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This book offers a critical summary of current sexual knowledge. It is written<br >for readers of any age who are interested in human sexuality and who want<br >to know more about its history and social implications.<br > It can, of course, hardly be said that there is a lack of printed material on<br >the subject. The list of pertinent publications already seems endless and is still<br >growing. There are now so many studies, surveys, reports, guides, manuals,<br >journals, newsletters, and magazine articles devoted to "sex" in all of its as-<br >pects that only a few full-time specialists can hope to keep track of them. In-<br >deed, even these specialists have to specialize further if they want to remain<br >up-to-date. Thus, most of them concentrate on selected areas of research, such<br >as sexual anatomy, the physiology of sexual responses, reproduction and con-<br >traception, sex therapy, sex education, gender identity problems, sexual mi-<br >norities, the history of sexual customs, sex legislation, erotic art, sexual ethics,<br >etc. This special research is being conducted in many countries by countless<br >individuals with a variety of goals and methods working from very different<br >assumptions. The results are therefore often uncertain, contradictory, and con-<br >fusing. Moreover, they are constantly being revised. Under the circumstances,<br >many ordinary citizens may find it as hard as ever to be well informed and<br >to reach any firm conclusions that could help them in their own lives. In the<br >end they may come to feel that the more they read about sex, the less they<br >know.<br > However, there is no need to give up and to leave the matter entirely to<br >the "experts." We may still be very far from understanding human sexuality,<br > but there are a few basic insights which are no longer disputed and which<br > deserve to be shared as widely as possible. Especially in the United States re-<br > cent research has produced a certain professional consensus on many for-<br > merly obscure and disputed issues, and this is already reflected in some of the<br > newer textbooks, college courses, and educational television programs. In<br > other words, while many areas of sex research remain controversial, it has<br > now become possible to offer the general public a first integrated, if still<br > somewhat limited view.<br > The Sex Atlas represents another attempt in this direction. It does not con-<br > tain any fresh speculations or sensational findings. Nor does it want to scan-<br > dalize, radicalize, or otherwise upset anyone. It deliberately refrains from<br > presenting any research of its own. Instead, it merely repeats what has been<br > said many times by the best contemporary scholars and scientists. In short,<br > it is nothing more and nothing less than a piece of popularization. It is not<br > trying to say anything new, but rather to state the well-known as clearly as<br > possible in a coherent and methodical fashion.<br > This does not mean that the text is entirely factual and free of value judg-<br > ments. On the contrary, even the casual reader will quickly discover that<br >
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The sex atlas: A new illustrated guide 在線電子書 pdf 下載 txt下載 epub 下載 mobi 下載 2024