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The Gender of Sexuality serves as a fun and informative guide on how to approach the topics of gender and sexuality-two areas fraught with stereotypes and misinformation. The second edition of this book features significant new material on the changing status of gender, same sex marriage, and transgender. After introducing key concepts in gender and sexuality, the authors explore topics such as sexual desire, the role of biology, sexual behavior, uncommitted sexual relationships and hooking up, marriage and cohabitation, and the politics of sexuality. Examples from popular culture, film, and media invite readers to engage with key concepts. This is an ideal book for courses on gender, sexuality, marriage and family, or social problems.

Virginia Rutter is associate professor of sociology at Framingham State University. She is a senior fellow of the Council on Contemporary Families and an editor and columnist at Girl w/Pen, where she writes about gender and sexuality. Pepper Schwartz is professor of sociology at the University of Washington, past chair of the Board of the National Sexuality Resource Center, past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and past president of the National Sexuality Resource Center. Author of numerous books, she is a senior fellow at the Council of Contemporary Families and is the Love, Sex, and Relationship ambassador for AARP.

Preface	p. xi
What's New?	p. xi
What's Our Big Idea?	p. xv
How Did We Write This Book?	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Sexual Desire and Gender	p. 1
Desire: Attraction and Arousal	p. 6
The Biology of Desire: Nature's Explanation	p. 8
The Influence of Hormones	p. 9
The Mechanisms of Arousal	p. 13
Evolutionary Psychology	p. 15
The Social Origins of Desire	p. 19
The Social Construction of Sexuality	p. 21
Social Control of Sexuality	p. 27
An Integrative Perspective on Gender and Sexuality	p. 31
Sexual Identify and Orientation	p. 36
The Continuum of Desire	p. 38
Gender as the Basis for Sexual Identity	p. 42
Conclusion	p. 43
Sexual Behavior and Gender	p. 45
The Challenge of Studying Sexual Behavior	p. 46
A World of Gender Difference	p. 48
Race, Ethnicity, and Social Class	p. 49
Gendered Patterns in Sexual Practices	p. 53
Masturbation	p. 54
Relational Sex versus Recreational Sex	p. 58
Fantasy and Pornography	p. 65
Initiation and Sexual Negotiation	p. 70
Orgasm and Stimulation	p. 72
Numbers of Partners	p. 76
Nonmonogamy	p. 79
Consent and Coercion	p. 82
Conclusion	p. 86
Uncommitted Sexual Relationships	p. 89
What Does Sexual Freedom Look Like?	p. 89
The Control of Sexuality: Over Time and Across Space	p. 90
Historical Change in the United States	p. 94
The Shifting Double Standard	p. 98
The Sexual Revolution	p. 101
Social Forces and Casual Sex	p. 106
Frontlash and Backlash in the 1990s and Beyond	p. 112
What's Happening Now	p. 114
Special Issues: Examining the Continuum	p. 115
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender	p. 115
Bisexuality	p. 118
Transgender	p. 121
Sex Practices among Single People	p. 122
Getting into Sex	p. 122
First Intercourse	p. 125
Frequency and Sex Partners	p. 129
Sexual Etiquette	p. 134
Heterosexual Etiquette: Contraception, Safe Sex, and Abortion	p. 135
Miscommunication and Sexual Privilege	p. 140
Sexual Coercion	p. 141
Sexual Confusion	p. 144
Sexual Aggression and Complicated Emotions	p. 147
The Future of Sex among Singles	p. 149
Conclusion	p. 150
Sex and Marriage	p. 151
Why Do People Marry?	p. 151
The Social Context of Marriage	p. 153
Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation	p. 155
The "Marriage Script": An Enactment of Gender Difference	p. 155
Race and the Significance of Marriage	p. 158
Same-Sex Commitment	p. 160
The Importance of Sex in Marriage	p. 162
Commitment and Passion	p. 165
Sexual Frequency	p. 165
Initiation and Refusal	p. 167
Same-Sex Pairs	p. 169
Everyday Influences on Committed Sex	p. 171
Emotional Complications for Heterosexuals	p. 172
Same-Sex Burdens	p. 173
The Concerns of Older Partners	p. 175
Social Trends in Improving Committed Sex	p. 176
Sex Advice of the 1960s	p. 178
Advice of the 1970s: More Pleasure, Our Way	p. 179
Advice of the 1980s: Problems, Problems, Problems	p. 180
The 1990s and the New Millenium: Desire! or Desire?	p. 181
Outside Temptations	p. 182
Why Do People Have Outside Sexual Relationships?	p. 186
Is Nonmonogamy Gendered?	p. 189
The Problem of Sustained Desire in a Divorce-Prone Society	p. 190
Peer Marriage: Love between Equals	p. 191
Conclusion	p. 194
The Politics of Sexuality	p. 195
Sex as a "Political Football"	p. 195
Newer Sex Scandals, Newer Themes	p. 196
Ambivalent Obsession	p. 200
Politics and Women's Bodies	p. 201
Debates Past and Present	p. 201
Teenage Sexuality, Hooking Up, and Emerging Adulthood	p. 204
Adolescence and Families	p. 208
The State of Teen Sexual Behavior	p. 210
Sexuality Education	p. 216
Teen Health	p. 218
Sexual Assault	p. 220
Feminist versus Patriarchal Positions	p. 221
Strange Bedfellows	p. 226
False Prophets, False Accusations, and True Lies	p. 227
Same-Sex Marriage	p. 229
Where Have We Been? The Legal Journey	p. 230
Where Are We Now? Laws and Attitudes	p. 231
The Debates	p. 233
Same-Sex Parenting: Does Gender Matter?	p. 235
Legal Precedent	p. 236
Conclusion	p. 238
But How Do We Use What We Know? Questions and Answers	p. 241
Sexual Function	p. 241
Sexual Orientation	p. 252
Sexual Harassment and Violence	p. 259
Conclusion	p. 265
Bibliography	p. 269
Index	p. 289
About the Authors	p. 303
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