of Ottawa, Canada‘For any couple struggling to make sense of their fickle sex drives, dwindling desires and disappointing sexual experiences, Dr. Kerner’s latest book is the first step towards living healthier, fulfilling and more pleasurable sex lives. This book will transform not only the sexual relationship you have with your partners but the one you have with yourself. It’s a must read for anyone who is ready to let go of their limiting beliefs to make way for sexual discovery and satisfaction.’ -- Emily Morse, doctor of human sexuality, Founder & CEO of Sex With Emily‘Ian Kerner is the real deal. In So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex, he uses the most essential form of communication — storytelling — to help couples follow the thread from their stuck, unsatisfying scripts back to the deep tender core of vulnerability that underlies them. Filled with practical exercises, Kerner addresses an array of sexual challenges and shows how they can become opportunities for erotic growth. He also inspires his readers to expand their erotic repertoire through flexibility, creative imagination, and more meaningful sexual conversations with themselves and their partners. I can't think of a more hopeful, humane and knowledgeable guide for navigating the sometimes vexing impasses of couple sex.’ -- Daphne de Marneffe, PhD, author of The Rough Patch: marriage and the art of living together‘Kerner dusts off the traditional concept of a ‘sex script’ and polishes it to a high sheen. In his hands, this humble tool becomes a powerful key to deeper sexual aliveness. This is a highly original book. It’s also playful, deeply personal, unfailingly kind, and clearly a labour of love. I can’t think of any other sex writer who can discuss Aristotle’s Poetics together with the neuroscience of orgasm, but Kerner does it all with unfailing skill. Highly recommended!’ -- Dr Stephen Snyder, author of Love Worth Making‘A masterpiece! Most people experience sexual difficulties at some point in their lives and Kerner's book is here to help people move through them to create more pleasurable, connecting, affirming sex lives. Highly recommended!’ -- Debby Herbenick, PhD, author of Because It Feels Good‘So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex is full of useful advice … The book is filled with helpful, constructive suggestions … it's likely every couple can benefit from giving it a read.’ -- Kevin Lances * Your Tango *‘Dr. Ian Kerner has done it again! So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex is the book we've all been needing … even if we didn't know it! Kerner masterfully alchemises the practical and the poetic to help us more deeply understand the world of the erotic. By inviting us to relate to our sexual experiences as stories, Kerner gifts us the opportunity to co-author new possibilities for healing and joy. This book is a treasure.’ -- Alexandra H. Solomon, PhD, faculty at Northwestern University, author of Loving Bravely and Taking Sexy Back‘Much like Ian’s therapy work, his books are action-oriented and provide concrete examples, strategies, and homework to help individuals adapt their behaviour in the bedroom.’ * Dating News *Praise For Ian Kerner: ‘Dr Ian Kerner is one of the most recognisable voices in clinical sex therapy.’ -- Esther PerelPraise For Ian Kerner: ‘Move over, Casanova. Step aside, Don Juan. Out of the way Mr. Big. Meet Ian Kerner, the author of She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman.’ -- New York PostPraise For Ian Kerner: ‘Ian Kerner is that rare man who truly loves women and wants to help them.’ -- Amy Sohn, New York Magazine columnistPraise for She Comes First: ‘Required reading for all men who are dating and all women who are wondering why they're not satisfied.’ -- Cindy Chupack, writer/executive producer of Sex and the CityPraise for She Comes First: ‘Take note, guys. This book is your secret weapon.’ -- Jauretsi Saizarbitoria * Jane Magazine *Praise for She Comes First: ‘An entire book written strictly for the pleasure of women by a man. Hallelujah!’ -- PlaygirlPraise for Sex Recharge: ’Men, while still lame, can no longer hide behind the old excuse of ignorance when it comes to pleasuring a woman — [T]he facts are all here in this complete guide.’ -- Dr. Drew Pinsky, co-host of LovelinePraise for Sex Recharge: ”This well-written, hands-on, fluff-free book puts the 'big-penis-big-orgasm' theory to rest once and for all, and offers men the tools they need to have their partners coming back for more. No man or woman should be without it.’ -- Michele Weiner-Davis, M.S.W., author of The Sex Starved MarriagePraise for Sex Recharge: ‘Witty and informed … [T]his must-read promises to help you break your bad dating habits and stay true to your own intentions.’ -- US Weekly

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Book SynopsisSheila Jeffreys explodes the distinction between “forced” and “free” prostitution, and documents the expanding international traffic in women. She examines the claims of the prostitutes’ rights movement and the sex industry, while supporting prostituted women. Her argument is threefold: the sex of prostitution is not just sex; the work of prostitution is not ordinary work; and prostitution is a ‘choice’ not for the prostituted women, but for the men who abuse them.

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Book SynopsisDoes a post-vaginoplasty vagina have a G-spot? Why do some trans people find they enjoy anal sex more after testosterone? And can people with post-surgical vaginas experience vaginismus?Written by renowned sex blogger and educator Kelvin Sparks, Trans Sex is the essential guide to sex and bodies for all trans, non-binary and intersex people. Covering everything from post-surgical anatomy and hormone replacement therapy to sex toys, kink and safe sex, this empowering and practical guide also explores desire, pleasure and arousal (and why these aren't the same thing), how to navigate sex and consent with other people, as well as the difficulties many trans people experience in relation to sex, such as dysphoria and violence.Raw, honest and nothing like the sex education you received at school, this guide is here to help you on your journey to sexual discovery and fulfilment.Trade ReviewA long-awaited, in-depth, myth-busting book about trans sex written by an actual expert sex eduator. -- Jake Hall, queer sex journalist and author of 'The Art of Drag'Table of Contents1. Desire, Pleasure and Communication 2. Anatomy and Bodies 3. Sex and Safety 4. Toys and Gear 5. Manual Sex and Grinding 6. Oral Sex 7. Vaginal Sex8. Anal Sex9. Kink

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Book SynopsisPurposely flying in the face of decades of safe-sex campaigning and HIV/AIDS awareness initiatives, barebacking is unquestionably radical behavior, behavior that most people would rather condemn than understand. This title presents an investigation into barebacking and the distinctive subculture that has grown around it.Trade Review"Unlimited Intimacy is novel, fascinating, insightful, and courageous. Tim Dean convincingly argues that confronting head-on a sexual subculture that is alien to most readers, and understanding the fantasies that propel it, is a very good way of stimulating thought - not only about that subculture, but about one's own choices and behavior, and about the general social process of demonizing and pathologizing certain sexual practices." - Martha Nussbaum"

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Book SynopsisCenters on an old institution among the Afro-Surinamese working class in which women have multiple sexual relationships with both men and women. These women reject marriage, preferring to create their own families of kin, lovers, and children. Analyzing this phenomenon, known as mati work, this book describes the lives of Afro-Surinamese women.Trade Review"...A wholly worthwhile book." -- Jaqueline Nassy Brown "[A] profound ethnography." -- New West Indian GuideTable of Contents1. No Tide, No Tamara / Not Today, Not Tomorrow: Misi Juliette Cummings's Life History 2. Suriname, Sweet Suriname: A Political Economy of Gendered and Racialized Inequality 3. Winti, an Afro-Surinamese Religion and the Multiplicitous Self 4. Kon Sidon na Mi Tapu... / Then He Comes and Sits Down on Top of Me... Relationships Between Women and Men 5. The Mati Work 6. Sexuality on the Move Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisExamines approaches to protecting children and teens from internet pornography, threats from sexual predators operating on-line, and other inappropriate material on the internet. This book discusses strategies, tools, and options for how to teach children to make safe and appropriate decisions about what they see and experience on the internet.Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. Technology; 5 3. The Adult Online Entertainment Industry; 6 4. Legal and Regulatory Issues; 7 5. Children, Media, and Exposure to Sexually Explicit Material; 8 6. The Research Base on the Impact of Exposure to Sexually Explicit Material: What Theory and Empirical Studies Offer; 9 7. Beyond the Science: Perspectives on Impact and the Public Debate; 10 8. Approaches to Protection from Inappropriate Material; 11 9. Legal and Regulatory Tools; 12 10. Social and Educational Strategies to Develop Personal and Community Responsibility; 13 11. A Perspective on Technology-Based Tools; 14 12. Technology-Based Tools for Users; 15 13. Technology-Based Tools Available to Non-End Users; 16 14. Findings, Conclusions, and Future Needs; 17 Appendix A: Information-Gathering Sessions of the Committee; 18 Appendix B: Glossary and Acronyms; 19 Appendix C: Selected Technology Issues; 20 Appendix D: Site Visit Synthesis; 21 Appendix E: Biographies; 22 Index

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Book Synopsis Now a New Showtime Original SeriesShowtime''s dramatic series Masters of Sex, starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, is based on this real-life story of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Before Sex and the City and ViagraTM, America relied on Masters and Johnson to teach us everything we needed to know about what goes on in the bedroom. Convincing hundreds of men and women to shed their clothes and copulate, the pair were the nation’s top experts on love and intimacy. Highlighting interviews with the notoriously private Masters and the ambitious Johnson, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier shows how this unusual team changed the way we all thought about, talked about, and engaged in sex while they simultaneously tried to make sense of their own relationship. Entertaining, revealing, and beautifully told, Masters of Sex sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire, intimacy, and the American psyche.

