Featuring a variety of readings, this interdisciplinary anthology addresses such key questions as: How are sexualities socially constructed? Why are sexualities more than just natural "urges" or "drives"? and How are sexualities personal, social, and political?

Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors, and Society focuses on gender, using multiple disciplines, international populations, and theories to explore sexualities. The readings-including several written specifically for this volume-will grab students' attention. Topics range from the motivations of X-rated movie stars to vibrator use to gendered sexual fantasies. Same-sex orientation, people of color, and global populations are considered throughout. Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors, and Society opens with classical and contemporary theories about sexualities, including selections by Freud, Kinsey, and Fausto-Sterling. Subsequent chapters explore the ways in which we learn about sexual activities and develop sexual identities, both heterosexual and same-sex. The discussion expands to include sexual adaptations, sexual media, intersections with violence, and sexual education. The text ends with a key question: How will the next generation be taught about sex?

With its synthesized focus on the psychological, social, ethical, and political dimensions of sexualities, Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors, and Society is ideal for courses in sociology, women's studies, anthropology, family studies, communication, and social work.

' SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION TO SEXUALITIES

1. Classical Inquiries

Sigmund Freud, from \"Femininity\" (XXXIII) in New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

Richard von Krafft-Ebing, from \"Fragments of a System of Psychology of Sexual Life,\" in Psychopathia Sexualis

Havelock Ellis, from \"Analysis of the Sexual Impulse,\" in Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Vol. III

Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy and Clyde Martin, from \"Masturbation,\" in Sexual Behavior in the Human Female

William Masters and Virginia Johnson, from \"The Sexual Response Cycle and Research Population,\" in Human Sexual Response

John H. Gagnon and William Simon, from \"The Social Origins of Sexual Development,\" in Sexual Conduct

2. Contemporary Interrogations

Anne Fausto-Sterling, \"The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female are Not Enough\"

Jonathan Ned Katz, \"\'Homosexual\' and \'Heterosexual\': Questioning the Terms\"

Julia Ericksen and Sally Steffen, from Kiss and Tell: Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century

Leonore Tiefer, from \"Historical, Scientific, Clinical and Feminist Criticisms of \'The Human Sexual Response Cycle\',\" in Sex is Not a Natural Act

Suzanne Kessler, from \"Creating Good-Looking Genitals in the Service of Gender,\" A Queer World: The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader, Volume 1

SECTION TWO: SEXUAL IDENTITIES

3. Becoming Sexual

Barrie Thorne and Zella Luria, from \"Sexuality and Gender in Children\'s Daily Worlds,\" Social Problems

Deborah Tolman, \"Doing Desire: Adolescent Girls\' Struggles for/with Sexuality,\" GenderandSociety

Anthony M. A. Smith, Doreen Rosenthal, and Heidi Reichler, \"High-Schoolers\' Masturbatory Practices: Their Relationship to Sexual Intercourse and Personal Characteristics,\" Psychological Reports 79

Connie Chan, \"Asian-American Adolescents: Issues in the Expression of Sexuality,\" Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities

Barbara Risman and Pepper Schwartz, \"After the Sexual Revolution: Gender and Politics in Teen Dating\" in Contexts 1(1)

Ritch C. Savin-Williams, 1996, \"Dating and Romantic Relationships among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths,\" in The Lives of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: Children to Adults

4. Sexual Identities and Sexual Behaviors

Michael Kimmel and Rebecca Plante, \"The Gender of Desire: The Sexual Fantasies of College Women and Men,\" in Advances in Gender Research

M. Rochlin, \"The Heterosexual Questionnaire,\" in Men\'s Lives, 5e

Lillie S. Ransom, \"Navigating Sex, Sexuality, and Christian Values,\" Sexuality and Culture 4 (3)

Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, Edward S. Herold, and Dawn Mewhinney, \"Casual Sex on Spring Break: Intentions and Behaviors of Canadian Students,\" Journal of Sex Research 35 (3)

Marian Pitts and Qazi Rahman, \"Which Behaviors Constitute \'Having Sex\' Among University Students in the UK?\" in Archives of Sexual Behavior 30 (2)

Sumie Okazaki, \"Influences of Culture on Asian Americans\' Sexuality,\" Journal of Sex Research

