Interdisciplinary overview and synthesis by experts of both historical views and contemporary findings relating to sexual orientation, behavior, and identity.
This comprehensive overview of research, issues, and theories relating to sexual orientation, behavior, and identity by experts in various disciplines is unique in providing both historical perspectives and a synthesis of the recent advances in understanding homosexuality and heterosexuality.
Drawing from biological and psychological research, this handbook critically reviews the major theories about sexual orientation and examines each theory on the basis of empirical support. One section summarizes recent developments in genetic and neuroanatomic research. Another section discusses problems with sexual performance among heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual persons. A third section provides overviews of clinical disorders or sexual deviations. Various chapters clarify the distinction between sexual disorders, such as pedophilia, and sexual variations, such as homosexuality. Chapters also examine important social issues relevant to sexual orientation, such as disability, prejudice, aging, and gender roles. Experts address the continuing controversy over the feasibility of altering sexual orientation; new developments in treating different types of problems; and changing perspectives today. This handbook is designed for the use of educators, students, and researchers in the social and behavioral sciences.
Preface
Introduction
Sexual Orientation: Some Historical Perspective by Louis Diamant
The Psychobiology of Sexual Arousal and Behavior by David L. Rowland
Theoretical Explanations of Sexual Orientation
Biological Aspects of Sexual Orientation and Identity by Milton Diamond
Sexual Orientation and Development: An Interactive Approach by Michael R. Kauth and Seth C. Kalichman
Psychoanalysis and Male Homosexuality by Kenneth Lewes
Sexual Behavior and Orientation: Learning and Conditioning Principles by Geary S. Alford, Joseph J. Plaud, and Tavia L. McNair
Sexual Orientation: What Have We Learned from Primate Research by Karen Hambright
Sexual Dysfunctions in Nonclinical Populations
Sexual Dysfunction among Heterosexual Adults by Michael P. Carey and Christopher Gordon
Overcome: Repositioning Lesbian Sexualities by Ruth Fassinger and Susan Morrow
Sex Therapy for Gay and Bisexual Men by Andrew Behrendt and Kenneth George
Clinical Disorders of Sexual Behavior and Identity
The Paraphilias: Classification and Theory by Richard D. McAnulty
Sexual Sadism and Masochism by Bethany Lohr and Henry E. Adams
Pedophilia by Gene Abel and Candice Osborn
Perpetrators of Incest by Patricia Long
Hypersexuality and Impulsive Sexual Behavior by Victor Malatesta and Matthew Robinson
Gender Identity Disorders: A Developmental Perspective by Kenneth Zucker
Sexual Orientation and Social Issues
Sexual Reorientation Therapy for Pedophiles: Practices and Controversies by Howard Barbaree, Anthony Bogaert, and Michael Seto
Race and Sexuality in the United States by Rupert Francis, Frederick Ernst, Jessy Devieux, and Joyce Perkins
Sexuality and Disability by Stanley Ducharme and Kathleen Gill
Sexuality and Sexual Orientation in the Military and Other Social Institutions by Larry Lance
The Development of Gender Roles: Societal Influences by Marjorie Hardy
Sexuality and Religion by Vern Bullough
Sexuality and Sexual Orientation: Adjustments to Aging by Kelly Kyes
Gender, Sexuality, and Sexual Behavior in an Age of Sexual Epidemic by Nancy Roth and Raul Goyo-Shields
Sexual Orientation and the Law by Michael McGee
Reviews
This handbook provides an up-to-date and comprehensive summary of empirical findings on sexual orientation and behavior....The material is accurate and objective, but a background in the study of human sexuality will be helpful for fully comprehending much of the material. A resource and reference for researchers, teachers, therapists, and students/—Choice
