| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
495 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [464]-483) and index. |
| Contents |
From ritual to romance : sexuality, spirituality, and society -- Animal rites and human choices : the roots of dominator and partnership sex -- Sex as sacrement : the divine gifts of life, love, and pleasure -- Sex and civilization : the early roots of Western culture -- From Eros to chaos : sex and violence -- The reign of the phallus : war, economics, morality, and sex -- The sacred marriage in a dominator world : the metamorphosis of sex, death, and birth -- The last traces of the sacred marriage : mysticism, masochism, and the human need for love -- From ancient to modern times : setting the stage -- Waking from the dominator trance : the revolution in consciousness and the sexual revolution -- Bondage or bonding : sex, spirituality, and repression -- Making love or making war : eroticizing violence -- Sex, gender, and transformation : from scoring to caring -- Getting out of Prince Charming's slipper : sex, femininity, and power -- Sex, lies and stereotypes : changing views of nature, the body, and truth -- Morality, ethics, and pleasure : sex and love in the age of AIDS -- Sex, power, and choice : redefining politics and economics -- Toward a politics of partnership : our choices for the future -- The new Eves and the new Adams : the courage to question, the will to choose, and the power to love. |
| Subject |
Sex customs -- History.
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Sex -- Religious aspects.
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Human body -- Religious aspects.
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| ISBN |
006250293X (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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9780062502933 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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