An insider's view of sexual science since Kinsey
By: Ira L. Reiss.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Sexology -- Research; Sexology
Description: Ira Reiss presents to those interested in the work of sexual science a view of this field. The text provides a personal account of the author's experiences in sexual science that helps the reader understand many of the major issues that confront those insexual science.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Before my PhD; title: The antisex bias of the 1950s; title: What is this thing called science?; title: The sexual revolution and sexual organizations; title: New approaches to sexuality; title: Building explanations of sexuality; title: Some clashes of science, politics and values; title: An insider's view of a major crisis in SSSS; title: Exploring therapy and HIV/AIDS; title: Building a cross-cultural explanation of sexuality; title: Can sexual science really help with societal problems?; title: New projects and a new life agenda; title: Problem areas in sexual science today; title: Building a PhD in sexual science; title: To the next generation of sexual scientists.