Human Sexuality category: 1501 books
The Joy of Sex
The Ultimate Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
A revised and updated edition of the book famous for helping couples discover how sex can be playful, erotic, passionate, exhilarating, and most of all, pleasurable.
The Joy of Sex revolutionized how we experience our sexuality. An international bestseller since it was first published in 1972,...
Why Women Have Sex
Understanding Sexual Motivations from Adventure to Revenge (and Everything in Between)
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
An unparalleled exploration of the mysteries underlying women's sexuality that rivals the culture-shifting Kinsey Report, from two of America's leading research psychologists
Do women have sex simply to reproduce or display their affection? When University of Texas at Austin clinical psychologist...
by David J. Ley
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
The media today is filled with powerful men in trouble for their sexual behaviors, and invariably, they are diagnosed as sexual addicts. Since Adam first hid his nakedness from God and pointed the finger at Eve, men have struggled to take responsibility for their sexuality. Over the past three decades,...
Sexual Orientation and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Sexual Science and Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2008
This book bridges psychoanalytic thought and sexual science. It brings sexuality back to the center of psychoanalysis and shows how important it is for students of human sexuality to understand motives that are often irrational and unconscious. The authors present a new perspective about male and...
by Stephanie Buehler, PsyD, CST-S
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
The second edition of this acclaimed guide to understanding sexuality and working with clients on sexuality issues is extensively updated to reflect recent scientific, practical, and social developments in the field. It provides updated information on relevant disorders in the DSM-5, new theoretical...
Longing to Tell
Black Women Talk About Sexuality and Intimacy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
The Sexual Lives of Black Women, In Their Own Words
In a culture driven by sexual and racial imagery, very few honest conversations about race, gender, and sexuality actually take place. In their absence, commonly held perceptions of black women as teenage mothers, welfare recipients, mammies,...
by Travis Breeding
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Travis talks about the importance of addressing puberty with your children on the autism spectrum. He shares some of his experiences with dealing with puberty later than his peers. He shares mistakes he made when trying to understand puberty and how that led to him being bullied or made fun of. He...
Misers, Shrews, and Polygamists
Sexuality and Male-Female Relations in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 1995
Having multiple wives was one of the mainstays of male privilege during the Ming and Qing dynasties of late imperial China. Based on a comprehensive reading of eighteenth-century Chinese novels and a theoretical approach grounded in poststructuralist, psychoanalytic, and feminist criticism, Misers,...
by Jaimee Garbacik
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
What does sexual orientation mean if the very categories of gender are in question? How do we measure equality when our society’s definitions of “male” and “female” leave out much of the population? There is no consensus on what a “real” man or woman is, where one’s sex begins and...
Dreaming with Freya
Journeys in the Erotic Otherworld
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Dreaming with Freya explores sexuality and the supernatural through erotic imagination and considers human sexuality in the modern era from the paranormal perspective. Extending from everyday situations and employing humor, emotional engagement, and mental challenges, the stories range from titillation...
Sex Changes
Transformations in Society and Psychoanalysis
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
The last half-century has seen enormous changes in society’s attitude toward sexuality. In the 1950s, homosexuals in the United States were routinely arrested; today, homosexual activity between consenting adults is legal in every state, with same-sex marriage legal in Massachusetts and Connecticut....
An Education in Sexuality and Sociality
Heteronormativity on Campus
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
While hook-up culture on university campuses represents a part of the story, it is only part of the story. It is important to add to this and investigate the way the university itself brokers and seeks out specific forms of sexuality, sex, and connection amongst students. This booksheds light on how...
by David Holbrook
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Never before published in the United States, David Holbrook's study offers the sort of common sense all too uncommon in this area of study. His essential premise is that sex has become converted from an instrument for the expression of happiness and affection into an end unto itself. In the search...
by Meredith Small
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
In this refreshingly down-to-earth exploration of human mating and sexuality, an acclaimed anthropologist looks at the fascinating intersection between the imperatives of our glands and genes, and the culture in which we live. Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Is there an alternative,...