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An insider's view of sexual science since Kinsey / Ira L. Reiss.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield , 2006.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780742546523 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0742546527 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780742546530 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0742546535 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Insider's view of sexual science since Kinsey.LOC classification:
  • HQ60 .R457 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Know your author -- The antisex bias of the 1950s -- What is this thing called science? -- The sexual revolution and sexual organizations -- New approaches to sexuality -- Building explanations of sexuality -- Some clashes of science, politics, and values -- An insider's view of a major crisis in SSSS -- Exploring therapy and HIV/AIDS -- Building a cross-cultural explanation of sexuality -- Can sexual science really help with societal problems? -- New projects and a new life agenda -- Problem areas in sexual science today -- Building a PhD in sexual science -- To the next generation of sexual scientists.
Summary: Ira Reiss presents to those interested in the work of sexual science a view of this field. The text provides a personal account of the author's experiences in sexual science that helps the reader understand many of the major issues that confront those insexual science.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and indexes.

Know your author -- The antisex bias of the 1950s -- What is this thing called science? -- The sexual revolution and sexual organizations -- New approaches to sexuality -- Building explanations of sexuality -- Some clashes of science, politics, and values -- An insider's view of a major crisis in SSSS -- Exploring therapy and HIV/AIDS -- Building a cross-cultural explanation of sexuality -- Can sexual science really help with societal problems? -- New projects and a new life agenda -- Problem areas in sexual science today -- Building a PhD in sexual science -- To the next generation of sexual scientists.

Ira Reiss presents to those interested in the work of sexual science a view of this field. The text provides a personal account of the author's experiences in sexual science that helps the reader understand many of the major issues that confront those insexual science.


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