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Book SynopsisSuppose that everything we think we know about ''The Victorians'' is wrong? That we have persistently misrepresented the culture of the Victorian era, perhaps to make ourselves feel more satisfyingly liberal and sophisticated? What if they were much more fun than we ever suspected? Matthew Sweet''s Inventing the Victorians has some revelatory - and entertaining - answers for us. As Sweet shows us in this brilliant study, many of the concepts that strike us as terrifically new - political spin-doctoring, extravagant publicity stunts, hardcore pornography, anxieties about the impact of popular culture upon children - are Victorian inventions. Most of the pleasures that we imagine to be our own, the Victorians enjoyed first: the theme park, the shopping mall, the movies, the amusement arcade, the crime novel and the sensational newspaper report. They were engaged in a well-nigh continuous search for bigger and better thrills. If Queen Victoria wasn''t amused, then she waTrade Review'This is a profoundly stimulating and entertaining book'. D. J. Taylor, Sunday Times; 'Matthew Sweet has opened a blast of fresh air into the hothouse of Victorian studies. His book is packed with weird and wonderful information'. Spectator; 'He tells his revisionist version exceedingly well, describing a lurid thrill-seeking populace avid for sensation. Colourful characters parade through chapters that demonstrate how innovative, fast-paced, diverse and radical the era was. Sweet has turned his scholarly research through the detritus of high and low 19th-century culture into a page-turning piece of pop-culture history... A darned good read, and no mistake,' Big Issue

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Book SynopsisNever before have prostitution, strip clubs and pornography been as profitable, widely used or embedded in mainstream culture as they are today. How society should respond to the rise of the sex trade is shaping up to be one of the Twenty-First Century''s big questions. Should it be legal to pay for sex? Isn''t it a woman''s choice whether she strips for money? Could online porn warping the attitudes of a generation of boys? An increasingly popular set of answers maintains that prostitution is just work, porn is fantasy, demand is inevitable; so fully legalise the sex trade and it can be made safe. Kat Banyard contends that these are profoundly dangerous myths. Sexual consent is not a commodity, objectification and abuse are inherent to prostitution, and the sex trade poses a grave threat to the struggle for women''s equality.Skilfully weaving together first-hand investigation, interviews and the latest research, Pimp State powerfully argues that s

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Book SynopsisA History of Sexuality in Modern Germany offers both a detailed survey of this key subject and a new intervention in the history of sexuality in modern Germany. It investigates the diverse and often contradictory ways in which individuals, activists, doctors, politicians, artists, social movements and cultural commentators have defined normal' or natural' sexuality in Germany over the past two centuries. Katie Sutton explores how these definitions have been used to shape identities, behaviors, bodies and practices, particularly around norms of heterosexual, marital, reproductive sex. At the same time, she examines how such ideas enabled the policing of unnatural' or deviant' bodies and practices. Covering a range of crucial themes, including birth control, prostitution, homosexual rights and heterosexual intimacy, this important text comes with 30 illustrations, a useful glossary and interesting biographical vignettes which help to illuminate the narrative. Primary source extracTrade ReviewThis fascinating, authoritative study places topical debates into historical context, revealing the multifaceted nature of modernities and the shifting, heterogeneous nature of past sexualities and the moral norms that shaped them. Foregrounding questions of conformity and resistance, the book sheds light on the hotly-contested debates over gender and sexual identities that confront contemporary scholars. * Ingrid Sharp, Professor of German Cultural and Gender History, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. *Katie Sutton’s Sexuality in Modern German History deftly weaves the important topics in the history of modern sexuality—mariage, prostitution, homosexuality, and trans identities—with the turns in German history, from the early nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. An invaluable resurce for beginning students as well as established scholars! * Robert Deam Tobin, Henry J Leir Chair Professor of Comparative Literature, Clark University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures Introduction. Sexuality in Modern German History 1. Enlightening Intimacy: From Reformation to Unification 2. Sexual Modernity and Nationhood: 1871-1918 3. Babylon Berlin? Liberation, Violence and Politics in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933 4. Pronatalism to Persecution: Sex in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945 5. Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Divided Germanies 6. Sexual Evolutions and Revolutions: From Rock’n’Roll to Gay Liberation Conclusion. Political Transitions and Intimate Transformations since the Berlin Wall Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Pet Shop Boys came of age at a time of deep socio-political tension. From the rise of sexual politics and awareness to Thatcherite neoliberalism and the Cold War, this book explores the cultural and political impact of the band and offers a fascinating window into the late 20th and early 21st centuries. An archetypal gay band', it shows how their overt queerness influenced generations of LGBTQIA+ music lovers and artists alike.Covering the full oeuvre of the Pet Shop Boys; their albums, films, stage productions and collaborations, chapters in this collection show how their work is suffused with political commentary on the past and present covering themes as broad as queer identity, the HIV/AIDs epidemic, globalization and Brexit. It also places them within the context of their times and considers them as activists, authors, social commentators, political actors and personalities to better understand what influenced them. Bringing together a range of perspectives and discTrade ReviewThis delightful collection brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars. As the authors dive into themes like Thatcherism and queerness, they showcase both the critical role the Pet Shop Boys played in shaping the social and cultural landscape as well as the meaning(s) its music has brought to listeners. * Jovana Babovic, Associate Professor of History, SUNY Geneseo, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures Introduction, Bodie A. Ashton, (Universität Erfurt, Germany) Part I It’s All About Change, It’s a Metamorphosis: The Personal-Political 1. Che Guevara and Debussy to a Disco Beat: Intellectualism and the Pet Shop Boys, Antares Russell Leask, (North Virginia Community College, USA) 2. The End of the West: Community and Chorus in Pet Shop Boys since ‘Go West’, Adrian Daub, (Stanford University, USA) 3. He Dreamed of Machines: Queer Heritage and the Pet Shop Boys’ Turing Test, Bodie A. Ashton, (Universität Erfurt, Germany) Part II Blaming the Colour TV: Neoliberal and Capitalist Critique 4. Buying and Selling Your History: Navigating the Ruins of Neoliberalism with Tennant and Lowe, Jonathan Dean, (University of Leeds, UK) 5. The Currency We Spent: The Pet Shop Boys and the Actualisation of Thatcherite Economics, Stephanie Polsky, (Goldsmiths University of London, UK) 6. Moscow or Manderley? Spectrality and Sovietism in the Pet Shop Boys’ Oeuvre, Carolin Isabel Steiner (University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany) Part III We Came from Outer Space: Siting and Spatiality 7. “All that Swinging Sixties. It Never Did Anyone Any Good, Did It?” The Pet Shop Boys and the Scandal of the Profumo Affair, Christopher Spinks (University of East Anglia, UK) 8. Go West, Young Band, Torsten Kathke (Johannes-Guttenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany) Part IV We’re the Pet Shop Boys: Metanarrativity and Manifestations 9. It’s a Sin: Religious Imagery and Queer Identities in It Couldn’t Happen Here, Lisa-Marie Pöhland (Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany) 10. What Have I Done to Deserve This? Personal, Professional, and Political Representations in Smash Hits during the ‘Imperial Phase’ (1986-1988), Lexi Webster (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) 11. You’ve Been Around but You Don’t Look Too Rough: The Pet Shop Boys as Legacy Artists, Abby S. Waysdorf (Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands) 12. It's (Not) Obvious: Queerness and Queer Identities Pre- and Post-Bilingual, Bodie A. Ashton (Universität Erfurt, Germany) and Carolin Isabel Steiner (University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany)

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Book SynopsisChallenging stereotypes, this volume investigates the experiential and theoretical landscapes of older people's sexual intimacies, practices and pleasures. Contributors explore the impact of desexualisation and distinguish the challenges older people face from the prejudices imposed on them.Table of ContentsSeries Editor Introduction - Paul Simpson, Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Paul Reynolds Foreword - Ketki Ranade 1. Introduction to the Volume: Themes, Issues and Chapter Synopses - Paul Simpson, Paul Reynolds and Trish Hafford-Letchfield 2. Consent and Sexual Literacy for Older People - Paul Reynolds 3. ‘At YOUR Age???!!!’: the Constraints of Ageist Erotophobia on Older People’s Sexual and Intimate Relationships - Paul Simpson 4. The Aesthetic(s) of the Eroticism in Old Age - Ricardo Iacub and Feliciano Villar 5. Menopause and the ‘Menoboom’: How Older Women are Desexualised by Culture - Clare Anderson. 6. Ageing, Physical Disability and Desexualisation - Susan Gillen and Paul Reynolds. 7. Ageing, Intellectual Disability and Desexualisation - Susan Gillen and Paul Reynolds 8. Dancing in- or out-of-step? Sexual and Intimate Relationships among Heterosexual Couples Living with Alzheimer’s Disease - Linn J. Sandberg. 9. Older People Living in Long-term Care: No Place for Old Sex? - Feliciano Villar and Josep Faba 10. Ageing and the LGBTI+ Community: a Case Study of Australian Care Policy - Jane Youell 11. The role of professionals and service providers in supporting sexuality and intimacy in later life: theoretical and practice perspectives - Trish Hafford-Letchfield 12. Final reflections: themes and issues arising from the volume on desexualisation in later life- Paul Simpson, Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Paul Reynolds

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Book SynopsisThis timely volume ventures into the subject of sadomasochism in varied aspects of medieval life. Saint’s Lives and mystical treatises provide evidence of failed sadism and empowering masochism. Literary culture in the form of epics and courtly tales preserve stories of eroticised power. These exciting chapters join together to form a picture of medieval culture that is kinky in its practice and deeply psychological at its core.Table of ContentsIntroduction: the jouissance of medieval kink - Christopher VaccaroPart I: Spiritual and penitential (con)texts1 Humiliation as penance in some early penitentials - Erin Abraham2 Land of saints and sadists: the S&M scene(s) in medieval Ireland - Phillip A. Bernhardt-House3 Failed sadism and masochistic martyrdom in Christine de Pizan’s Livre de la Cité des Dames - Tina-Marie Ranalli4 The monastic pleasures of frustrated knowledge - Karmen MacKendrick5 The pains of being pure at heart: sadomasochism in Richard of St. Victor’s On the four degrees of violent love - Christopher Michael Roman6 Negotiating power and pleasure in the Book of Margery Kempe - Nicole SlippPart II: Courtly and secular (con)texts7 I am not having what she’s having: female sexual (un)pleasure medieval and modern - Juliana Dresvina8 Queer consolation: BDSM in Chaucer’s The Clerk’s tale, sadistic epistemology and the ends of suffering - Masha Raskolnikov9 Ideological sadism or cultural enhancement: thirteenth-century Mongols in Kievan Rus and Baghdad - Vicky Panossian10 Fetishizing the past: Troilus and Criseyde, sadomasochism, and the historophilia of modern BDSM - Kersti Francis11 ‘My warlike grip broke his beating heart’: masochism and the deadly embrace in Beowulf ll. 2501-2508a - Christopher Vaccaro12 Death drive and the maiden: the queerness of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim - Philip Liston-KraftIndex

