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Sexual Behaviour. Volume 1 / editors, Albert Ellis, Albert Abarbanel.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex--Encyclopedias.
- Sex.
- Sex customs--Encyclopedias.
- Sex customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (575 pages)
- Other Title:
- Sexual Behavior
- Place of Publication:
- New York : William Heinemann : Medical Books Ltd, 1961.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior, Volume 1 is a comprehensive review of the major aspects of the biology, physiology, and anatomy of sex. This book is divided into 57 chapters that also cover the major facets of the emotional, psychological, sociological, legal, anthropological, geographical, and historical aspects of sexuality, including the related fields of love, marriage, and the family. This book deals first with the advances in sex research, the issues on abortion, abstinence, adolescent, sexuality, and the link between sex and aging.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Sexual Behaviour; Copyright Page; Contributors; Table of Contents; Foreword; Analytical Guide to the Contents of This Book; VOLUME ONE; Chapter 1. Advances in Modern Sex Research, A Survey of; The Meaning of ""Sexual Behavior""; The Three Levels of Analysis; Early History of the Study of Sexual Behavior; The Quantitative-Empirical Study of Sexual Behavior; The Empirical Method; Techniques of Observation in Sexual Behavior; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. Abortion; Spontaneous Abortions; Induced Abortion; Illegal Abortions; References; Chapter 3. Abstinence; The Controversy
- Benefits of Abstinence The Magic of Abstinence; Economic Considerations; Disadvantages of Abstinence; References; Chapter 4. Adolescent Sexuality; Sexual Motoric Behavior; Proximal Sexual Activity; Feelings and Attitudes Toward Motoric Sexual Behavior; Sexual Phantasies and Conditions Antecedent to Motoric Sexual Behavior; General Theoretical Explanation of Adolescent Sexuality; References; Chapter 5. Africans, The Sex Life of; From Conception to Birth; Puberty and Tribal Initiation; Marriage; Irregular Sexual Relations; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6. Aging and Sex
- Two Functions of Sex Mechanism Growing Old Versus Aging; Good Health; Change of Life; Sexual Activity and Aging; References; Chapter 7. America, Moral Evolution In; The Age of Reason (1750-1825); The Free Inquirers and Associationists ( 1825-1850 ); Freedom in Anarchy; Sex and the Sects; Sex Science; The Twentieth Century; References; Chapter 8. American Indians, Sex Life of the; Sex and the World View; Formal Expression and Control of Sex: Sex and Ceremonial; Sex Education; Childhood and Premarital Sexuality; Attitude toward Sex, Love, and the Married State; Incest and Selection of Spouses
- Courtship and Marriage Adultery and Extramarital Relations; Types of Marriage; Coitus; Sex and the Life Cycle; References; Chapter 9. Anatomy and Physiology of Sex; Sex Differences; Embryology; Anatomy; Physiology; References; Chapter 10. Ancient Civilizations, Sex Life in; Greece; Rome; The Hebrews; India; References; Chapter 11. Animal Sexuality; Sexual Behavior of Invertebrates; The Functions of Sexual Behavior; Sexual Behavior of Vertebrates; The Relationship of Fertilization to Sexual Behavior; Sexual Behavior and Social Organization; Abnormal Sexual Behavior in Animals; Conclusion
- References Chapter 12. Aphrodisiacs and Anaphrodisiacs; Aphrodisiacs; Anaphrodisiacs; Summary; References; Chapter 13. Art and Dance, Sex in Primitive; Definitions; Art; Dance; Art and Nature; Sublimation in Primitive and Civilized Societies; References; Chapter 14. Art and Sex; Sex and Art History; Beauty and Art; Nudity and Art; Sexual Sublimation and Art; A Multifactor Theory of Art and Sex; The Sexual Psychology of Artists; The Diagnosis of Sexual Disturbances from Artistic Productions; Pornography and Art; Art and Sex Education; Conclusion; References; Chapter 15. Artificial Insemination
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 10, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-4832-2510-0
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