Gay, straight, and the reason why : the science of sexual orientation / Simon LeVay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LeVay, Simon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual orientation.

Sex (Psychology).

Sex (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (431 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? In this book, neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of the developing body and brain. LeVay helped create this field in 1991 with a much-publicized study in Science, where he reported on a difference in the brain structure between gay and straight men. Since then, an entire scientific discipline has sprung up around the quest for a biological explanation of sexual orientatio

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; One: What Is Sexual Orientation?; Two: Why We Need Biology; Three: The Outline of a Theory; Four: Childhood; Five: Characteristics of Gay and Straight Adults; Six: The Role of Sex Hormones; Seven: The Role of Genes; Eight: The Brain; Nine: The Body; Ten: The Older-Brother Effect; Eleven: Conclusions; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-76335-0

9786612763359

0-19-975319-9

OCLC:

664571345