博客來What can psychology teach us about sex? Can sex ever be either normal or abnormal, functional or dysfunctional? And how has psychology already shaped our understanding of sex and sexuality?
The Psychology of Sex is a clear, concise, and engaging introduction to this fundamental and fascinating topic. It takes you on a tour through the different ways that psychologists have framed sex and sexuality, and how these varied understandings both open up and close down different sexual experiences. Explaining how any conception of sex and sexuality is both historically and culturally grounded, the book also explores current cultural concerns around sexualization, pornography, and sex addiction, as well as drawing on research from sexual communities and the applied area of sex therapy.
When so much of our relationship to sex happens in the mind, understanding where many of our ideas come from on the subject is invaluable. The Psychology of Sex is an accessible but challenging exploration of this most of human of topics.
