Sex and Sexuality [Three Volumes]

Subjects:

• Health/Medicine » Health/Medicine (General)
• Psychology » Psychology (General)
• Sociology » Sociology (General)

Reviews:

• Writing for a general audience, the contributing psychologists, sociologists, medical doctors and public health officials work from the idea that human sexual function is affected by many factors, including those that are biological, sociocultural and psychological. However, caution the editors, readers must also understand they may be approaching this material with strong beliefs about sex and sexuality based on cultural prohibitions.
  —Reference & Research Book News 8/1/2006
• Written by authors with established expertise in their areas, this sophisticated three-volume overview and summary of research data on a wide variety of sexual topics attempts to review what is known about human sexuality and how we know it. Volume 1 covers such topics as sex behavior in the US, sexual orientation, and commercial sex. Volume 2 looks at love, sexual-arousal disorders, and sex therapy. Volume 3 deals with such topics as rape and pedophilia and the treatment of those who commit these acts. McAnulty and Burnette assured a broad audience in insisting that the contributors adhere to (and present) the facts and write in a manner accessible to interested laypersons. Throughout, philosophical differences in understanding sexual behavior--e.g., the evolutionary and the sociocultural approaches--are highlighted. Redundancy in material covered is unavoidable but not distracting; the chapter references are copious and valuable. Essential. All readers; all levels.
  —Choice 1/1/2007

Table of Contents:

• Volume 1 Sexuality Today: Trends and Controversies
  Sex Research by Michael Wiederman, Ph.D.
  Theories of Human Sexuality by Roy Baumeister, Ph.D., Jon K. Maner, Ph.D., and C. Nathan DeWall
  Sexuality in Childhood by Ryan Kilmer, Ph.D. and Ariana Shahinfar, Ph.D.
  Adolescent Sexuality by Tamar Murachver, Ph.D. and Charlene Rapsey
  Sexual Behavior in the United States by Tom W. Smith, Ph.D.
  Later Life Sexuality by Thomasina H. Sharpe, M.D.
  Sexual Orientation and Identity by Michael Kauth Ph.D.
  Gender and Sexuality by Michele Burnette, Ph.D.
  The Social Construction of Sex: Media, Peers, Religion, and Family Influences by Laina Bay-Cheng, Ph.D.
  Sexuality, Race, and Ethnicity by Linwood J. Lewis, Ph.D.
  Commercial Sex: Pornography by Dan Brown, Ph.D.
  The Sex Trade: Exotic Dancing and Prostitution by Vern Bullough, R.N., Ph.D. and Richard D. McAnulty, Ph.D.
  Sexual Risk-Taking: Correlates and Prevention by Virginia Gil-Rivas, Ph.D. and Leslie Kooyman, M.A.
  Erotic Plasticity: Nature, Culture, Gender, and Sexuality by Roy Baumeister, Ph. D. and Tyler Stillman, M.A.
  Volume 2 Sexual Function and Dysfunction
  Reproductive and Sexual Anatomy by Michele Burnette, Ph.D., MPH
  Sex and the Brain by George Demakis, Ph.D.
  The Psychobiology of Sexual Arousal and Response by David Rowland, Ph.D.
  An Evolutionary Perspective on Sexual and Intimate Relationships by David C. Geary
  Love by Pamela C. Regan, Ph.D.
  Sexual Desire Issues and Problems Anthony Bogaert, Ph.D. and Catherine Fawcett
  Sexual Arousal Disorders by Greg Febbraro, Ph.D.
  Orgasmic Problems and Disorders by Vaughn S. Millner, Ph.D.
  Sex Therapy by Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Ph.D.
  Gender Identity Disorder by Michele Burnette, Ph.D., MPH
  Sexual Compulsivity: Issues and Challenges by Michael Reece, Ph.D., MPH and Brian M. Dodge, Ph.D.
  Chronic Disease, Disability and Sexuality by Betty Fisher, Ph.D., Kelly Graham , Psy.D., and Jennifer Duffecy, M.S.
  Volume 3 Sexual Deviation and Sexual Offenses
  Exhibitionism by William Murphy, Ph.D. and I. Jacqueline Page, Ph.D.
  Sadomasochism by Pekka Santtila, Ph.D., N. Kenneth Sandnabba, Ph.D., and Niklas Nordling
  Female Sex Offenders by Donna M. Vandiver, Ph.D.
  Pedophilia by Richard D. McAnulty, Ph.D.
  Sexual Assault by Karen S. Calhoun, Ph.D., Jenna McCauley, and Megan E. Crawford
  Incest Victims and Offenders by Rita Kenyon-Jump, Ph.D.
  Treatment of Sex Offenders by Lester W. Wright, Ph.D. and Angela P. Hatcher-Lawrence, M.A.
  The Management of Sex Offenders by Rachel Collie, Ph.D. and Tony Ward, Ph.D., Dip.Clin.Psych., MAPS, and Theresa A. Gannon, Ph.D.
  Offender Profiling by Laurence Alison, Ph.D. and Jonathan S. Ogan
  Severe Sexual Sadism by W. L. Marshall, Ph.D. and Stephen J. Hucker, FRCPC, FRC Psych.
  Violent Sex Crimes by Lester W. Wright, Ph.D., Angela P. Hatcher-Lawrence, M.A., and Matthew S. Willerick, B.S.