The Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality

by Francoeur, Robert T.; Noonan, Raymond J.

• ISBN13: 9780826414885
• ISBN10: 0826414885
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-28
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

--A completely updated one-volume edition of the 4-volume International Encyclopedia of Sexuality--Includes nearly 60 countries and places--12 not previously covered--by more than 200 authorities--It is the only reference work of its kind in any language Now in a thoroughly updated one-volume edition, The Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality is the foremost reference work on sexual behavior throughout the world at the beginning of a new millennium. Written by more than 200 leading sexologists in their respective countries and cultures, each lengthy entry explores such areas as heterosexual relationships, children, adolescents, adults, gender-conflicted persons, unconventional sexual patterns, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, sexual dysfunctions, and therapies. It also includes sexual issues for older persons and physically and mentally challenged individuals.Places to be included for the first time are: Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hong Kong, Nepal, Norway, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, and Tanzania.

Table of Contents

HOW TO USE THIS ENCYCLOPEDIA	viii
FOREWORD	ix
Robert T. Francoeur, Ph.D., A.C.S.
PREFACE	xi
Timothy Perper Ph.D.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MANY MEANINGS OF SEXOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE	xiii
Ira L. Reiss, Ph.D.
ARGENTINA	1	(26)
Sophia Kamenetzky, M.D.; Updates by S. Kamenetzky
AUSTRALIA	27	(15)
Rosemary Coates, Ph.D.; Updates by R. Coates and Anthony Willmett, Ph.D.
AUSTRIA	42	(17)
Dr. Rotraud A. Perner L.L.D.; Translated and Redacted by Linda Kneucker; Updates by Linda Kneucker, Raoul Kneucker; and Martin Voracek, Ph.D., M.Sc.
BAHRAIN	59	(30)
Julanne McCarthy, M.A., M.S.N.; Updates by the Editors
BOTSWANA	89	(9)
Godisang Mookodi, Oleosi Ntshebe, and Jan Taylor, Ph.D.
BRAZIL	98	(16)
Sérgio Luiz Gonçalves de Freitas, M.D., with Eli Fernandes de Oliveira and Lourenço Stélio Rega, M. Th.; Updates and comments by Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D., and Dra. Sandra Almeida, and Luciane Raibin, M.S.
BULGARIA	114	(12)
Michail Alexandrou Okoliyski, Ph.D., and Petko Velixhkov, M.D.
CANADA	126	(56)
Michael Barrett, Ph.D. Alan King, Ed.D., Joseph Levy, Ph.D., Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, Ph.D., Alexander McKay, Ph.D., and Julie Fraser, Ph.D.; Rewritten and updated by the Authors
CHINA	182	(28)
Fang-fu Ruan, M.D., Ph.D., and M. P. Lau, M.D.; Updates by F. Ruan and Robert T. Francoeur; Ph.D.; Comments by M.P. Lau
COLOMBIA	210	(17)
Jose, Manuel Gonzales, M.A., Rubén Ardila, Ph.D., Pedro Guerrero, M.D., Gloria Penagos, M.D., and Bernardo Useche, Ph.D., Translated by Claudia Rockmaker, M.S.W, and Luciave Raibin, M.S.; Updates by the Editors; Comment by Luciave Raibin, M.S.
COSTA RICA	227	(14)
Anna Abroha, M.A.
