Speaking of sexuality : interdisciplinary readings / J. Kenneth Davidson, Sr., Nelwyn B. Moore ; preface by Pepper Schwartz ; foreword by John D. DeLamater.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Part I: Historical, theoretical and research perspectives on sexuality
Chapter 1: The stalled sexual revolutions of this century / Ira L. Reiss and Harriet M. Reiss
Chapter 2: Alfred Kinsey / Vern L. Bullough --
Chapter 3: Masters and Johnson / Vern L. Bullough --
Chapter 4: The social organization of sexuality / Edward O. Laumann [and others] --
Chapter 5: Sex among Americans / Joseph Adelson --
Chapter 6: Kiss and tell : surveying sex in the twentieth century / Julia A. Ericksen with Sally A. Steffen --
Chapter 7: Sexuality in marriage, dating, and other relationships / F. Scott Christopher and Susan Sprecher --

Part II: Sexuality and the life cycle: childhood and adolescence
Chapter 8: Human sexual development / John D. DeLamater and William N. Friedrich --
Chapter 9: Current religious doctrines of sexual and erotic development in childhood / Robert T. Francoeur --
Chapter 10: Early childhood exposure to parental nudity and scenes of parental sexuality / Paul Okami [and others] --
Chapter 11: Negotiation of first sexual intercourse among Latina adolescent mothers / Pamela I. Erickson --

Part III: Sexuality and the life cycle: Young adulthood
Chapter 12: College virgins : how men and women perceive their sexual status / Susan Sprecher and Pamela C. Regan --
Chapter 13: Communicating with new sex partners / Nelwyn B. Moore and J. Kenneth Davidson, Sr. --
Chapter 14: Sexual infidelity among married and cohabiting Americans / Judith Treas and Deirdre Giesen --
Chapter 15: Pretending orgasm during sexual intercourse / Michael W. Wiederman

Part IV: Sexuality and the life cycle: middle and later adulthood
Chapter 16: Passionate marriage / David M. Schnarch
Chapter 17: Race, gender, and class in sexual scripts / Jenna Mahay, Edward O. Laumann, and Stuart Michaels --
Chapter 18: The impact of aging on sexual function in women and their partners / Sheryl A. Kingsberg.
Chapter 19: Affection and sexuality in the presence of Alzheimer's disease / Lore K. Wright

Part V: Sexual Desire and gender
Chapter 20: In the garden of tabloid delight : notes on sex, Americans, scandal, and morality / Lewis H. Lapham --
Chapter 21: Sexual desire and gender / Pepper Schwartz and Virginia E. Rutter --
Chapter 22: Venus in furs : estrogen and desire / Natalie Angier --
Chapter 23: Marital style and its effects on sexual desire and functioning / Barry W. McCarthy --
Chapter 24: Sexual satisfaction and sexual drive in spinal cord injured women / Kimberly Black, Marca L. Sipski, and Susanne S. Strauss --

Part VI: Sexually transmitted diseases and abortion
Chapter 25: Having an abortion using mifepristone and home misoprostol / Stephen L. Fielding, Emme Edmunds, and Eric A. Schaff --
Chapter 26: Community : risk, identity, and love in the age of AIDS / Judith Levine
Chapter 27: Predominant risk factors for genital papillomavirus infection / Robert D. Burk [and others]

Part VII: Sexual orientation
Chapter 28: Human sexual orientation has a heritable component / Richard C. Pillard and J. Michael Bailey
Chapter 29: Why we cannot conclude sexual orientation is a biological phenomenon / William M. Byne
Chapter 30: Do parents influence the sexual orientation of their children? / Susan E. Golombok and Fiona L. Tasker
Chapter 31: Dating and romantic relationships among gay, lesbian, and bisexual youths / Ritch C. Savin-Williams
Chapter 32: The war over gay marriage / Evan W. Thomas. Sexual abuse in a national survey of adult men and women / David Finkelhor [and others]

Part VIII: Sexual victimization and compulsion
Chapter 33: Sexual abuse in a National survey of adult men and women
Chapter 34: Token resistance to sex: New perspectives on an old sterotype
Chapter 35: Tactics of sexual coercion
Chapter 36: Sexual aggression among Asian Americans
Chapter 37: Effects of Cybersex addiction on the family
Chapter 38: "What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?" : pathways to a career in stripping / Nova D. Sweet and Richard Tewksbury

Part IX: Sexuality and society: law, economics, religion and education
Chapter 39: SIECUS looks at states' sexuality laws and the sexual rights of citizens / Daniel Daley, Susie Orenstein, and Vivian Wong
Chapter 40: Sex, God, & greed / Daniel Lyons
Chapter 41: Naked capitalists / Frank Rich
Chapter 42: Religiosity and sexual responsibility : relationships of choice / J. Kenneth Davidson, Sr., Nelwyn B. Moore, and Kristen Marie Ullstrup
Chapter 44: Sexuality education : philosophies and practices in search of a meaningful difference / Terrance D. Olson.