An Insider's View of Sexual Science since Kinsey

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ISBN: 9780742546523 | 0742546527
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/30/2006

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This book will afford those interested in the work of sexual science an insiders view of the past, the present and the likely future of this field. Reiss presents a personal account of his experiences in sexual science over the past 50 years that will help the reader understand many of the major issues that still confront those in sexual science today.

Preface	p. xi
Know Your Author	p. 1
Anti-Semitism in the 1930s	p. 1
Prostitution and the Depression	p. 2
Religious Indoctrination	p. 3
The Double Standard in Sexuality	p. 4
Anti-Semitism in the Army	p. 5
A Little Bit of Sex Education	p. 7
Getting My Degree: Some Key Events	p. 7
The Antisex Bias of the 1950s	p. 13
The 1950s Culture	p. 13
Antisex Bias in Family Textbooks	p. 14
The Admiral and the College of William and Mary	p. 16
Questioning High School Students about Sex in the 1950s	p. 17
Publishing on Sexuality in Journals in the 1950s	p. 21
Trying to Publish My First Book	p. 24
A Minor Clash with Radio Censorship	p. 28
What Is This Thing Called Science?	p. 29
Ancient Roots of Modern Science	p. 29
The Ethical Side of Science	p. 31
Political Distortions of Science	p. 32
Advocacy and Science	p. 33
Value Aware, Value Fair, and Premarital Abstinence	p. 34
Linking Personal Values to Personal Assumptions	p. 36
The Tentativeness of Science	p. 37
Summing Up Science	p. 38
The Sexual Revolution and Sexual Organizations	p. 41
Sexual Standards at the Dawn of the Sexual Revolution	p. 41
The Mythical Place of the Pill in the 1960s Revolution	p. 43
Albert Ellis and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex	p. 47
Richard Green: A New Journal and an International Academy	p. 49
Other Sexuality Organizations Spring Forth	p. 50
The Value of Sexuality Organizations	p. 52
Hugh Hefner's Party at the Chicago Playboy Mansion	p. 52
New Approaches to Sexuality	p. 57
Getting to Know Masters and Johnson: 1962+	p. 57
The Sexual Attitudes Reassessment Movement Begins	p. 61
The New Program in Human Sexuality at Minnesota	p. 62
The New Sexual Dogma: The SAR in San Francisco	p. 63
Building Explanations of Sexuality	p. 69
The Empirical Basis of the Autonomy Theory	p. 69
Proposition One: Changing Sexual Permissiveness	p. 71
Some Reactions to the Autonomy Theory	p. 74
Why Was Gender Equality and Sexual Pluralism So Strong in Sweden?	p. 75
The Swedish Culture in Action at Dalarna	p. 78
A Swedish Panel Discusses Sexuality	p. 79
Historical Factors Promoting Gender Equality in Sweden	p. 81
Sweden and Autonomy Theory	p. 82
Some Clashes of Science, Politics, and Values	p. 85
The Federal Government's Victorian Standards	p. 85
Unveiling the Feminine Mystique: NOW	p. 90
The AMA: Even Doctors Want to Know about Sex	p. 91
Fighting an Obscene Antipornography Bill	p. 93
An Insider's View of a Major Crisis in SSSS	p. 101
Wanted: One Gunslinger as President of SSSS	p. 101
Baptism of Fire: September 1980	p. 102
Starting the Search for an Executive Director	p. 105
Denouement in Dallas	p. 106
April 9, 1981: Decision Day	p. 110
Exploring Therapy and HIV/AIDS	p. 115
Sex Therapy: The Program in Human Sexuality	p. 116
Further Exploration: The Masters and Johnson Institute	p. 118
Problems with Washington's Disease Fighters	p. 123
Building a Cross-Cultural Explanation of Sexuality	p. 127
The Linkage Theory	p. 127
Defining Sexuality	p. 129
Social Bonds: Pleasure and Disclosure	p. 130
Three Universal Societal Linkages to Sexual Norms	p. 132
Gender Power Differences	p. 132
Societal Ideologies: Defining Sexual Normality	p. 134
Kinship and Extramarital Sexual Jealousy	p. 134
Summing Up the Linkage Theory of Sexuality	p. 136
Can Sexual Science Really Help with Societal Problems?	p. 139
Early Reactions to HIV/AIDS	p. 139
Sexual Therapists React to HIV/AIDS	p. 140
Just How Risky Are Condoms?	p. 143
Is Abstinence the Safest Strategy?	p. 145
Sexual Pluralism: The Way to Reduce Our Sexual Problems	p. 146
Sexual Pluralism Theory	p. 150
Responses to Sexual Pluralism	p. 153
New Projects and a New Life Agenda	p. 157
The Governor's Committee on Child and Adolescent Sexual Health	p. 157
Retirement: But Not from Sexual Science	p. 162
Al Ellis and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy	p. 164
Problem Areas in Sexual Science Today	p. 169
Antiscience: Radical Social Constructionism	p. 169
The Bush Administration's Hostility to Scientific Research in Sexuality	p. 174
Sexnet Debates: Biology versus Social Science	p. 176
The Interaction of Social and Biological Factors	p. 179
Defining Gender Roles	p. 183
Building a PhD in Sexual Science	p. 187
Some Programs in Sexuality	p. 187
Working toward a PhD in Sexual Science	p. 191
The Essential Elements of a PhD in Sexuality: Making the Case	p. 192
More Progress toward a PhD in Sexual Science	p. 197
To the Next Generation of Sexual Scientists	p. 201
The Cultural Wars in Sexuality	p. 201
Sexuality Trends around the World	p. 204
Do Attitudes and Behaviors Correlate?	p. 207
Explaining Trends in Sexuality	p. 209
Future Goals	p. 210
References	p. 213
Name Index	p. 227
Subject Index	p. 233
About the Author	p. 239
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