Human Sexuality Today

by King, Bruce M.

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9780130149947

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0130149942

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Pub. Date:

9/1/1996

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Prentice Hall

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This appealing, readable and humanistic guide to human sexuality achieves a sound balance between facts and understanding, giving readers the information they need to make responsible decisions and helping them feel comfortable about themselves while learning about their sexuality. A wide range of chapter topics discuss hormones and sexuality, similarities and differences in our sexual responses, sexually transmitted and sexually related diseases, birth control, pregnancy and childbirth, communicating about sex, gender identity and gender roles, sexual orientation, love and relationships, sexual problems and therapy, sexual victimization, and sex and the law. For individuals seeking to learn more about human sexuality and its most current issues.

Preface	p. xiv
About the Author	p. xv
Why a Course in Human Sexuality?	p. 1
A Sexual Knowledge Quiz	p. 3
Cross-Cultural Comparisons	p. 6
Historical Perspectives	p. 11
Sex as a Science	p. 16
Scientific Methodology	p. 19
Sexuality Education Today	p. 23
Our Sexual and Reproductive Anatomy	p. 30
External Female Anatomy	p. 31
Internal Female Anatomy	p. 37
External Male Anatomy	p. 43
Internal Male Anatomy	p. 49
The Brain	p. 51
Our Sexual Bodies	p. 52
Hormones and Sexuality	p. 58
The Endocrine System	p. 59
The Menstrual Cycle	p. 60
Length of the Menstrual Cycle	p. 62
Menstrual Synchrony and Pheromones	p. 62
Menstrual Versus Estrous Cycle	p. 63
Attitudes About Menstruation: Historical Perspectives	p. 64
Attitudes About Menstruation Today	p. 64
Menstrual Problems	p. 67
Regulation of Male Hormones	p. 70
Hormones and Sexual Desire	p. 71
Similarities and Differences in Our Sexual Responses	p. 76
Measurement of Sexual Responses	p. 77
Models of Sexual Response	p. 78
The Sexual Response Cycle	p. 78
Controversies About Orgasms	p. 85
Penis Size: Does It Matter?	p. 90
Aphrodisiacs: Do They Help?	p. 92
And Afterwards?	p. 93
Sexuality and People with Disabilities	p. 94
Sexually Transmitted and Sexually Related Diseases	p. 99
What Are They and Who Gets Them?	p. 100
Where Did They Come From?	p. 101
Gonorrhea	p. 101
Chlamydia and Nongonococcal Urethritis	p. 103
Syphilis	p. 105
Less Common Bacterial STDs	p. 107
Herpes	p. 108
Hepatitis	p. 112
Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection	p. 112
Molluscum Contagiosum	p. 114
HIV Infection and AIDS	p. 114
Parasitic Infestations	p. 126
Vaginitis	p. 128
Cystitis and Prostatitis	p. 130
Practicing Safer Sex	p. 130
What to Do and Where to Go if You Have an STD	p. 132
Positive Sexuality in the Era of AIDS	p. 132
Birth Control	p. 139
World Population	p. 142
Evaluating Different Birth Control Methods	p. 143
Contraceptive Myths	p. 144
Relatively Ineffective Methods	p. 145
Abstaining from Sex	p. 146
Fertility Awareness: Abstaining from Sex During Ovulation	p. 146
Spermicides: Substances That Kill Sperm	p. 148
Barrier Methods: Preventing Sperm from Meeting Egg	p. 149
The IUD	p. 155
Hormonal Methods of Contraception	p. 156
Emergency Contraception	p. 161
Voluntary Sterilization	p. 161
Unwanted Pregnancies: The Final Options	p. 163
Future Technology	p. 166
Choosing a Contraceptive Method	p. 167
Pregnancy and Childbirth	p. 172
Conception and Implantation	p. 173
Pregnancy	p. 175
Complications of Pregnancy	p. 179
