Sex for Life (eBook)

From Virginity to Viagra, How Sexuality Changes Throughout Our Lives

Laura Carpenter, John Delamater (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
Nyu Press (Verlag)
978-0-8147-2382-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Sexual beliefs, behaviors and identities are interwoven throughout our lives, from childhood to old age. An edited collection of original empirical contributions united through its use of a distinctive, cutting-edge theoretical framework, Sex for Life critically examines sexuality across the entire lifespan. Rooted in diverse disciplines and employing a wide range of research methods, the chapters explore the sexual and social transitions that typically map to broad life stages, as well as key age-graded physiological transitions, such as puberty and menopause, while drawing on the latest developments in gender, sexuality, and life course studies.Sex for Life explores a wide variety of topics, including puberty, sexual initiation, coming out, sexual assault, marriage/life partnering, disability onset, immigration, divorce, menopause, and widowhood, always attending to the social locations including gender, race, ethnicity, and social class that shape, and are shaped by, sexuality. The empirical work collected in Sex for Life ultimately speaks to important public policy issues, such as sex education, aging societies, and the increasing politicization of scientific research. Accessibly written, the contributions capture the interplay between individual lives and the ever-changing social-historical context, facilitating new insight not only into people s sexual lives, but also into ways of studying them, ultimately providing a fresh, new perspective on sexuality.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Studying Gendered Sexualities over the Life Course 2 Childhood Sexuality 3 Sexuality Development in Adolescence 4 The Life Course Consequences of Childhood Sexual Assault 5. A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship between Parental Divorce Family Structures and Adolescents’ Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Premarital Intercourse 6 Hooking Up and Opting Out 7 The Symbolic Power of Civil Marriage on the Sexual Life Histories of Gay Men 8 U.S. Colonialism, Migration, and Sexualities 9 Starting Over 10 Secrets and Magic Pills 11 Reproductive History as Social Context 12 Sexual Expression over the Life Course  13 Exploring Embodied Aging and Ageism among Old Lesbians and Gay Men 14 Pleasure in Old Age  15 Toward an Interdisciplinary Science of Lifelong Sexualities for the Twenty-First Century Bibliography  About the Contributors  Index 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Intersections
• Reihe/Serie: Intersections
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• ISBN-10: 0-8147-2382-9 / 0814723829
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-2382-1 / 9780814723821