CROATIA	241	(18)
Aleksandar Stulhofer Ph.D., Vlasta Hiršl-Hecej, M.D., M.A., Zel ko Mrkšic, Aleksandra Korac, Ph.D., Petra Hoblaj, Ivanka Ivkanec, Maja Mamula, M.A., Hrvoje Tiljak, M.D., Ph.D., Gordana Buljan-Flander Ph.D., Sanja Sagasta, Gordan Bosanac, Ana Karlovic, and Jadranka Mimica; Updates by the Authors
CUBA	259
Mariela Castro Espin, B.Ed., M.Sc., and Maria Dolores Córdova Llorca, Ph.D., main authors and coordinators, with Alicia Gonzalez Hernández, Ph.D., Beatriz Castellanos Simons, Ph.D., Natividad Guerrero Borrego, Ph.D., Gloria Ma. A. Torres Cueto, Ph.D., Eddy Abreu Guerra, Ph.D., Beatriz Torres Rodriguez, Ph.D., Caridad T. Garcia Alvarez, M.Sc., Ada Alfonso Rodriguez, M.D., M.Sc., Maricel Rebollar Sánchez, M.Sc., Oscar Diaz Noriega, M.D., M.Sc., Jorge Renato Ibarra Guitart, Ph.D., Sonia Jiménez Berrios, Daimelis Monzón Wat, Jorge Peláez Mendoza, MD., Mayra Rodriguez Lauzerique, M.Sc., Ofelia Bravo Fernández, M.Sc., Lauren Bardisa Escurra, M.D., Miguel Sosa Marin, M.D., Rosaida Ochoa Soto, M.D., and Leonardo Chacón Asusta
CYPRUS	219	(101)
Part 1. Greek Cyprus: George J. Georgiou, Ph.D., with Alecos Modinos, B.Arch., A.R.I.B.A., Nathaniel Papageorgiou, Laura Papantoniou, M.Sc., M.D., and Nieos Peristianis, Ph.D. (Hons.); Updates by G.J. Georgiou and L. Papantoniou;
Part 2: Turkish Cyprus: Kemal Bolayir M.D., and Serin Kelâmi, B.Sc. (Hons.)
CZECH REPUBLIC	320	(9)
Jaroslav Zveiina, MD.; Rewritten and updated by the Author
DENMARK	329	(16)
Christian Graugaard, M.D., Ph.D., with Lene Falgaard Eplov, M.D., Ph.D., Annamaria Giraldi, M.D., Ph.D., Ellids Kristensen, M.D., Else Munck, M.D., Bo Møhl, clinical psychologist, Annette Fuglsang Owens, M.D., Ph.D., Hanne Risør, M.D., and Gerd Winther, clinical sexologist
EGYPT	345	(14)
Bahira Sherif, Ph.D.; Updates by B. Sherif and Hussein Ghanem, M.D.
ESTONIA	359	(22)
Elina Haavio-Mannila, Ph.D., Kai Haldre, M.D., and Osmo Kontula, Ph.D.
FINLAND	381	(31)
Osmo Kontula, D.Soc.Sci., Ph.D., and Elina Haavio-Mannila, Ph.D.; Updates by O. Kontula and E. Haavio-Mannila
FRANCE	412	(19)
Michel Meignant, Ph.D., chapter coordinator, with Pierre Dalens, M.D., Charles Gellman, M.D., Robert Gellman, M.D., Claire Gellman-Barroux, Ph.D., Serge Ginger Laurent Malterre, and France Paramelle; Translated by Genevieve Parent, MA., Redacted by Robert T. Francoeur, Ph.D.; Comment by Timothy Perper; Ph.D.; Updates by the Editors
FRENCH POLYNESIA	431	(19)
Anne Bolin, Ph.D.; Updates by A. Bolin and the Editors
GERMANY	450	(17)
Rudiger Lautmann, Ph.D., and Kurt Starke, Ph.D.; Updates by Jakob Pastoetter, Ph.D., and Hartmut A.G. Bosinski, Dr.med.habil., and the Editor
GHANA	467	(12)
Augustine Ankomah, Ph.D.; Updates by Beldina Opiyo-Omolo, B.Sc.
GREECE	479	(10)
Dimosthenis Agrafiotis, Ph.D., Elli Ioannidi, Ph.D., and Panagiota Mandi, M.Sc.; Rewritten and updated in December 2002 by the Authors
HONG KONG	489	(14)
Emil Man-lun Ng, M.D., and Joyce L. C. Ma, Ph.D.; Updates by M.P. Lau, M.D., and Robert T. Francoeur Ph.D.
