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Human sexuality : diversity in contemporary America /

Title:
Human sexuality : diversity in contemporary America /
Author:
Yarber, William L. (William Lee), 1943-
Published:
New York : c2013.
Format:
Book
Institution:
MCPHS Boston
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Perspectives on Human Sexuality -- Studying Human Sexuality -- Practically Speaking assessing sexual satisfaction -- Sexuality, Popular Culture, and the Media -- Media Portrayals of Sexuality -- Television -- Feature-Length Films -- Gay Men, Lesbian Women, Bisexual and Transgender People in Film and Television -- Online Social Networks -- Think About It Before Pressing "Send": Trends and Concerns About Texting, Sexting, and Dating -- Sexuality Across Cultures and Times -- Sexual Interests -- Sexual Orientation -- Gender -- Societal Norms and Sexuality -- Think About It Am I Normal? -- Natural Sexual Behavior -- Normal Sexual Behavior -- Think About It Declaration of Sexual Rights -- Sexuality Behavior and Variations -- Think About It "My Genes Made Me Do It": Sociobiology, Evolutionary Psychology, and the Mysteries of Love -- Final Thoughts -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Sex and the Internet -- Suggested Websites -- Suggested Reading -- 2.Studying Human Sexuality -- Sex, Advice Columnists, and Pop Psychology -- Information and Advice as Entertainment -- Practically Speaking evaluating pop psychology -- The Use and Abuse of Research Findings -- Thinking Critically About Sexuality -- Value Judgments Versus Objectivity -- Opinions, Biases, and Stereotypes -- Common Fallacies: Egocentric and Ethnocentric Thinking -- Sex Research Methods -- Research Concerns -- Clinical Research -- Survey Research -- Practically Speaking Answering a Sex Research Questionnaire: Measure of Sexual Identity Exploration and Commitment -- Observational Research -- Experimental Research -- The Sex Researchers -- Richard von Krafft-Ebing -- Sigmund Freud -- Havelock Ellis -- Alfred Kinsey -- William Masters and Virginia Johnson -- Contemporary Research Studies -- Think About It Sex Research: A Benefit to Individuals and Society or a Threat to Morality? -- The National Health and Social Life Survey -- The National Survey of Family Growth -- The Youth Risk Behavior Survey -- The National College Health Assessment -- The National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior -- Emerging Research Perspectives -- Feminist Scholarship -- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Research -- Directions for Future Research -- Ethnicity and Sexuality -- African Americans -- Latinos -- Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders -- Middle Eastern Americans -- Final Thoughts -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Sex and the Internet -- Suggested Websites -- Suggested Reading -- 3.Female Sexual Anatomy, Physiology, and Response -- Female Sex Organs: What Are They For? -- External Structures (the Vulva) -- Internal Structures -- Practically Speaking Performing a Gynecological Self-Examination -- Other Structures -- The Breasts -- Female Sexual Physiology -- Reproductive Hormones -- The Ovarian Cycle -- The Menstrual Cycle -- Practically Speaking vaginal and menstrual health care -- Female Sexual Response -- Sexual Response Models -- Think About It Sexual Fluidity: Women's Variable Sexual Attractions -- Desire: Mind or Matter? -- Think About It The Role of Orgasm -- Experiencing Sexual Arousal -- Final Thoughts -- Summary -- Questions For Discussion -- Sex and the Internet -- Suggested Websites -- Suggested Reading -- 4.Male Sexual Anatomy, Physiology, and Response -- Male Sex Organs: What Are They For? -- External Structures -- Think About It The Penis: More Than Meets the Eye -- Internal Structures -- The Breasts and Anus -- Male Sexual Physiology -- Sex Hormones -- Practically Speaking Sexual Health Care: What Do Men Need? -- Spermatogenesis -- Practically Speaking Male Body Image Self-Consciousness Scale -- Semen Production -- Homologous Organs -- Male Sexual Response -- Erection -- Ejaculation and Orgasm -- Practically Speaking Can An Erection Be Willed? -- Final Thoughts -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Sex and the Internet -- Suggested Websites -- Suggested Reading -- 5.Gender and Gender Roles -- Studying Gender and Gender Roles -- Sex, Gender, and Gender Roles: What's the Difference? -- Sex and Gender Identity -- Masculinity and Femininity: Opposites or Similar? -- Gender and Sexual Orientation -- Gender-Role Learning -- Theories of Socialization -- Gender-Role Learning in Childhood and Adolescence -- Gender Schemas: Exaggerating Differences -- Contemporary Gender Roles and Scripts -- Traditional Gender Roles and Scripts -- Think About It The Purity Standard: Defining Women by Their Sexuality -- Changing Gender Roles and Scripts -- Androgyny -- Gender Variations -- The Transgender Phenomenon -- Disorders of Sexual Development/Intersex -- Think About It A New Approach to Addressing Disorders of Sexual Development or Intersex -- Unclassified Form of Abnormal Development -- Gender Identity Disorder -- Transsexuality -- Coming to Terms With Differences -- Think About It Sex Reassignment -- Final