The Psychology of Human Sexuality

by Justin J. Lehmiller

The Psychology of Human Sexuality offers a comprehensive overview of human sexual behavior from a biopsychosocial perspective. The text highlights psychological research and theory on human sexuality whilst also considering the biological, evolutionary, social, and cultural factors that influence our sex lives.

Features comprehensive coverage of topics including gender and sexual orientation, relationships, sexual behaviors, sexual difficulties and solutions, prostitution, and pornography Offers more in-depth treatment of relationships than comparable texts, with separate chapters dealing with attraction and relationship processes Written from a sex-positive perspective, and is inclusive and respectful of a diverse audience Includes numerous activities to facilitate a dynamic and interactive classroom environment

Genres: Psychology, Sexuality, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Science, Relationships, Spirituality

424 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 27, 2014

Reviews

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Never have I found a textbook as interesting and fun to read as this book. Lehmiller makes it easy to learn the topics in the book.

[Ashley Hodges · Rating 4 out of 5]

it’s a textbook but i really read it i promise

[Unpollito · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very fine book for both the layman and the student with little knowledge on the topic. While this is supposed to be a textbook, it is definitely enjoyable to read - I wish my actual textbooks were half as fun as this one is.

The books gives a large amount of useful and up-to-date information across a number of topics, such as biological factors, sexual identity and orientation, sexual preferences and sexual attraction, so if you are looking for a good and wide introduction to this topic, this is definitely your book.

On the other hand, for someone who is already somewhat knowledgeable in these topics, most of the book will already sound familiar and you'll be better off looking for something more specific about particular topics. Keep in mind that this is a 400 page book (approximately) with 15 chapters, so of course there's only so much that can fit in.

[Joshua Witham · Rating 5 out of 5]

One imagines a healthier, happier world in which we simply turn over all matters of sex ed policy to Lehmiller and let that be the end of it.

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a required textbook, this was a really interesting read. I don’t know if I would’ve specifically picked it up to read, but I honestly enjoyed the reading in this book.

[Adele · Rating 4 out of 5]

52 book challenge prompt 51 - 300-400 pages long

LOVED. (Although what a humiliation ritual to try and read this book anywhere in public with an A4 glossy photo of naked bodies as the front cover and double page spreads of vulvas on the inside).

THIS is what the conservatives are scared of yk. PSYC3071 Human Sexual Diversity as a psych elective module IS the woke mind virus they are shitting themselves over because now I know in-depth about the female orgasm, the social construction of gender, why lesbians are just better, rimming, pegging, what's going on with the furries... Shout out to this core textbook, a genuine pleasure to read. I have never before read the entirety of an assigned textbook, but look at me go. Long live the liberal arts education.

As it is an intro textbook, a lot of it is fairly common knowledge, destigmatisation, and overlap w previous biology and psychology textbooks, but I still learnt a lot and had a fabulous time doing it.

[Joseph Sell · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book gave a lot of statistical information which is helpful for what it is. I don't feel it gave much insight to the relation of the psyche to human sexuality. There's a lot to be said about the psychological depth, developmental, emotional, relational, or spiritual underpinnings of how humans experience their sexuality. If this book said any of it, it was either by accident or by indirectly implying conclusions that would be too taboo if stated directly. I finished it because I was holding out for something helpful. That was a false hope.

[Tyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hey everyone, remember how you had some sort of sex ed class (if you got the permission slip signed) in middle school or high school? In case you didn't know, that class didn't teach you shit. Almost everyone who is reading this review right now knows significantly less about sex than they think they do. And since sex is awesome I highly recommend this book!

[Reign Lidell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book!! It was very informative keep in mind this was a textbook for school, but i did enjoy collecting the information.

[jarrod alston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting read as well as informative

Thanks to the fine research and digging deep section this book has help educate me on human sexuality in a profound way.b

[Neda Povilauskaitė · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy and very interesting to read, great sense of humor of the author, very informative and mostly up to date.

[پرهام نکوطلبان · Rating 4 out of 5]

کتابی مفید که سعی می‌کند سکس و موضوعات پیرامون آن را از دیدگاه biopsychosocial در روان‌شناسی بررسی کند.
در هر فصل کتاب، جدول‌هایی جهت ارائه‌ی اطلاعات طبقه‌بندی‌شده پیرامون موضوع فصل، تصاویر مرتبط برای یکنواخت نبودن و حوصله‌سربر نبودن کتاب، بخش Digging Deeper برای ارائه‌ی اطلاعات تکمیلی حول یک موضوع و بخش Your Sexuality به‌شکل سؤالاتی برای دریافتن نظر شخصی خواننده درباره‌ی سرفصل‌های مطرح‌شده تعبیه شده‌اند.

محتوای کتاب مبتنی بر مقالات و مطالعات علمی بوده و نویسنده در جای‌جای کتاب تلاش کرده تا با باورهای نادرست و خرافات و شایعات پیرامون سکس را با اتکا بر این پشتوانه‌ی علمی مبارزه کند و پاسخ حقیقی این‌طور پرسش‌ها را برای خواننده فراهم آورد. همچنین نویسنده برای توجیه رفتارها و رخدادهای جنسی و پاسخ‌گویی به برخی سؤالات و ابهامات، نظریه‌های مختلف روان‌شناختی را در متن کتاب آورده و نقاط ضعف و قوت آن‌ها را بی‌طرفانه بررسی کرده‌است.

این کتاب برای شروع مطالعات و کسب آگاهی اولیه پیرامون موضوعاتی همچون جنسیت، آناتومی اندام جنسی، اقلیت‌های جنسی، سکس در دوره‌های مختلف زندگی، STIها (عفونت‌ها و بیماری‌های مقاربتی) شدیداً توصیه می‌شود.

[Sofia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved my class and this textbook didn’t disappoint, it was a great mix of informational and funny

[Lillias Right · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of neat basic info. Can’t wait to read an updated version.

[aadri ♥ · Rating 5 out of 5]

read this for a psych module :)

[202 unknown · Rating 4 out of 5]

một giáo trình khoa học chuẩn chỉnh và nếu ai kỳ vọng sẽ có tips and tricks để lên đỉnh hay sung hơn thì sẽ phải thất vọng :)))) và cũng chỉ mới là bề mặt hay dẫn nhập khi tìm hiểu về lĩnh vực này

[Saurabh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cursory text on Human Sexuality. In spite of the size of the book, it does manage to touch on a wide range of topics. The good thing is that it has been published recently and hence modern research and theoretical approaches have been incorporated to address most of the issues. Controversial subjects have been handled with reasonable(well, almost) amount of fairness.

With every other matter that sexology tries to deal with, you keep getting reminded of the fact that designing and utilizing appropriate research methods are generally the major stumbling blocks in the course of scientific study of the subject.

Familiarity with research methods(crucial) and Psych 101 is recommended for a better interpretation of the book.

[Abdullah · Rating 3 out of 5]

general university course book about the psychology of sexuality. It does not provide anything deep or insightful. it just tells us what is the latest general theories and updates. There is a lot of bullshits going on in the chapters dedicated to the gender studies but that is understandable. All on all it is a good book but I would not suggest to take everything written as hard science as the field is evolving and basically there are many variables which limited reaching to any definitive results.

[Joe Marley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have never reviewed a textbook before. That's because I've never actually read a textbook before. This is so much better than other textbooks. He says what he means, he is engaging, and he even makes jokes. Unlike every other textbook I've ever used for a class, I actually wanted to read this one.