Title Experience, meaning, and identity in sexuality : a psychosocial theory of sexual stability and change / James Horley, Jan Clarke.

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London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

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Description	1 online resource (vi, 295 pages) : online resource
Note	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 22, 2016)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- The Nature and implications of PCT -- Understanding multiple sexualities -- Social influence on sexual constructs -- Power relations in sexuality -- Interpreting sexualised bodies -- Sexual commodification : pornography, prostitution, and personal constructs -- Sexual Offenders -- Changing sexual interests, Identities, and Behaviours -- Final considerations.
Summary	This book takes the head-scratching out of human sexuality. Personal construct theory provides the foundation for a psychosocial explanation of sexuality that views everyday social interaction as key to the development of sexual identity and desires. The theory developed here accounts for stability and change in sexual identity through an understanding of the importance of experience and the importance of meaning in everyday life. The potential impact of erotica and pornography on sexual desire is discussed, as is the role of social power on sexual behaviour. The variation of sexual expression among individualseverything from asexuality and sado-masochism to sexual assaultis examined and explained. Formal techniques for changing sexual desires are also presented.
Subject	Psychology.
	Sociology.
	Personality.
	Social psychology.
	Sex customs.
	Sex (Psychology)
	Gender expression.
	Gender identity.
	Forensic psychology.
	Self.
	Identity (Psychology)
	FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / General.
	PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General.
	PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Lifespan Development.
	PSYCHOLOGY / General.
	Forensic psychology. (OCoLC)fst00932009
	Gender expression. (OCoLC)fst01782862
	Gender identity. (OCoLC)fst00939593
	Identity (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst00966892
	Personality. (OCoLC)fst01058667
	Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01081447
	Self. (OCoLC)fst01111441
	Sex customs. (OCoLC)fst01114306
	Sex (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01114228
	Social psychology. (OCoLC)fst01122816
	Sociology. (OCoLC)fst01123875
Added Author	Clarke, Jan, 1956- author.
ISBN	9781137400963 (electronic bk.)
	113740096X (electronic bk.)
	9781137400956

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