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| List of illustrations | |
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| List of tables | |
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| About the authors | |
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| About the contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| The anthropological perspective | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested resources | |
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| Biological, psychological, and cultural approaches | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Anthropological perspectives in contrast | |
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| Definitions of human sexuality | |
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| Biological definitions and dimensions | |
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| Summary | |
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| The evolutionary history of human sexuality | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Arboreal and terrestrial adaptations | |
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| Evolution of the brain | |
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| Evolution of the human family | |
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| Female sexuality | |
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| Human evolution: a synthesis | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested resources | |
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| Introduction to the hormonal basis of modern human sexuality | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Definitions of auxiliary terms and concepts | |
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| Summary | |
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| Modern human male anatomy and physiology | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Secondary sex characteristics | |
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| Primary sex characteristics | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested resources | |
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| Modern human female anatomy and physiology | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Secondary sex characteristics | |
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| Primary sex characteristics | |
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| Menstrual cycle | |
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| Reproductive technology | |
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| Summary | |
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| Fertility, conception, and sexual differentiation | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Fertility and infertility | |
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| Conception | |
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| Overview of intersexed individuals | |
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| Transgendered people | |
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| Homosexuality | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested resources | |
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| Pregnancy and childbirth as a bio-cultural experience | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| The fetus | |
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| The pregnant female | |
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| Birthing models | |
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| Postpartum | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested resources | |
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| Early childhood sexuality | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Incest taboos | |
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| Theories of childhood sexuality | |
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| Cultural relativism and childhood sexual behavior | |
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| Summary | |
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| Puberty and adolescence | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Puberty and adolescence: a bio-cultural phenomenon | |
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| Puberty rituals: initiation ceremonies as rites of passage | |
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| Female genital cutting | |
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| Male insemination rites: the Sambia | |
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| Adolescent sexual behavior: nonindustrialized countries | |
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| General trends in nonindustrialized and industrialized countries | |
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| Adolescent sexuality: a focus on industrialized countries | |
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| Adolescent sterility/fertility | |
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| Sex education in the United States | |
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| Comparison and contrast: preparation for and transition to adulthood | |
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| Summary | |
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| Topics in adult sexuality: human sexual response | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Experiencing sexuality and human sexual response (HSR) | |
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| The cross-cultural spectrum: indigenous and nonindustrialized sexuality | |
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| Theories of sexology in industrialized society | |
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| Overview of U.S. sexual attitudes | |
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| Problems in sexual response: diagnosis and disagreements | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested resources | |
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| Topics in adult sexuality: birth control | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Birth control: practices and prevalence in industrialized and nonindustrialized nations | |
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| Abortion | |
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| Traditional methods of birth control in cross-cultural context | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested resources | |
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| Topics in adult sexuality: life course issues related to gender identity, gender roles, and aging | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Gender variance: the transgender identity and cross-cultural gender diversity | |
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| The many faces and voices of transgendered people | |
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| Cross-cultural gender roles: a synopsis | |
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| Intimacy | |
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| Biological, psychological, and cultural aspects of aging and sexuality | |
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| Summary | |
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| Sexual orientations, behaviors, and lifestyles | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Sexual orientations | |
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| Causes of sexual orientation | |
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| Parenting styles | |
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| Sexual orientations cross-culturally | |
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| Gender roles | |
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| Summary | |
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| HIV and AIDS | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS | |
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| Modes of transmission and co-factors | |
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| Biomedical aspects of HIV/AIDS | |
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| HIV testing | |
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| Sex and HIV/AIDS | |
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| Drugs, needles, and HIV | |
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| Women and HIV/AIDS | |
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| Political and economic dimensions of HIV/AIDS | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested resources | |
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| Globalization and sexuality: the meaning and issues of "sex work" | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Globalization | |
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| Globalization and sexuality: trafficking | |
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| Sex work | |
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| Sex work in industrialized societies | |
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| Sex work in nonindustrialized societies | |
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| A critical review of trafficking | |
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| Sex work, globalization, and HIV | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested resources | |
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| Summary and conclusion | |
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| Chapter overview | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |