Sexualities

* = Indicates new to this edition
Introduction
PART ONE: THINKING ABOUT SEXUALITIES: THEORIES AND METHODS
1. Classical Inquiries
*By the Numbers: The Kinsey Code Book
Stevi Jackson and Sue Scot: *1.1 Conceptualizing Sexuality
John H. Gagnon and William Simon: 1.2 The Social Origins of Sexual Development
Anirudda Das and Edward Laumann: *1.3 How to Get Valid Answers from Survey Questions
Katherine Frank: *1.4 Thinking Critically about Strip Club Research
Teela Sanders: *Personal Voice: On Interviewing About Sex
PART TWO: BECOMING SEXUAL
2. Childhood Sexual Socialization
*By the Numbers: Gender Convergence in Rates of Sexual Activity
Emma Renold: *2.1 Primary School Studs: (De)Constructing Young Boy's Heterosexual Masculinities
Laura Carpenter: *2.2 The Ambiguity of 'Having Sex': The Subjective Experience of Virginity Loss in the United States
Ritch C. Savin-Williams: 2.3 Dating and Romantic Relationships among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths
*Personal Voice: My First Time - Him
*Personal Voice: My First Time - Her
3. Collegiate Sexualities
*By the Numbers: Four Factoids
Michael Kimmel and Rebecca Plante: 3.1 The Gender of Desire: The Sexual Fantasies of College Women and Men
Peggy Reeves Sanday: *3.2 Working a Yes Out
Rachel Kalish: *3.3 Gender, Agency, and Sexual Decision-Making in Collegiate Hookups
*Personal Voice: A Personal Story About Hooking Up
4. Sexual Socialization Through the Life Course
*By the Numbers: How Would You Describe Your Sex Life Before and After You Had Children?
John DeLamater: *4.1 Sexual Expression in Later Life: A Review and Synthesis
Celia Kitzinger and Sue Wilkinson: *4.2 Transitions from Heterosexuality to Lesbianism: The Discursive Production of Lesbian Identities
George Taleporos and Marita McCabe: *4.3 Relationships, Sexuality and Adjustment among People with Physical Disability
Winstone Zulu: *Personal Voice: I Had Polio. I Also Have Sex
PART THREE: SEXUAL IDENTITIES
5. Heterosexualities
*By the Numbers: Sexual Behavior Chart
M. Rochlin: 5.1 The Heterosexual Questionnaire
Steven Seidman: *5.2 Critique of Compulsory Heterosexuality
Elizabeth Morgan: *5.3 The Not-so-Straight Path to Heterosexuality: Sexual Orientation Questioning Among Young Men and Women
Katz: *Box: The Invention of Heterosexuality
Adam Warrington: *Personal Voice: Coming Out as a Straight Man
Corey Brown: *Personal Voice: Coming Out
6. LGBT Identities
*By the Numbers: How Many People are LGBT?
Laura S. Brown: 6.1 Lesbian Identities: Concepts and Issues
Arnold Grossman and Anthony D'Augelli: *6.2 Transgender Youth
Christine Williams, Patti Giuffre, and Kirsten Dillinger: *6.3 The Gay-Friendly Closet
*Box: LGBT: What's in a NameELor an Acronym?
Riki Wilchins: *Personal Voice: Transgender Dinosaurs and the Rise of the Genderqueers
Anna Pulley: *Box: Nine Stupid Myths about Bisexuals that will Make You Laugh
7. Non-Normative Sexual Identities and "Other" Sexual Identities
*By the Numbers: The Janus Report
Mark Carrigan: *7.1 There's More to Life than Sex? Difference and Commonality within the Asexual Community
Meg Barker and Darren Landridge: *7.2 Whatever happened to non-monogamies? Critical reflections on Recent Resrearch and Theory
Michael Seto: *7.3 Is Pedophilia a sexual orientation?
*Personal Voice: BDSM as a Sexual Orientation
PART FOUR: PRACTICES AND POLITICS
8. Sexual Behaviors
*By the Numbers: Gender Differences
Eric Blumberg: *8.1 The Lives and Voices of Highly Sexual Women
Jane Ward: *8.2 Dude Sex: White Masculinities and 'Authentic' Heterosexuality Among Dudes who have Sex with Dudes
