Personal Stories of "How I Got into Sex": Leading Researchers, Sex Therapists, Educators, Prostitutes, Sex Toy Designers, Sex Surrogates, Transsexuals, Criminologists, Clergy, and More... [Hardcover]

Bonnie Bullough (Editor), Vern L. Bullough (Editor), Marilyn A. Fithian (Editor), William E. Hartman (Editor), Randy Sue Klein (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997

If you are interested in sex and who isn't here's a book you have to read. "How I Got Into Sex" collects fascinating autobiographies of over forty people whose livelihoods are linked to sex. The list of contributors is quite diverse with respect to age, experience, and professional preference, including therapists, educators, leading researchers of sexology, a sex toy designer, housewives, sex surrogates, criminologists, clergy, transsexuals, journalists, sociologists, physicians, psychologists, lawyers, nurses, scientists, social workers, and historians. Their unique personal accounts reveal much about society's attitudes toward sex.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"At last, the leaders in the world of sex counselling, education, and public awareness explain why sex became their special calling." -- New Beginnings Penpals "... this collection of autobiographical essays... provides an interesting history of modern, cultural attitudes toward sexuality from the taboos of earlier generations to the relative openness of the 1990s." -- Reference & Research Book News

Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: Prometheus Books (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573921157
• ISBN-13: 978-1573921152
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,712,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)