"What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? In this book, neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of …
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What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? In this book, the author, a neuroscientist summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of…
"Through detailed case studies drawn from the Asia-Pacific region, this book explores the tensions between an apparently universalizing discourse of human rights and increasing awareness of the complexities of women's politics of difference. It questions how feminists negotiate …
"Sexuality and sexual identity have been relatively marginalized areas in both social work education and practice. However, changes in policy and legislation in the UK and other countries over the past decade have brought discussions of sexuality into the mainstream public servi…
This collection aims to address the marginalization and under-theorization of sexuality and sexual identity in social work research and practice. Its starting point is that sexuality is a key aspect of individual identity, that service users must be able to express their sexuali…
This book examines friendships between gay men and straight women, and also between lesbians and straight men, and shows how these "intersectional" friendships serve as a barometer for shifting social norms, particularly regarding gender and sexual orientation. Based on author A…
Muraco studies friendships between straight women and gay men and straight men and lesbians to consider how their relationships both challenge and reinforce conventional notions of sexuality and gender. Based on in-depth interviews, the book considers how people experience gende…