With pleasure : thoughts on the nature of human sexuality / Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abramson, Paul R., 1949-

Contributor:

Pinkerton, Steven D.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex.

Sexual excitement.

Pleasure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Human sexuality cannot be understood if its significance is limited to reproduction alone. The authors of this book present a controversial new theory which proclaims the importance of pleasure over reproduction.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Sex as Procreation: Is That All There Is?; 3. The Regulation and Marketing of Sexual Pleasure; 4. The Biology of Sexual Pleasure; 5. The Psychology of Sexual Pleasure; 6. AIDS: The End of Pleasure?; 7. Porn: Tempest on a Soapbox; Epilogue: The Future of Sex; Appendix A: Contextual Glossary for Chapter 4; Appendix B: Mathematical Models of HIV Transmission; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-286) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-773732-3

1-280-44199-2

9786610441990

0-19-535758-2

1-4237-4055-6

OCLC:

191924587