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Studying human sexuality Chapter 2
Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary America, 7th Edition Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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Studying human sexuality
Sex advice columnists and pop psychology Thinking critically about sexuality Sex research methods The sex researchers Contemporary research studies Emerging research perspectives Ethnicity and sexuality Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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Sex advice columnists and pop psychology
Information and advice as entertainment The use and abuse of research findings Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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Thinking critically about sexuality
Value judgments versus objectivity Opinions biases and stereotypes Egocentric and ethnocentric thinking Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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Sex research methods Research concerns Ethical issues Sampling
Informed consent Protection from harm Sampling Clinical research Survey research Observational research Participant research Experimental research Plethysmograph Strain gauge Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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The sex researchers - issues
Well being Legitimize Equality Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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Richard von Krafft-Ebing
Psychopathia Sexualis Range of sexual behaviors Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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Sigmund Freud Neuroses Repression Stages of psychosexual development
Oedipal – Electra complexes Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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Havelock Ellis Studies in the Psychology of Sex – 1897 though 1910
Animal behavior, anthropology, history Women’s desires Normal Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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Alfred Kinsey Sexual behavior in the human male – 1948
Sexual behavior in the human female – 1953 Sexual diversity and variation Masturbation Sexual orientation Normal – abnormal dichotomy Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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William Masters & Virginia Johnson
Human sexual response – 1966 Human sexual inadequacy Role of clitoris in orgasm Male & female similarities in physiological response Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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Contemporary research studies
The national health and social life survey The national survey of family growth The youth risk behavior survey The national college health assessment Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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Emerging research perspectives
Feminist scholarship Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender research Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender researchers
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Karl Maria Kertbeny Magnus Hirschfeld Evelyn Hooker Michel Foucault Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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Ethnicity African Americans Latinos Asian Americans Pacific Islanders
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Final thoughts Sex advice columnists and pop psychology
Thinking critically about sexuality Sex research methods The sex researchers Contemporary research studies Emerging research perspectives Ethnicity and sexuality Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010
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