The Journal of Sex Research back issues from August 2003:
Introduction to invited papers.
Aug 01, 2003; ... On April 26, 2003, the Eastern Region of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality established The John Money Award to recognize scholars who have made significant contributions to our understanding of human sexuality. It will be awarded at the annual conference of the Eastern ...
The contributions of John Money: a personal view.
Aug 01, 2003; ... John Money has been a dominant voice in sexology in the last part of the 20th century, breaking new ground in a wide variety of areas. In the process, he has been cantankerous, outspoken, and ever willing to do battle, but also original and thought provoking. This paper begins with an ...
History, causality, and sexology.
Aug 01, 2003; ... In 1896, Krafft-Ebing published Psychopathia Sexualis. Popularly defined as hereditary weakness or taintedness in the family pedigree, degeneracy was called upon as a causal explanation for perversions of the sexual innstinct. Although Krafft-Ebing accepted Karl Ulrichs' proposal that ...
The effect of stimulus content on volunteering for sexual interest research among college students.
Aug 01, 2003; ... Much of the literature on volunteer bias in sexual interest research has been limited to either identifying variables on which volunteers differ from nonvolunteers or examining how the intrusiveness to the measurement device affects volunteer rates. The present study was designed to ...
Straw men and fairy tales: evaluating reactions to a Natural History of Rape.
Aug 01, 2003; ... In this paper we respond to two frequent criticisms of our book, A Natural History of Rape (Thornhill & Palmer: 2000). The first criticism portrays the book as little more than a "just-so" story that human rape is an adaptation, We demonstrate that this portrayal is not accurate. The ...
The amount and timing of parent-adolescent sexual communication as predictors of late adolescent sexual risk-taking behaviors.
Aug 01, 2003; ... This study examined the moderating role of timing of first discussion of sexual intercourse with mothers and fathers on the relationship between the amount of sexual communication and sexual risk-taking behaviors in late adolescence. Late adolescents (N = 214) completed questionnaire ...
Sexual functioning and practices in a multi-ethnic study of midlife women: baseline results from SWAN.
Aug 01, 2003; ... This study examined the sexual practices and function of midlife women by ethnicity, (African American, Caucasian, Chinese, Hispanic, Japanese) and menopausal status. Sexual behavior was compared in 3,262 women in the baseline cohort of SWAN. Participants were 42 to 52 years old, ...
Puerto Rican drug users' experiences of physical and sexual abuse: comparisons based on sexual identities.
Aug 01, 2003; ... This study integrates the results of quantitative and qualitative methods to elucidate the association between sexualidentity and physical and sexual abuse among Puerto Rican drug users. A structured questionnaire was administered to 800 subjects in New York and 399 in Puerto Rico. A total ...
The construction and psychometric properties of an instrument measuring support for sexual rights.
Aug 01, 2003; ... The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of an attempt to construct and examine the psychometric properties of an instrument that measure support for the 11 sexual rights formulated by the World Association of Sexology. Since international conferences held in the mid- 1990s, a ...
Ambivalent sexism and attitudes toward women who engage in premarital sex in Turkey.
Aug 01, 2003; ... This study examined the relationship of ambivalent sexism, political conservatism, demographic variables (age, education, and gender), and prior sexual experience to Turkish men's and women's attitudes toward women who engage in premarital sex. Participants included 124 Turkish ...
The myth of innocence: sexual scripts and the recognition of child sexual abuse by female perpetrators.
Aug 01, 2003; ... Although child sexual abuse has been studied extensively, minimal attention has been paid to sexual abuse by females. This paper explores the prevalence of female sex offending and reveals the paradoxes that exist within the available data. Moreover, it highlights the role of traditional ...
Birth control: multiple meanings, continuing controversy.(The Encyclopedia of Birth Control)(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2003; ... The Encyclopedia of Birth Control, Edited by Vern L. Bullough. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC CLIO, 2001, 349 pages. Cloth, $75.00. Reviewed by Peggy Brick, M. Ed., Kendal at Crosslands, Kennett Square, PA 19348; e-mail: pandabrick@aol.com. It's amazing how much one can learn ...
Sex certainly did change!(How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States)(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2003; ... How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in, the United States. By Joanne Meyerowitz. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002, 384 pages. Hardcover, $29.95. Reviewed by Dallas Denny: e-mail: aegis@mindspring.com. I was prepared to dislike JoAnne Meyerowitz' ...
Bisexuality: beyond the binary?(A History of Bisexuality)(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2003; ... A History of Bisexuality. By Steven Angelides. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2001, 281 pages. Paper, $20.00. Reviewed by Deborah Gambs, Ph.D. Candidate, CUNY Graduate Center, Department of Sociology, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016: e-mail: dgambs@gc.cuny.edu. ...
The intersection of Sex, Religion, and Media: important but still obscure.(Sex, Religion, Media)(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2003; ... Sex, Religion, Media. Edited by Dane S. Claussen. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, 2002, 320 pages. Cloth, $72.50. Reviewed by Rev. Debra W. Haffner, Director, Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing, 304 Main Avenue, #335, Norwalk, CT 06851: ...