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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450437403321

Autore

Abramson Paul R. <1949->

Titolo

With pleasure [[electronic resource] ] : thoughts on the nature of human sexuality / / Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

1-280-44199-2

9786610441990

0-19-535758-2

1-4237-4055-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PinkertonSteven D

Disciplina

306.7

Soggetti

Sex

Sexual excitement

Pleasure

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Sex as Procreation: Is That All There Is?; 3. The Regulation and Marketing of Sexual Pleasure; 4. The Biology of Sexual Pleasure; 5. The Psychology of Sexual Pleasure; 6. AIDS: The End of Pleasure?; 7. Porn: Tempest on a Soapbox; Epilogue: The Future of Sex; Appendix A: Contextual Glossary for Chapter 4; Appendix B: Mathematical Models of HIV Transmission; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study argues that human sexuality cannot be understood if its significance is limited to reproduction alone. The authors define sexual pleasure as a unifying phenomenon to account for the practices of sexuality. They show that reproduction itself occurs as a by-product of pleasure.