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Forms of Desire: Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructionist Controversy

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Edward Stein, editor
Forms of Desire:
Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructivist Controversy

(New York: Garland, 1990) 365 pages

Eleven authors attempt to understand the origins of homosexuality,
some tending toward nature, others toward nurture.
These articles have all appeared elsewhere earlier.
The authors tend to depend on library research
rather than original thinking or new scientific research.
The book is disappointing, but it is part of the on-going discussion
among advocates of various positions.
The sex-script hypothesis would have been helpful,
but it is not represented.

If you would like to read better books,
search the Internet for this bibliography:
"Best Books on Sexual Orientation".

James Leonard Park, author of
Imprinted Sexual Fantasies: A New Key for Sexology.