| Description |
xii, 499 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 456-486) and index. |
| Contents |
What is enigmatic about sexual desire? -- Explaining desire: multiple perspectives -- Sexual desire in a broad context -- An incentive-based model -- Sex and levels of organization -- Sexual attraction -- Shades of desire from simple to complex -- Details of the brain and desire -- Arousal -- The consequences of sexual behaviour and associated expectations -- Sexual familiarity and novelty -- Inhibition, conflict and temptation -- How did sexual desire get here? -- Setting the trajectory: link to adult sexuality -- Sexual desire in interaction -- Representations of sex -- Sexual addiction -- Variations in desire: general principles -- Some forms of desire at the fringes -- The toxic fusion: violence and sexual desire -- Sexually associated (serial) murder. |
| Subject |
Sex (Psychology)
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Sex.
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| ISBN |
9781107688049 (Paperback) |
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1107688043 (Paperback) |
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9781107050013 (Hardback) |
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1107050014 (Hardback) |
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