Celia Roberts, Susan Klippax, Catherine Waldby, and June Crawford: 8.3 Faking It: The Story of Ohhh!
*Personal Voice: Fifty Shades of Grey Sex Changed Our Lives For Ever
9. Technologies New and Old
*By the Numbers: Sex Toys
Zek Cypress Valkyrie: *9.1 Cybersexuality in MMORPGs: Virtual Sexual Revolution Untapped
Deborah Schooler and L. Monique Ward: *9.2 Average Joes: Men's Relationships with Media, Real Bodies, and Sexuality
A.Dana Menard and Peggy J. Kleinplatz: *9.3 Twenty-One Moves Guaranteed to Make his Thighs go up in Flames: Depictions of 'Great Sex' in Popular Magazines
*Box: History of Viagra
*Personal Voice: No Body is 'Doing It'
10. Sex as a Global Commodity
*By the Numbers: Brothel Facts
Elizabeth Bernstein: *10.1 Sex Work for the Middle Classes
Julia O'Connell Davidson and Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor: 10.2 Fantasy Islands: Exploring the Demand for Sex Tourism
Stephanie A. Limoncelli: *10.3 Human Trafficking: Globalization, Exploitation, and Transnational Sociolog
*Personal Voice: Manifesto: PUMP
*Personal Voice: I was trafficked
11. Pornography
*By the Numbers: Porn Data
Gail Dines and Robert Jensen: 11.1 Pornography and Media: Towards a More Critical Analysis
Karen Ciclitira: *11.2 Pornography, Women, and Feminism: Between Pleasure and Politics
Mireille Miller-Young: *11.3 Putting Hypersexuality to Work: Black Women and Illicit Eroticvism in Pornography
Erika Lust: *Personal Voice: Manifesto
*Personal Voice: Shira Tarrant Interviews Gail Dines
12. Sexual Violence
*By the Numbers: Rape Myths and Facts
Angela Y. Davis: *12.1 Rape, Racism and the Myth of the Black Rapist
Karen Weiss: *12.2 Male Sexual Victimization Examining Men's Experiences of Rape and Sexual Assault
Michael Flood: *12.3 Involving Men in Efforts to End Violence Against Women
Walter DeKeseredy and Martin Schwartz: *Box: What is Sexual Assault?
Nancy Schwartzman: *Personal Voice: Filming My Rapist
Katherine Scott Nelson: *Personal Voice: Her Justice is My Justice
13. Sex Education and Sexual Health
*By the Numbers: HIV Rates
Louisa Allen: *13.1 They Think You Shouldn't Be Having Sex Anyway: Young People's Suggestions for Improving Sexuality Education Content
Adina Nack: *13.2 Damaged Goods: Women Managing the stigma of STDs
Celia Roberts, Susan Kippax, Mary Spongberg and June Crawford: *13.3 'Going Down': Oral Sex, Imaginary Bodies and HIV
*Personal Voice: Various Quotes
*Personal Voice: Hugo Schwyzer: "I Don't Need to Know if You Masturbate"
*Box: Goals, Values, and Fundamental Principles
Index

Michael Kimmel is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. A leading researcher and writer on gender and men and masculinity, he is the author or editor of numerous books and articles including The Gendered Society, [Text and Reader] Fifth Edition (OUP, 2013), Manhood in America: A Cultural History, Third Edition (OUP, 2012), and Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (2009).

Special Features

• Strong sociological approach, but also considers other important perspectives (psychology, biology, history).
• Breadth of coverage.
• Use of classical and contemporary arguments and perspectives.
• Rigorous, but accessible and engaging to an undergraduate audience.

• Incorporates new pedagogy, including a glossary of key terms, and more of the editor's voice.
• Revised with more qualitative pieces in place of quantitative, data-heavy pieces.
• Offers increased racial and ethnic diversity.
• Provides additional "critical" perspectives, such as queer theory and feminist theory.
• Updated with current topics throughout.
• Adds critical thinking and discussion questions to each article.