Thoughts -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Sex and the Internet -- Suggested Websites -- Suggested Reading -- 6.Sexuality in Childhood and Adolescence -- Sexuality in Infancy and Childhood (Ages 0 to 11) -- Infancy and Sexual Response (Ages 0 to 2) -- Childhood Sexuality (Ages 3 to 11) -- The Family Context -- Sexuality in Adolescence (Ages 12 to 19) -- Psychosexual Development -- Adolescent Sexual Behavior -- Think About It The "Origins" of Homosexuality -- Practically Speaking First Sexual Intercourse Reaction Scale -- Teenage Pregnancy -- Sexuality Education -- Think About It Abstinence-Only Versus Comprehensive Sexuality Programs: It's a New Day -- Final Thoughts -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Sex and the Internet -- Suggested Websites -- Suggested Reading -- 7.Sexuality in Adulthood -- Sexuality in Early Adulthood -- Developmental Concerns -- Think About It Life Behaviors of a Sexually Healthy Adult -- Establishing Sexual Orientation -- Think About It Bisexuality: The Nature of Dual Attraction -- Being Single -- Think About It Why College Students Have Sex: Gender Differences, or Not? -- Cohabitation -- Sexuality in Middle Adulthood -- Developmental Concerns -- Sexuality in Established Relationships -- Divorce and After -- Sexuality in Late Adulthood -- Developmental Concerns -- Stereotypes of Aging -- Sexuality and Aging -- Final Thoughts -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Sex and the Internet -- Suggested Websites -- Suggested Reading -- 8.Love and Communication in Intimate Relationships -- Friendship and Love -- Love and Sexuality -- Men, Women, Sex, and Love -- Love Without Sex: Celibacy and Asexuality -- Think About It Are Gay/Lesbian Couples and Families any Different from Heterosexual Ones? -- How Do I Love Thee? Approaches and Attitudes Related to Love -- Styles of Love -- The Triangular Theory of Love -- Love as Attachment -- Think About It The Science of Love -- Unrequited Love -- Jealousy -- Defining Jealousy -- Think About It The Passionate Love Scale -- Managing Jealousy -- Extradyadic Involvement -- Making Love Last: From Passion to Intimacy -- The Nature of Communication -- The Cultural Context -- The Social Context -- The Psychological Context -- Nonverbal Communication -- Sexual Communication -- Sexual Communication in Beginning Relationships -- Sexual Communication in Established Relationships -- Initiating Sexual Activity -- Developing Communication Skills -- Talking About Sex -- Practically Speaking Communication Patterns and Partner Satisfaction -- Conflict and Intimacy -- Practically Speaking lessons from the love lab -- Sexual Conflicts -- Conflict Resolution -- Final Thoughts -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Sex and the Internet -- Suggested Websites -- Suggested Reading -- 9.Sexual Expression -- Sexual Attractiveness -- A Cross-Cultural Analysis -- Evolutionary Mating Perspectives -- Think About It "Hooking Up" Among College Students -- Views of College Students -- Sexual Desire -- Sexual Scripts -- Cultural Scripting -- Intrapersonal Scripting -- Interpersonal Scripting -- Autoeroticism -- Sexual Fantasies and Dreams -- Masturbation -- Practically Speaking assessing your attitude toward masturbation -- Sexual Behavior with Others -- Most Recent Partnered Sex -- Couple Sexual Styles -- Think About It You Would Say You "Had Sex" If You... -- Touching -- Kissing -- Oral-Genital Sex -- Think About It giving and receiving pleasurable touch: "Gears of Connection" -- Think About It The First Kiss: A Deal-Breaker? -- Sexual Intercourse -- Anal Eroticism -- Health Benefits of Sexual Activity -- Final Thoughts -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Sex and the Internet -- Suggested Websites -- Suggested Reading -- 10.Variations in Sexual Behavior -- Sexual Variations and Paraphilic Behavior -- What Are Sexual Variations? -- What Is Paraphilia? -- Think About It "Sexual Interest Disorder": A Viable Alternative to Paraphilia or a Radical Departure? -- Sexual Variations Among College Students -- Sexual Variation: Domination and Submission -- Noncoercive Paraphilias -- Fetishism -- Transvestism -- Practically Speaking Sexual Sensation Seeking Scale -- Coercive Paraphilias -- Zoophilia -- Voyeurism -- Think About It Would You Watch? College Students and Voyeurism -- Exhibitionism -- Telephone Scatologia -- Frotteurism -- Think About It "Sexual Addiction": Repressive Morality in a New Guise? -- Necrophilia -- Pedophilia -- Sexual Sadism and Sexual Masochism -- Origins and Treatment of Paraphilias -- Final Thoughts -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Sex and the Internet -- Suggested Websites -- Suggested Reading -- 11.Contraception, Birth Control, and Abortion -- Risk and Responsibility -- Women, Men, and Birth Control: Who Is Responsible? -- Family Planning Clinics -- Think About It Risky Business: Why Couples Fail to Use Contraception -- Methods of Contraception and Birth Control -- Birth Control and Contraception: What's the Difference? -- Choosing a Method -- Sexual Abstinence -- Hormonal Methods -- Barrier Methods --
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Library holdings:
MCPHS Circulation - Boston Campus
HQ21 .S8126 2013 – Available