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A guide for the appropriate and respectful care of patients by health professionals, this book deals with the volatile subjects of sexuality, gender, and touch in the context of the doctor/patient relationship. Its purpose is to promote mutual understanding and respect so that both patient and doctor can be spared harm. ... Read more

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Behind Closed Doors: Gender,Sexuality & Touch
Everyone should read this book.It is definately not just for Doctors. I think knowing what is expected of Doctor and patient alike is veryimportant as far as touch is concerned.I had some questions about what isand is not acceptable in the Doctor's office.This book made that veryclear. The book is very easy to read and understand.I would recomend,Behind Closed Doors to everyone.

Behind Closed Doors: Gender,Sexuality & Touch
Everyone should read this book.It is definately not just for Doctors.I think knowing what is expected of Doctor and patient alike is veryimportant as far as touch is concerned.I had some questions about what isand is not acceptable in the Doctor's office.This book made that veryclear.The book is very easy to read and understand.I would recomend,Behind Closed Doors to everyone.

Required reading for all health professionals!
Any health professional that thinks they don't need to learn more about this topic is naive. Dr.Redleaf delivers a thought-provoking book that can help doctors better serve their patients and protect themselves. ... Read more

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A lively, thought—provoking exploration of the latest theory and practice in the psychology of women and gender

Edited by Rhoda Unger, a pioneer in feminist psychology, this handbook provides an extraordinarily balanced, in—depth treatment of major contemporary theories, trends, and advances in the field of women and gender. Bringing together contributions from leading U.S. and international scholars, it presents integrated coverage of a variety of approaches—ranging from traditional experiments to postmodern analyses. Conceptual models discussed include those that look within the individual, between individuals and groups, and beyond the person—to the social—structural frameworks in which people are embedded, as well as biological and evolutionary perspectives. Multicultural and cross—cultural issues are emphasized throughout, including key variables such as sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and social class.

Researchers and clinicians alike will appreciate the thorough review of the latest thinking about gender and its impact on physical and mental health—which includes the emerging trends in feminist therapy and sociocultural issues important in the treatment of women of color. In addressing developmental issues, the book offers thought—provoking discussions of new research into possible biological influences on gender—specific behaviors; the role of early conditioning by parents, school, and the media; the role of mother and mothering; gender in old age; and more. Power and gender, as well as the latest research findings on American men's ambivalence toward women, sexual harassment, and violence against women, are among the timely topics explored in viewing gender as a systemic phenomenon.

Handbook of the Psychology of Women and Gender is an important resource for mental health researchers and practitioners, as well as scholars in a variety of disciplines who want to stay current with the latest psychological/psychosocial thinking on women and gender. ... Read more

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A web of prophecy, and the death of an Old Man
This is an absolutely fascinating book. It tells how the men of Ilahita, a village in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, consciously and deliberately destroyed their secret men's cult (the Tambaran) by revealingits secret artifacts to the women. The book describes in a detailed butincredibly readable way how a prophecy contained at the end the Ilahitacreation myth (involving the local lake and a Cassowary Woman) foretold thedestruction of the cult, enmeshing the men and women of Ilahita on adownward spiral that even involves the anthropologist author in the secondcoming of the Cassowary Woman's "youngest son". It also describesthe resulting damage to the village's gender dynamics, its culturaldestruction at the hands of the Revival Christianity (now run by the womenin a similar way to the method used by the men in the old Tambaran system),and the village's final loss of local power and land. Quite a tragic story,and one which has relevance to our own society's gender dynamics. ... Read more

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Important new findings on sex and gender in the former Soviet Bloc!

Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia is a groundbreaking look at the new sexual reality in Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe after the fall of communism. The book presents the kind of candid discussion of sexual identities, sexual politics, and gender arrangements that was often censored and rarely discussed openly before the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1987. Authors from a variety of disciplines examine how the changes caused by rapid economic and social transformation have affected human sexuality and if those changes can generate the social tolerance necessary to produce a well-rooted democracy.

The first theoretical and empirical body of work to sexuality in (post)transitional countries, Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia examines the effects of the profound social transformation taking place in the former Soviet Union. Through an interdisciplinary perspective, the book addresses vital issues of this transformation, including gender relations, gender roles and sex norms in transition, sexual representations in the media, patterns of adult sexual behavior, gay and lesbian issues, sex trafficking, health risks, and sex education. The book also presents a critical examination of whether the fall of communism has, in fact, induced changes in sexuality and gender relations.

Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia examines the changes in sex and gender in countries in transition, including:

the negative consequences of Serbia's "state-directed non-development" during the 1990s

the causes and consequences of trafficking in women from the Russian Federation

the ongoing debate over human rights for sexual minorities in Romania

the effects of two Yugoslavian films released in the 1990s that feature transgender characters

sexualities in transition in Croatia

problems created by changes in sexual behavior among urban Russian adolescents

the social and legal state of lesbians in Slovenia

Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia fills in the gap in the current knowledge and understanding of the effects of the profound social changes taking place in Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe. The book is an essential read for academics and researchers working in gender studies, political science, and gay and lesbian studies. Handy tables and figures make the information easy to access and understand. ... Read more

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An exploration of the diverse presentations of gender dysphoria and how it affects an individual's physical, psychological, social, and sexual adjustment, Gender Dysphoria provides comprehensive and applicable treatment approaches available for a wide spectrum of presentations of this disorder. The need for evaluating and treating gender dysphoria in the context of the gender dysphoric client's overall mental and physical health is stressed. International experts in the clinical management of gender dysphoria contribute valuable information on contemporary approaches in assessment, psychological and medical treatment, and adjustment of individuals with gender identity disorders.

In Gender Dysphoria, clinicians will find important information on hormone therapy options and their physical results and side effects, and the effectiveness of sex reassignment surgery in improving a gender dysphoric client's adjustment. This comprehensive book covers a wealth of topics essential for clinicians who treat gender dysphoria, including:

• terminology and classification of gender identity disorders
  
• a validation of the “Cross-Gender Questionnaire,” a newly developed clinical assessment tool
  
• reported regrets of post-surgical transsexuals
  
• the affective component of gender dysphoria in young boys
  
• a model for identifying and treating gender identity disorder in females
  
• a thorough description of a comprehensive treatment approach for a wide spectrum of presentations of gender dysphoria
  
  Filled with useful information on the clinical management of gender identity disorders, Gender Dysphoria meets the practical needs of clinical sexologists, psychotherapists, counselors, social workers, physicians, sex researchers, social scientists, and specialists who evaluate and treat gender dysphoria.

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This digital document is an article from The Journal of Sex Research, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2006. The length of the article is 2240 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Between Mail-Order Brides and Turbo-Folk Women: Eastern Europe's Sexualities in Transition.(Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia)(Book review)
Author: Natalia Miteva
Publication: The Journal of Sex Research (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 43Issue: 2Page: 203(3)

Article Type: Book review

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A challenging exploration of contemporary theories on femininity with cutting-edge papers from leading analysts, this volume presents a thought-provoking dialogue on femininity, sexuality, gender and masculinity. These key issues are analyzed and discussed in new and stimulating ways, whilst familiar concepts are dissected and dismantled to bring forward fresh ideas. The diversity and developments currently advancing studies on femininity towards new understandings are shown clearly throughout.

This rich and inspiring collection of papers grew from the Sexuality and Gender conference held in Sweden in 2002, organized by the Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis. The conference was created with the conscious intent of bringing different ideas to bear upon each other in order to promote further research into this vital area. The fascinatingly diverse interpretations that the conference generated led to the desire to publish these papers for a wider audience. The contributions therefore have been reworked to provide a readable and compelling communication of different viewpoints on the subject of femininity.

Contributors: Jessice Benjamin, Colette Chiland, Nancy J. Chodorow, Gisela Kaplan, Julia Kristeva, Irene Matthis, Joyce McDougall, Juliet Mitchell, Toril Moi, Paul Verhaeghe, Ebba Witt-Brattstrom. ... Read more

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Feeling Queer or Queer Feelings? presents highly innovative and contemporary ideas for counsellors, counselling and clinical psychologists and psychotherapists to consider in their work with non-heterosexual clients.

Ground-breaking ideas are presented by new thinkers in the area for issues such as:

• coming out
• transgender desire
• theoretical modalities in working with HIV
• the role of therapy in bondage, domination and sadomasochism
• the use of queer theory in therapeutic research.

