The sex effect
Subtitle: baring our complicated relationship with sex
By: Ross Benes ; foreword by A.J. Jacobs
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781492647423
Subjects: History; Religion and civil society; Sex instruction; Sex customs; Catholic Church; Sex
Description: xvii, 317 pages ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-307) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Politics. What's love got to do with it? how political leaders conditioned westerners to accept monogamy as the default; title: All the presidents' women : breaking down the predictable phenomena of politician sex scandals; title: Tragedy of the condoms : why western biomedical approaches have failed to stop AIDS epidemics in Africa; title: Soldier sex : how the U.S. military inadvertently helped form our concept of gay identity; title: Part II: Economics. There goes the gayborhood : an investigation into the economic prowess of LGBT districts; title: The power of porn : a look at how erotica shapes our technology and everyday lives; title: Invisible handjobs : examining the hidden relationships between governments, markets, and birthrates; title: Part III: Religion and culture. Sex, drugs, and corn flakes : the influence of accidental inventions on sex and commerce; title: The clerical closet : how the Catholic Church incentivizes the priesthood for devout gay men; title: Sex cells and religious pluralism : examining the interfaith dependence of Muslim women.