Nutrition and Exercise During Pregnancy	p. 184
Preparing for Childbirth	p. 184
Anesthetics or "Natural" Childbirth?	p. 188
Childbirth	p. 188
Problems with Childbirth	p. 191
Afterwards	p. 193
Spacing Pregnancies	p. 195
Infertility and Impaired Fecundity	p. 195
Superfertility	p. 200
Communicating About Sex	p. 205
Talking with Your Partner About Sexual Differences and Problems	p. 206
In the Future: Talking with Your Children About Sex	p. 212
Hope for the Future	p. 219
Sexuality as a Social Concept	p. 225
Sexuality as an Evolving Concept	p. 226
Sexual Socialization: Agents	p. 229
Sexual Socialization: Cause and Effect?	p. 234
Becoming a Woman/Becoming a Man: Gender Identity and Gender Roles	p. 238
Biological Influences on Gender Identity	p. 239
Variations in Development: Intersexed Individuals	p. 242
Gender Identity "Disorder"	p. 245
Gender and Sex as Social Constructs	p. 247
Psychological Theories of Gender Identity Development	p. 248
Gender Roles	p. 251
Sexual Orientation	p. 270
Prevalence of Homosexuality and Bisexuality	p. 271
Defining Sexual Orientation: Another Look	p. 272
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Roles	p. 273
The Origins of Sexual Orientation	p. 274
Homosexuality	p. 279
Can (Should) Sexual Orientation Be Changed?	p. 290
Life-Span Sexual Development	p. 295
Early Infancy (Ages 0-1)	p. 295
Early Childhood (Ages 2-6)	p. 296
The Initial School-Age Years (Ages 7-11)	p. 297
Puberty (Ages 7-15)	p. 298
Adolescence (Ages 13-17)	p. 302
Emerging Adulthood (Ages 18-25)	p. 306
Young Adulthood (Adults Aged 26-39)	p. 307
Middle Age (Ages 40-59)	p. 313
The Elderly Years (Age 60+)	p. 320
Adult Sexual Behaviors and Attitudes	p. 327
What Is Normal?	p. 328
Masturbation	p. 328
Nocturnal Orgasms	p. 331
Sexual Fantasies	p. 334
Coital Positions and Locations	p. 335
Oral-Genital Sex	p. 340
Anal Stimulation	p. 342
Preferred Sexual Behaviors	p. 343
The Sexually Healthy Person	p. 343
Love and Relationships	p. 347
History of Romantic Love	p. 348
Friendship Versus Romantic Love	p. 349
How Do I Know if This Is Really Love?	p. 351
Companionate Love	p. 352
Sex Without Love	p. 352
Love Without Sex	p. 353
Prerequisites for Love	p. 355
Theories of Love	p. 356
Attachment Theory of Love	p. 357
Robert Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love	p. 358
John Lee's "Many Colors of Love"	p. 359
Which Theory is Correct?	p. 362
Jealousy	p. 362
Maintaining a Relationship	p. 363
Sexual Problems and Therapy	p. 373
Individual Differences	p. 374
Who Needs Therapy?	p. 376
Sexual Therapy	p. 376
Sexual Therapy Techniques	p. 377
Sexual Problems Affecting Both Men and Women	p. 378
Male Sexual Problems	p. 383
Female Sexual Problems	p. 390
Sexual Problems Among Homosexuals	p. 395
Avoiding Sexual Problems	p. 395
Paraphilias and Sexual Variants	p. 399
Historical Perspective	p. 400
Fetishism	p. 401
Transvestism	p. 403
Exhibitionism	p. 404
Obscene Phone Calls	p. 405
Voyeurism	p. 406
Bestiality and Zoophilia	p. 406
Pedophilia	p. 407
Sadomasochism	p. 407
Other Paraphilias	p. 409
Multiple Paraphilias	p. 411
What Causes Paraphilias?	p. 411
Therapy	p. 412
Sexual Victimization: Rape, Coercion, Harassment, and Abuse of Children	p. 416
Rape	p. 417
Sexual Harassment	p. 435
Sexual Abuse of Children	p. 439
Incest	p. 445
Prosecution of Sexual Offenders	p. 451
Therapy	p. 452
Resources for Those Seeking Help	p. 453
Sex and the Law	p. 458
Prostitution	p. 459
Pornography	p. 464
Laws Against Fornication, Adultery, and Sodomy	p. 473
Glossary	p. 479
Resources	p. 494
Credits	p. 497
Answers To Questions	p. 498
References	p. 505
Index	p. 543
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