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Book SynopsisBorders of desire takes a novel approach to the study of borders: rather than seeing them only as obstacles to the fulfillment of human desires, this collection focuses on how borders can also be productive of desire. Based on long-term ethnographic engagement with sites along the eastern borders of Europe, particularly in the Baltics and the Balkans, the studies in this volume illuminate how gendered and sexualized desires are generated by the existence of borders and how they are imagined. As the chapters show, borders can create new desires expressed as aspirations, resentments, and actions including physical movements across borders for pleasure or work, or collective enactments of political ideals or resistance. The collection also shows how the persistent east/west symbolic border continues to act as a source of these desires in European political and social life.Trade Review"Within a literature and dominant political discourse that overwhelmingly continue to view borders as obstacles, this book regards borders as performative: it asks what borders ‘do’, rather than what they ‘are’. By asking how borders produce—rather than only thwart—desires, the authors look afresh at the many ways gender and sexuality are at issue in border crossing. Considering desire, they return attention to the agency, humanity and imagination of border crossers and offer a glimpse into the complexity of their dreams, their decision-making and their experiences." Jane Cowan, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of Sussex -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: Gender, sexuality, and desire at the eastern borders of Europe – Elissa Helms and Tuija Pulkkinen 1 Crossing the lines on Lesvos: Navigating overlapping borders in the Aegean – Sarah Green 2 Transgressing realities: Desire and the border in the southern Balkans – Rozita Dimova 3 How do borders produce ethno-sexualisation and lived senses of sexuality? Insights from lives of Latvian women in Guernsey – Aija Lulle 4 Moving desire: Multiple lives and desires in border-crossing prostitution – May-Len Skilbrei 5 Sex, love, and a better future: Gendered desire in the narratives of women from post-socialist countries in Italy and Finland – Anastasia Diatlova and Lena Näre 6 The hero and the ‘whore’: Croatia’s sexualized and gendered (self-)ascriptions and its desire for European belonging – Michaela Schäuble 7 Desires for past and future in border crossings on the Finnish-Russian border – Olga Davidova-Minguet and Pirjo Pöllänen 8 Desire to resist: EU border-making and anti-LGBT mobilization in Serbia – Katja Kahlina and Dušica Ristivojevic?

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Book Synopsis'Captivating, emphatic and deeply inspiring, Sexual Revolution lifted me greatly by envisioning the possibilities of our moment' V (formerly Eve Ensler) 'Brilliant; vital; revolutionary' Kate Manne _________________ This is a story about how modern masculinity is killing the world, and how feminism can save it. It’s a story about sex and power and trauma and resistance and persistence. Sex and gender are changing, and the world is changing with them. In this time of crisis, we are also witnessing a productive transformation: a revolutionary change in how we define gender, sex, consent and whose bodies matter. This sexual revolution is a threat to the social and economic order. It undermines the existing power structures and weakens the authority of institutions from the waged workplace to the nuclear family. No wonder the far right is fighting back so hard. Told with Laurie Penny’s trademark urgency and candour, Sexual Revolution is a hand-grenade of a book: both a manifesto for social change and a story of how feminism can save us.Trade ReviewThis broad, ambitious book skilfully skewers everyday sexisms … Penny is a skilled polemicist, and their underlying argument, if not exactly original, is vital: that questions of sex and love are central to politics … A perfect summation of our cultural double standards … Penny has a knack for identifying missed connections … This is a broad, ambitious book, and Penny’s writing is vivid and passionate * New Statesman *A call to arms . . . Sexual Revolution is about shining a spotlight on the changes that are already happening, and encouraging them, despite the backlash, despite the fear * Irish Times *This is a voice of blazing fury. These are the clear, ferocious words of a millennial, intersectional feminist . . . Penny connects up the dots of the many issues impacting on women’s lives and links them through to the attitudes of a patriarchal, racist and capitalist society . . . The book contains many blistering arguments, including the reminder that what we are tackling is not just one sexual violence case but a whole culture . . . Sexual Revolution provides an analysis of how far we have yet to go * Herald *Laurie Penny's searing critique of male dominance, violence and supremacy traces the link between everyday sexism and the far right's project of biopower. Penny's quiet but incandescent anger burns through every page, guiding with wit and erudition us towards solutions that involve a hitherto discounted possibility: that men might change -- Paul MasonLaurie Penny’s electric new book boldly announces that the feminist sexual revolution is here; we are in the midst of a ‘fundamental reimagining of gender roles and sexual roles, work and love, trauma and violence, pleasure and power.’ Captivating, emphatic, and deeply inspiring, Sexual Revolution lifted me greatly by envisioning the possibilities of our moment -- V (formerly Eve Ensler), author of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES and THE APOLOGYBrilliant; vital; revolutionary -- Kate ManneLaurie Penny is a true gift. Their excoriation of the patriarchy and its continued harm against all humans is life-giving, and perhaps only matched by the exceptional warmth and good humour they express while making great strides to change the world -- Clementine Ford, author of FIGHT LIKE A GIRLI can't really think of another writer who so consistently and bravely keeps thinking and talking and learning and trying to make the world better -- Caitlin Moran (praise for Laurie Penny)

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Book SynopsisTHE CONTROVERSIAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Candid, fearless and provocative – the author of American Psycho on who he is and what he thinks is wrong with the world today. Bret Easton Ellis is most famous for his era-defining novel American Psycho and its terrifying anti-hero, Patrick Bateman. With that book, and many times since, Ellis proved himself to be one of the world’s most fearless and clear-sighted observers of society – the glittering surface and the darkness beneath.In White, his first work of non-fiction, Ellis offers a wide-ranging exploration of what the hell is going on right now. He tells personal stories from his own life. He writes with razor-sharp precision about the music, movies, books and TV he loves and hates. He examines the ways our culture, politics and relationships have changed over the last four decades. He talks about social media, Hollywood celebrities and Donald Trump.Ellis considers conflicting positions without flinching and adheres to no status quo. His forthright views are powered by a fervent belief in artistic freedom and freedom of speech. Candid, funny, entertaining and blisteringly honest, he offers opinions that are impossible to ignore and certain to provoke.What he values above all is the truth. ‘The culture at large seemed to encourage discourse,’ he writes, ‘but what it really wanted to do was shut down the individual.’ Bret Easton Ellis will not be shut down.Trade ReviewThe first work of non-fiction from the American Psycho author is very good . . . the best thing he has published for years * Sunday Times *A winning mixture of incautious autobiography and caustic polemic, with plenty of sharp social observation thrown in . . . What a timely book this is – bursting with wit and diablerie, shameless, bracing and fun. * Mail on Sunday *A splenetic analysis of the culture of today . . . occasionally brilliant, often thought-provoking * The Times *Not everybody is going to like it. He doesn’t care. * New York Times *For the youthful twitterati, I suppose, he’s just another old white man who hates everything -- Hugo Rifkind * The Times *This attack on political correctness in the Twitter age . . . has all the sound, fury and insignificance of a misguided rant posted at 3am * Guardian *Ellis will lose friends over this book. * Wall Street Journal *Best described as a provocation . . . it’s up to you, the reader, to choose to what degree you are prepared to allow yourself to be riled. * Observer *@BretEastonEllis Your book White is staggeringly good. I’m loving it. Thank you so much for your style, your humour and your honesty. -- Eric Idle (on Twitter)

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a theory of trafficking and modern slavery with implications for policy. Going beyond polarised debates on the sex trade, this book shows the importance of coercion and the societal complexities that perpetuate modern slavery.

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Book Synopsis'A genius writer' FABULOUS MAGAZINE· Explore your sensuality· Discover your inner power· Reclaim your sexuality with this gentle and mind-opening journal by sexual priestess and activist Lucy-Anne Holmes.When Lucy-Anne Holmes was in her mid-thirties, she had an epiphany about sex: she realised that she hadn't even skimmed the surface of how fulfilling it could be. So, she took herself on a sexual odyssey. Ten years on, after countless explorations, sex festivals and workshops, she was initiated as a sacred sexual priestess. She now shares everything she has learned about how liberating and empowering sexual self-knowledge can be.Guided by Lucy, on each day of the 28 days you'll be invited to read, to write and to do something around the following themes: Your Love, Your Body, Your Sex, Your Intimacy, Your Desire, Your Pleasure, Your Power, Your Playfulness, Your Surrender, Your Sacredness, Your Vision.This book features a host of activities to discover and play, including: activation mediations, touch practises, sex magic, self-pleasure experiments, sex audits, games to play with friends or lovers, plus opportunities to get creative and express your sexual self through various artforms, and much more.Consider this your own personal pleasure school. Prepare to be wowed and enlightened, inspired and excited as you acquaint yourself with the glorious uniqueness of your sexuality.Praise for Women on Top of the World'Searingly honest ... A beautiful and important work' VANITY FAIR'Holmes has done an admirable job' SUNDAY TIMES'The female gaze at its purest... An important read' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Praise for Don't Hold My Head Down'Absolutely essential . . . So funny, hopeful, truthful and needed' Caitlin Moran'A must-read. . . will make you laugh yourself silly' Laura Bates'I can't express how much I loved this book. And how evangelical I feel about it. I want to rush out and buy copies for every woman, and actually every man, I know' Caroline Criado-Perez

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Book SynopsisIt’s 1953 in Southern California, Patty is five years old, and her mother hasn’t been home in two days. A police officer eventually arrives and takes Patty and her brothers to juvenile hall—their mother has been drinking again.Twenty-eight years later, Patty herself is an alcoholic mother to three children. Divorced and homeless, she soon realizes that she can’t support her children with her job cleaning houses, so she accepts the offer of a man who works at the gas station: she’ll have sex with him for money.For the next seventeen years, Patty lives a double life as a sex worker. Though she supports her family with the money she makes, she struggles to be the parent she wants to be, until she realizes she has become just like her own mother: an alcoholic who doesn’t give her children what they need.When Patty gets sober, her life begins to change. She finds healing through therapy, spirituality, community, and, most importantly, speaking the truth to her children. Powerful and insightful, Patty’s story is proof that we all are capable of healing ourselves—and that forgiveness can transform our lives completely.Trade Review“Patty Tierney has a gift for sharing her life and the lessons she has learned as a woman, mother, and daughter. For those seeking to practice compassion, forgiveness, and healing of old childhood traumas, Patty shares her very personal journey that takes you to the darkest places, and then returns you to the light. Patty is an inspiration to any parent who wasn’t always good enough and is still striving to be better. She is a testament to the idea that the truth will set you free.”—Jamye Waxman, LMFT, MEd, marriage and family therapist, sex educator, and author

