Discovering Human Sexuality 5th edition

About this book

Discovering Human Sexuality 5th Edition PDF by Simon LeVay, Janice Baldwin, and John Baldwin is offered here as a PDF eBook. The fifth edition is a multidisciplinary, evidence-based introduction to human sexuality that draws on biology, psychology, sociology, history and health science. It examines sexual anatomy and physiology, development, attraction, relationships, sexual behavior, reproductive health, contraception, sexually transmitted infections, sexual orientation, gender diversity, sexual difficulties and social issues surrounding sexuality. The authors emphasize scientific evidence while also showing where questions remain contested or shaped by cultural and historical context. Its inclusive, sex-positive approach makes it especially useful for college human-sexuality courses where students need accurate information alongside critical discussion of diversity, relationships and public-health concerns.

Designed for students in human sexuality, psychology, sociology, and health education courses, this edition provides a structured resource for understanding sexuality as a multidisciplinary subject involving bodies, experience, relationships, and society.

This listing is for the 5th edition of Discovering Human Sexuality. Check the title, edition, authors/editors, and other product information before ordering if you need the book for a particular course, syllabus, examination, or professional reference.

Sexuality Across Bodies, Relationships, and Society

Discovering Human Sexuality combines several disciplinary perspectives on the study of sexuality. Its fifth edition moves from ways of understanding the subject into anatomy, sexual development, attraction, behavior, and relationships. Reproduction and contraception are considered alongside sexuality across different periods of life. Later material addresses orientation, sexual disorders, infections, and social concerns including harassment and partner violence. This range gives readers a foundation for discussing sexuality with attention to both biological processes and lived experience. The book is relevant to introductory courses that need a broad treatment of the subject, including diversity and the relationship between sexuality and social circumstances.

Biological and Social Topics Inside

The 5th edition covers the following areas:

• Approaches to sexuality: Ways of studying and understanding human sexuality.
• Bodies and development: Anatomy, sex development, and diversity.
• Attraction and response: Arousal, response, and sexual behavior.
• Relationships: Sexual relationships and interpersonal experience.
• Reproduction: Fertility, pregnancy, childbirth, contraception, and abortion.
• Sexuality across life: Childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and sexual orientation.
• Sexual health: Sexual disorders and sexually transmitted infections.
• Sexuality and society: Assault, harassment, partner violence, and sex work.

A Foundation for Informed Discussion of Sexuality

The breadth of this textbook makes it useful when students need to distinguish different kinds of questions about sexuality. A biological question about reproductive processes differs from a sociological question about relationships or a psychological question about experience, even when the topics overlap. The book gives learners a starting point for recognizing those connections and differences. Instructors can use its coverage to discuss sexuality across disciplinary boundaries while keeping anatomy, development, behavior, and social context in view. Its treatment of diverse experiences also supports classroom discussion that extends beyond a single model of sexuality, helping students identify the concepts relevant to the subject they are examining.

Who uses this book

• Students Taking Human Sexuality Courses
• Psychology Students
• Sociology Students
• Health Education Students
• Public Health Students Studying Sexual Health
• Gender and Sexuality Studies Students
• Counseling Students Building Sexuality Knowledge
• Human Sexuality Instructors
• Learners Seeking an Evidence-Based Multidisciplinary Sexuality Text

Also suitable for other health and social-science learners who need an academic foundation in sexual development, relationships, diversity, reproductive health and sexual behavior.

Key Topics Covered

• Sexuality research
• Reproductive anatomy
• Sex development and diversity
• Attraction and arousal
• Sexual behavior
• Sexual relationships
• Fertility and pregnancy
• Contraception
• Sexuality across the lifespan
• Sexual orientation
• Sexual disorders
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Sexual assault and harassment
• Partner violence
• Sex work

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