ICELAND	503	(13)
Sóley S. Bender, R.N., B.S.N., M.S., Coordinator, with Sigrún Júliiusdóttir; Ph.D., Thorvaldur Kristinsson, Haraldur Briem, M.D., and Gudrún Jónsdóttir; Ph.D.; Updates by the Editors
INDIA	516	(17)
Jayaji Krishna Nath, M.D., and Vishwarath R. Nayar; Updates by Karen Pechilis-Prentiss, Ph.D., Aparna Kadari, B.A., M.B.A., and Robert T. Francoeur, Ph.D.
INDONESIA	533	(21)
Wimpie I. Pangkahila, M.D., Ph.D. (Part 1); Ramsey Elkholy, Ph.D. (cand.) (Part 2); Updates by Robert T. Francoeur, Ph.D.
IRAN	554	(15)
Paula E. Drew, Ph.D.; Updates and comments by Robert T. Francoeur, Ph.D.; Comments by F.A. Sadeghpour
IRELAND	569	(12)
Thomas Phelim Kelly, M.B.; Updates by Harry A. Walsh, Ed.D., and the Editors
ISRAEL	581	(39)
Ronny A. Shtarkshall, Ph.D., and Minah Zemach, Ph.D.; Updates by R. A. Shtarkshall and M Zemach
ITALY	620	(16)
Bruno P.F. Wanrooij, Ph.D.; Updates by B.P.F. Wanrooij
JAPAN	636	(43)
Yoshiro Hatano, Ph.D., and Tsuguo Shimazaki; Updates and comments by Yoshimi Kaji, M.A., Timothy Perper, Ph.D., and Martha Cornog, M.S., M.A., and Robert T. Francoeur; Ph.D.
KENYA	679	(13)
Norbert Brockman, Ph.D.; Updates by Paul Mwangi Kariuki and Beldina Opiyo-Omolo, B.Sc.
MEXICO	692	(11)
Eusebio Rubio, Ph.D.; Updates by the Editors
MOROCCO	703	(11)
Nadia Kadiri, M.D., and Abderrazak Moussaid, M.D., with Abdelkrim Tirraf, M.D., and Abdallah Jadid, M.D.; Translated by Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D., and Dra. Sandra Almeida; Comments by Elaine Hatfield, Ph.D., and Richard Rapson, Ph.D.; Updates by the Editors
NEPAL	714	(11)
Elizabeth Schroeder, MS. W
NETHERLANDS	725	(27)
Jelto J. Drench, Ph.D., and A. Koos Slob, Ph.D.; Updates by the Editors
NIGERIA	752	(29)
Uwem Edimo Esiet, M.B., B.S., M.P.H., M.I.L.D., chapter coordinator, with Christine Olunfinke Adebajo, Ph.D., R.N., H.D.H.A., Mairo Victoria Bello, Rakiya Booth, M.B.B.S., F.W.A.C.P., Imo I. Esiet, B.Sc, LL.B., BL., Nike Esiet, B.Sc., MPH (Harvard), Foyin Oyebola, B.Sc., M.A., and Bilkisu Yusuf, B.Sc., M.A., M.N.L; Updates by Beldina Opiyo-Omolo, B.Sc.
NORWAY	781	(14)
Elsa Almås, Cand. Psychol., and Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, MD.; Updates by E. Almås and E.E. Pirelli Benestad
OUTER SPACE and ANTARCTICA	795	(18)
Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D.; Updates and new material by R.J. Noonan
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	813	(11)
Shirley Oliver-Miller; Comments by Edgar Gregerson, Ph.D.