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Book SynopsisHomosexuals, transvestites, transsexuals, sado-masochists, necrophiliacs - all of these have been, or still are, considered 'deviants'. Concomitantly there has been almost universal acceptance that unembellished vaginal penetration, performed by one man and one woman, is 'normal' sex. This is now contested. But what is perverse sex and what isn't? The Pleasure's All Mine explores the gamut of sexual activity that has been seen as strange, abnormal or deviant over the last 2,000 years. This first comprehensive history of sexual perversion examines an abundance of original sources - letters, diaries, memoirs, court records, erotic books, medical texts and advice manuals - and shows how, for ordinary people, different kinds of sex have always offered myriad different pleasures. There never was a 'normal'. Almost all sexual behaviours have travelled to and fro along a continuum of proscription and acceptance. Attitudes have changed towards masturbation, leatherwear, 'golden showers' and sado-masochism.From the specialized cultures of pain, necrophilia and bestiality to the social world of plushies and furries, and lovers of life-sized sex dolls, some previously acceptable behaviour now provokes social outrage, while activities as diverse as sodomy and wife-swapping have moved on the spectrum of acceptance from sin to harmless fun. Each 'perversion' is explored from the time it was first visible in history, to how it is viewed today, and along the way the book asks why we can be so intolerant of other people's sexual preferences. Carefully researched as well as a fascinating read, and featuring a wide array of illustrations, The Pleasure's All Mine reaches conclusions that are surprising and sometimes shocking. This is an essential volume for anyone interested in the art, history and culture of sex.Trade Review'For those with an erudite interest in debauchery, this latest from author, historian, and sex scholar Peakman is just the ticket... Peakman's broad overview is stunning, sweeping, and very carefully nonjudgmental. She recounts the history of each so-called perversion from its earliest recorded occurrence through the present, showing how the shifting mores of society color our views on this endlessly fascinating subject ... Exhaustively researched and packed with startling images, this work is a fact-filled, entertaining read for sex history neophytes and scholars alike.' - Library Journal 'Throughout history, sexual norms have shifted drastically: an act that is seen as deviant at one time may be widely accepted at another. Peakman argues that sexual acts have not changed much through the ages, but the cultural response to them has. Today, discussions about sexual preferences are still taboo in many parts of the world, and many opinions are still colored by society's long-held beliefs ... This is a history for the general reader, primarily covering Western thought; it's also a wonderful reference source for sexual studies and research ... Peakman asks readers to think about how society dictates their own opinions, and her work helps pave the way for more open discussions of sexuality in the future.' - Publishers' Weekly 'Serious, historically informed, and as close to an exhaustive account as we are likely ever to see of the extravagant creativity that humans have invested in sex. A masterpiece.' - Thomas W. Laqueur, Helen Fawcett Distinguished Professor in the Department of History, University of California, Berkeley

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Book Synopsis'Mary Gaitskill is willing to think about the problematic with complexity and humanity, and without taking sides or engaging in all the fashionable moral hectoring that passes for serious thought these days.' Eimear McBride Nuanced, daring and tender, these essays from the celebrated author of This is Pleasure and Bad Behavior, consistently fascinate and provoke. Mary Gaitskill takes on a broad range of topics from Nabokov to horse-riding with her unique ability to tease out unexpected truths and cast aside received wisdom. Written with startling grace and linguistic flair, and delving into the complicated nature of love and the responsibility we owe to the people we encounter, the work collected here inspires the reader to think beyond their first responses to life and art. Spanning thirty years of Mary Gaitskill's writing, and covering subjects as diverse as Dancer in the Dark, the world of Charles Dickens and the Book of Revelation with her characteristic blend of sincerity and wit, Oppositions is never less than enthralling.Trade ReviewGloriously trenchant, but never gimmicky, in these unsparing essays... insightful and revealing * Guardian *Gaitskill has long been interested in the power play inherent in sexual relationships, so when it comes to probing the messy, murky topography of abuses of power and issues of consent, she's definitely the woman for the job -- Lucy Scholes * Daily Telegraph *Provocative and wry * Vogue *Gaitskill is enormously gifted * The New York Times Book Review *The range of Gaitskill's humanity is astonishing * LA Times *A writer of prodigious gifts * Guardian *Gaitskill writes with such authority, such radar-perfect detail * The New York Times *Stubbornly original, with a sort of rhythm and fine moments that flatten you out when you don't expect it -- Alice MunroGaitskill is phenomenally gifted -- Sarah HallNever fails to surprise, provoke, or wander into the murky areas most writers try and avoid ... Oppositions is never less than fascinating -- Steven Long * The Crack *Gaitskill's personal essays are evergreen... her non-fiction succeeds in embracing complexity -- Mia Levitin * TLS *

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Book SynopsisWhat is incest? Is it universally prohibited? Does this prohibition concern only "biological" kinships or does it extend to various "social" kinships, such as those that are formed today in so-called blended families but which also exist in many other societies?This prohibition plays a fundamental role in the functioning of the multiple kinship systems studied throughout the world. But where does it come from? Can we think, with Claude Lévi-Strauss, that the prohibition of incest alone marks the passage from nature to culture? And how can we understand, then, the persistent tension between the proclaimed, institutionalized prohibition and the incestuous practice which, everywhere, remains?World-renowned anthropologist Maurice Godelier highlights an essential fact, the spontaneously asocial and undifferentiated character of human sexuality and the need for a social regulation of this spontaneity. It thus brings to light the main teachings of anthropology on the question of incest, a major social fact of burning relevance today.

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Book SynopsisThis book encompasses the diversity and complexity of sex in tourism, incorporating the light, dark and shades of grey in between. It brings together work and ideas from a diverse array of researchers from around the world and examines the affects and effects of diverse sexual encounters in tourism, romance tourism, sex tourism and sexual exploitation in tourism – including the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism, and sexual harassment. Sex in tourism has arguably been an understudied area of research relative to the central roles that sex plays within tourism experiences. This volume explores the complexity and nuanced nature of sex in tourism in more detail. It will be of interest to students and researchers of tourism impacts, tourist behaviour, hospitality management, destination management and development.Trade ReviewNeil Carr and Liza Berdychevsky deserve all accolades for editing a book that focuses on the nexus between sex and tourism, openly illuminating its light and dark sides. The readers of this thought-provoking book will be exposed to the intricate and profound ties between sex and tourism affecting individuals, communities, societies, and the tourism industry. * Yaniv Poria, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel *This book provides a contemporary collection of the latest ideas about sex in tourism. It’s refreshing to see the contributions from African scholars, who give some unique insights on this topic that both add to and complement our knowledge of sex in relation to tourism. The book will be a useful resource for graduate classes and by researchers in a range of different disciplines. * Heather J. Gibson, University of Florida, USA *As with all the best edited books, the big picture is here – Carr and Berdychevsky succeed in reducing what is irreducible to a comprehensible conceptual pattern – but so is the telling empirical detail and the required moral sensitivity, which brings us up close to the otherworldliness of sex in tourism. * Tony Blackshaw, Sheffield Hallam University, UK *This edited book presents a balanced view of sex in tourism, including its various merits and faults. The book serves as an ideal reference for researchers, students, practitioners, and general readers interested in the topic. -- Jun Wen, Edith Cowan University, Australia * International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure *Table of ContentsFigures and Tables Acknowledgements Contributors Chapter 1. Liza Berdychevsky and Neil Carr: Introducing the Light and Dark Sides of Sex in Tourism and the Fifty Shades of Grey in Between: Using the Social-Ecological Model Chapter 2. S. Emre Dilek and Neil Carr: Ethical Debates on Sex Tourism, and Sex and Tourism Part 1: Light Side of Sex in Tourism: Affects and Effects of the Diverse Sexual Encounters in Tourism Chapter 3. Liza Berdychevsky: Gender Differences and Similarities in Perceptions of and Experiences with Sex and Sexual Risk Taking in Tourism Chapter 4. Neil Carr and Leonardo Nava Jimenez: Sex and Summer Camps Chapter 5. Phoebe Everingham, Amie Matthews and Tamara Young: Embodying Liminality: Exploring the ‘Affects’ of Sexual Encounters in Backpacker and Volunteer Tourism Chapter 6. Octávio Sacramento: Tourism, the Internet and Euro-Brazilian Intimacies Chapter 7. Elsa Soro, Sheila Sánchez Bergara and Jose A. Mansilla López: Online Dating on the Move: At the Intersection of Sexuality, Tourism and Space Representation Part 2: Fifty Shades of Grey of Sex in Tourism: Romance Tourism, Sex Tourism or Exploitation Tourism? Chapter 8. S. Emre Dilek: Sex Tourism Beyond the Human Chapter 9. Amanda Jenkins, Roya Rahimi and Peter Robinson: Sex Tourism in the Caribbean: A Case Study of Negril Beach Boys Chapter 10. George Ariya and Ruth Nyamasyo: Sex Tourism and Girls' Education: Reflective Voices of ‘Girls’ at Mtwapa, Kenya Chapter 11. Naomi Moswete: Examining Awareness, Knowledge and Perceptions of Tourism and its Links to HIV/AIDS in Maun, Botswana Part 3: Dark Side of Sex and Tourism: Child Sex Tourism and Sexual Harassment Chapter 12. Irina Oliveira and Vitor Ambrósio: Sexual Harassment in the Hotel Housekeeping Department Chapter 13. Frans de Man and Arnoud Lagendijk: The Distorted Reach to Local Stakeholders in the Global Fight against Child Sex Tourism: The Case of Thailand, the Dominican Republic and the Gambia Chapter 14. Athina Papageorgiou: Child Sex Tourism and the Role of Local Communities Chapter 15. Neil Carr and Liza Berdychevsky: Delving into the Uncharted Terrains of Sex in Tourism: Conclusions and Ways Forward Index