Feeling Queer or Queer Feelings? will challenge present ideas about sex, gender and sexuality, and will prove to be invaluable for clinicians in this field.

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This digital document is an article from Reproductive Health Matters, published by Reproductive Health Matters on November 1, 2003. The length of the article is 6426 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Some considerations on sexuality and gender in the context of AIDS.(Commentary)
Author: Gary W. Dowsett
Publication: Reproductive Health Matters (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2003
Publisher: Reproductive Health Matters
Volume: 11Issue: 22Page: 21(9)

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At the cross-section of social science and psychoanalysis, this new contribution to the Chicago Sexuality, Gender, and Culture series offers a dense and illuminating history of psychoanalytic opinion and practice regarding homosexuality. Sidestepping the current scientific obsession with determining biological or societal causes for variant sexual desire, the authors focus on the meaning of being homosexual and the ways that therapy can help gay patients rebuild their egos after a lifetime of prejudice--much of it on the part of their doctors and analysts. While the American Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual in 1973, essentially concurring that gayness should no longer be considered a mental illness, psychoanalytic theory continues to regard homosexuality in the same light as Dr. Freud did at the turn of the 20th century. The Course of Gay and Lesbian Lives was written for therapists, scholars, and advanced students of psychoanalysis. --Regina Marler Book Description

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This text on the development of sex roles in childhood focuses on the processes by which children learn to be boys and girls and the effects of differential socialization on their behavior. Unlike competing texts on sex roles, the book has a clear developmental emphasis. It also stresses the use of psychological theories and methods to separate popular notions regarding sex roles from current research findings. BOYS AND GIRLS is designed for use as a primary or supplementary text for a course on sex roles, a supplementary text in an introductory child development course, and as a resource for parents, teachers, and others who work with children. ... Read more

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Answers primitive questions about our gender
This book is truly amazing because it answers so many questions we have always been asking through life... questions like why men are more aggressive, why some people change sex, and why some girls behave like boys and vice-versa.

In a sense, this book is like a college reference book (after all, I picked it up at my college library) but it reads like a bestseller! I couldn't stop reading after starting on it. It has a great chronological order of how boys and girls develop into their roles, and it touches on the biological side as well.

One thing I greatly admire about this book is that you don't need to have a major in Biology to understand what it is about. There are many techinal aspects of course, but the author made it easy to understand. In addition, her views are often supported by evidence and she also counteract her views with other arguments. In the end, the product is a well-balanced book, with unbiased views and sometimes, even more unanswered questions that will always be in our minds....trying to understand why boys grow up to be boys and why girls grow up to be girls.

One word for you, Carole R. Beal -Excellent! ... Read more

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This handbook is a companion volume to Beere's Gender Roles: A Handbook of Tests and Measures, which describes 211 measures pertaining to gender roles and attitudes toward gender-related issues. Sex and Gender Issues extends the Gender Roles' coverage, describing 197 scales usable in research and applied settings. The measures relate to the following topics: heterosocial relations, sexuality, contraception and abortion, pregnancy and childbirth, somatic issues, homosexuality, rape and sexual coercion, family violence, body image and appearance, eating disorders, and other scales. In preparing these handbooks, Beere thoroughly searched the literature in psychology, sociology, education, and related disciplines and identified 1,450 measures. For this handbook, she selected 197 measures that are relevant, have evidence of reliability or validity, and were used in more than one published article or ERIC document. If a scale did not satisfy these criteria, but its development is the focus of an article or ERIC document, it is included. Unusual scales and those pertaining to a topic that would otherwise receive inadequate coverage are included as well. The scale descriptions follow a standard format that includes information such as title, author or authors listed in the earliest publication mentioning the scale, earliest date that the scale was mentioned in a publication, variable measured, type of instrument, description, sample items, previous subjects and appropriate subjects, information regarding reliability and validity, and a listing of published studies that used the measure. Sex and Gender Issues is the most up-to-date compendium of these tests and measures and will be welcomed by social science researchers, students, and teachers. It is a necessary addition to university libraries, research centers, and to the private collection of researchers in relevant areas. ... Read more

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How are culturally constructed stereotypes about appropriate sex-based behavior formed? If a person who is biologically female behaves in a stereotypically masculine manner, what are the social, political, and cultural forces that may police her behavior? And how will she manage her gendered image in response to that policing? Finally, how do race, ethnicity, or sexuality inform the way that sex-based roles are constructed, policed, or managed?

