Heterosexuality

by Gillian E. Hanscombe~Martin Humphries (Editor), Martin Humphries (Editor)

Why are some people so stubbornly attracted to the opposite sex? What exactly is heterosexuality? What causes it? Is it a satisfactory lifestyle for the individuals affected? Can it be cured? And why is it so often the subject of powerful irrational feelings?

Questions like these have vexed lesbians and gay men from time immemorial. In this highly original anthology, the nature of heterosexuality is examined from a wide range of converging perspectives. The contributors use memoir, fiction, illustration and verse as well as the more scholarly techniques of social psychology. They explore such themes as friendship with heterosexual women, working politically with straight men, social behaviour in the heterosexual community, and the philosophical basis of the heterosexual norm — to name but a fear.

Produced by a team of acknowledged experts, each with long experience in this field of study, this book has an appearl for both specialist and general reader. Certain to become the established authority of its subject.

Genres: Nonfiction, LGBT

176 pages, Paperback

First published August 20, 1987