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Routledge
Language
English
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Cultural theorists have written loads of smart but difficult-to-fathom texts on gender theory, but most fail to provide a hands-on, accessible guide for those trying to sort out their own sexual identities. In My Gender Workbook, transgender activist Kate Bornstein brings theory down to Earth and provides a practical approach to living with or without a gender. Bornstein starts from the premise that there are not just two genders performed in today's...
3) Tell me what you want: the science of sexual desire and how it can help you improve your sex life
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Life Long
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A leading expert on human sexuality and author of the blog Sex and Psychology offers an unprecedented look at sexual fantasy based on the most comprehensive, scientific survey ever undertaken. What do Americans really want when it comes to sex? And is it possible for us to get what we want? Justin J. Lehmiller, one of the country's leading experts on human sexuality and author of the popular blog Sex and Psychology, has made it his career's ambition...
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Scientific American brain volume 3
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Language
English
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"A fascinating look at how the brain controls our relationships and romances. Neuroscientists, psychologists, and most men and women readers today have learned that the brain is Grand Central Station for our most erotic associations, memories, and secret desires. The latest research shows that the popular myth is true: Sexual orientation and identity is hard-wired, the result of our neurological predisposition, not a choice or result of socialization....
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Publisher
Llewellyn Worldwide
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This illuminating book explores polarity from many angles, examining how the idea has evolved throughout history, why it's important in the occult, and what its relationship is to gender and sexual orientation. Deborah Lipp teaches you how to incorporate binary-bending practices into your personal magical system and shows you what it means to both include polarity magic and be inclusive"--
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
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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 the developing body and brain. In this revised edition LeVay broadens his horizons. He adds a new chapter on bisexuality, reviews some uncommon forms of sexuality such as asexuality...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Challenges conventional beliefs about evolutionary factors that are used to justify gender politics, outlining arguments against cultural stereotypes, in a call for a more equal society that recognizes the potential of both sexes.
"Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental, diverging force in human development. According to this overly familiar story, differences between the sexes are shaped by past evolutionary pressures--women...
17) Please select your gender: from the invention of hysteria to the democratizing of transgenderism
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Publisher
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English