Constructing Sexualities: Readings in Sexuality, Gender, and Culture

by Suzanne LaFont

Designed to introduce readers to a broad range of relevant ideas and theories and to encourage critical thinking on a variety of sexuality and gender topics, this collection of articles, classic and current, addresses the relationships between sexuality, gender, and culture. The readings include descriptions of variations in sexual and gender ideologies, expressions of sexuality, gender diversity, and global issues. Gay rights, transgendered movements, intersexed awareness, female genital mutilation, male circumcision, AIDS, sex tourism, and the sex.com explosion on the internet are all current issues addressed.

Genres: Feminism, Sexuality, School, Nonfiction

406 pages, Paperback

First published December 16, 2002

Reviews

[Ana · Rating 5 out of 5]

reader for a class, teacher wrote in on an essay; incredibly provocative and informative.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, lots of social construction, theory, loved it!

[Shane Adair · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent anthology! Learned traditions from all over small parts of the world.