PHILIPPINES	824	(22)
Jose Florante J. Leyson, M.D.; Updates by J.F.J. Leyson
POLAND	846	(10)
Anna Sierzpowska-Ketner; M.D., Ph.D.; Updates by the Editors
PORTUGAL	856	(21)
Nuno Nodin, M.A., with Sara Moreira, and Ana Margarida Ourô, M.A.; Updates by N. Nodin
PUERTO RICO	877	(11)
Luis Montesinos, Ph.D., and Juan Preciado, Ph.D.; Redacted and updated by Felix M. Velázquez-Soto, M.A., and Glorivee Rosario-Pérez, Ph.D., and Carmen Rios
RUSSIA	888	(21)
Igor S. Kon, Ph.D.; Updates by I.S. Kon
SOUTH AFRICA	909	(24)
Lionel John Nicholas, Ph.D., and Priscilla Sandra Daniels, M.S. (Part 1); Mervyn Bernard Hurwitz, M.D. (Part 2); Updates by L.J. Nicholas, Ph.D.
SOUTH KOREA	933	(27)
Hyung-Ki Choi, MD., Ph.D., and Huso Yi, Ph.D. (cand.), with Ji-Kan Ryu, M.D., Koon Ho Rha, MD., and Woong Hee Lee, M.D.; Redacted with additional information and updated as of March 2003 by Huso Yi, Ph.D. (cand.), with additional information by Yung-Chung Kim, Ki-Nam Chin, Pilwha Chang, Whasoon Byun, and Jungim Hwang
SPAIN	960	(12)
Jose Antonio Nieto, Ph.D. (coordinator), with Jose Antonio Carrobles, Ph.D., Manuel Delgado Ruiz, Ph.D., Felix Lopez Sanchez, Ph.D., Virginia Maquieira D'Angelo, Ph.L.D., Josep-Vicent Marques, Ph.D., Bernardo Moreno Jimenez, Ph.D., Raquel Osborne Verdugo, Ph.D., Carmela Sanz Rueda, Ph.D., and Carmelo Vazquez Valverde, Ph.D.; Translated by Laura Berman, Ph.D., and Jose Nanin, M.A., Updates by Laura Berman, Ph.D., Jose Nanin, MA., and the Editors
SRI LANKA	972	(12)
Victor C. de Munck, Ph.D.; Comments by Patricia Weerakoon, Ph.D.
SWEDEN	984	(11)
Jan E. Trost, Ph.D., with Mai-Briht Bergstrom-Walan, Ph.D.; Updates by the Editors
SWITZERLAND	995	(14)
Prof. Johannes Bitzer M.D., Ph.D., Judith Adler, Ph.D., Prof. Dr Udo Rauschfleisch Ph.D., Sibil Tschudin, MD., Elizabeth Zemp, M.D., and Ulrike Kosta
TANZANIA	1009	(12)
Philip Setel, Eleuther Mwageni, Namsifu Mndeme, and Yusuf Hemed; Additional comments by Beldina Opiyo-Omolo, B.Sc.
THAILAND	1021	(33)
Kittiwut Jod Taywaditep, Ph.D., Eli Coleman, Ph.D., and Pacharin Dumronggittigule, M.Sc.; Updates by K.J. Taywaditep, Ryan Bishop, Ph.D., and Lillian S. Robinson, Ph.D.
