Human Sexuality Today

by King, Bruce M.

• ISBN13: 9780139246715
• ISBN10: 0139246711
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	xiii
CHAPTER 1 Why a Course in Human Sexuality?	1	(24)
CHAPTER 2 Our Sexual and Reproductive Anatomy	25	(27)
CHAPTER 3 Hormones and Sexuality	52	(18)
CHAPTER 4 Similarities and Differences in Our Sexual Responses	70	(21)
CHAPTER 5 Sexually Transmitted and Sexually Related Diseases	91	(40)
CHAPTER 6 Birth Control	131	(33)
CHAPTER 7 Pregnancy and Childbirth	164	(33)
CHAPTER 8 Becoming a Woman/Becoming a Man: Gender Identity and Gender Roles	197	(27)
CHAPTER 9 Sexual Orientation	224	(22)
CHAPTER 10 Life-Span Sexual Development	246	(31)
CHAPTER 11 Adult Sexual Behaviors and Attitudes	277	(18)
CHAPTER 12 Love and Relationships	295	(20)
CHAPTER 13 Sexual Problems and Therapy	315	(25)
CHAPTER 14 Paraphilias and Sexual Variants	340	(16)
CHAPTER 15 Sexual Victimization: Rape, Coercion, Harassment, and Abuse of Children	356	(40)
CHAPTER 16 Sex and the Law	396	(19)
CHAPTER 17 Communicating About Sex	415