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Book SynopsisShattering the popular myth that porn is harmless, the personal accounts of 25 brave women in He Chose Porn over Me reveal the real-life trauma experienced by women at the hands of their porn-consuming partners – men who were supposed to care for them. This confronting but necessary book dares to tell the truth about pornography’s destructive impact – about the men who habitually use it and the women and children who are mistreated and discarded as a result. The women in this book were collateral damage in their partner’s insatiable greed for porn. Their stories tell of the crushing of intimacy, respect, connection, love. Porn colonised their families, leaving women rejected and scarred. They were subjected to sexual terrorism in their own homes. The men, turbo-charged by pornography, were intoxicated by sexualised power. They didn’t care if they lost everything including their partners. In this haunting expose, pornography is rightfully situated as an insidious tool of violence against women. The contributors, now working to re-build their lives, found a confidante in Melinda Tankard Reist who supported them in the sharing of their experiences in these pages, and to warn other women – don’t date men who use porn …Trade Review"Occasionally a book comes along that changes the way we think about the world. "He Chose Porn Over Me" Women Harmed by Men Who Use Porn is such a book. Reading the stories of women whose partners chose porn is both heartbreaking and enraging, and can not be ignored. This book should light a fire under the anti-porn movement so we organize to rid the world of this misogynist, multi-billion- dollar predatory industry. Women deserve no less!" --Gail Dines PhD, Professor Emerita of Sociology, President: Culture Reframed "Thank goodness for this very much needed and extremely powerful book. The development of the porn industry has transformed the relations between the sexes. The advances women made have been severely undermined by the introduction of the rules of the brothel, contempt, misogyny, sexual abuse, to the lives and relationships of the women whose male partners are the consumers. We hear a lot about the poor men who are sex addicted or find their lives negatively affected. But of the women who suffer, almost nothing until this powerful expose. Porn use needs to be understood as a serious aspect of men's violence against women in the home. Not only are women's relationships and sex lives destroyed, but they are also made responsible for trying to change the men. They are the ones who have to find counsellors for partners who have no interest in change. They have to nag and cajole until the abuse is too much and they must leave. Then they may lose custody of their children, their homes, and face poverty. This book will do a great service of warning women and helping them decide to leave. I hope it will spur the feminist campaigns for the abolition of pornography too!" --Sheila Jeffreys, author of Penile Imperialism: The Male Sex Right and Women's Subordination and Trigger Warning: My Lesbian Feminist Life "To read "He Chose Porn Over Me" is a heartbreaking roller-coaster. The testimonies are diverse, but the message is the same: when men use porn, women and children suffer. The bravery and clarity these women offer on the real impact of pornography on relationships, families, sexual intimacy, physical safety and emotional connection, is groundbreaking. Melinda's thorough and astute research and commentary demonstrates that we urgently need to view porn as the pervasive and destructive weapon it is, and work together to teach our children about safe, respectful and loving sexuality." --Anna McGahan, actor and playwright "It's impossible to count the number of victims produced by the allegedly 'victimless' activities in the sexual-exploitation industries. "He Chose Porn Over Me" documents the incredible pain and suffering - psychological and often physical - of women whose partners are compulsive pornography users. The stories collected by Melinda Tankard Reist are heart-breaking, both for the women who endured the abuse and for readers willing to look honestly at men's controlling and corrosive behaviour. But these stories also remind us of how women's courage and resilience provide a way out of abusive relationships." --Robert Jensen, emeritus professor, University of Texas at Austin, author of The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men "In "He Chose Porn Over Me" Melinda Tankard Reist has pulled back the curtain on the too-often secret and misunderstood lives of the partners who are impacted by men's porn use. She gives voice to these women who have had their hearts broken, trust shattered and lives turned upside down, enabling them to tell the stories they have kept silent about for so long. This book is an important documentation of the real relational and emotional harm caused to so many by compulsive sexual behaviours by men. I applaud Melinda and all the brave women who shared their stories." --Paul Lavergne, Psychotherapist, Sexual Recovery Therapist, Educator, Trainer, and Creator of The Damage Control ProtocolTable of ContentsIntroduction - Melinda Tankard Reist He chose porn over me. - Courtney CatEarth He used me like a blow-up doll. Florence The pornography warped his mind. He believed all women wanted to have sex with him. - Sarah I left my first husband because of porn. My second husband promised he didnt use it. He lied. - Catherine They looked like his students. - Ceratonia How can he say he loves me if he finds the women in porn more attractive? - Amalia I longed for intimacy, but he could not have sex without imagining that I was a prostitute. - Annie I lost touch with my integrity, I lost my bearings. - Sharni I was being groomed to become a porn star in the bedroom. - Maggie If you stay ... a glimpse into your future if you marry a porn addict. - Sarah McDugal Youve burned down my house and everything in it. - Ginger He tried to kill me. - Moriah Porn, sex chat rooms, nude beaches ... but I was blamed for the end of our marriage. - Maya The compromise to my integrity and my value as a woman felt too great to continue this life with him. - Carla I am a broken woman ... I guess hes happy enough with his digital girls. - Evelyn I was disturbed that I was in a relationship with someone who enjoyed getting off on abuse and hatred of women. - Gemma I knew in my heart that staying would be a slow, agonising death. - Serena I felt blackmailed into sex to keep a stable home for my children. I saw myself as a prostitute. - Lucy He expected me to be up for sex at any time. - Rivka Blood rushed to my face, my body went cold: I found multiple searches for teen porn. - Angie I had always taught my kids about stranger danger, but I had a monster in our home. - Maree I was told it was my fault. Somehow he became the victim. - Kate He told me I was being unreasonable, that all men watch porn, and that all men masturbate - Renee Run like your house is on fire. - Melissa He expected me to be available for him, even if I was sick, tired, had my period, recovering from surgery or having a baby. - Tash Glossary Resources

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Book SynopsisAn auto-ethnography of cross-dressing, framed by Marxism and psychoanalytic theoryTrade Review'Cremin explores the relationship between theory and life with intelligence and wit' -- Juliet Jacques, author of Trans: A Memoir (Verso, 2016)'Laced with some occasional edginess, it is a wonderful book, erudite, politically astute, brilliantly written, and at times wickedly funny. It's my favourite I've read for quite some time' -- Jeff Hearn, Hanken School of Economics, Finland; University of Huddersfield, UK; author of Men of the WorldTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. What’s In A Dress? 2. On The Lavatory Question 3. The Aesthetic of Cross-Dressing 4. Everyone’s a Fetishist 5. How Popular Culture Made Me (a Woman) 6. Full Exposure Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCripping Intersex explores the political, discursive, and embodied connections between intersex and disability to develop a radically innovative approach to intersex studies and activism.

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Book SynopsisA Sunday Times Book of the Year As featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club Dr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, ladykiller, eccentric. He performed the first successful Caesarean in the British Empire, outraged the military establishment and gave Florence Nightingale a dressing down at Scutari. At home he was surrounded by a menagerie of animals, including a cat, a goat, a parrot and a terrier. Long ago in Cork, Ireland, he had also been a mother. This is the amazing tale of Margaret Anne Bulkley, the young woman who broke the rules of Georgian society to become one of the most respected surgeons of the century. In an extraordinary life, she crossed paths with the British Empire’s great and good, royalty and rebels, soldiers and slaves. A medical pioneer, she rose to a position that no woman before her had been allowed to occupy, but for all her successes, her long, audacious deception also left her isolated, even costing her the chance to be with the man she loved.Trade Review‘A scintillating portrait of Barry’s life…that feels almost Dickensian in style.’ * Guardian *‘An astounding story – of obstinacy, ambition, genius, fearlessness and pioneering feminism.’ * Daily Mail *‘Thoroughly engaging.’ * Sunday Times, Books of the Year *‘Gripping, unusual, moving.’ * Times, Books of the Year *‘A comprehensive account.’ * London Review of Books *'Fascinating’. * History Today *‘Thoroughly researched, stimulating…Highly recommended’. * The Lady *‘Fascinating’ * Irish Independent *‘An irresistible little byway in 18th-century medical and social history’. * Oldie *‘An elegant and sensitive biography…du Preez and Dronfield have done Margaret Buckley and her alter ego proud in this absorbing book.’ * The Times *‘At each turn of this quite gripping biography I found myself gasping in disbelief…the excavations of Michael du Preez…and Jeremy Dronfield…have yielded startling new evidence about the period…Their research is authoritative and prodigious’. * Literary Review *‘This fantastic book is so much more than a biography of a very remarkable woman. The thread of her personal story weaves its way through a meticulously researched record of a fascinating period in world history…compulsive reading.’ -- Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick, first female President, Royal College of Physicians‘A cracking story’. -- Maggie Fergusson * Spectator *‘This is a fascinating account of the life and career of Dr James Barry as a doctor working in the early nineteenth century. Although Dr Barry obtained a Diploma from this College in 1813 it is only now through this book we are able to fully understand and recognise her achievements.’ -- Clare Marx, President, the Royal College of Surgeons of England‘I found the book immensely enjoyable. It’s a fascinating story, told with verve, sensitivity and skill – the result of an awe-inspiring amount of research and detective work, managed with delicacy and flair. I felt the book had a real feel for the times and I appreciated its firm historical grounding, and the way in which imagination and a rigorous approach to fact played so well together. A marvellous read, and a story worth telling.’ -- Rodney Bolt, author of The Impossible Life of Mary Benson‘This is the extraordinary and remarkable story of the transformation of Margaret Bulkley, a red-haired Irish girl from Cork, into Dr James Barry, physician, medical reformer, friend of the rich, friend of the poor and fearless and irascible scourge of the stupidity, complacency, ineptitude and greed of Britain’s Colonial establishment. Dr James Barry kept his great secret for over fifty years and the truth that he was, in fact, a woman was only revealed to an incredulous public after his death. Meticulously researched and written with great verve, this biography is about as good as it gets.’ -- Neil McKenna, author of Fanny & Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England'Extensively researched, a fascinating story of a woman taking extreme measures to work in a man’s world.’ -- Richard Hollingham, author of Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

