A First Person History of Pediatric Psychoendocrinology

John Money's career constitutes the foundation of pediatric psychoendocrinology. In this book he takes a second look at his publications on many different psychoendocrine syndromes, intersexual or hermaphroditic, with respect to sex, gender, amative orientation, and the 'lovemap', (his own designation from an individual's experience of sexuality). His ultimate conclusion is that, from prenatal life onward, demasculization of development is not synonymous with feminization, nor is defeminization synonymous with masculinization. This volume will serve to illuminate the evolution of Dr. Money's work and point the way to future investigations in this field.

List of contents

Preface. Introduction. 1. Causality and Dualism. 2. Ambiguous Genitalia. 3. Coinage of Gender Role. 4. Amative Orientation. 5. Pubertal Timing. 6. David and Goliath. 7. Behavioral Cytogenetics. 8. Lovemaps and Paraphilia. 9. IQ and Growth Rate. 10. Catchup Growth. 11. Schedule of Inquiry. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

Summary

John Money's career constitutes the foundation of pediatric psychoendocrinology. In this book he takes a second look at his publications on many different psychoendocrine syndromes, intersexual or hermaphroditic, with respect to sex, gender, amative orientation, and the "lovemap", (his own designation from an individual's experience of sexuality). His ultimate conclusion is that, from prenatal life onward, demasculization of development is not synonymous with feminization, nor is defeminization synonymous with masculinization. This volume will serve to illuminate the evolution of Dr. Money's work and point the way to future investigations in this field.

Product details

• Authors: John Money
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2009
• EAN: 9780306473692
• ISBN: 978-0-306-47369-2
• No. of pages: 147
• Weight: 422 g
• Illustrations: XV, 147 p.
• Series: Perspectives in Sexuality; Perspectives in Sexuality
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; C, Health psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology, Psychology of Gender and Sexuality, Psychology of gender, Sexual psychology, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Behaviour