Human Sexuality Today (5th Edition) [Paperback]

Bruce M. King (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 29, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0131891642 | ISBN-13: 978-0131891647 | Edition: 5

This appealing, readable and humanistic guide to human sexuality achieves a sound balance between facts and understanding, giving readers the information they need to make responsible decisions and helping them feel comfortable about themselves while learning about their sexuality. A wide range of chapter topics discuss hormones and sexuality, similarities and differences in our sexual responses, sexually transmitted and sexually related diseases, birth control, pregnancy and childbirth, communicating about sex, gender identity and gender roles, sexual orientation, love and relationships, sexual problems and therapy, sexual victimization, and sex and the law. For individuals seeking to learn more about human sexuality and its most current issues.

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Class tested with over 6,000 students, this appealing, readable and accurate guide to human sexuality achieves a sound balance between facts and understanding, giving students the information they need to make responsible decisions, and helping them feel good about themselves while learning about their sexuality. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Key Benefit: This accurate and appealing guide to human sexuality achieves a sound balance between facts and understanding, giving readers the information they need to make responsible decisions, and helping them feel good about themselves while learning about their sexuality. Key Topics: Considered one of the most readable texts of its kind on the market, Human Sexuality Today has garnered glowing reviews, including these:"...non-judgmental, leadable sex-positive prose. I was pleased to see its sensitive psycho social treatment of rape, sexual abuse of children, and incest...if every [person] received the breadth and depth of information presented in [this book], ...our world would be a much better place in which to thrive." Market: For health and psychology professionals. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 5 edition (May 29, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131891642
• ISBN-13: 978-0131891647
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #617,210 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you think you know all about sex, think again!, May 23, 2006

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Elle Y. Zee "Thebazile" (New Orleans) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Human Sexuality Today (5th Edition) (Paperback)

I had to use this textbook when I took Dr King's Psychology class at the University of New Orleans (Spring '06). I found it to be a very informative eye-opener. Dr King presents information in a clear, concise, just-the-facts way, yet it doesn't read like a 'boring old textbook.' The information really makes the reader think twice about the West's cultural, historical, and scientific perspectives on the nature of sexuality.

Read this book, for a class or personal education or whatever reason. At the very least you'll come out with some interesting facts about human behavior, but more likely you'll change your entire perspective on human sexual behavior.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars i had sex with Dr. King!!, August 27, 2008

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thebookbrat (new orleans) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Human Sexuality Today, VangoBooks (6th Edition) (Paperback)

Dr. King's human sexuality texts (any of the editions) are very good learning tools. They're very no nonsense and easy to understand, some things it it are very alarming to say the least, there's graphic pictures of STDs, some of the material can be disturbing as the book does review fetishes and sexual abuse cases. I had taken Dr. King's class the semester before he retired. I was rather inspired to direct my path towards sex therapy after taking his class. thanks dr king!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Human Sexuality Today, April 19, 2009

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bint alshamsa (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Human Sexuality Today (5th Edition) (Paperback)

I used this text while taking a college course with the author. If you have a pre-teen or teen-aged child, this book will make an invaluable aid when educating them. It isn't just helpful for discussing sex. It is also a great source of information on the human body. You can direct your teen to read a chapter and then come together and discuss the questions at the end of each chapter that help facilitate conversations about the information. The chapters "Communicating About Sex" and "Sexual Victimization: Rape, Coercion, Harassment, and Abuse of Children" are especially outstanding.