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Book SynopsisLaura Doyle''s controversial approach to dating has given thousands of single women everything they need to attract romance, intimacy, and a marriage proposal. A Surrendered Single doesn''t have to look for Mr Right - she attracts him. In her popular workshops, Laura Doyle''s teachings are simple: when you try to control who asks you out, when a man will call, or corner him into a commitment, you drive him away. When you let him woo you instead, you enjoy the pleasure of being pursued. You feel confident, feminine, and dignified. Dating becomes fun again. Marriage follows. Practical and compassionate, THE SURRENDERED SINGLE is a step-by-step guide that shows you how to: * Ask men to ask you out so that you always have a date * Avoid the remorse of, ''I wish I hadn''t said...'' * Judge a man''s character in 30 days or fewer * Become your best self and attract good men Whether you''re recovering from a break-up or divorce, on the dating scene or want your romance to deepen, THE SURRENDER

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Book SynopsisSex Matters addresses a cluster of related questions that arise from the conflict of interests between rights based on sex and rights based on gender identity. Some of these questions are theoretical, including: who has the more ambitious vision for women''s liberation, gender-critical feminists or proponents of gender identity? How does each understand what gender is? What are the arguments for the refrain that ''trans women are women!'', and do they succeed? Other questions taken up in the book are more applied to specific issues in law and policy including: should there be a right to exclude people who are biologically male from women-only spaces? How do the interests of all stakeholders to bathrooms, in particular, trade off when it comes to moving from sex to gender identity as the basis for self-inclusion? If we think about types of transition, or gatekeeping requirements on transition, as providing assurance to women who are asked to accept the opening up of women-only spaces to transwomen, are any such assurances sufficient? Is ''TERF'' a slur, as some radical and gender-critical feminists have claimed? And finally, is gender-critical speech ''hate speech'', as it has been classified by some social media platforms, or at least harmful speech? Holly Lawford-Smith discusses these issues in a series of essays, all but one of them previously unpublished. She takes an analytic philosophical approach to these issues, drawing on ideas from political philosophy, philosophy of biology, and philosophy of language, as well as second-wave feminist theory and empirical literature, to defend a gender-critical position in response to all of these questions.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Some notes on language Part I: Theory 1: Ending Sex-Based Oppression: Transitional Pathways 2: Gender: What Is It, And What Do They Want It To Be? 3: Do Arguments For 'Trans Women Are Women' Succeed? Part II: Policy 4: Women-Only Spaces And The Right To Exclude 5: Sex Self-Identification And Costly Signals Of Assurance 6: The Never-Ending Dispute Over Public Bathrooms Part III: Speech 7: Is 'TERF' A Slur? 8: Is Gender-Critical Speech Hate Speech? 9: Is Gender-Critical Speech Harmful Speech?

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Book SynopsisWhile much attention has been paid in recent years to heterosexual prostitution and sex tourism in Brazil, gay sex tourism has been almost completely overlooked. In Tourist Attractions, Gregory C. Mitchell presents a pioneering ethnography that focuses on the personal lives and identities of male sex workers who occupy a variety of roles in Brazil's sexual economy. Mitchell takes us into the bath houses of Rio de Janeiro, where rent boys cruise for clients, and to the beaches of Salvador da Bahia, where African American gay men seek out hustlers while exploring cultural heritage tourist sites. His ethnography stretches into the Amazon, where indigenous fantasies are tinged with the erotic at eco-resorts, and into the homes of kept men, who forge long-term, long-distance, transnational relationships that blur the boundaries of what counts as commercial sex. Mitchell asks how tourists perceive sex workers' performances of Brazilianness, race, and masculinity, and, in turn, how these two

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents Acknowledgments Queer Feminist Science Studies: An Introduction Part One | Histories of Difference 1. Sexing the X: How the X Became the “Female Chromosome” / Sarah S. Richardson 2. Pelvic Politics: Sexual Dimorphism and Racial Difference / Sally Markowitz 3. The Sexual Reproduction of “Race”: Bisexuality, History, and Racialization / Merl Storr 4. From Masturbator to Homosexual: The Construction of the Sex Pervert / Ladelle McWhorter 5. “An Unnamed Blank that Craved a Name”: A Genealogy of Intersex as Gender / David A. Rubin Part Two | Contemporary Archives and Case Studies 1. Black Anality / Jennifer C. Nash 2. At the Same Time, Out of Time: Ashley X / Alison Kafer 3. “BIID”? Queer (Dis)Orientations and the Phenomenology of “Home” / Nikki Sullivan 4. The Allure of Artifice: Deploying a Filipina Avatar in the Digital Porno-Tropics / Mitali Thakor 5. Gone, Missing: Queering and Racializing Absence in Trans & Intersex Archives / Hilary Malatino Part Three | Disruptive Practices 1. Immodest Witnessing, Affective Economies, and Objectivity / Michelle Murphy 2. Pussy Ballistics and the Queer Appeal of Peristalsis, or Belly Dancing with Margaret Cho / Rachel Lee 3. Embodiments of Safety / Kane Race 4. Consent, Capacity, and the Non-Narrative / Amber Musser 5. Brains, Sex, and Queers 2090: An Ideal Experiment / Isabelle Dussauge Part Four | Beyond the Human 1. “Why Do Voles Fall in Love?”: Sexual Dimorphism in Monogamy Gene Research / Angela Willey and Sara Giordano 2. Natural Convers(at)ions: Or, What if Culture Was Really Nature All Along? / Vicki Kirby 3. “The Bio-Technological Impact” and “Abstract Sex” / Luciana Parisi 4. Toxic Animacies, Inanimate Affections / Mel Y. Chen 5. Plasmodial Improprieties: Octavia E. Butler, Slime Molds, and Imagining a Femi-Queer Commons / Aimee Bahng Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart One: Introduction and Foundational Material 1. Why is this book necessary? 2. How to use this book 3. Interventions Part Two: Curriculum 4. Age ranges 5. Body parts 6. Menstrual care 7. Reproduction and birth control 8. Health and hygiene 9. Sexuality and the law 10. Online activity 11. Sexual acts 12. Consent 13. Social skills 14. Sexual abuse prevention and reporting 15. Masturbation 16. Sexual orientation 17. Gender identity 18. Individual preferences 19. Types of relationships 20.Problem solving and critical thinking Appendix 21. Resources 22. Concluding thoughts

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Book SynopsisGraham Robb was born in Manchester in 1958 and is a former Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He has published widely on French literature and history. His 2007 book The Discovery of France won both the Duff Cooper and Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prizes. For Parisians the City of Paris awarded him the Grande Médaille de la Ville de Paris. He lives on the English-Scottish border.

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Book SynopsisAlthough innumerable songs, poems, plays and movies have been written about adolescent romantic relationships, no scientific book has been written on that topic. Numerous volumes exist on adult romantic relationships and on adolescent sexuality, but this volume, first published in 2000, was the first to examine adolescent romantic relationships. A group of eminent investigators met to discuss the topic and were charged with the task of writing about their conceptualization of these relationships and of romantic experiences in adolescence. The papers cover the full range of aspects of romantic relationships, and examine general processes and individual differences within the general context of adolescent development. Each paper contains numerous provocative ideas that are designed to stimulate research on the topic.Trade Review"In this pioneering book, well known, first-line researchers present chapters focused on conceptual and theoretical matters. The authors have been careful to resist the temptation to turn their chapters into reports of original research or literature reviews. This volume is an authentic milestone in scholarship. The book offers an important contribution for professionals working with adolescents. In addition, it offers insights about interpersonal relationships, as they are studied in the social and personality development areas, family studies, and clinical psychology. Readers with an interest in romantic relationships would be well rewarded in reading this book, even if they have no special interest in adolscents or human development." William G. Graziano, Contemporary Psychology"...the editors have done a superb job of pulling the different sections together so that it reads as a coherent work and does not have the disjointed quality of many multiauthored texts. This book can best be described as a comprehensive, up-to-date text on the subject of the devlopment of relationships in adolescents. Those in academic medicine who are responsible for training programs in adult and child psychiatry as well as pediatrics would find the book contains useful information to incorporate into the curricule." JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association"This is the first scientific book written on adolescent romantic relationships...the book certainly succeeds in laying the conceptual groundwork on which to base research on adolescent romance. The chapters are well written and pitched toward a professional or graduate student readership. Nonetheless, very little prior knowledge of the topic is necessary to understand the book, making it ideal for someone interested in exploring a new area. This book would be useful for a variety of professionals. I would strongly recommend it for anyone in a sexuality-related profession (educators, therapists, and researchers with an interest in adolescent sexuality), those who counsel adolescents, or anyone teaching a course in related areas. I applaud the work of the editors and authors, and I am grateful that this book has come my way." Journal of Sex Research"Work presented in The Development of Romantic Relationships in Adolescence represents a major scholarly achievement." APA Review of Books"...little research has been done in the area of romantic relationships in adolescence. Therefore, this is an important and interesting new topic of discussion." The Canadian Child Psychology ReviewTable of Contents1. Missing the boat: why researchers have shied away from adolescent romance B. Bradford Brown, Candice Feiring and Wyndol Furman; Part I. Processes in Romantic Relationships: 2. The emotions of romantic relationships: do they wreak havoc on adolescents? Reed W. Larson, Gerald L. Clore and Gretchen A. Wood; 3. The nature and functions of social exchange in adolescent romantic relationships Bren Laursen and Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell; 4. Cognitive representations of adolescent romantic relationships Wyndol Furman and Valerie A. Simon; 5. Romantic and sexual development during adolescence Brad Benson; Part II. Individual Differences in Romantic Relationships: 6. Capacity for intimate relationships: a developmental construction W. Andrew Collins and L. Alan Sroufe; 6. Rejection sensitivity and adolescent romantic relationships Geraldine Downey, Cheryl Bonica and Claudia Rincon; 8. Sex, dating, passionate friendships and romance: intimate peer relations among lesbian, gay and bisexual adolescents Lisa M. Diamond, Ritch C. Savin-Williams and Eric M. Dube; 9. Gender identity and the development of romantic relationships in adolescence Candice Feiring; Part III. The Social Context of Romantic Relationships: 10. Adolescent romance and the parent–child relationship: a contextual perspective Marjory Roberts Gray and Laurence Steinberg; 11. Romantic relationships in adolescence: the role of friends and peers in their emergence and development Jennifer Connolly and Adele Goldberg; 12. You're going out with who?!: peer group influences on adolescent romantic relationships B. Bradford Brown; 13. The cultured and culturing aspects of romantic experience in adolescence Deborah L. Coates; 14. What's love got to do with it? Adolescents' and young adults' beliefs about sexual and romantic relationships Julia A. Graber, Pia R. Britto and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; Part IV. Conclusion: 15. Love is a many splendored thing: next steps for theory and research Wyndol Furman, Candice Feiring and B. Bradford Brown.

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Book SynopsisGay pornography, online and onscreen, is a controversial and significantly under-researched area of cultural production. In the first book of its kind, Gay Pornography: Representations of Sexuality and Masculinity explores the iconography, themes and ideals that the genre presents. Indeed, John Mercer argues that gay pornography cannot be regarded as one-dimensional, but that it offers its audience a vision of plural masculinities that are more nuanced and ambiguous than they might seem. Mercer examines how the internet has generated an exponential growth in the sheer volume and variety of this material, and facilitated far greater access to it. He uses both professional and amateur examples to explore how gay pornography has become part of a wider cultural context in which modern masculinities have become ''saturated'' by their constantly evolving status and function in popular culture.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on international perspectives and research, this book explores the experiences of sex and sexuality in individuals and groups living with HIV in later life (50+).Trade Review"HIV, Sex, and Sexuality in Later Life stands as a pioneering work, transcending borders, and offering a nuanced understanding of the intricate interplay between aging, HIV, and sexuality. Each chapter adds a unique perspective, creating a collective narrative that challenges stereotypes and amplifies voices often marginalized in discussions of global significance." Social Work and EducationTable of ContentsForeword: Dare we hope for the erotic? HIV/AIDS, sexuality and ageing - OmiSoore H. Dryden Introduction - Mark Henrickson, Casey Charles, Shiv Ganesh, Sulaimon Giwa, Kan Diana Kwok and Tetyana Semigina Part 1: Women 1. The ‘disease of love’: trajectories of women living with HIV in Switzerland - Vanessa Fargnoli 2. Beyond the biomedical: HIV as a barrier to intimacy for older women living with HIV in the United Kingdom - Jacqui Stevenson 3. ‘Everyone is on their own and nobody needs us’: women ageing with HIV in Ukraine - Tetyana Semigina, Tetiana Yurochko and Yulia Stopolyanska Part 2: Gay and bisexual men 4. Chemsex among gay men living with HIV aged over 45 in England and Italy: sociality and pleasure in times of undetectability - Cesare Di Feliciantonio 5. Freed from fear: reconstructing older gay male sexuality through PrEP – an account of a generational experience - Jacek Kolodziej 6. In the company of men: gay culture and HIV in Aotearoa New Zealand - Michael Stevens 7. Growing old with stigma: a case study of four older Chinese gay/bisexual men living with HIV in Hong Kong - Barry Man Wai Lee 李 文 偉 Part 3: Intersectional lives, multiple stigmas 8. Out in Africa: facing the HIV other in Nairobi - Casey Charles 9. Survival of an older Bangladeshi lesbian experiencing intersectional vulnerability - Kanamik Kani Khan 10. Sanjeevani: early ageing and HIV survival in queer Mumbai - Casey Charles Afterword - Mark Henrickson

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Book SynopsisExplores encounters between those who make their living by engaging in street-based prostitution and the criminal justice and social service workers who try to curtail itWorking together every day, the lives of sex workers, police officers, public defenders, and social service providers are profoundly intertwined, yet their relationships are often adversarial and rooted in fundamentally false assumptions. The criminal justice-social services alliance operates on the general belief that the women they police and otherwise regulate choose sex work as a result of traumatization, rather than acknowledging the fact that socioeconomic realities often inform their choices. Drawing on extraordinarily rich ethnographic research, including interviews with over one hundred street-involved women and dozens of criminal justice and social service professionals, Women of the Street argues that despite the intimate knowledge these groups have about each other, measures designed to help these women cTrade Review"This significant ethnographic study of women in the sex trade and those they interact with who seek to restrain their business or help them live more healthful lives is a compelling account that takes readers into a little-understood area of society." * Choice *"This is perhaps the most insightful ethnographic book on women in the street-based sex trade published in some time." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews *"Susan Dewey and Tonia St. Germain have written a book that draws readers into the real struggles and dilemmas faced not only by poor and criminalized women but by the social service and police personnel who interact with these women on a daily basis. Their compelling writing draws the reader into the 'systemic intimacy' that the authors describe. Vividly portraying women who cycle in and out of the streets, jails and therapeutic facilities as well as the front-line workers designated to treat or arrest them, Women of the Street fills out our understanding of the intersecting racial, class and gendered forces that set up both the women and the front-line workers to remain stuck in cycles of misery and blame." -- Susan Sered,author of Can't Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility"The most comprehensive and in-depth study of street prostitution on the market. Based on years of fieldwork with women involved in illicit commerce as well as interviews with the authorities and service providers who interact with them, the authors provide a fascinating ethnographic window into this world. The findings challenge monolithic stereotypes about street prostitution and reveal how the women assert their agency even under extremely dire conditions. The book also shows how the practices of social workers and criminal justice authorities are often counterproductive in subjecting the women to heightened risks, and suggests that decriminalization might be preferable to existing policies." -- Ronald Weitzer,George Washington University"The books methodology is its greatest strength. The literature on street-level prostitution is too often dominated by quantitative research and studies that pathologize sex workers.Women of the Streetis an extraordinary ethnography filled with rich data that offer readers a holistic and deeply human portrait of the lives of women in the sex trade." * American Journal of Sociology *

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Book SynopsisSexual citizenship has become a key concept in the social sciences. It describes the rights and responsibilities of citizens in sexual and intimate life, including debates over equal marriage and women's human rights, as well as shaping thinking about citizenship more generally. But what does it mean in a continually changing political landscape of gender and sexuality? In this timely intervention, Diane Richardson examines the normative underpinnings and varied critiques of sexual citizenship, asking what they mean for its future conceptual and empirical development, as well as for political activism. Clearly written, the book shows how the field of sexuality and citizenship connects to a range of important areas of debate including understandings of nationalism, identity, neoliberalism, equality, governmentality, individualization, colonialism, human rights, globalization and economic justice. Ultimately this book calls for a critical rethink of sexual citizenship. Illustrating her argument with examples drawn from across the globe, Richardson contends that this is essential if scholars want to understand the sexual politics that made the field of sexuality and citizenship studies what it is today, and to enable future analyses of the sexual inequalities that continue to mark the global order.Trade Review"Diane Richardson has long had a reputation for acute sensitivity to the emergent issues in our complex sexual world. In this comprehensive but compelling book she tackles the central but contested concept of sexual citizenship. In Richardson's steady hands this becomes a lens to explore a range of critical ideas, analyses and experiences. The result is never less than illuminating and challenging, an invaluable guide to our perplexities."Jeffrey Weeks, author of What is Sexual History? "Drawing on literature from geography, gender studies, sociology and political science, Richardson challenges us to think in an interdisciplinary way about the impact of structural differences and marginalizations. As the leading scholar in this field, Diane Richardson offers an insightful engagement with the concept, and political outcomes, of sexual citizenship which is undoubtedly a must read for any contemporary student of the social sciences."Angelia Wilson, University of Manchester "Diane Richardson has given us a powerful resource for understanding the diverse debates and interdisciplinary approaches to sexual citizenship that will enhance our ability to produce rich, in-depth critical analyses of the shifting local, international, and transnational contexts for the co-constitution of sexuality and citizenship."Nancy A. Naples, Gender & Development “The book provides a persuasive and easy to read analysis of the sexual citizenship literature and how it has evolved over time, but also the limitations of sexual citizenship within the Euro-North American historical configuration. The conceptual analysis offers a social, cultural, economic and political exposition on the concept of sexual citizenship and brings forward the complex linkages of undeviating issues relating to sexuality, gender and citizenship.”SociologyTable of Contents1. Making Sexual Citizenship PART ONE: RE-THINKING SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP 2. What is Sexual Citizenship? 3. Limits to Sexual Citizenship 4. Sexualizing Citizenship: Now You See it, Now You Don�t PART TWO: TRANSFORMING CITIZENSHIP? SEXUALITY, GENDER AND CITIZENSHIP STRUGGLES 5. Global Influences on Sexuality and Citizenship 6. Sexuality, the State and Governance 7. Materializing Sexuality

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Book SynopsisBringing together a team of international scholars, this volume provides a foundational guide to queer methodologies in the study of political violence and conflict. Contributors provide illuminating discussions on why queer approaches are important, what they entail and how to utilise a queer approach to political violence and conflict. The chapters explore a variety of methodological approaches, including fieldwork, interviews, cultural analysis and archival research. They also engage with broader academic debates, such as how to work with research partners in an ethical manner. Including valuable case studies from around the world, the book demonstrates how these methods can be used in practice. It is the first critical, in-depth discussion on queer methods and methodologies for research on political violence and conflict.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Telling Queer Stories of Conflict – Jamie J. Hagen, Samuel Ritholtz, Andrew Delatolla Part 1: Queer Approaches to Conflict Research 1. The ‘Queer’ in Conflict Research As Subject, Structure, and Method: Initial Epistemological Considerations for the Early Career Researcher – Samuel Ritholtz 2. Queering the Politics of Knowledge in Conflict Research – Jose Fernando Serrano Amaya 3. Workshop As Queer Feminist Praxis: Insights From Colombian Queer and Trans Women Organising for Peace – Jamie J. Hagen Part 2: Queer Methods of Conflict Research 4. The Visual As Queer Method – Dean Cooper-Cunningham 5. Poetry as a Queer Epistemological Method: Disrupting Knowledge of the Lebanese Civil War With Etel Adnan’s the Arab Apocalypse – Andrew Delatolla 6. Queer Tools for the Ruthless Archive: Methodological Notes on Trans and Queer History for Doing Archival Research – Patricio Simonetto Part 3: Queer Experiences of Conflict Research 7. Researching Queer Lives in the Shadow of Northeast Nigeria’s Conflict – Chitra Nagarajan 8. Entangled Intimacies, Queer Attachments: Reflections on Fieldwork With a Diaspora of War – Ahmad Qais Munhazim 9. Doing NGO Research With Diverse Sogiesc Refugees in Lebanon, Syria and Turkey: A Conversation – Zeynep Pınar Erdem, Charbel Maydaa, Henri Myrttinen and Helena Berchtold Conclusion: Thinking (of) Queer Conflict Research – Laura Sjoberg Appendix I: Guide for Good Practices for Researching Queer and Trans Communities in Highly Sensitive Contexts – Cristian González Cabrera, Erin Kilbride, Kyle Knight, Yasemin Smallens, Rasha Younes Appendix II: “The Emotional Work Is Part of the Work”: Strategies To Maintain Researcher Emotional and Psychological Safety During Challenging Fieldwork – Maureen Freed

