Social Psychology and Human Sexuality: Key Readings Contributor(s): Baumeister, Roy F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1841690198 ISBN-13: 9781841690193 Publisher: Psychology Press
Binding Type: Paperback Published: March 2001 Annotation: The study of human sexuality has often been approached from clinical, medical, physiological, and technical perspectives, but until recently the social aspect of sexuality has been neglected. This volume presents a selected group of influential articles dealing specifically with the social aspects of sexuality. It offers an excellent introduction for students wishing to understand sex as an activity that human beings do with each other, and it complements the how-to and biological approaches that prevail in many current textbooks. Topics covered include crucial differences between male and female sexuality, losing virginity, the competing versus complementary influences of nature and culture, sexual harassment, rape and coercion, jealousy, social influences on sexual orientation, and the sexual exploits of students on spring break. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Social Psychology - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - Medical | Mental Health |
Dewey: 306.7 |
LCCN: 00046027 |
Series: Key Readings in Social Psychology |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.98" W x 9.21" L (1.30 lbs) 368 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In spite of its central importance in human relationships, the study of sexuality has been somewhat neglected by social psychologists. This reader brings together a fascinating selection of articles which examine sex as a social phenomenon: as a group of behavior patterns that people engage in together, under the influence of social pressures, and indeed as ways that people relate to each other. |
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