Human Sexuality Today

by King, Bruce M.

• ISBN13: 9780130340726
• ISBN10: 0130340723
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

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

Why a Course in Human Sexuality?	1	(29)
Our Sexual and Reproductive Anatomy	30	(28)
Hormones and Sexuality	58	(18)
Similarities and Differences in Our Sexual Responses	76	(23)
Sexually Transmitted and Sexually Related Diseases	99	(40)
Birth Control	139	(33)
Pregnancy and Childbirth	172	(33)
Communicating About Sex	205	(20)
Sexuality as a Social Concept	225	(13)
Becoming a Woman/Becoming a Man: Gender Identity and Gender Roles	238	(32)
Sexual Orientation	270	(25)
Life-Span Sexual Development	295	(32)
Adult Sexual Behaviors and Attitudes	327	(20)
Love and Relationships	347	(26)
Sexual Problems and Therapy	373	(26)
Paraphilias and Sexual Variants	399	(17)
Sexual Victimization: Rape, Coercion, Harassment, and Abuse of Children	416	(42)
Sex and the Law	458