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Ethics and Sexby Igor Primoratz
Routledge 1999; US$ 45.95Ethics and Sex presents a systematic study of the nature and moral significance of human sexuality and of the major issues in sexual morality. more...
Sex and Repression in Savage Societyby Bronislaw Malinowski
Routledge 2001; US$ 21.95In Sex and Repression in Savage Society Malinowski applies his experiences on the Trobriand Islands to the study of sexuality, and the attendant issues of eroticism, obscenity, incest, oppression, power and parenthood. more...
The Politics of Sexual Morality in Irelandby Chrystel Hug; Jo Campling
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 1999; US$ 140.00The research for this book was prompted by a combination of events, in particular the election of Mary Robinson to the Presidency and the X Case which rocked Irish society. The book is an exploration of the dynamics between the courts, the legislators and the Irish citizens in relation to certain socio-sexual questions: divorce, contraception, abortion, and homosexuality. Spanning 73 years since the creation of the Irish State, The Politics of Sexual Morality in Ireland questions the nature of the moral order regulating Irish society and the concept of democracy underlying it. It examines the fragile balance struck between tradition and modernity. more...
Sexuality, Gender And Schoolingby Mary Jane Kehily
Taylor & Francis 2002; US$ 57.50This book's central argument offers educationalists new ways of understanding the significance of sexuality and gender in young people's lives and suggests ways in which this knowledge is useful in practice. more...
Innocent Ecstasyby Peter Gardella
Oxford University Press 1985; US$ 85.00Though they disagree on virtually everything else, evangelicals and gays, Catholics and agnostics all agree that sex should be innocent and ecstatic. For most of Western history people have not had such expectations. Innocent Ecstasy shows how Christianity led Americans to hope for so much from sex. It is the first book to explain how the sexual revolution could have occurred in a nation so deeply imbued with Christian ethical values. Tracing our strange journey from the hands of Jonathan Edward's angry Puritan God to the loving embrace of Marabel Morgan's Total Woman, Gardella draws his surprising evidence from widely disparate sources, ranging from Catholic confessionals to methodist revival meetings, from evangelical romances to The Song... more...
Sexual Subjectsby Louisa Allen
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2005; US$ 105.00Educating young people about sex and sexuality remains one of the most controversial and political areas of the school curriculum. Drawing on young people's own understandings, this text considers the implications for how we conceptualize the effectiveness of sexuality education. Allen from University of Auckland, NZ. more...
Safer Sex in Personal Relationshipsby Tara M. Emmers-Sommer; Mike Allen
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2004; US$ 53.95This book focuses on safe sex discussion and practice in close, personal relationships, emphasizing research on individuals in personal relationships. It paints a clear picture of the risk that exists for these less-studied, more general populations, so individuals may better personalize the risk and engage in more preventative measures more...
Young People, Sex and the Mediaby David Buckingham; Sarah Bragg
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2003; US$ 106.00Using research which investigated childrens' interpretations of sexual content in films, TV and print, this book considers how young people (aged 9-17) use such material to understand their experiences and build their identities and how they and their parents respond to concerns about these issues. more...
Sexual Morality in Ancient Romeby Rebecca Langlands
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 44.00The untranslatable concept of pudicitia (broadly meaning 'sexual virtue') is crucial to understanding Roman sexuality. Close reading of Latin literary texts reveals that, ever controversial and unsettled, it formed the heart of several key Roman debates, such as that concerning the difference between men and women. more...
Just Marriageby Mary Lyndon Shanley; Joshua Cohen; Deborah Chasman
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 30.00As the national debate intensifies over what marriage is and who may marry, Mary Lyndon Shanley argues that although the state should continue to play a role in regulating personal relations, the law must be fundamentally reformed if marriage is to become a more just institution. more...