Preface to Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Sexual Desire and Gender
Chapter 2: Sexual Behavior and Gender
Chapter 3: Uncommitted Sexual Relationships
Chapter 4: Sex and Marriage
Chapter 5: The Politics of Sexuality
Chapter 6: But how do we use what we know? Questions and
Answers
References
Index
About the Authors
Virginia Rutter is professor of sociology at Framingham State
University. She is a senior fellow of the Council on Contemporary
Families and an editor and columnist at Girl w/ Pen, where she
writes about gender and sexuality.
Pepper Schwartz is professor of sociology at the University of
Washington, past chairman of the Board of the National Sexuality
Resource Center, past president of the Society for the Scientific
Study of Sexuality, and past president of the National Sexuality
Resource Center. Author of numerous books, she is a senior fellow
at the Council of Contemporary Families and is the Love, Sex, and
Relationship ambassador for AARP.
With its broad range of contemporary and historical examples from
empirical research, popular culture and news events, The Gender of
Sexuality is a superb resource for discussion-oriented courses and
is sure to evoke lively class discussions, as well as to encourage
students to be self- reflective about their own beliefs, practices
and identities regarding gender and sexuality. . . . The authors'
final instructions for the readers to 'feel free to construct who
you want to be' and to 'become a positive force for sexual health
and positive sexual experiences' exemplify the book's optimistic
vision of a society with boundless sexual possibilities. In this
manner, The Gender of Sexuality is not merely informative but
inspiring, a rare find among textbooks.
*Sex Roles: A Journal of Research*
Assign this book and your students will get a clear overview of
research on sex, and how gender affects our sex lives. Whether the
topic is what couples are actually doing in bed, gay marriage, teen
sex education, bisexuality, or the college 'hookup,' Rutter and
Schwartz provide clear explanations of research and debates.
*Paula England, New York University*
In this lively, relevant, and fun to read book, Rutter and Schwartz
invite us to question why sexuality is a gendered experience,
rather than something based on preferences or tastes such as 'tall'
or 'left-handed.' Using both experience and evidence, they uncouple
gender from sexuality to explain why and how we insist on putting
them together in the first place. A unique strength of the book is
the integration of biological and social constructionist
perspectives on sexuality. The result is an up-to-date,
comprehensive tour de force of the social science of gendered
sexuality.
*Jodi O'Brien, Seattle University, author of "The Production of
Reality"*
From Lady Gaga to Bristol Palin, this second edition features fresh
updates and invites readers to explore sexuality as a gendered
phenomenon. Rutter and Schwartz provide a nuanced and comprehensive
analysis of major research studies and contemporary cultural
scripts on sexuality and gender. The authors address key questions
from an integrative perspective, illustrating why human sexuality
and gender must be examined together. The Gender of Sexuality
succeeds as a sociological toolbox—equipping readers to investigate
the stereotypes and assumptions hidden within everyday social
productions of sexualities.
*Adina Nack, California Lutheran University*
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