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Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why The Science of Sexual Orientation (Revised)

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.09.2016

Verlag

Oxford University Press

Seitenzahl

264

Maße (L/B/H)

23.4/15.6/1.5 cm

Gewicht

406 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-19-029737-4

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.09.2016

Verlag

Oxford University Press

Seitenzahl

264

Maße (L/B/H)

23.4/15.6/1.5 cm

Gewicht

406 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-19-029737-4

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why
  • Produktbild: Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why

    • Introduction

    • Chapter 1: What Is Sexual Orientation?

    • Criteria for sexual orientation

    • Sexual orientation in men and women

    • Stability of sexual orientation

    • Prevalence of different orientations

    • Are there categories?

    • Sexual orientation across cultures

    • Chapter 2: Why We Need Biology

    • Psychoanalytic theories

    • Learning theories-influence of early sexual experiences

    • Childhood abuse

    • Learning theories-gender learning

    • Is it a choice?

    • The biological alternative

    • Chapter 3: The Outline of a Theory

    • Male and female brains

    • Male and female behaviors

    • Development of sex differences in animals

    • Sexual partner preference in animals

    • Origins of variation within each sex

    • Relevance to human sexual orientation

    • Sexual orientation in nature

    • Chapter 4: Childhood

    • Development of gendered childhood traits

    • Childhood traits associated with adult sexual orientation: retrospective studies

    • Prospective studies

    • Contrasting models

    • Chapter 5: Characteristics of gay and straight adults

    • Gendered traits in adulthood

    • Origin of gendered traits

    • Sexual orientation and cognitive traits: visuospatial abilities

    • Verbal fluency

    • Memory tasks

    • Handedness

    • Olfaction

    • Intelligence

    • Personality traits: Masculinity-femininity

    • Occupational preferences

    • Other personality traits

    • Sexuality

    • Overview

    • Chapter 6: The role of sex hormones

    • Hormone levels in gay and straight adults

    • Why focus on prenatal sex hormones?

    • Hormone levels during development

    • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

    • Finger length studies

    • The inner ear

    • Central auditory system

    • Action of sex hormones on the developing brain

    • Possible causes of variability in prenatal androgen levels

    • Chapter 7: The role of genes

    • Sibling studies

    • Is the family clustering caused by genes?

    • Twin studies

    • Molecular genetics-candidate-gene studies

    • Genome scans

    • Genes and sexuality in fruit flies

    • Genes, homosexuality, and evolution

    • Kin selection

    • The "fertile female" hypothesis

    • Beneficial effects on same-sex relatives

    • Chapter 8: The brain

    • A brief tour of the brain

    • The hypothalamus and sexual orientation

    • Other brain regions

    • Brain activity

    • Chemosignals

    • Stress response

    • Functional lateralization

    • Sheep

    • Inhibition and sexual orientation

    • Overview

    • Chapter 9: The body

    • Body size and shape

    • Trunk and limb length

    • Penis size

    • Sturcture of the face

    • Hair whorl direction

    • Gaydar

    • Overview

    • Chapter 10: The older-brother effect

    • How well established is the older-brother effect?

    • How strong is the older-brother effect?

    • The older-brother effect and handedness

    • What causes the older-brother effect?

    • Chapter 11: Beyond gay and straight

    • Bisexuality in men

    • Bisexuality in women

    • Asexuality

    • Age preference and pedophilia

    • Butch-femme and top-bottom

    • Transgender/transexuality

    • Chapter 12: Conclusions

    • Sexual orientation is linked to other gendered traits

    • A common origin for gender-shifted traits?

    • The role of genes

    • Does the older-brother effect work through prenatal hormones?

    • Is there a random biological influence?

    • How does sexual orientation become categorical?

    • Unconscious processes in sexual attraction and arousal

    • Changes in the prevalence and nature of homosexuality

    • What is sexual orientation?

    • Sexual orientation and gender: the social fallout

    • Glossary

    • Bibliography