Human sexuality : diversity in contemporary America

Yarber, William L. (William Lee), 1943-

Human sexuality : diversity in contemporary America / William Yarber, Barbara Sayad, Bryan Strong.

Book

Seventh edition.

New York : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2010.

xxiii, 636, [82] pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Sayad, Barbara J. Strong, Bryan.

Prev. ed. cataloged under the title: Human sexuality. Includes bibliographical references (pages B1-B37) and index. Signed by William (Bill) Yarber.

1. Perspectives on human sexuality
Sexuality, popular culture, and the media
Gay men, lesbian women, bisexual and transgendered people in film and television
Online sexual networks
Sexuality across cultures and times
Sexual interests
Sexual orientation
Gender
Societal norms and sexuality
Natural sexual behavior
Normal sexual behavior
Sexual behavior and variations
2. Studying human sexuality
Sex, advice columnists, and pop psychology
Information and advice as entertainment
Thinking critically about sexuality
Value judgments versus objectivity
Opinions, biases, and stereotypes
Common fallacies : egocentric and ethnocentric thinking
Sex research methods
The sex researchers
Richard von Krafft-Ebing
Sigmund Freud
Havelock Ellis
Alfred Kinsey
William Masters and Virginia Johnson
Contemporary research studies
The National Health and Social Life Survey
The National Survey of Family Growth
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey
The National college Health Assessment
Emerging research perspectives
Feminist scholarship
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender research
Ethnicity and sexuality
African Americans
Latinos
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
3. Female sexual anatomy, physiology, and response
Female sex organs
External structures
Internal structures
The breasts
Female sexual physiology
Reproductive hormones
The ovarian cycle
The menstrual cycle
Female sexual response
The role of orgasm
4. Male sexual anatomy, physiology, and response
Male sex organs
External structures
Internal structures
The breasts and anus
Male sexual physiology
Sex hormones
Spermatogenesis
Semen production
Homologous organs
Male sexual response
erection
ejaculation and orgasm
5. Gender and gender roles
Studying gender and gender roles
Sex and gender identity
Gender and sexual orientation
Gender theory
Gender-role learning
Theories of socialization
Gender-role learning in childhood and adolescence
Gender variations
The transgender phenomenon
Disorders of sexual development/intersex
Unclassified form of abnormal development
Gender identity disorder
Sex reassignment.

6. Sexuality in childhood and adolescence
Sexuality in infancy and childhood (ages 0 to 11)
Infancy and sexual response (ages 0 to 2)
childhood sexuality (ages 3 to 11)
The family context
Sexuality in adolescence (ages 12 to 19)
Psychosexual development
Adolescent sexual behavior
Abstinence-only versus comprehensive sexuality programs
Sexuality education
7. Sexuality in adulthood
Sexuality in early adulthood
Establishing sexual orientation
Bisexuality : the nature of dual attraction
Being single
Cohabitation
Sexuality in middle adulthood
Sexuality in established relationships
Divorce and after
Sexuality in late adulthood
Stereotypes of aging
Sexuality and aging
8. Love and communication in intimate relationships
Friendship and love
Love and sexuality
Men, women, sex, and love
Love without sex : celibacy and asexuality
Approaches and attitudes related to love
Styles of love
The triangular theory of love
Love as attachment
Unrequited love
Jealousy
Extradyadic involvement
From passion to intimacy
The nature of communication
Cultural context
Social context
Psychological context
Nonverbal communication
Sexual communication
Developing communication skills
Talking about sex
Communication patterns and partner satisfaction
Conflict and intimacy
9. Sexual expression
Sexual attractiveness : a cross-cultural analysis
Evolutionary mating perspectives
Hooking up among college students
Views of college students
Women's body ratios
Sexual desire
Sexual scripts
Cultural scripting
Intrapersonal scripting
Interpersonal scripting
Autoeroticism
Sexual fantasies and dreams
Masturbation
Sexual behavior with others
touching
Kissing
Oral-genital sex
Sexual intercourse
Anal eroticism.

