This fascinating new book explores the myriad aspects of biological theories of sexual preference. Sex, Cells, and Same-Sex Desire describes, reviews, and questions recent biological research on sexual preference from the point of view of knowledgeable scientists and of scholars in the social sciences and humanities representing the emerging field of gay studies. The issues involved have a vibrant history, are wide-ranging, and remain the objects of much controversy. This book demystifies biological research on sexual preference and makes it accessible to readers unfamiliar with biological and medical research.Sex, Cells, and Same-Sex Desire is divided into several sections, each of which is introduced by an explanation of key concepts and terms found in that section. The book begins with a discussion of the history of biological theories and sociocultural concepts of gender and sexuality. The next 3 sections explore specialized areas of biological science and related issues: genetics and evaluation, hormones and the endocrine system, and brain physiology and structure. A final section discusses social stigma, science, and medicine. A glossary of terms used by the authors is included, so readers may look up those that may be unfamiliar.
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This paper begins with a summary of the biological research on homosexuality that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
crine predisposition, inclusive fitness hypothesis, positive estrogen feedback, sex endocrinologists, prenatal hormonal hypothesis, additive genetic value, puberty glands, human sexual orientation, dimorphic nucleus, human homosexuality, interstitial nuclei, green snails, masculinizing hormones, human hypothalamus, mounting behavior, bisexual studies, brain differentiation, human corpus callosum, exclusive homosexuality, sexual dualism, transsexual men, parental manipulation, heterosexual subjects, intermediate nucleus, maximal width Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, The Haworth Press, The Biology of Sexual Preference, United States, San Francisco, Harvard University Press, Johns Hopkins, Oxford University Press, Van Wyk, Magnus Hirschfeld, Basic Books, British Journal of Psychiatry, John Money, University of Amsterdam, University of California, Journal of Sex Research, The Haworth Document Delivery Center, Free University, Journal of Comparative Neurology, Journal of Endocrinology, Los Angeles, University of Chicago Press, Cambridge University Press, Gunter Schmidt, San Diego New!
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This paper begins with a summary of the biological research on homosexuality that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
crine predisposition, inclusive fitness hypothesis, positive estrogen feedback, sex endocrinologists, prenatal hormonal hypothesis, additive genetic value, puberty glands, human sexual orientation, dimorphic nucleus, human homosexuality, interstitial nuclei, green snails, masculinizing hormones, human hypothalamus, mounting behavior, bisexual studies, brain differentiation, human corpus callosum, exclusive homosexuality, sexual dualism, transsexual men, parental manipulation, heterosexual subjects, intermediate nucleus, maximal width Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, The Haworth Press, The Biology of Sexual Preference, United States, San Francisco, Harvard University Press, Johns Hopkins, Oxford University Press, Van Wyk, Magnus Hirschfeld, Basic Books, British Journal of Psychiatry, John Money, University of Amsterdam, University of California, Journal of Sex Research, The Haworth Document Delivery Center, Free University, Journal of Comparative Neurology, Journal of Endocrinology, Los Angeles, University of Chicago Press, Cambridge University Press, Gunter Schmidt, San Diego New!
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- Science and Homosexualities by Vernon A. Rosario M.D. on page 22, and page 44
- The Trouble with Nature: Sex in Science and Popular Culture by Roger N. Lancaster in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Queer Asian Cinema: Shadows in the Shade by Andrew Grossman in Front Matter
- The Drag King Anthology by Donna Jean, Ph.D. Troka in Front Matter
- Activism And Marginalization in the AIDS Crisis (Monograph Published Simultaneously As the Journal of Homosexuality , Vol 32, No 3-4) by Michael A Hallett in Front Matter
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