Gender of Sexuality - Exploring Sexual Possibilities

The second edition of The Gender of Sexuality remains a lively introduction to the concepts of gender and sexuality, with updates from research and popular culture throughout. The new edition features significant new material on the changing status of gender, same sex marriage, and transgender.

List of contents

Preface to Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Sexual Desire and Gender
Chapter 2: Sexual Behavior and Gender
Chapter 3: Uncommitted Sexual Relationships
Chapter 4: Sex and Marriage
Chapter 5: The Politics of Sexuality
Chapter 6: But how do we use what we know? Questions and Answers
References
Index
About the Authors

About the author

Virginia Rutter is professor of sociology at Framingham State University. She is a senior fellow of the Council on Contemporary Families and an editor and columnist at Girl w/ Pen, where she writes about gender and sexuality.

Pepper Schwartz is professor of sociology at the University of Washington, past chairman of the Board of the National Sexuality Resource Center, past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and past president of the National Sexuality Resource Center. Author of numerous books, she is a senior fellow at the Council of Contemporary Families and is the Love, Sex, and Relationship ambassador for AARP.

Summary

The second edition of The Gender of Sexuality remains a lively introduction to the concepts of gender and sexuality, with updates from research and popular culture throughout. The new edition features significant new material on the changing status of gender, same sex marriage, and transgender.Â

Product details

• Authors: Virginia Rutter, Virginia Schwartz Rutter, Virginia/ Schwartz Rutter, Rutter Virginia, Pepper Schwartz
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 18 to 22
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2011
• EAN: 9780742570030
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-7003-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Gender Lens (Hardcover Rowman); The Gender Lens
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Sociology: sexual relations, Gender studies, gender groups, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality