Kiss and Tell - Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century

List of contents

Asking Questions about Sex In Urgent Need of the Facts Sex in the Service of the Conjugal Bond Sex before Marriage Adolescent Fertility Coupling and Uncoupling Excising the Experts Gay Men and AIDS Politics and Sex Surveys The Story Continues Reforming Sex Research Notes Index

About the author

Julia A. Ericksen is Professor of Sociology at Temple University. Sally A. Steffen, J.D., is an associate at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia.

Summary

Kiss and Tell chronicles the history of sex surveys in the United States over a century of changing social and sexual mores. Julia Ericksen and Sally Steffen reveal that the survey questions asked, more than the answers elicited, expose and shape the popular image of appropriate sexuality.

Product details

• Authors: Julia A. Ericksen, Ericksen Julia A., Julia a Erickson and Sal
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.12.2001
• EAN: 9780674006959
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00695-9
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology & anthropology, Psychology: sexual behaviour, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General