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Book Synopsis'A brilliant testament to those reclaiming their sexual power' - RUBY RARE'Searingly honest ... A beautiful and important work' - VANITY FAIR'This is a book that really should be pressed into the hands of a generation of young men who have learnt everything they wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask from porn ... Holmes has done an admirable job' SUNDAY TIMES'An important read for any young women starting out on their sexual life' SUNDAY INDEPENDENTWITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRISSIE HYNDE, JENNY ECLAIR AND MANY OTHERSWhat goes through a woman's head while she's having sex?Women on Top of the World is a collection of 51 first person testimonies by 51 women from around the globe, from all ages and from all walks of life. Searingly honest, they reveal their innermost thoughts and feelings during sex to writer Lucy-Anne Holmes. The result is an incredible compendium of true disclosures that are funny and sad, shocking and tender.Every experience is different, unique and fascinating. From 19-year-old Melodie in the UK to 32 year-old Wambui from Kenya and 74-year-old Lucy in New Zealand, we as readers are led down as many paths as there are ways to have sex. There are heterosexual women, gay women, bisexual women, queer women, monogamous women, polyamorous women, those who identify as non-binary and transgender women. There is beautiful sex, bored sex, auto-sexuality, crazy sex, tantric sex, sad sex and sex that is experienced as colours and melted toffee. A range of hugely talented, cutting-edge artists from all over the world - both male and female - have given their visual interpretations with rich and remarkable illustrations that convey the range of emotions contained within these intimate revelations.The result is a stunning, transportive book that will help quench the obvious thirst for narratives for women by women about their journeys of sexual self-discovery.Trade ReviewA brilliant testament to those reclaiming their sexual power * Ruby Rare *This is a book that really should be pressed into the hands of a generation of young men who have learnt everything they wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask from porn ... Holmes has done an admirable job * The Sunday Times *Searingly honest ... A beautiful and important work * Vanity Fair *An important read for any young women starting out on their sexual life * Sunday Independent *Genius writer * The Sun *

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book explores resistance against the harsh policing of sexuality in some Muslim societies. Many Muslim majority countries still use religious discourse to enforce stigmatization and repression of those, especially women, who do not conform to sexual norms promoted either by the state or by non-state actors. In this context, Islam is often stigmatized in Western discourse for being intrinsically restrictive with respect to women's rights and sexuality. The authors show that conservative Muslim discourse does not necessarily match practices of believers or of citizens and that women's empowerment is facilitated where indigenous and culturally appropriate strategies are developed. Using case studies from Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, Israel and India, they argue persuasively that Muslim religious traditions do not necessarily lead to conservative agendas but can promote emancipatory standpoints. An intervention to the construction of 'Muslim women' as uniformly subordinate, this collection spearheads an unprecedented wake of organizing around sexualities in Muslim communities.Trade ReviewThis exciting collection provides an important contribution to understandings of sexualities and gender, focusing our attention on processes of negotiation, subversion and resistance and challenging assumptions about "Muslimness". With its diversely located studies and rich ethnographic insights, this fascinating book deserves to be widely read. * Andrea Cornwall, professor of anthropology and international development, University of Sussex *This is one of the most exciting collection of essays to emerge in a long time. Too many popular writings on Islam reinforce stereotypes about Muslim women, and few discuss sexuality at all, let alone with such diversity. This collection challenges the tired stream of books that equate Islam with terrorism and women with claustrophobic veils. A must read for any serious scholar of sexuality, Islam, and women's rights. * Chitra Raghavan, professor of psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice *This riveting book sheds new light on women's strategies for resisting sexual repression in a variety of majority Muslim societies in Asia and the Middle East. Complicating contemporary understandings of "Muslimness" , it demonstrates that women in these societies are highly diverse in their attitudes towards and experiences of sexuality. Clear, cogent and compelling, the book will be of interest to activists and academics alike and is certain to become a key text for years to come. * Marc Lafrance, professor of sociology, Concordia University *The authors of this pathbreaking book provide a new and much-needed angle to the study of sexual identities, rights, and claims in Muslim-majority societies. Going beyond the vexed "western vs authentic" dichotomy, this excellent volume should be praised for its ability to widen our understanding of how hegemonic norms of sexuality and sexual behaviour are challenged and contested by diverse actors across religious, secular and sexual orientations. A crucial book for scholars of gender, Islam, rights and sexuality. * Ruba Salih, chair of the Centre for Gender Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London *The authors are to be congratulated for this excellent volume on sexualities and "Muslimness" in all its diversities. The book captures the challenges of bodily rights, religion and culture for Muslim women's lives in a wide range of nuanced studies that illustrate exactly why sexuality is key to gender equality and human rights. * Wendy Harcourt, Erasmus University, winner of the FWSA 2010 Book Prize *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Policing gender, sexuality and 'Muslimness' - Anissa Hélie PART I: Tools of policing: the politics of history, community, law 1. The politicization of women's bodies in Indonesia: sexual scripts as charters for action - Vivienne Wee 2. Iranian women and shifting sexual ideologies, 1850-2010 - Claudia Yaghoob 3. Moral panic: the criminalization of sexuality in Pakistan - Hooria Hayat Khan 4. The promise and pitfalls of women challenging Muslim family laws in India and Israel - Yüksel Sezgin 5. Sexuality and inequality: the marriage contract and Muslim legal tradition - Ziba Mir-Hosseini PART II: Sites of contestation: reclaiming public spaces 6. Purity, sexuality and faith: Chinese women ahong and women's mosques as shelter and strength - Maria Jaschok with Shui Jingjun 7. Veiled transcripts: the private debate on public veiling in Iran - Shadi Sadr 8. Kicking back: the sports arena and sexual politics in Iran - Homa Hoodfar 9. Morality policing and the public sphere: women reclaiming their bodies and their rights - Homa Hoodfar and Ana Ghoreishian 10. 'Living sexualities': non-hetero female sexuality in urban middle-class Bangladesh - Shuchi Karim 11. Risky rights? Gender equality and sexual diversity in Muslim contexts - Anissa Hélie

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 'Brilliantly summons up one girl's life, dreams and suffering. It's ingenious history writing' Mail on Sunday 'A gripping, unputdownable masterpiece' - Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five 'Extraordinary' - Guardian 'Historical writing does not get any better than this' Matt Houlbrook, author of The Prince of Tricksters 1910, Wellington, New Zealand. Lydia Harvey is sixteen, working long hours for low pay, when a glamorous couple invite her to Buenos Aires. She accepts - and disappears. 1910, London, England. Amid a global panic about sex trafficking, detectives are tracking a ring of international criminals when they find a young woman on the streets of Soho who might be the key to cracking the whole case. As more people are drawn into Lydia's life and the trial at the Old Bailey, the world is being reshaped into a new, global era. Choices are being made - about who gets to cross borders, whose stories matter and what justice looks like - that will shape the next century. In this immersive account, historian Julia Laite traces Lydia Harvey through the fragments she left behind to build an extraordinary story of aspiration, exploitation and survival - and one woman trying to build a life among the forces of history.Trade ReviewA gripping, unputdownable masterpiece of scholarly historical research and true crime writing. -- Hallie RubenholdBrilliantly summons up one girl's life, dreams and suffering. It's ingenious history writing * Mail on Sunday *Extraordinary * Guardian *Historical writing does not get any better than this ... Imaginative and compelling, impassioned and powerful, and deeply, deeply moving -- Matt Houlbrook, author * Prince of Tricksters and Queer London *A gripping, unputdownable masterpiece of scholarly historical research and true crime writing. Julia Laite explores the sordid world of crime, sex and international policing in 1910 by focusing on the individuals caught up in an elaborate web of exploitation. Readers who loved The Five will find this story and its skilful telling equally as enthralling. -- Hallie Rubenhold, author * The Five *Demonstrates how, with determination, sensitivity and a careful dose of imagination, extraordinary recoveries are possible ... Laite has taken her slim archival trace and immeasurably enriched it; she has reclaimed a woman's life and restored a more complex reality to the record. -- Sarah Watling * Guardian *One of the great storytellers of her generation, Julia Laite provides a lens through which we can view the practices and experiences of sex trafficking in the early twentieth century. Along the way, Laite nudges us to think about the ethics of telling another person's story. Riveting, powerfully argued and emotionally moving. -- Joanna Bourke * Fear: A Cultural History *A careful, empathetic reconstruction of the early-20th-century vice trade, placing the victims at the heart of the narrative and returning their dignity to them. This is a moving and compelling work of great scholarship. -- Sarah Wise, author * The Blackest Streets *Historical writing does not get any better than this ... Working out from one trial at London's Old Bailey, Laite provides a vivid account of a globalising world at the start of the twentieth century. Imaginative and compelling, impassioned and powerful, and deeply, deeply moving, this book is also a signal example of the contemporary political stakes of writing about the past -- Matt Houlbrook, author * Queer London *With an inventive mix of sources, Laite brilliantly summons up one girl's life, dreams and suffering. It's ingenious history writing, but as the author says, it's a story being repeated daily for today's victims of traffickers. * Mail on Sunday *History at its most rigorous and imaginative. Laite provides an insightful account of the regulation of sex trafficking in the early twentieth century and an enthralling encounter with some of the people involved in one of its more salacious episodes. ...A history book that often reads more like a novel, and that challenges the clichés of villains, victims, and heroic rescuers that dominate writing on sex trafficking. ... A masterwork * Australian Book Review *

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