The Psychology of Sex

Informationen zum Autor Meg-John Barker is the author of a number of popular books on sex, gender, relationships, and mental health, including graphic guides to Queer, Gender, and Sexuality, drawing on their own years of academic work and therapeutic practice. www.rewriting-the-rules.com Klappentext What can psychology teach us about sex?How do different bodies and brains respond sexually?How can we prevent people being stigmatised for their sexuality?The Psychology of Sex takes you on a tour through the different ways that psychologists have created and sustained certain understandings of sex and sexuality. Bearing in mind the subjective nature of sex, the book explores cultural concerns around sexualisation, pornography, and sex addiction, as well as drawing on research from sexual communities and the applied area of sex therapy. When so much of our relationship to sex happens in the mind, The Psychology of Sex shows us how important it is to understand where our ideas about sex come from. Zusammenfassung The Psychology of Sex is a clear, concise, and engaging introduction to this fundamental and fascinating topic. It takes you on a tour through the different ways that psychologists have framed sex and sexuality, and how these varied understandings both open up and close down different sexual experiences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Conventional wisdom about sex. Sexuality. Sex. Categorising Sex. Sex Today. Conclusions: Thinking differently about sex.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Conventional wisdom about sex.  Sexuality.  Sex.  Categorising Sex.  Sex Today.  Conclusions: Thinking differently about sex.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Meg John Barker, Meg John (The Open University Barker, Meg-John Barker, Meg-John (The Open University Barker
• Verlag: Routledge Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.03.2018
• EAN: 9781138676497
• ISBN: 978-1-138-67649-7
• Abmessung: 129 mm x 198 mm x 5 mm
• Serien: The Psychology of Everything; The Psychology of Everything
• Themen: Ratgeber > Gesundheit; Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposophie > Psychologie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; History, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Love & Romance, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social, group or collective psychology, Gender studies, gender groups, Sexual abuse and harassment, Psychology of gender, Sexual Behaviour, Birth control, contraception, family planning