The chapters in this book address such questions from social science perspectives and then examine personal stories of reinvention and transformation, including discussions of the lives of dancers Isadora Duncan and Bill T. Jones, playwright Lorraine Hansberry, and surrealist artist Claude Cahun.

Writers from fields as diverse as history, art, psychology, law, literature, sociology, and the activist community look at gender nonconformity from conceptual, theoretical, and empirical perspectives. They emphasize that gender nonconformists can be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or anyone else who does not fit a model of Caucasian heterosexual behavior characterized by binary masculine and feminine roles.

Contributors: Michael Anderson Whitney Chadwick Shannon Dowling Mary Gentile Katie Gilmartin Julie Greenberg Peter Hegarty Toni Lester Carol Martin Geeta Patel Francine Pinnuck Martin Summers ... Read more

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Should a migrant community preserve its original culture at the expense of women's individuality, or transform its attitude towards gender in ways that challenge age old traditions? Women Crossing Boundaries focuses on the impact of the process of migration on the development of sexuality and gender roles for women.

Based on extensive research and interviews, the book presents the life narratives of immigrant and refugee women from Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Caribbean. Ranging in age from the early 20s to the mid-70s, they discuss the development of their sexuality in the context of their home culture and the acculturation process demanded by their new country. At this time of massive transcultural migrations, this volume provides a valuable, in-depth exploration of women's perspectives on the immigrant experience. ... Read more

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Women's Experiences and the Control of Space
This book offers a thorough review of the literature on women's migration, environmental connections,and identity development.The author makes a paralel between immigration and other life transitions, in that it triggers anxieties and social disruptions that create unique psychological distress. She emphasizes the need to consider the "context of exit" as well as the "context of reception" when dealing with immigration issues, since both are "significant determinants of the success of immigrants' adaptation to their new life." ... Read more

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This book takes an unrelenting look at the hidden worlds of young children's sexualities. Based upon extensive group interviews and observation, this book taps into and conceptualizes the significance of young children's understandings of their own sexualities. The author illustrates how sexuality and gender are embedded in children's cultures; peer relations and identity formations: how being a "good" boy or girl involves investing in a heterosexual identity and how girls are central to the formation of boys' sexual cultures and identities. ... Read more

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The study of human sexuality has often been approached from clinical, medical, physiological, and technical perspectives, but until recently the social aspect of sexuality has been neglected. This volume presents a selected group of influential articles dealing specifically with the social aspects of sexuality. It offers an excellent introduction for students wishing to understand sex as an activity that human beings do with each other, and it complements the how-to and biological approaches that prevail in many current textbooks. Topics covered include crucial differences between male and female sexuality, losing virginity, the competing versus complementary influences of nature and culture, sexual harassment, rape and coercion, jealousy, social influences on sexual orientation, and the sexual exploits of students on spring break.

The book begins with an original chapter by the Editor. It comments on the current state of research in the social aspects of sexuality and then goes on to sketch out an integrative overview of how social processes can shape a broad variety of sexual behaviors. Following that, the key readings are presented in a series of thematic sections. Each article or pair of articles is presented with a conceptual introduction to provide its broader context, including discussion of other relevant works. After the readings there are discussion questions and suggestions for further reading. Nearly all the articles are recently published, and so the reader will quickly obtain an up-to-date acquaintance with much of the best new work on the topic. This currency also reflects the recent upsurge in interest in how social psychology has much to offer the study of sexuality. ... Read more

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Transvestites and Transsexuals--Technical Background
This book is an excellent summary of the psychological research on the subject and presents a theory of the origins and process of heterosexual transvestites.It establishes a research methodology and the results. However, due to the population available the results can not meet completeand definitive research standards and the results are therefore suppositionbased on the available data.

Found the book to be very technical, but itprovides much background on past reserach.It presents its data,assumptions and qualifies the reserach results very well.

If interestedin the the technical material on this subject, it is well worth the effortfor the nonscientist.The social scientist will have to draw their ownconclusions. ... Read more