TURKEY	1054	(18)
Hamdullah Aydin, M.D., and Zeynep Gülçat, Ph.D.; Rewritten and updated in 2003 by H Aydin and Z. Gülçat
UKRAINE	1072	(21)
Tamara V. Hovorun, Ph.D., and Borys M. Vornyk, Ph.D. (Medicine); Rewritten and updated in 2003 by T.V. Hovorun and B.M. Vornyk
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND	1093	(34)
Kevan R. Wylie, M.B., Ch.B., M.Med.Sc., M.R.C.Psych., D.S.M, chapter coordinator and contributor with Anthony Bains, B.A., Tina Ball, Ph.D., Patricia Barnes, M.A., CQSW, BASMT (Accred.), Rohan Collier Ph.D., Jane Craig, MB., MRCP (UK), Linda Delaney, L.L.B., M.Jur, Julia Field, B.A., Danya Glaser MBBS, D. Ch., FRCPsych., Peter Greenhouse, M.A., MRCOG, MFFP, Mary Griffin, MB., MSc., MFFP, Margot Huish, B.A., BASMT (Accred.), Anne M. Johnson, M.A., M.Sc., M.D., MRCGP, FFPAM, George Kinghorn, M.D., FRCP, Helen Mott, B.A. (lions.), Paula Nicolson, Ph.D., Jane Read, B.A. (lions.), UKCP, Fran Reader, FRCOG, MFFP, BASMT (leered.), Gwyneth Sampson, DPM, MRCPsych., Peter Selman, DPSA, Ph.D., José von Bühler, R.M.N., Dip.H.S., Jane Wadsworth, B.Sc., MSc., Kaye Wellings, M.A., M.Sc., and Stephen Whittle, Ph.D.; Extensive updates and some sections rewritten by the original authors as noted in the text
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	1127	(210)
David L. Weis, Ph.D., and Patricia Barthalow Koch, Ph.D., editors and contributors, with other contributions by Diane Baker, M.A.; Ph.D.; Sandy Bargainnier, Ed.D.; Sarah C. Conklin, Ph.D.; Martha Cornog, M.A., M.S.; Richard Cross, M.D.; Marilyn Fithian, Ph.D.; Jeannie Forrest, M.A.; Andrew D. Forsythe, M.S.; Robert T. Francoeur, Ph.D., A.C.S.; Barbara Garnis, M.A.; Patricia Goodson, Ph.D.; William E. Hartmann, Ph.D.; Robert O. Hawkins, Jr., Ph.D.; Linda L. Hendrixson, Ph.D.; Barrfe J. Highby, Ph.D.; Ariadne (Ari) Kane, Ed.D.; Sharon E. King, MS.Ed.; Robert Morgan Lawrence, D.C.; Brenda Love; Charlene L. Muehlenhard, Ph.D.; Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D.; Miguel A. Pérez, Ph.D.; Timothy Perper, Ph.D.; Helda L. Pinzón-Pérez, Ph.D.; Carol Queen, Ph.D.; Herbert P. Samuels, Ph.D.; Julian Slowinski, Psy.D.; William Stackhouse, Ph.D.; William R. Stayton, Th.D.; and Mitchell S. Tepper, MPH. Updates coordinated by Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D., and Robert T Francoeur Ph.D., with comments and updates by Mark O. Bigler, Ph.D., Walter Bockting, Ph.D., Peggy Clarke, MPH., Sarah C. Conklin, Ph.D., Al Cooper Ph.D., Martha Cornog, M.A., M.S., Susan Dudley, Ph.D., Warren Farrell, Ph.D., James R. Fleckenstein, Robert T. Francoeur Ph.D., Patricia Goodson, Ph.D., Erica Goodstone, Ph.D., Karen Allyn Gordon, MPH., Ph.D. (card.), Eric Griffin-Shelley, Ph.D., Robert W. Hatfield, Ph.D., Loraine Hutchips, Ph.D., Michael Hyde, MEA., Ph.D. (cand.), Ariadne (Ari) Kane, Ed.D., Patricia Barthalow Koch, Ph.D., John Money, Ph.D., Charlene L. Muehlenhard, Ph.D., Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D., Miguel A. Pérez, Ph.D., Helda L. Pinzón-Pérez, Ph.D., William Prendergast, Ph.D., Ruth Rubenstein, Ph.D., Herbert P. Samuels, Ph.D., William Taverner M.A., David L. Weis, Ph.D., C. Christine Wheeler; Ph.D., and Walter Williams, Ph.D.
VIETNAM	1337	(26)
Jakob Pastoetter, Ph.D.; Updates by J. Pastoetter
LAST-MINUTE DEVELOPMENTS	1363	(10)
Added by the Editors after the manuscript had been typeset
GLOBAL TRENDS: SOME FINAL IMPRESSIONS	1373	(4)
Robert T. Francoeur Ph.D., and Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D.
CONTRIBUTORS and ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	1377	(17)
AN INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF SEXOLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND INSTITUTES	1394	(11)
Compiled by Robert T. Franeoeur Ph.D.
INDEX	1405