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Preface | |
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What's New? | |
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What's Our Big Idea? | |
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How Did We Write This Book? | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Sexual Desire and Gender | |
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Desire: Attraction and Arousal | |
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The Biology of Desire: Nature's Explanation | |
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The Influence of Hormones | |
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The Mechanisms of Arousal | |
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Evolutionary Psychology | |
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The Social Origins of Desire | |
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The Social Construction of Sexuality | |
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Social Control of Sexuality | |
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An Integrative Perspective on Gender and Sexuality | |
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Sexual Identify and Orientation | |
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The Continuum of Desire | |
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Gender as the Basis for Sexual Identity | |
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Conclusion | |
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Sexual Behavior and Gender | |
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The Challenge of Studying Sexual Behavior | |
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A World of Gender Difference | |
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Race, Ethnicity, and Social Class | |
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Gendered Patterns in Sexual Practices | |
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Masturbation | |
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Relational Sex versus Recreational Sex | |
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Fantasy and Pornography | |
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Initiation and Sexual Negotiation | |
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Orgasm and Stimulation | |
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Numbers of Partners | |
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Nonmonogamy | |
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Consent and Coercion | |
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Conclusion | |
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Uncommitted Sexual Relationships | |
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What Does Sexual Freedom Look Like? | |
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The Control of Sexuality: Over Time and Across Space | |
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Historical Change in the United States | |
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The Shifting Double Standard | |
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The Sexual Revolution | |
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Social Forces and Casual Sex | |
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Frontlash and Backlash in the 1990s and Beyond | |
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What's Happening Now | |
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Special Issues: Examining the Continuum | |
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Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender | |
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Bisexuality | |
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Transgender | |
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Sex Practices among Single People | |
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Getting into Sex | |
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First Intercourse | |
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Frequency and Sex Partners | |
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Sexual Etiquette | |
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Heterosexual Etiquette: Contraception, Safe Sex, and Abortion | |
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Miscommunication and Sexual Privilege | |
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Sexual Coercion | |
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Sexual Confusion | |
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Sexual Aggression and Complicated Emotions | |
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The Future of Sex among Singles | |
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Conclusion | |
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Sex and Marriage | |
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Why Do People Marry? | |
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The Social Context of Marriage | |
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Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation | |
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The "Marriage Script": An Enactment of Gender Difference | |
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Race and the Significance of Marriage | |
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Same-Sex Commitment | |
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The Importance of Sex in Marriage | |
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Commitment and Passion | |
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Sexual Frequency | |
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Initiation and Refusal | |
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Same-Sex Pairs | |
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Everyday Influences on Committed Sex | |
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Emotional Complications for Heterosexuals | |
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Same-Sex Burdens | |
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The Concerns of Older Partners | |
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Social Trends in Improving Committed Sex | |
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Sex Advice of the 1960s | |
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Advice of the 1970s: More Pleasure, Our Way | |
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Advice of the 1980s: Problems, Problems, Problems | |
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The 1990s and the New Millenium: Desire! or Desire? | |
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Outside Temptations | |
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Why Do People Have Outside Sexual Relationships? | |
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Is Nonmonogamy Gendered? | |
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The Problem of Sustained Desire in a Divorce-Prone Society | |
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Peer Marriage: Love between Equals | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Politics of Sexuality | |
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Sex as a "Political Football" | |
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Newer Sex Scandals, Newer Themes | |
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Ambivalent Obsession | |
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Politics and Women's Bodies | |
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Debates Past and Present | |
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Teenage Sexuality, Hooking Up, and Emerging Adulthood | |
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Adolescence and Families | |
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The State of Teen Sexual Behavior | |
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Sexuality Education | |
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Teen Health | |
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Sexual Assault | |
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Feminist versus Patriarchal Positions | |
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Strange Bedfellows | |
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False Prophets, False Accusations, and True Lies | |
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Same-Sex Marriage | |
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Where Have We Been? The Legal Journey | |
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Where Are We Now? Laws and Attitudes | |
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The Debates | |
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Same-Sex Parenting: Does Gender Matter? | |
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Legal Precedent | |
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Conclusion | |
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But How Do We Use What We Know? Questions and Answers | |
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Sexual Function | |
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Sexual Orientation | |
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Sexual Harassment and Violence | |
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Conclusion | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |
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About the Authors | |