Explores the history and effects of so-called conversion 'therapy' on LGBT people. What motivates individuals to seek these harmful treatments either for themselves or for their children? What does the record show about the efficacy and effects of SOCE and GICE? This book synthesizes findings to answer these and other important questions.
Producing the Acceptable Sex Worker considers how sex work is produced in news media narratives, a site where much of the general public draws its understanding of the industry in the absence of lived interaction with it. Taking New Zealand as a case study, this book considers an emerging discourse of acceptability for some sex workers, ......
Please Scream Quietly is the collective autobiography of the BDSM subculture, showing how it teaches members to cherish their kinky identities and experiences. Using a wide variety of information collected by a self-identified kinkster and professional sociologist, it tells the story of how people live and love in this misunderstood subculture.
Everything we thought we knew about mens sexual desire is completely wrong. Groundbreaking new research reveals it is far from the high, simple sex drive theyre stereotypically known for. Sarah Murray shatters our most damaging, long-held myths about mens sexuality and helps couples connect more intimately and authentically than ever before.
Women today are being instructed on how they can raise their self-esteem, love their inner child, survive their toxic families, overcome codependency, and experience a revolution from within. By holding up the ideal of a pure and happy inner core, psychotherapists refuse to acknowledge that a certain degree of unhappiness or dissatisfaction is a ......
Sexual Health Education Programme Manual for Groups and Individuals with
Let's Talk About Sex is a sexual health education programme manual for individuals and groups with intellectual disabilities. The manual provides a contemporary, well-structured programme covering physical and emotional aspects of sexual health, gender identity, consent, assertiveness, dignity and respect, and sexual relationships.
Reviews timely, pragmatic interventions and strategies to support LGBTQ students in K12 schools. Where formal programs affirming diversity of gender expression and sexual orientation are not yet in place, contributors provide insights and practical tips for creating a positive, safe school environment.
This book bridges the gap in research on elders in long-term polyamorous relationships and allows these unusual elders to tell the stories of the unique challenges and significant advantages of their relationships in their own words.
The second edition of this acclaimed guide to understanding sexuality and working with clients on sexuality issues is extensively updated to reflect recent scientific, practice, and social developments in the field. It provides updated information on relevant disorders in the DSM-5, new theoretical approaches, new pharmacological treatments, ......