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Table of Contents

    • About the Author
    • Acknowledgments
    • Dedication
    • Preface
    • 1Perspectives on Sexuality in a Cultural and Historical Context
      • 1.1Cultural Perspectives and the Global Influence of the Abrahamic Religions
      • 1.2Sexuality Across Major Geographic Regions and Cultural Traditions
      • 1.3Sexual Science and Celebrities of Sexology
      • 1.4Future Issues in Sexuality and Politics
      • 1.5Recommended Resources
    • 2Studying Sexuality: Research Methods and Challenges

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      • 2.1Sexology: Who, What, How, and Why

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      • 2.2Evolution, Culture, and Other Theoretical Perspectives

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      • 2.3Experimental Methods and Challenges

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      • 2.4Recommended Resources

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    • 3Sexual Bodies: Anatomy and Physiology

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      • 3.1Breasts, Vulva, and Clitoris [Ch Part A: Female Bodies]

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      • 3.2Internal Female Reproductive Structures [Ch Part A: Female Bodies]

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      • 3.3Female Sexual Health [Ch Part A: Female Bodies]

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      • 3.4Nipples, Scrotum, and Penis [Ch Part B: Male Bodies]

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      • 3.5Internal Male Reproductive Structures [Ch Part B: Male Bodies]

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      • 3.6Male Sexual Health [Ch Part B: Male Bodies]

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      • 3.7Shared Anatomy and Health [Ch Part C: Females and Males]

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      • 3.8Recommended Resources

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    • 4Gender Identity and Sex Development

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      • 4.1What Is Female and Male? [Ch Part A: Sexual Differentiation]

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      • 4.2Biological Sex: Becoming Female or Male [Ch Part A: Sexual Differentiation]

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      • 4.3Identity and Roles: Feeling and Being [Ch Part B: Gender Identity]

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      • 4.4Transgender: Biological and Cultural Variations in Identities [Ch Part B: Gender Identity]

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      • 4.5Recommended Resources

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    • 5Attraction, Arousal, Response, and Sexual Orientation

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      • 5.1Senses, Reflexes, and Hormones [Ch Part A: Arousal and Response]

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      • 5.2Response Cycles: Multiple Models [Ch Part A: Arousal and Response]

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      • 5.3Individual and Sex Differences in Response [Ch Part A: Arousal and Response]

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      • 5.4Sexual Attraction [Ch Part B: Attraction and Orientations]

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      • 5.5Sexual Orientations [Ch Part B: Attraction and Orientations]

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      • 5.6Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Minorities, Religion, and Law [Ch Part B: Attraction and Orientations]

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      • 5.7Recommended Resources

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    • 6Sexual Relationships, Love, and Communication

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      • 6.1Consent, Dating, and Hooking Up [Ch Part A: Intimacy and Love]

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      • 6.2Love and Romance [Ch Part A: Intimacy and Love]

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      • 6.3Partnerships/Marriage, Family Structures, and Divorce [Ch Part B: Long-Term Relationships]

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      • 6.4Monogamy and Non-monogamy [Ch Part B: Long-Term Relationships]

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      • 6.5Improving Relationships [Ch Part B: Long-Term Relationships]

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      • 6.6Recommended Resources

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    • 7Sexual Behavior Across Cultures

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      • 7.1Sex, Dreams, and Fantasy

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      • 7.2Masturbation and Celibacy

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      • 7.3Sexual Frequency, Kissing, Touching, Mutual Masturbation, Oral-Genital Contact, and Intercourse

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      • 7.4Anal Stimulation, Sex Toys, Internet Sex, Sex Guides, Tantric Sex, and Multipartner Sex

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      • 7.5Recommended Resources

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    • 8Gender and Sexuality Across the Lifespan

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      • 8.1Infancy and Early Childhood [Ch Part A: Childhood and Adolescence]

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      • 8.2Puberty, Adolescent Sexuality, and the Media [Ch Part A: Childhood and Adolescence]

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      • 8.3Sex Education, Pleasure, Pregnancy, and Disease Prevention [Ch Part A: Childhood and Adolescence]

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      • 8.4Gender Roles and Difference over the Lifespan [Ch Part B: Adulthood]

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      • 8.5Aging and Health and Fitness Affecting Sexuality [Ch Part B: Adulthood]

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      • 8.6Recommended Resources

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    • 9Variations in Sexual Behavior: Kinks, Fetishes, and Paraphilias

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      • 9.1Sexual Diversity: Kinks and Fetishes

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      • 9.2Consenting Paraphilias Causing Distress and Dysfunction

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      • 9.3Nonconsenting Paraphilias and Pedophilia

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      • 9.4Causes and Treatments of Problematic Sexual Attraction

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      • 9.5Recommended Resources

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    • 10Fertility, Contraception, and Abortion

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      • 10.1Ovulation and Hormones

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      • 10.2Conception and Contraception

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      • 10.3Family Planning: History and Politics of Abortion, Contraception, Population Growth, and the Environment

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      • 10.4Recommended Resources

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    • 11Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenthood

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      • 11.1Multiple Paths to Parenthood

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      • 11.2Pregnancy and the Three Trimesters

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      • 11.3Childbirth and Parenthood

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      • 11.4Recommended Resources

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    • 12Sexual Difficulties, Dysfunctions, and Treatments

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      • 12.1Origins of Disorders: Culture, Experiences, Physiology, and Relationships

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      • 12.2Diagnosing and Treating Disorders of Sexual Interest, Arousal, Orgasm, or Pain

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      • 12.3Sex Therapy and Relationship Therapy

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      • 12.4Other Sexual Difficulties

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      • 12.5Recommended Resources

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    • 13Sexually Transmitted Infections and Prevention

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      • 13.1Morality versus Behavioral Health Perspectives [Ch Part A: Perspectives and Nonviral Infections]

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      • 13.2Nonviral STIs [Ch Part A: Perspectives and Nonviral Infections]

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      • 13.3Viral Infections Other than HIV [Ch Part B: Viral Infections]

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      • 13.4A Pandemic: HIV and AIDS Worldwide [Ch Part B: Viral Infections]

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      • 13.5Safer Sex and Practical Risk Reduction for All [Ch Part C: Safer Sex]

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      • 13.6Recommended Resources

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    • 14Sexual Aggression and Coercion

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      • 14.1Adult-Minor Sexual Contact

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      • 14.2Rape, Intimate Partner Violence, and Punishment

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      • 14.3Gender Violence, Nonviolent Sexual Offenses, and Sexual and Gender Harassment

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      • 14.4Recommended Resources

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    • 15Sex as a Commodity and the Regulation of Sexuality

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      • 15.1Enhancements, Surgery, and Objectification [Ch Part A: Surgery, Erotica, and Prostitution]

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      • 15.2Erotica, Pornography, and the Internet: Past, Present, and Future [Ch Part A: Surgery, Erotica, and Prostitution]

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      • 15.3Selling Sex: Strip Clubs, Prostitution, and Human Trafficking [Ch Part A: Surgery, Erotica, and Prostitution]

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      • 15.4Other Regulation of Sexuality, and the Future [Ch Part B: Concluding Thoughts and Speculations]

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      • 15.5Recommended Resources

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