5. Same-Sex Sexualities

Laura S. Brown, \"Lesbian Identities: Concepts and Issues,\" in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identities Over the Lifespan: Psychological Perspectives

Steven Seidman, Chet Meeks, and Francie Traschen, \"Beyond the Closet? The Changing Social Meaning of Homosexuality in the United States,\" Sexualities 2

Letitia Anne Peplau, Rosemary C. Veniegas, and Susan Miller Campbell, \"Gay and Lesbian Relationships,\" in The Lives of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: Children to Adults

Paula C. Rust, \"Two Many and Not Enough: The Meanings of Bisexual Identities,\" Journal of Bisexuality

Patricia Gagne, Richard Tewksbury and Deanna McGaughey, \"Coming Out or Crossing Over: Identity Formation and Proclamation in an Transgender Community,\" GenderandSociety 11 (4)

E. J. Graff, 2001, \"The M/F Boxes,\" The Nation

SECTION THREE: SEXUAL BEHAVIORS

6. Variations and Adaptations

Laurence Alison, Pekka Santtila, and N. Kenneth Sandnabba, \"Sadomasochistically Oriented Behavior: Diversity of Practice and Meaning,\" Archives of Sexual Behavior 30 (1)

Celia Roberts, Susan Kippax, Catherine Waldby and June Crawford, \"Faking It: The Story of \'Ohh\'!\" Women\'s Studies International Forum

Clive M. Davis, Joani Blank, Hung-Yu Lin, and Consuelo Bonillas, \"Characteristics of Vibrator Use among Women,\" Journal of Sex Research 33 (4)

Al Cooper, Irene P. McLoughlin, Kevin M. Campbell, \"Sexuality in Cyberspace: Update for the 21st Century,\" CyberPsychologyandBehavior 3 (4)

Charles Mooser, \"Paraphilia: A Critique of a Confused Concept\"

7. Sex as a Global Commodity

Katherine Frank, \"The Production of Identity and the Negotiation of Intimacy in a \'Gentleman\'s Club\',\" Sexualities 1 (2)

Martin Monto, \"Prostitution and Fellatio,\" Journal of Sex Research, May, 38 (2)

Joanna Brewis and Stephen Linstead, \"\'The Worst Thing is the Screwing\' (1): Consumption and the Management of Identity in Sex Work,\" Gender, WorkandOrganization, Apr. 7 (2)

Julia O\'Connell Davidson and Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor, \"Fantasy Islands: Exploring the Demand for Sex Tourism,\" Pages 37-54 in Sun, Sex and Gold: Tourism and Sex Work in the Caribbean

8. Pornography

Michael Kimmel and Martin Barron, \"Sexual Violence in Three Pornographic Media: Towards a Sociological Explanation,\" Journal of Sex Research

William Fisher and Azy Barak, \"Internet Pornography: A Social Psychological Perspective on Internet Sexuality,\" Journal of Sex Research

Gail Dines and Robert Jensen, \"Pornography and Media: Towards a More Critical Analysis,\" Original for this volume

Sharon A. Abbott, \"Creating a Scene: The Work of Performing Sex,\" Original for this volume

SECTION FOUR: SEXUALITY AS POLITICS

9. Sexual Violence

Susan E. Hickman and Charlene L. Muehlenhard, \"College Women\'s Fears and Precautionary Behaviors Relating to Acquaintance Rape and Stranger Rape,\" Psychology of Women Quarterly 21 (4)

Carole J. Sheffield, \"Sexual Terrorism,\" in Women: A Feminist Perspective, 5e

Fred Pelka, \"Raped: A Male Survivor Breaks His Silence,\" On the Issues Quarterly

Peggy Reeves Sanday, \"Rape Prone versus Rape Free Campus Cultures,\" Violence Against Women 2 (2)

10. Sex Education and Sexual Health

Judith Levine, \"No-Sex Education,\" in Harmful to Minors

Peggy J. Kleinplatz, \"\'Educational\' Sex Videos: What are They Teaching?\" Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 6 (1)

Rebecca Plante, \"Sexuality and Subversion: University Peer Sexuality Educators and the Possibilities for Change\" in A Dangerous Knowing: Sexuality, Pedagogy and Popular Culture

Richard Parker, \"Sexuality, Culture, and Power in HIV/AIDS Research,\" Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 30

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