Sexual nature, sexual culture /

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Other Authors / Creators:Abramson, Paul R., 1949-
Pinkerton, Steven D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Series:Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: Nature, Nurture, and In-Between
  • 2. Sexual Nature: What Can We Learn from a Cross-Species Perspective?
  • 3. Sex as an Alternative to Aggression in the
  • 4. The Evolution of Female Sexual Desire
  • 5. Beauty Is in the Adaptations of the Beholder: The Evolutionary Psychology of Human Female Sexual Attractiveness
  • 6. Sex Hormones and Sexual Behavior
  • 7. Psychoneuroendocrinology and Sexual Pleasure: The Aspect of Sexual Orientation
  • 8. The Genetics of Sexual Orientation: From Fruit Flies to Humans
  • 9. The Cultural Management of Adolescent Sexuality
  • 10. Sexuality, Infertility, and Sexually Transmitted Disease among Farmers and Foragers in Central Africa
  • 11. The Pleasures of Homosexuality
  • 12. Discourse, Intercourse, and the Excluded Middle: Anthropology and the Problem of Sexual Experience
  • 13. The Pleasures of Castration: The Postoperative Status of
  • 14. The Pursuit of Pleasure and the Sale of Sex
  • 15. Sexuality and the Experience of Love
  • 16. Model-Based Representations of Human Sexual Behavior
  • 17. Sexual Activities as Told in Surveys
  • Appendix: Theorizing Sexuality
  • Contributors
  • Index