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With pleasure : thoughts on the nature of human sexuality / Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abramson, Paul R., 1949- author.
- Pinkerton, Steven D., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex.
- Sexual excitement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 p.)
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- 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; 8. Epilogue: The Future of Sex; Appendix A: Contextual Glossary for Chapter 4; Appendix B: A Mathematical Model of HIV Transmission; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Previous edition: 1995.
- Previously issued in print: 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-294) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773733-1
- 0-19-518628-1
- OCLC:
- 960164536
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