List of Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction. .
Part I: Thinking About Sexuality.
Introduction.
1. Higamous-Hogamous (Dorothy Dinnerstein).
2. Symbolic Interaction and Sexual Conduct: An Emergent
Perspective (Ken Plummer).
3. Pleasure Under Patriarchy (Catharine MacKinnon).
4. A Queer Encounter: Sociology and the Study of Sexuality
(Steve Epstein).
Part II: Gender and Sexual Identities.
Introduction.
5. The Naked Citadel (Susan Faludi).
6. Subject Honor and Object Shame: The Construction of Male
Homosexuality and Stigma in Nicaragua (Roger Lancaster).
7. Copycat (Kath Weston).
8. Sexuality and Gender in Certain Native American Tribes: The
Case of Cross-Gender Females (Evelyn Blackwood) .
Part III: Sexuality in Childhood and Adolescence.
Introduction.
9. Sexuality and Gender in Children's Daily Worlds (Barrie
Thorne and Zella Luria).
10. I Couldn't Ever Picture Myself Having Sex.: Gender
Differences in Sex and Sexual Subjectivity (Karen A. Martin).
11. The Punk Guys Will Really Overpower What the Punk Girls Have
to Say: The Boy's Turf (Excerpt) (Lauraine Leblanc).
12. Tough Times: Susan Carver (Elaine Bell Kaplan) .
Part IV: Sexual Objectification.
Introduction.
13. The Sexual Politics of Black Womanhood (Patricia Hill
Collins).
14. Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Labor (Excerpt)
(Wendy Chapkis).
15. Working for Men: At the Intersection of Power, Gender, and
Sexuality (Meika Loe).
16. Boundary Lines: Labeling Sexual Harassment in Restaurants
(Patti Giuffre and Christine Williams) .
Part V: Sexuality and Religion.
Introduction.
17. Breaking Walls, Raising Fences: Masculinity, Intimacy, and
Accountability Among the Promise Keepers (John Bartkowski).
18. Sex Segregated Living: Celebrating the Female (Debra Renee
Kaufman).
19. The Metropolitan Community Churches and the Gay Agenda: The
Power of Pentecostalism and Essentialism (R. Stephen Warner).
20. The Muslim Concept of Active Female Sexuality (Fatima
Mernissi).
Part VI: Leisure and Recreation.
Introduction.
21. Publicity Traps: Television Talk Shows and Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, and Transgender Visibility (Joshua Gamson).
22. Girls, Media, and the Negotiation of Sexuality: A Study of
Race, Class, and Gender in Adolescent Peer Groups (Meenakshi Gigi
Durham).
23. Becoming 100 Percent Straight (Michael Messner).
24. Fantasy Islands: Exploring the Demand for Sex Tourism (Julia
O'Connell Davidson and Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor) .
Part VII: Sexual Politics and Social Change.
Introduction.
25. Sex and Society (Robert T. Michael, John H. Gagnon, Edward
O. Laumann and Gina Kolata).
26. A Place Called Home: A Queer Political Economy Mexican
Immigrant Men's Family Experiences (Lionel Cantu).
27 Gay and Lesbian Families Are Here; All Our Families Are
Queer; Let's Get Used to It! (Judith Stacey).
28 Social Control, Civil Liberties, and Women's Sexuality (Beth
Schneider and Valerie Jones).
Part VIII: Future Directions.
Introduction.
29. Beyond the Closet? The Changing Social Meaning of
Homosexuality in the US (Steven Seidman, Chet Meeks, and Francie
Traschen).
30. Intimacy as Democracy (Anthony Giddens).
31. Intimacy Transformed? A Critical Look at the Pure
Relationship (Lynn Jamieson).
32. The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female Are Not Enough (Anne
Fausto-Sterling).
Index.
