Sex A-Z
Subtitle: 5,000 Articles, Medical Terms, Slang, Anatomy, Psychology, Genetics, and Counselling
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: October 8, 1987
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780747500476
Subjects: Dictionaries; Reference works; Sex & sexuality
Description: A reference book which explains over 5,000 terms concerning all aspects of human sexual activity. It has a wide scope covering anatomy and physiology, medical terms, physical mechanisms of sex, psychology, sexual behaviour, erotic techniques, counselling and therapy, venereal disease and AIDS, slang taboo terms, stimulants and aphrodisiacs, folklore and superstition, genetics and heredity. Such questions as what is a "zygote"? Who are the "Yakuts" and what is unusual about their sexual practices? What is "orgone energy"? are examined. Robert Goldenson one of the authors is a practising psychologist and psychotherapist and the other contributor, Kenneth Anderson is a medical author.