10. Variations in sexual behavior
Sexual variations and paraphilic behavior
Sexual interest disorder
Sexual variations among college students
Sexual variation : domination and submission
Noncoercive paraphilias
Fetishism
Transvestism
Coercive paraphilias
Zoophilia
Voyeurism
Exhibitionism
Telephone scatologia
Sexual addiction
Frotteurism
Necrophilia
Pedophilia
Sexual sadism and sexual masochism
11. Contraception, birth control, and abortion
Risk and responsibility
Women, men, and birth control
Family planning clinics
Methods of contraception and birth control
Sexual abstinence
Hormonal methods
Barrier methods
Spermicides
The IUD (intrauterine device)
Fertility awareness-based methods
Sterilization
Emergency contraception (EC)
Abortion
Women and abortion
Men and abortion
The abortion debate
12. Conception, pregnancy, and childbirth
Fertilization and fetal development
The fertilization process
Development of the conceptus
Being pregnant
Pregnancy detection
Changes in women during pregnancy
Sexuality during pregnancy
Complications of pregnancy and dangers to the fetus
Pregnancy and drugs
Diagnosing abnormalities of the fetus
Pregnancy loss
Infertility
Female infertility
Male infertility
Emotional responses to infertility
Infertility treatment
Giving birth
Labor and delivery
Male circumcision
Breastfeeding
Gay and lesbian parents
13. The sexual body in health and illness
The quest for physical perfection
Breast and penis enhancement
Eating disorders
body modification : tattooing, piercing, and branding
Retreating from sexuality
Anabolic steroids
Alcohol, drugs, and sexuality
Sexuality and disability
Vision and hearing impairment
Chronic illness
Developmental disabilities
The sexual rights of people with disabilities
Sexuality and cancer
Women and cancer
Breast self-examination
Men and cancer
Testicular self-examination
Female genital cutting
Anal cancer in men and women
Toxic shock syndrome
Vulvodynia
Endometriosis
Lesbian women's health issues
Prostatitis
14. Sexual function difficulties, dissatisfaction, enhancement, and therapy
Disorders of sexual desire
Orgasmic disorders
Sexual pain disorders
Physical causes of sexual function difficulties and dissatisfaction
Psychological causes of sexual function difficulties and dissatisfaction
Sexual function enhancement
Developing self-awareness
Erotic pleasure
Treating sexual function difficulties
Masters and Johnson : a cognitive-behavioral approach
Kaplan : psychosexual therapy
Other nonmedical approaches
Medical approaches
Kegel exercises for women and men
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual sex therapy.

15. Sexually transmitted infections (STI)
Male condoms, female condoms, and nonoxynol-9
Chlamydia
Gonorrhea
Urinary tract infections (NGU)
Syphilis
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
HIV and AIDS
Genital human papillomavirus infection
Genital herpes
Viral hepatitis
Bacterial vaginosis
Genital candidiasis
Trichomoniasis
Ectoparisitic infestations
Scabies
Pubic lice
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
Cervicitis
Cystitis
Safer and unsafe sex practices
16. HIV and AIDS
Symptoms
The immune system and HIV
AIDS pathogenesis
Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in the United States
Myths and models of transmission
Sexual transmission
Injection drug use
Mother-to-child transmission
Minority races/ethnicities and HIV
The gay community
Women and HIV
Children and HIV
HIV/AIDS among young people
Older adults and HIV
Geographic region and HIV
Health Protective Sexual Communication Scale
HIV testing
Living with HIV or AIDS
17. Sexual coercion : harassment, aggression, and abuse
Flirtation versus harassment
Harassment in school and college
Harassment in the workplace
Harassment and discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people
Heterosexual bias
Prejudice, discrimination, and violence
Public opinion about gay and lesbian rights and issues
Ending anti-gay prejudice
Sexual aggression
The nature and incidence of rape
Myths about rape
Preventing sexual assault
Adult female sexual abuse of male children and teens
Forms of rape
Date/acquaintance rape drugs
Motivations for rape
The aftermath of rape
Child sexual abuse
Forms of intrafamilial sexual abuse
Children at risk
Effects of child sexual abuse
Treatment programs
Preventing child sexual abuse
18. Sexually explicit materials, prostitution, and sex laws
Sexually explicit material in contemporary America
Pornography or erotica?
Sexually explicit material and popular culture
Internet sex site use by college students
College students and the viewing of sexually explicit media
The effects of sexually explicit material
Censorship, sexually explicit material and the law
Prostitution
Females working in prostitution
International child and teen prostitution
Males working in prostitution
Prostitution and the law
The impact of HIV/AIDS and other STIs
Sexuality and the law
Legalizing private, consensual sexual behavior
The invalidation of state antisodomy laws : a triumph for equality and a path to gay marriage?
Advocating sexual rights.

Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary America presents a forward thinking, open approach to Human Sexuality for today's student. The new lead authors, Bill Yarber and Barbara Sayad, continue to bring their research experience to the book while maintaining the engaging writing style that original author Bryan Strong brought to this best-selling text for years. The first text to achieve a full integration of cutting-edge research with a contemporary "sex-positive" approach, it also strives to represent the modern, diverse world that students encounter outside the classroom. Both within the text itself and throughout the exemplary art and photo program, the focus is on inclusion. Human Sexuality has been lauded by students and instructors alike for providing the most integrated and non-judgmental view of sexual orientation available. The seventh edition maintains these themes while adding a new contemporary design, streamlined format and significant content and feature revisions and updates.

Sex education materials--College student. Sex behavior. Sex customs. Health education.

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