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Queer Science The Use and Abuse of Research into Homosexuality

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ISBN-10: 0262621193

ISBN-13: 9780262621199

Edition: 1997 (Reprint)

Authors: Simon LeVay

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Written by one of the leading scientists involved in the research of sexual orientation, Queer Science looks at how scientific discoveries about homosexuality influence society's attitude towards gays and lesbians.
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Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 7/29/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 374
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Simon LeVay, whose 1991 paper published in Science, "A difference in hypothalamic structure between homosexual and heterosexual men," attracted worldwide scientific and public attention, is Associate Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the University of California, San Diego. He is presently Chair of the Steering Committee of the Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education, West Hollywood, a new college for the gay and lesbian community in Southern California.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Hirschfeld and the Third Sex
Hirschfeld's Predecessor--Ulrichs
Fin-de-Siecle Berlin
"Sappho and Socrates"
The Petition to the Reichstag
Research and Education
The Harden Trials
Hirschfeld and Women
Development of Hirschfeld's Views
Steinach
Freud
Adolf Brand and the Gemeinschaft der Eigenen
The Fate of the Movement
Hirschfeld in Retrospect
The Nature and Prevalence of Homosexuality
The Question of Categories
Sexual Orientation: The Criteria
Continuum or Categories?
Physiological Tests of Sexual Orientation
Stability of Sexual Orientation
Essentialism versus Social Constructivism
Cross-Cultural Studies
Prevalence
Overview
The Talking Cure
Freud
American Analysts
Gay-Positive Psychoanalysts
Overview
Learning and Unlearning Homosexuality
Childhood Learning
Overview
Hormones
The Brain
Sex Centers
Hypothalamic Surgery
The LH Response--A Marker for Homosexuality?
Sexual Dimorphism
Brain Structure and Sexual Orientation
Mental Traits
Sex Differences
Cognitive Differences with Sexual Orientation
Brain Lateralization and Handedness
Fingerprints
Aggressiveness
Sexuality
Overview
Stress
The Animal Model
Research on Humans
Genes
Family and Twin Studies
Molecular Genetic Studies
Homosexuality and Evolution
Against Nature?
Rats
Sheep
Seagulls
Primates
Hanuman Langurs
Bonobos
Overview
Sickness or Health?
What Is a Disease?
Homosexuality--The Early Skirmishes
The Attack on the APA
Why the Change?
Conclusions
Science and the Law
Right to Privacy
Equal Protection
Military Cases
Colorado's Amendment 2
Gay Marriage
Politics
Overview
Science Fiction--Science Future?
Techniques to Determine Sexual Orientation
Techniques to Change Sexual Orientation
Getting Homosexuality Out of the Gene Pool
Ethical Considerations
Abortion
Eugenics
Conclusions
Motivation and Bias
The Social Consequences
Notes
Index