Toc: Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Brief Contents Contents Preface Letter From the Authors About the Authors Chapter 1: Perspectives on Human Sexuality STUDYING HUMAN SEXUALITY SEXUALITY, POPULAR CULTURE, AND THE MEDIA Media Portrayals of Sexuality Television and Digital Media Feature-Length Films Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People in Film and Television Online Social Networks Think About It ONLINE DATING: ASSET OR LIABILITY? SEXUALITY ACROSS CULTURES AND TIMES Sexual Interests Sexual Orientation Gender SOCIETAL NORMS AND SEXUALITY Natural Sexual Behavior Think About It AM I NORMAL? Normal Sexual Behavior Sexual Behavior and Variations Think About It DECLARATION OF SEXUAL RIGHTS Final Thoughts Summary Questions for Discussion Sex and the Internet Suggested Websites Suggested Reading Chapter 2: Studying Human Sexuality SEX, ADVICE COLUMNISTS, AND POP PSYCHOLOGY Information and Advice as Entertainment The Use and Abuse of Research Findings Think About It DOES SEX HAVE AN INHERENT MEANING? THINKING OBJECTIVELY ABOUT SEXUALITY Value Judgments Versus Objectivity Opinions, Biases, and Stereotypes Common Fallacies: Egocentric and Ethnocentric Thinking SEX RESEARCH METHODS Research Concerns Clinical Research Survey Research Practically Speaking ANSWERING A SEX RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE: MOTIVES FOR FEIGNING ORGASMS SCALE Observational Research Experimental Research Think About It A CONTINUED CHALLENGE FACING SEX RESEARCHERS: SELECTING THE BEST WAY TO ACCURATELY MEASURE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION THE SEX RESEARCHERS Richard von Krafft-Ebing Sigmund Freud Havelock Ellis Alfred Kinsey William Masters and Virginia Johnson CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH STUDIES The National Health and Social Life Survey The National Survey of Family Growth The Youth Risk Behavior Survey Think About It SEX RESEARCH: A BENEFIT TO INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY OR A THREAT TO MORALITY? The National College Health Assessment The National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior EMERGING RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES Feminist Scholarship Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Research Directions for Future Research ETHNICITY AND SEXUALITY African Americans Latinos Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Middle Eastern Americans Final Thoughts Summary Questions for Discussion Sex and the Internet Suggested Websites Suggested Reading Chapter 3: Female Sexual Anatomy, Physiology, and Response FEMALE SEX ORGANS: WHAT ARE THEY FOR? External Structures (the Vulva) Think About It THE