Sexuality, Society, and Feminism

by Travis, Cheryl Brown; White, Jacquelyn W.

• ISBN13: 9781557986177
• ISBN10: 1557986177
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville. Discusses ways American society defines and shapes women's sexuality. Presents fifteen chapters covering epistemology, theory, and methods; life course development; meaning and function; and sexuality and the social order. For advanced students, researchers, and practitioners of psychology.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Introduction	3	(6)
I. EPISTEMOLOGY, THEORY, AND METHODS	9	(100)
Social Constructions of Sexuality: Unpacking Hidden Meanings	11	(24)
Jacquelyn W. White
Barrie Bondurant
Cheryl Brown Travis
Biological Models and Sexual Politics	35	(22)
Danny S. Moore
Cheryl Brown Travis
Gender Differences in Sexuality: Results from Meta-Analysis	57	(22)
Janet Shibley
Mary Beth Oliver
The Social Construction and Social Effects of Sex Research: The Sexological Model of Sexuality	79	(30)
Leonore Tiefer
II. LIFE COURSE DEVELOPMENT	109	(102)
A Normative Perspective of Adolescent Girls' Developing Sexuality	111	(30)
Deborah P. Welsh
Sharon S. Rostosky
Myra Christen Kawaguchi
Sexual Roles of Girls and Women: An Ethnocultural Lifespan Perspective	141	(26)
Pamela Trotman Reid
Vanessa M. Bing
Sexuality During Pregnancy and the Year Postpartum	167	(14)
Janet Shibley Hyde
John DeLamater
Menopause and Sexuality: Ageism and Sexism Unite	181	(30)
Sharon S. Rostosky
Cheryl Brown Travis
III. MEANING AND FUNCTION	211	(110)
Only Joking: Humor and Sexuality	213	(24)
Mary Crawford
Beauty, Sexuality, and Identity: The Social Control of Women	237	(36)
Cheryl Brown Travis
Kayce L. Meginnis
Kristin M. Bardari
Dangerousness, Impotence, Silence, and Invisibility: Heterosexism in the Construction of Women's Sexuality	273	(26)
Laura S. Brown
A Cultural Context for Sexual Assertiveness in Women	299	(22)
Patricia J. Morokoff
IV. SEXUALITY AND THE SOCIAL ORDER	321	(84)
Consent, Power, and Sexual Scripts: Deconstructing Sexual Harassment	323	(32)
Suzanne B. Kurth
Bethany B. Spiller
Cheryl Brown Travis
Re-Examining the Issue of Nonconsent in Acquaintance Rape	355	(22)
Particia L. N. Donat
Jacquelyn W. White
Understanding the Unacknowledged Rape Victim	377	(28)
Arnold S. Kahn
Virginia Andreoli Mathie
Author Index	405	(16)
Subject Index	421	(10)
About the Editors	431