Censoring sex research
Subtitle: the debate over male intergenerational relations
By: editors, Thomas K. Hubbard and Beert Verstraete
Publisher: Left Coast Press, Inc.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781611323382; 9781611323399
Subjects: Pedophilia; Homosexuality; Sexology; Censorship; Research
Description: This volume sheds light on one of the most explosive episodes of censure of academic scholarship in recent decades. Bruce Rind, a former psychology professor at Temple University, investigated sexual relations between male adults and adolescents through history and across cultures, from highly institutionalized relationships in Ancient Greece and Rome, to 33 contemporary cultures including the USA, and among various species. His conclusions that these relations, when consensual, are not always negative was radical, but based in his research findings. Even before publication of an invited article on the topic, he was subjected to intensive attacks, censured, and censored. This book presents a substantially extended version of Rind's original, unpublished article, plus 8 scholarly responses to his work that argue for or against Rind's conclusions or offer useful context on his work. For anyone interested in sex research and the academic freedom issues surrounding it, whether supportive of or vehemently opposed to Rind's ideas, this book is a must-read.--Publisher information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / -- Daniel C. Tsang -- Introduction / -- Thomas K. Hubbard; title: Pederasty : an integration of empirical, historical, sociological, cross-cultural, cross-species, and evolutionary perspectives  -- Bruce Rind; title: More speech or less? Censoring social science  -- Patrick O'Neill and; title: Janice Best -- Intergenerational sexualities : a case study on the colonization of late modern sexual subjects and researcher agendas  -- Richard Yuill; title: Blinded by science : a critique of Rind's views on pederasty  -- Richard D. McAnulty and -- Lester W. Wright Jr. -- A; title: Critique of the academic process and application of evolutionary theory in pederasty : an integration of empirical, historical, sociological, cross-cultural, cross-species, and evolutionary perspectives by Dr. Bruce Rind  -- L. Eric Alcorn; title: Same sex, different ages : on pederasty in gay history  -- D.H. Mader and -- Gert Hekma; title: "Here to you, Mr. Robinson" : men who have sexual relations with male minors  -- David F. Greenberg; title: Harming children in the name of "child protection" : how minors who have sex with other minors are abused by the law and therapy  -- Andrew Heller -- The; title: sex offender system : punishing homo sacer, the new internal enemy  -- Thomas K. Hubbard; title: Blinded by politics and morality -- a reply to McAnulty and Wright.