Originally published in 1953, the material presented in Sexual Behavior in the Human Female was derived from personal interviews with nearly 6,000 women; from studies in sexual anatomy, physiology, psychology, and endocrinology. The study revealed the incidence and frequency with which women participate in various types of sexual activity and how ......
In 1888, Leo Tolstoy mysteriously declared that sexual intercourse should no longer exist. Years later he would admit to being "horrified" by this pronouncement, but still remained an ardent believer in sexual abstinence. Frequenter of brothels in his youth, father of thirteen children by his wife and at least two children by peasant women before ......
Suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology, this book includes both classic and contemporary readings, drawn from all branches of psychology - social, developmental, personality, cognitive, history, physiological/biological - as well as from other disciplines, including sociology, philosophy, and anthropology.
Provides an exploration of both progress made and problems encountered as psychologists grapple with gender. This volume includes both classic and contemporary readings, drawn from all branches of psychology - social, developmental, personality, cognitive, history, physiological/biological - as well as from other disciplines.
The contributors to this work shed much ligh t on the causes and settings of masculine violence. This boo k lays out the ways in which men learn violence and repeat i t and focuses on the ways men victimize women, children and other men. '
Argues that we can reduce alarming rates of sexually transmitted disease, sexual violence and abuse, and unwanted pregnancy through responsible co-operative action. This work provides an analysis of these problems which demonstrates that our sexual malaise emerged from Victorian attitudes, religious intolerance, and misconceptions about sexuality.
Sharon K. Araji and her associates examine t he familial, extrafamilial and situational factors that lead to a range of sexually aberrative behaviours in young child ren. They provide examples of a number of successful therapi es. '
In The Queen of America Goes to Washington City, Lauren Berlant focuses on the need to revitalize public life and political agency in the United States. Delivering a devastating critique of contemporary discourses of American citizenship, she addresses the triumph of the idea of private life over that of public life borne in the right-wing agenda ......
Based on a study conducted on a group of col lege students, Lear considers such topics as how sexual comm unication does and does not occur among young adults, and ho w gender and sexual orientation influence the ability to neg otiate safer sex. '
