Description |
xxvii, 423 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
Series |
The Kinsey Institute series ; v. 2 |
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Kinsey Institute series ; v. 2.
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Note |
Based on papers of an institute conference held in May 1986. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Contents |
The Kinsey scale in historical perspective / Vern Bullough -- Sexual and ethical categories in premodern Europe / John Boswell -- Some uses and abuses of the Kinsey scale / Bruce Voeller -- Agenda and credenda of the Kinsey scale / John Money -- Models of sexuality / Richard E. Whalen, David C. Geary, and Frank Johnson -- Biomedical theories of sexual orientation : a critical examination / Louis Gooren -- The Kinsey scale : is it familial? / Richard C. Pillard -- Commentary : biological contributions to sexual orientation / John Bancroft -- The Kinsey scale in biology, with a note on Kinsey as a biologist / James D. Weinrich -- Homosexual behavior in nonhuman primates / Ronald D. Nadler -- Primates, homo sapiens, and homosexuality / Leonard A. Rosenblum. |
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Gender preference in erotic relations : the Kinsey scale and sexual scripts / John H. Gagnon. -- Developmental discontinuities and sexual orientation across cultures / Gilbert Herdt -- The implications of homosexual identity formation for the Kinsey model and scale of sexual preference / Vivienne C. Cass -- Toward a synthetic understanding of sexual orientation / Eli Coleman -- The need to view sexual orientation as a multivariable dynamic process : a theoretical perspective / Fritz Klein -- Psychoanalytic theory and the therapy of gay men / Richard A. Isay -- Intimate relationships and the creation of sexuality / Philip Blumstein and Pepper Schwartz -- A relational perspective on homosexuality / Letitia Anne Peplau and Susan D. Cochran. |
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Lesbian relationships : implications for the study of sexuality and gender / Margaret Nichols -- Sex and more sex : a critique of the Kinsey conception of human sexuality / John P. De Cecco -- Constructing concepts of sexuality : a philosophical commentary / Noretta Koertge. |
Language |
In English. |
Summary |
The contributors address two focal questions: What have we learned about the nature of sexual orientation; and how can it be measured or classified for research purposes? |
Subject |
Homosexuality -- Congresses.
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Heterosexuality -- Congresses.
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Homosexuality -- psychology.
(DNLM)D006716Q000523
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Heterosexuality. (OCoLC)fst00955788
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Homosexuality. (OCoLC)fst00959755
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Seksualiteit.
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Homossexualismo (Sociologia)
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Homossexualismo.
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Indexed Term |
Sexuality |
Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Added Author |
McWhirter, David P., 1932-2006.
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Sanders, Stephanie A.
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Reinisch, June Machover.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Homosexuality/heterosexuality. New York : Oxford University Press, 1990 (OCoLC)988369098 |
ISBN |
0195052056 (alk. paper) |
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9780195052053 (alk. paper) |
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