Men and Sex
Cambridge University Press, 6/30/2017
EAN 9781107183933, ISBN10: 1107183936
Hardcover, 324 pages, 23.5 x 15.7 x 2.1 cm
Language: English
Men and Sex provides a comprehensive yet accessible account of male sexuality by using the theoretical concept of the 'sexual script' to illuminate different aspects of men's sexual behaviour. Graham begins by discussing different theories of sexuality, before providing a more detailed description of sexual script theory. This proposes how male sexual behaviour can be explained as a result of cultural influences modified by individual experience and personality as well as by interaction with others. Individual chapters detail the development of sexual scripts in childhood and adolescence, masturbation, cultural influences on sexuality, heterosexual behaviour, variations and problems in sexual functioning, homosexual behaviour, transsexualism, procreative sex, coercive sexual behaviour, the impact of physical and mental health problems on sexuality, and sexuality and pornography. The concluding chapter looks at the future of male sexuality. The book makes a valuable contribution to the burgeoning literature on masculinity studies.
1. Introduction
2. The development of male sexual scripts in childhood
3. Self-pleasuring and sexual scripts
4. Male sexual scenarios
5. Sex with women
individual differences and interpersonal interactions
6. Male sexuality
variations and problems
7. Sex with men
8. Transgender and sexuality
9. Procreative sex
making (and not making) babies
10. Coercive sex
11. Physical and mental impairment
impact on male sexual scripts
12. Male sexuality and pornography
13. Conclusion
the future of male sexuality
References
Index.