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