"Sexually Aggressive Women is a revelation--even for someone who spends a lot of her time studying sex! The voices in this well-written and well-researched volume are intelligent and the coverage is very broad. The variety of approaches do justice to the complexity of the subject. Researchers will get pointers on how to study some subtleties of sexual interaction they may have missed, and students will get a better idea of the full continuum of female sexual behavior. Many readers will be shocked to find that women are capable of the same kinds of illegitimate acts that men commit. If anyone ever thought women were immune to the allure of power and control, this book will disabuse them of that notion. I commend the editors and authors for their contribution." --Pepper Schwartz, PhD, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington
"Long-overdue, challenging, and controversial. Sexuality professionals and students will find new, often surprising insights in this presentation of solid, cutting-edge research and theory about sexually aggressive women." --Robert T. Francoeur, editor of Sexuality in America: Understanding Our Sexual Values and Behavior
"Long-overdue, challenging, and controversial. Sexuality professionals and students will find new, often surprising insights in this presentation of solid, cutting-edge research and theory about sexually aggressive women." --Robert T. Francoeur, editor of Sexuality in America: Understanding Our Sexual Values and Behavior
"Peter Anderson and Cindy Struckman-Johnson have done an excellent job of presenting multiple points of view....This book provides a good overview of this topic and is written at a level appropriate for graduate students and researchers. All the authors seem very aware of how controversial this topic is and are sensitive to concerns that advocates for women sexual-assault victims are likely to have." --Psychology of Women Quarterly
"Broadening our minds and our studies to include the possibility of women perpetrators and men victims is important, and promising aspects of studying women's sexual aggression are highlighted throughout the text....Studying sexually aggressive women can also provide insight into what variables, other than gender, are related to coercive sexual behavior....this novel effort is interesting, informative, and highly accessible to a wide audience. Researchers and educators in the fields of sexuality and gender, in particular, will find it thought provoking and useful." --Journal of Sex Research
"Theoretical material and research is thorough. The book could serve as a reader for courses in human sexuality as well as sexual ethics, and as a resource for professionals who deal with sexual aggression issues in their work." --Readings
"Broadening our minds and our studies to include the possibility of women perpetrators and men victims is important, and promising aspects of studying women's sexual aggression are highlighted throughout the text....Studying sexually aggressive women can also provide insight into what variables, other than gender, are related to coercive sexual behavior....this novel effort is interesting, informative, and highly accessible to a wide audience. Researchers and educators in the fields of sexuality and gender, in particular, will find it thought provoking and useful." --Journal of Sex Research
"Theoretical material and research is thorough. The book could serve as a reader for courses in human sexuality as well as sexual ethics, and as a resource for professionals who deal with sexual aggression issues in their work." --Readings
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"Peter Anderson and Cindy Struckman-Johnson have done an excellent job of presenting multiple points of view....This book provides a good overview of this topic and is written at a level appropriate for graduate students and researchers. All the authors seem very aware of how controversial this topic is and are sensitive to concerns that advocates for women sexual-assault victims are likely to have." --Psychology of Women Quarterly
"Broadening our minds and our studies to include the possibility of women perpetrators and men victims is important, and promising aspects of studying women's sexual aggression are highlighted throughout the text....Studying sexually aggressive women can also provide insight into what variables, other than gender, are related to coercive sexual behavior....this novel effort is interesting, informative, and highly accessible to a wide audience. Researchers and educators in the fields of sexuality and gender, in particular, will find it thought provoking and useful." --Journal of Sex Research
"Theoretical material and research is thorough. The book could serve as a reader for courses in human sexuality as well as sexual ethics, and as a resource for professionals who deal with sexual aggression issues in their work." --Readings
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